lightsource Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I found this little gem from German rockers Rammstein. Which was really an eye-opener! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zfx6RVLq50 How do you even start to risk asses a job like this? (1min 15 secs into the video is where it gets 'interesting') Would really be interested to hear comments on this one. Gerbs for drumsticks :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 What the...??? :unsure: ;) Well, as a compilation it probably looked a LOT worse than it was - I'd say the sum total of effects were spread across a whole concert, though I'm sure there ere many that were concentrated in short numbers... With such a huge audience, and with so many pyros getting VERY close to both them and the performers I'd have to say that the pyro designers there were either extremely clever or extremely dumb! Not sure which at the moment, but as you say, I'd LOVE to see the RA on this gig...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ripley Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Nice pyro shame about the song Many years ago I was doing a band night at a village hall when I noticed one of the bands fiddling about with some festoon on the front edge of the stage which was about a metre high. The audience were leaning on it, putting their beer glasses on the stage etc (We are talking late 70's here) On closer inspection they had put fuse wire between the pins (it was a BC festoon) and were now filling the fittings with gunpowder culled from various fireworks. They were going to have someone offstage switch it on at a suitable moment to open their set. Needless to say I soon put a stop to that! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 The first use of a Segway ® in a R&R concert? I'd have been inclined to insist that all the costumes were made of Nomex ®. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scjb Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 It always helps when the lead vocalist (Till Lindemann) is a qualified pyrotechnician... (and, yes, in Germany, they actually have a qualification process). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 So they set fire to stuff, including themselves,and smash up a few instruments.Nothing new there then,Arthur Brown,Jimmy Hendrix,The Who, to name but a few were doing that before some of ya were even born. Wouldn't mind a pair of those sparking boots though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I saw them at Brixton Academy a couple or 3 years ago, and they had the "rockets" to the balcony just in front of where we were sat.Prior to the show it appeared the local Fire chief was there inspecting things, although that could have been one of their crew chiefs - I forget, was too amazing a show! And the heat you can feel from a fair distance away too. Awesome stuffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niclights Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Legendary stuff. Everyone should watch the 1998 Berlin DVD. The art of using pars. I believe they used to squirt ether over the audience and then ignite it. They stopped doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfmonk Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 They stopped doing that. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agermich Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I remember a few years back that the band had to cancel a show at the London Astoria a couple of hours before the gig as Westminster council were a wee bit shakey about all the pyro (apparently :( ), I think that in the end the gig was rescheduled to Brixton Academy later in the year. http://www.nme.com/news/rammstein/8123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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