Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (born 11 April 1971)[1] is a German musician, best known as one of the founders and the bassist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.

[5] That same year, he traveled to the southwest of the United States together with Richard Kruspe and Till Lindemann.

[3] Together with Lindemann, they entered the Berlin Senate Metrobeat contest in 1994 and won a recording session in a professional studio.

[6][7] Paul Landers and Christian "Flake" Lorenz would later join the band, which was then renamed to Rammstein.

He also plays the acoustic guitar introduction to "Tier" and "Frühling in Paris" during live shows.