The signature on her back that became a tattoo

I discovered them through the album Reise, Reise, and that’s where I found the LIFAD Colombia community. Over time I started coordinating fan meetups in Cali and a few events, and I ended up running the LIFAD Valle del Cauca page. I’ve seen them twice: in 2010, in Sopó, and in 2012, in Paris.

When they came to Colombia, they signed my back. I got those signatures tattooed, along with a line from one of their songs: “Gott weiss ich bin kein Engel sein.” I collect CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, T-shirts, and posters — whatever I can get my hands on.

But what the band has given me most isn’t the merch, it’s the people. Because of Rammstein I met wonderful people in Cali, Bogotá, and Medellín who I’m still friends with, and in Germany too — one of the women who invited me to Germany and Paris in 2012 is now the godmother of my oldest daughter. Like the song says: “ein Gefühl aus Fleisch und Blut. Ein Kollektiv!”