The obvious news was revealed by guitarist РњATTHIAS JABBS who talked exclusively toВ Tangra Mega Rock's Nasso Ruskov this week.

Here's part of the dialog:

BACK IN THE 80S OVER HERE IN BULGARIA NOT MANY PEOPLE KNEW ENGLISH WELL, AS IT WAS A LANGUAGE FROWNED UPON IN FAVOUR OF RUSSIAN, SO SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOUR SONG "Blackout" meant "black people out". THIS WAS A COMBINATION OF THEIR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE GERMANS AND ALL THE STEREOTYPE RUBBISH FROM THE PAST...HAVE YOU EVER OF THIS IDIOTIC INTERPRETATION?
Hahaha, no. I'm sorry, I have to laugh, this is actually quite funny hahaha. I've never ever heard of that before.

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