Industrial German rock outfit Rammstein have declared that they will never let their home country's fascist past affect their music - insisting they can't be held responsible for the actions of previous generations.
The band claim they are misunderstood by fellow Germans, insisting that irrational fear of being associated with Adolf Hitler is to blame.
Guitarist Oliver Riedel says, "I would have to say Germany is the country that most often misunderstands us. "Germans are repressed in a lot of ways. They feel a sense of shame about what happened in the war.

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