Richard Zven Kruspe, born June 24, 1967, is the lead guitarist of Rammstein, as well as the leader of the band Emigrate.
On 10 October 1989, before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was riding through the subway. When he came above ground, he found himself in the middle of a political demonstration. He was hit on the head and arrested just for being there, and thrown in jail for six days. Once out of jail, he decided to leave East Germany. Because of the Eastern Bloc, he entered West Germany through Hungary. When the Berlin Wall came down, he moved back east.
Kruspe married South African (American) actress Caron Bernstein in 1999. The ceremony was Jewish and Kruspe composed the music for it. He took on the name Richard Kruspe-Bernstein during their marriage. Sometime in 2001 he moved from Berlin to New York where he resided to live closer to his now ex-wife Caron. They separated in 2004. His name is now back to its original "Kruspe" as the divorce was finalized.
He speaks fluent English and sings in English for Emigrate.
Born on 10 December 1992, Merlin Besson is the son of Richard.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
