Christian Lorenz - Personal Life

Personal Life

Flake has been divorced once and has three children. One known daughter is named Anna.

On September 12, 2008, Flake was remarried to Jenny Rosemeyer, a German artist, who provided the whistling for Rammstein's song "Roter Sand". The marriage was celebrated over a period of 3 days on Flakes property in Liebenwalde. The band Knorkator played there on a temporarily constructed stage.

There is very little information available about his personal life outside of his musical career because he chooses to keep most of it private. He has described the riskier parts being in Rammstein as being like a cold shower. "It doesn't feel too good right then and there, but afterwards you get a good feeling." Flake has described himself as an atheist, having stated "I disapprove of religions which are made into rigid institutions. I also think that religious fanaticism and missionary work are dangerous."

Flake has a certain skepticism towards America, which he has reportedly called a "sick and decadent country with no culture.

He likes to listen to Einstürzende Neubauten, Die Ärzte, Element of Crime, Coldplay, Placebo, Johnny Cash, PJ Harvey, System of a Down, Ministry, The Prodigy and once remarked that he would've liked to have been the sixth Rolling Stone.

Flake is an amateur painter and likes classic cars. He has a Mercedes and is involved in vintage car hire business. Lorenz used to write frequently in the Fanarea logbook on the official website fanclub, which closed September 2004.

On 5 October 2005, Flake appeared briefly on Deutsche Welle. When asked how he felt about the reunification of Germany, he said he prefers/misses the way things were then. "Even if the GDR survived, I still would've stayed a musician. The increased size of the world also brought the danger of being compared to all of the international acts. The bands which were in the east were the only ones there, and if you were successful there, you were successful. I miss the simplicity. You went into a bar, ordered a beer, and you got a beer!... They didn't ask if you wanted... with a head or without a head, foam top or bottom... It really gets on my nerves having all of these choices I really don't want".

In November 2011 Flake's house was set on fire. The police managed to identify and capture the arsonist, a 28-year-old male with a criminal record. After his escape, he had a fiery car crash near Flake’s house