Christoph Schneider

Christoph "Doom" Schneider (born May 11, 1966) is a German musician. He is a drummer in the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.

Born May 11, 1966 (1966-05-11) (age 42), Berlin, Germany
Genre(s) Tanz-Metall
Occupation(s) Drummer
Instrument(s) Drums
Years active 1990–present
Associated acts Rammstein, Feeling B

Early life

Schneider was born in Berlin, East Germany, and now has six siblings. His interest in playing music started at school, where he played the trumpet. His brother gave him a drum made of aluminum cans when Christoph was 14, sparking an interest in drums and a dream of being a musician.[1] Schneider left high school at age 16 and went to work as a telecommunications assistant. In 1984, he served his national service with the East German Army; He and Till are the only two to have served in the army out of all of the Rammstein members

Career

In 1985, Schneider quit his telecommunication job to pursue his musical ambitions by studying music at university, but failed to get into university twice.His father disapproved of Schneider's learning to play the drums, preferring the trumpet.Schneider tried consistently from 1985 until 1990 to get into bands as a drummer, finally being successful with Die Firma. In 1994, he joined Till Lindemann, Richard Kruspe and Oliver Riedel in forming an early version of Rammstein. They entered the Berlin Senate Metrobeat contest, winning the chance to record a professional demo with four tracks.A previous band of Schneider's, Feeling B, provided two other members of Rammstein, Paul Landers and keyboardist Christian Lorenz.

Personal life

Schneider values his privacy, so little is known about his private life. He is known to be in his second marriage, to Regina Gizatulina.

He has one child but the gender, name, date of birth, and who the mother is, is unknown.

He is nicknamed after his favourite computer game, Doom.

Schneider has also claimed in an interview he was influenced by the drummer of AC/DC, Phil Rudd.

Drums

• • Tama Starclassic Performer EFX
  • 18x22 Bass Drum (x2)
  • 10x8 Tom
  • 12x9 Tom
  • 16x14 Floor Tom
  • 18x16 Floor Tom
  • 14x5.5 Snare
  • 10x5 or 10x4 Snare

Cymbals

• • Meinl:
  • 14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Hi-hat
  • 18" Byzance China
  • 16" Byzance Medium Thin Crash
  • 18" Soundcaster Custom Medium Crash
  • 16" Byzance Medium Crash
  • 18" Soundcaster Custom Powerful Crash
  • 22" Soundcaster Custom Mega Bell Ride
  • 14" Soundcaster Custom Powerful Hi-hat
  • 17" Mb10 China

Skins

• • Evans, now owned by D'Addario
    

Sticks

• • Pro-Mark 2S

Electronics During his Herzeleid ("Heartache") period:

• • 5 ddrum triggers
  • 1 PD-7 2 zone Roland pad
  • 1 Drum tech 2 zone Pole pad
  • 1 Alesis D4 module , then he added a ddrum3 module
  • 1 unidentified sound and kit controller
  • Sequencer (unconfirmed)

During Sehnsucht ("Longing") period:

• • 1 Ddrum3 module
  • 1 Alesis D4 module
  • 2 ddrum3 Cast Presicion Pads
  • 1 PD-5 Roland pad
  • 1 dual zone Drum Tech Pole Pad
  • 5 ddrum triggers
  • 1 ddrum RCI kit selector
  • Sequencer (unconfirmed)

During Mutter ("Mother") period:

• • 1 Roland PD-5 pad
  • 1 2 zone Rod pad
  • 2 Simmons pads then he changed to a pair of PD-31 Roland pads
  • 5 ddrum triggers
  • 1 ddrum3 module
  • 1 ddrum kit selector

During Reise Reise ("Arise Arise") period:

• • 2 ddrum4 mesh pads
  • 1 ddrum3 module