(Born June 27, 1967) Richard Kruspe is a German musician, most notable as the founder and lead-guitarist for the German Tanz-Metall ("Dance metal") band Rammstein. The band Rammstein was "born" in January of 1993 when Till, Ollie, Christoph Schneider and Richard won a Berlin Music Competition, the prize of which was a professional demo or four songs, presumably to get them a record deal. They asked Paul Landers and Christian Lorenz of Feeling B to join them. Flake was the last member to join. After that, the group began work on their first album, Herzeleid.