Emigrate

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For information on emigration, see Emigration.
Emigrate
Genre(s) Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Industrial Metal
Hard Rock
Years active 2005 - Present
Associated acts Rammstein
Clawfinger
Axel Bauer
Website emigrate.eu
Members
Richard Z. Kruspe
Henka Johansson
Olsen Involtini
Arnaud Giroux

Emigrate is the name of a band led by Richard Z. Kruspe, guitarist and founder of Rammstein. Kruspe started the band in 2005, when Rammstein decided to take a year off from touring and recording. In many interviews, Kruspe says the idea for Emigrate came to him around Rammstein's Mutter era.

On September 5, 2006, members of the Rammstein.de newsletter were sent an invitation to the Emigrate newsletter and given the chance to download the song "Wake Up", a sneak peek of the upcoming album. Three song samples were also posted on Emigrate's website: "My World", "Babe" and "Temptation". Fans voted "My World" as being their favorite, and newsletter recipients were allowed to download "My World" in its entirety starting November 29, 2006.[1] On May 21, 2007 the Emigrate Official Website opened and "My World" was made available for download, in its entirety, to newsletter subscribers.

The video for "My World" has been released and can be viewed on the official website. The video will also be included on the limited edition release of the album Emigrate. In addition to the video, My World is featured on the soundtrack to the third Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Extinction. The soundtracks to the previous two movies contained "Hallelujah" and "Mein Teil" from Rammstein, respectively. On July 27, 2007 Richard made an appearance on Bruce Dickinson rock show on BBC.[2] A video for New York City has been released and can be watched on Emigrate.eu. According to Emigrate's official homepage, the U.S. release date has been confirmed for January 29th, 2008.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
UK Singles Chart UK Rock Chart UK Indie Chart
2007 My World - - - Emigrate
2007 New York City - - 14 Emigrate
2008 Temptation - - - Emigrate

[edit] Albums

  • Emigrate - 2007 #131 UK, #7 U.K. Rock, #12 U.K. Indie

[edit] Videography

  • My World (Released August 2 at 11:05 PM, MTV Germany)
    In this video, Joey Letz, the live drummer of Combichrist is seen to replace Henka Johansson on drums and Margaux Bossieux of New York punk-band Dirty Mary was on second guitar.
  • New York City
    Directed by the same director of "My World".

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pilgrim Management - Berlin - Emigrate. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
  2. ^ Herzeleid.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.

[edit] External links

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