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HANZEL UND GRETYL: AMERICAN RAMMSTEIN

 Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 12:30pm by

hanzel und gretylThe concept of another Rammstein strikes me as kinda silly, because, well, we’ve already got Rammstein. As far as industrial metal songs sung in German go, Rammstein fill that niche rather nicely. But here we’ve got Hanzel Und Gretyl — a band from New York City, no less, singing in faux German accents — doing the exact same thing. Only their songs aren’t as catchy, outrageous or hilarious.

It’s a head-scratcher indeed, but apparently the band has toured the world (with many bigger acts, Rammstein among them, natch), and they’ve got a hometown show coming up on December 19th at Crash Mansion. Maybe there’s a joke I’m just not in on… I don’t get it. Would someone care to inform me why this band exists?

-VN

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward-Wilfred/100000007099811 Edward Wilfred

    I’m surprised you guys haven’t heard of them before.

  • brian roach

    I can’t explain why they exist, but they’ve been around for quite awhile….

  • Snafu

    They…exist because they want to play music? Isn’t that the reason just about any other band exists?

    And as Edward said: I’m surprised you guys haven’t heard about them before.

  • justin

    saw them on tour with genitorturers a few years back. their schtick is beyond silly. dunno if it was just a touring gig or what, but one of the chicks who used to be in drain sth was in the band at the time. wish i could tell you it was a joke.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alan-Johns/1702154733 Alan Johns

    Yeah, theve been around for about as long as Rammstein, actually i think rammsteins first Us tour was with HuG if im not mistaken..

  • http://www.metalsucks.net/category/scraping-genius-off-the-wheel/ Gary Suarez

    Welcome to the big stupid scene that is industrial music!

  • http://www.metalmaniacs.com Mike Riddick

    This band have been around for a while, primarily catering to the goth/industrial scene rather than metal.

  • needly needly doo

    actually saw them with morbid angel probably 6 or 7 years ago had no idea who there were but they werent garbage or anything

  • WowWee!

    This reminds me of “The Nut Cracker”.

  • Spanky

    They’re an awesome band!

  • Brian

    only thing that was decent from them was a Pigface remix from way back when. I think it was on Below the Belt. Pretty solid remix, their own music blows ass

  • siralvin

    I saw this band open for Prong in ’96 on the rude awakening tour

  • mo raza

    got to say i am a hanzel und gretyl fan but not a rammstein fan. i liked rammstein when they first got big, it was interesting, but they got boring real fast. as for hanzel und gretyl, i got into them when i was in high school, they used to play their songs on a college station here in jersey and their stuff was really cool. later on i bought some of their albums and i still listen to them every once in a while. uber alles and transmissions from uranus have some good songs on them. theyre not the greatest band or anything but still decent. honestly i have to admit, after im going to have to give rammstein another chance someday. anyway, to me these bands sound nothing alike, so asking why we need another band like this or whatever doesnt make much sense to me, its like saying ok so there’s funker vogt, its an industrial band, do we really need something like velvet acid christ?

  • nicodemus

    Listen to:
    Laibach – Opus Dei (1987)

    The originators of the sound IMO!

  • Ron

    I saw them open for Sister Machine Gun something like 14 years ago. They fucking killed — the best opening band I’ve seen. After the crowd picked their jaws up off the floor, the whole place went nuts. Saw them again a couple of years ago when the opened for Ministry. Same story, different venue. Great show. Their first two albums are great as well.

  • Awful Georges

    Those guys are awesome.

  • Stew

    They have actually been around since 1993. I as well am really suprised MS has not heard of these guys. They were pretty popular in the late 90′s underground scene. Not my bag though.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Bullard-Jr/500191336 Tony Bullard Jr

    Why they exist:
    1) Cause cheap action movies need music for the scene when we first meet the evil bad guy in some underground industrial dance club.

    2) Cause action/vampire movies need music for the scene when we first meet the head vampire guy in some underground industrial dance club.

  • b-rad

    they have actually been around a really long time… i don’t care for them, but have lasted nonetheless

  • thrashley simpson

    aren’t they a nazi band?

  • dEadRinGer999

    Not nazis at all. Unfair and totally lazy comparison! Hanzel und Gretyl are an amazing band! They have been around as long or longer than Rammstein!! listen to their CD “Uber Alles”. It’s nothing short of a masterpiece! They are far more daring as artists than Rammstein or any other bands in the genre which is probably why nobody’s heard of them. Saw them open for Cradle of Filth in Bristol and they blew the crowd away! Also check out the song Fukken uber deth party!! i think Rammstein has borrowed from them!

  • fokkerteufel

    I’m a fan of both but listen to weiner blut from rammstein’s new cd. guitar riff is ripped from hanzel und gretel’s hail to the darkside and they keep yelling “dunkelheit” which means darkness in german. rammstein has also been influenced a lot by laibach but they’re still the best at what they do. period.

  • TreCoolness

    they exist becoz Rammstein are shit…. Hanzel Und Gretyl are so much better…. listen to the whole discography instead of maybe a few songs

  • sock puppet

    I liked their first 2 albums a lot. Actually their first “Ausgeflippt” is one of my favorite albums of all time. I saw them play a few times. They were awesome. They played like techno, dance, funk, metal, electro, drum n bass, etc all blended into one awesome mindfuck. Then they decided to totally alienate their fans and do 3 albums of the same faux nazi shit (yeah i know it’s a “joke” or whatever, it’s just not funny anymore, or ever was really.) i just saw them in pittsburgh and they didnt play a single song from the first 2 albums (the only ones i like… neat.) there were no hooks, no dynamics at all. just a wall of soulless metal “from 1938″ for an hour. They put on a good show, i just dont like the music. Rammstein are better and i dont even really like rammstein.

  • EVILBITCH

    You can be sure that Rammstein has been influenced by Hanzel und Gretyl. They toured together in the 90′s and HUG was all decked out in custom lederhosen then Rammstein followed suit. When I heard their newest LIFAD, it seems like they are trying to have a sense of humor about being German much in the same style as HUG singing about sourkraut and cliche German things etc. It’s funny when an American band has to show a German band how to be German and that’s why Hanzel und Gretyl exists! *FUKKEN UBER*

  • Iron Wolf

    They are very different from Rammstein. You need your ears syringed and eyes tested you daft bugger!