Taping Rock 8 onto cassette

I started listening to Rammstein with “Du Hast” back in 2000, when I was still in school. Then I heard “Ich Will” and that’s when I was fully hooked. I was very young and had no way to buy the band’s CDs, so I stuck close to Radioacktiva waiting for the Rock 8 show to tape their songs onto cassette. A couple of years later the chance came to see them in Sopó, but I couldn’t scrape together the money for a PYRO ticket — I wasn’t working, had no savings — so I ended up with a Flame ticket instead.

I knew of Rammstein Colombia, but I didn’t know anyone in the community, so on the day of the concert I showed up alone, very early, to stand in line. After the concert I started going to LIFAD and Made in Germany meetups, where I recognized Daniel and Cristian; I can’t place Sebastián in person, but I know he was, or is, the one who designed Millonarios’ Blue Rain kit. Work kept me from ever making it to a Treffen, but I’ve always kept an eye on them. I had the DVDs for Lichtspielhaus, Live aus Berlin, and Made in Germany, but I made the mistake of moving in with a partner, and when we broke up, she kept all my DVDs.

I don’t have any band tattoos, and I’d never traveled to see them — but this April I’m finally going to Spain, to San Sebastián and Barcelona.