Rammstein drummer Christoph Schneider has issued a private assertion regarding the latest wave of allegations surrounding the band’s frontman Until Lindemann. These allegations concern the ‘Row 0’ events which have been staged across the band’s live shows for a while now.

A number of girls have come ahead with claims that the events concerned feminine members of the viewers being scouted for backstage events which concerned sexual encounters with Lindemann in addition to members of the band’s highway crew.

Whereas suspicions had been solid upon the allegedly debauched nature of Row 0 events amid the band’s fan group for fairly awhile, it was a latest allegation from a lady who attended a Could present in Vilnius, LIT that made the web and finally a number of authorities take discover.

That girl claimed that her drink was drugged/spiked at a Row 0 social gathering. Since then, a number of different girls got here ahead with allegations surrounding the backstage events, with one girl claiming she awakened with a unadorned Lindemann on prime of her. Drug and alcohol use at these events was a standard declare amongst the ladies who got here ahead.

Most lately, German prosecutors opened a probe into the allegations in opposition to Lindemann, whereas Common Music have distanced themselves from the group and their European touring.

Talking in his native German tongue at this time, June sixteenth, Schneider acknowledged through social media:

“Expensive folks,

I wish to share my private feelings and ideas with you.

The accusations of the previous few weeks have deeply shaken us as a band and me as an individual. You followers actually too. I really feel as if in shock by the issues which have been shared on social media and within the press and in print about our singer. That is an ebb and stream of feelings for us band members and crew.

No, I don’t assume something criminally related (similar to the usage of knockout drops) occurred. No. I don’t assume something unlawful was occurring, I’ve by no means seen something prefer it, nor heard something prefer it from any of our crew of 100 folks. All I heard from Until‘s events have been adults celebrating collectively. And but issues appear to have occurred that, though legally okay, I personally don’t assume are okay. Sure buildings have grown that went past the bounds and values of the opposite band members. It’s also vital to us that Until‘s events are usually not confused with our official after-show events.

Until has distanced himself from us lately and created his personal bubble.

With their very own folks, their very own events, their very own tasks. That made me unhappy, positively. I consider Until when he tells us that he all the time needed and nonetheless needs to offer his personal friends time. How precisely these friends had imagined this, nonetheless, appears to vary in some circumstances from his personal concepts. The desires and expectations of the ladies who’ve now come ahead have been in all probability not fulfilled. In response to their statements, they felt uncomfortable, on the sting of a scenario that they may now not management.

I really feel sorry for her and I really feel compassion. Nonetheless, it’s important for me to emphasise one thing goal: each visitor within the backstage space is free to go away (they might have to attend a second for safety to guide them safely to the exit). All bottles are sealed and in full view of the friends freshly opened or they open them themselves.

Water and snacks can be found identical to Safety personnel and medical care out there at any time. We would like all of our friends to really feel comfy and protected with us!

That is our customary. So I’m sorry to listen to that some didn’t really feel that means.

We now have the best followers on the earth and so they all need to be handled with respect! I’m sorry for anybody who wasn’t handled kindly or felt unsafe backstage with us.

Additionally for Shelby, she deserved a terrific live performance and an exquisite night.

However I don’t need this complete public dispute about our band to feed the extremes: neither the beast social media, which has not but been tamed by our society, nor paternalistic tendencies to disclaim girls of their mid-20s the power to make self-determined selections about their sexuality and likewise certainly not sufferer blaming, so that individuals proceed to speak about it if one thing occurred to them. I want for a relaxed, level-headed reflection and processing, additionally in our band.

And all collectively, six of us. We stand collectively.

Your Christoph Schneider.”