Richard Kruspe

Richard Zven Kruspe is the lead guitarist of Germany's most successful music export, the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.

Connection to Emanuel Fialik
In 1994, Rammstein (of which Richard was, and still is a guitarist) recruited Emanuel Fialik as their manager. Richard, as well as the other band members, were put under a permanent hypnosis spell by Fialik in order to maintain power. Over the course of Fialik's domination over Rammstein, Richard played a key part in luring victims towards Fialik, at which point it would consume their souls. Richard would beckon select fans backstage, where Emanuel would strip them of their life force. It was based solely on the sustenance that Richard provided that Fialik was able to survive throughout Rammstein's existence without starving.

During Till Lindemann's rebellion against Fialik, Richard helped to restrain Till while still under hypnosis. At the moment that Fialik was rendered unconscious, Richard's hypnosis, as well as the hypnosis of the other band members, and in turn, all of the band's fans, was lifted. Richard later sent private apology cards to the families of people he had helped to kill.