Feeling B was a punk rock band founded in

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in 1983. They started out firmly grounded in the underground punk scene. Over time, Feeling B's popularity grew greatly, and climaxed around the end of the

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. Frontman Aljoscha Rompe (1947–2000), a Swiss living in

, supplied the vocals to the band's songs. Rompe, guitarist Paul Landers, and keyboardist

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were the only consistent members throughout the band's history. At various times, the band also included bassist Christoph Zimmermann and drummers Alexander Kriening and Christoph "Doom" Schneider. Landers, Lorenz, and Schneider later found fame with

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drummer and future Rammstein singer

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, also participated once with Feeling B for the song "Lied von der unruhevollen Jugend", an interpretation of a Russian communist song, for which he is credited on the album ''

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''. In return, Landers contributed guitar to First Arsch's 1992 album ''Saddle Up''. Lindemann and Landers, as members of Rammstein, would perform this song live in St. Petersburg and Moscow in 2001, during that band's 'Mutter' tour. On 9 November 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, Feeling B was performing in

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as part of a gig endorsed by the socialist government in order to promote the eastern side. Flake noticed some friends among the crowd that wouldn't normally be able to be there and was subsequently informed of the collapse of the wall. The band was unable to return home that night because all the holes through the wall were so crowded. Feeling B released two albums following the fall of the Wall (''

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'' in 1991 and ''

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'' in 1993), both more successful than their predecessor, according to Flake. The group disbanded in the mid-1990s. On special occasions, the band members would get together for individual concerts at punk festivals, until Rompe died in November 2000 of an asthma attack at 53 years old. Zimmermann died in a plane crash in 1999. Eventually, Lorenz re-discovered tapes of old and partial unreleased recordings. This unreleased material and remixes of some already known songs were released as ''

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'' in 2007.

Members

* Aljoscha Rompe – lead-vocals *

– keyboards * Paul Landers – electric guitar *Alexander Kriening – drums, percussion (1983-1990) *Christoph Zimmermann – bass guitar * Christoph "Doom" Schneider – drums (1990–1993, 2007)

Discography

* ''

'' (1989) * ''

'' (1991) * ''

'' (1993) * ''

'' (2007)

References

External links

* East German musical groups German punk rock groups Musical groups established in 1983 Musical groups disestablished in 1993 Rammstein {{Germany-band-stub