15 Nov 2026
Flake gave an interview to the Berliner Morgenpost on November 14.
He stated that the band is not nearing the end of its career:
Flake acknowledges that music saved him from his emotional conflicts. Making music is a way of helping others, just as the Rolling Stones helped him back then:
Finally, Flake looked back on the 2023 affairs concerning alleged assaults committed by Till Lindemann against young women. In August 2023, the Berlin public prosecutor's office closed the investigation, due to insufficient evidence to support the allegations. Nevertheless, Flake says he suffered enormously and lost all trust in the objectivity of the media. According to him, for many media outlets the goal was not to provide factual information: "They dramatized the affair at all costs."
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He stated that the band is not nearing the end of its career:
We will carry on with Rammstein until we can't anymore, even if at some point it means having a doctor on tour with us. It's wonderful to be in the band. It's like a marriage of many years, with all the ups and downs that come with it.
Flake acknowledges that music saved him from his emotional conflicts. Making music is a way of helping others, just as the Rolling Stones helped him back then:
I can make a lot of people happy with it, help them, just as the Stones helped me back then. Through Rammstein concerts, which have touched countless people, we have brought couples together, given strength to people who are ill, and even helped prevent suicidal thoughts. That is one of the reasons to keep going for as long as we still can.
Finally, Flake looked back on the 2023 affairs concerning alleged assaults committed by Till Lindemann against young women. In August 2023, the Berlin public prosecutor's office closed the investigation, due to insufficient evidence to support the allegations. Nevertheless, Flake says he suffered enormously and lost all trust in the objectivity of the media. According to him, for many media outlets the goal was not to provide factual information: "They dramatized the affair at all costs."
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