found there were too many Christoph Schneiders already. Paul Landers suggested the name "Doom" because they liked the game. Schneider has said that had he known that name would be on every record he played on, he would have chosen a different one. He has been married twice, previously to Regina Gizatulina. The two got married in 2005; however, they have been divorced since 2009. He married his second wife, Ulrike Schmid, in 2014. Schneider and Schmid have three children. His favorite rock bands are Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Motörhead, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC. He cites Ian Paice, Phil Rudd, Vinnie Paul, and Chad Smith as his main drumming influences. Equipment Schneider uses and endorses Sabian cymbals, DW drum kits, pedals and hardware Vic Firth drumsticks and Remo Drumheads. He previously used and endorsed Sonor Drums, Tama Drums and Meinl cymbals. Current DW touring kit Drums – DW Collector's Series Jazz, Maple/Gum shells, Matte Black Finish 24x18 Bass Drum (x2) 13x10 Tom 16x16 Floor Tom 18x16 Floor Tom 21x16 Gong Drum 12x5 Collector's Maple Snare Drum 14x6 Collector's Edge Snare Drum Cymbals – Sabian 15" HHX Groove Hats (main) 15" Artisan Hats (auxiliary) 22" AAX Heavy Ride 20" AAX Medium Crash 20" AAX X-Plosion Crash 20" HHX X-Plosion Crash 19" AAX X-Plosion Fast Crash 21" AA Holy China 12" AAX Aero Splash over 12" AA Mini Holy China stack Hardware – DW Other Vic Firth SCS Christoph Schneider Signature Drumsticks Remo Drumheads Snare: Controlled sound X / Ambassador Snare Side, Toms:Clear Pinstripe / Clear Diplomat, Bass: Clear Powerstroke P3 / Powerstroke P3 Ebony References External links Rammstein.com Rammstein-Interviews.com Living people Feeling B members German heavy metal drummers Male drummers German male musicians Musicians from Berlin Rammstein members 1966 births People from Pankow Industrial metal musicians