Richard Kruspe was born on June 24, 1967 in Wittenberge, German Democratic Republic as Richard Zven Kruspe. He was previously married to Caron Bernstein .

Lead guitarist and co-founder of German industrial band "Rammstein" along with drummer Christoph Schneider. Former member of Orgasm Death Gimmicks formed in the West after he escaped over the green border between Austria an Hungary. Sometime in 2001 he moved from Berlin to New York where he now resides. Speaks fluent English. Parents divorced while he was a child, mother remarried and he continued to live in his difficult childhood home with his brother and two sisters. Children: Khira Li Lindemann (b. February 28, 1991) and Merlin Besson (b. December 10, 1992). He was a wrestler when he was a teenager. His daughter Kira Li's mother is his band-mate Till Lindemann 's ex-wife. Currently recording for new project Emigrate. [March 2005] Scheduled for a number of festival dates around Europe with his band Rammstein. [June 2005]