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Lighting things on fire during a gig?
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No, I would never, EVER light anything on fire during a gig. Sometimes, though, I have to take a dump right before a performance in the club's bathroom, and it will end up burning on the way out. :-/
Crap, that footage was horrible to watch. One of my biggest fears is dying in a fire...
Is this thread still going? Wow.
After seeing what can and has happened at various venues, the answer should be clear--NO. It's OK to ask, but once you have an answer, act wisely not foolishly.
After seeing what can and has happened at various venues, the answer should be clear--NO. It's OK to ask, but once you have an answer, act wisely not foolishly.
Pyrotechnics are like anything else in that if used properly, they present no problem. There's a reason that safety rules are usually put in place when using explosives to stop accidents happening.
I do love me some fire, though!
Ive never tried pyrotechnics at a show, but I remember plenty of days in my youth playing with fire. Fire also tends to work its way into a lot of my lyrics.
Ive never tried pyrotechnics at a show, but I remember plenty of days in my youth playing with fire. Fire also tends to work its way into a lot of my lyrics.
Holy Mother of God, I have never seen that whole thing. In fact, I still haven't. Didn't finish. Didn't need to.
If that doesn't answer your question. I question your sanity.
I did see somewhere (one of many websites) a list of all the admin the Pyro guys for Rammestein had to do for the Show they did at Wembley Arena at the beginning of 2010 as well as their 'for the show' briefing check list and to be honest, if you are not a qualified professional Don't Do it there are reasons people get paid to do this stuff.
I used to set off flash pots during shows at medium sized clubs.
That (rightfully) came to an abrupt halt after The Station fire.
On a side note, I have some leftover flash powder...
That (rightfully) came to an abrupt halt after The Station fire.
On a side note, I have some leftover flash powder...
+1
I think I'll check the batteries in my smoke detectors at home tonight. That was horrifying.
I know this is in the humor section but some things are just not funny, ever. Pyrotechnics are so dangerous that I don't usually want to be around them. I was once a crew member on a major tour that used flash bombs and you would just not believe all the precautions taken for one song. Everyone on the entire crew was prepared with fire extinguishers in station around the stage with specific assignments and the band had practiced what to do just in case. We had to review those assignments at every sound check usually with the Fire Marshal at every place we played who had to approve that part of the show, very often we also had Firemen in the wings.
Even farther back I was at a Kiss concert where Gene Simmons lit his hair on fire, scarry times.
Even farther back I was at a Kiss concert where Gene Simmons lit his hair on fire, scarry times.
Although arguably the greatest electric guitar player ever, Jimi was not known for making wise choices in life.
agreed. but he was a one-of-a-kind performer.
he played to the crowd, even with some unorthodox methods.
Fire CAN be controlled. I went to see Rush a couple of months back and there were flamethrowers on top of the machines there that were incredibly powerful (I could feel the heat from halfway back).
Not to a level of 100%, the thing with fire is that it is very unpredictable, thus the reason Im sure Rush had people trained in extinguishing fires on hand and ready to go.
