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Metalhammer UK - 10 most eyebrow-raising live concerts

At #9 = Rammstein
Burn Baby Burn
Pyromaniacs Rammstein, being the menacing little scamps that they are, never leave home without their box of tricks (and by tricks we mean fireworks, flammable liquids, TNT, rocket launchers, etc.). The German industrialists reputation for an explosive live show spread like, well, wildfire. Singer Till Lindemann would belt out entire songs engulfed in flames from head to toe often feigning injury just for extra dramatic effect – as if any more drama was really required. And anyone who thinks that the industro-metal combo takes themselves too seriously should be pointed in the direction of keyboardist Flake who regularly uses a dinghy and a paddle to crowd surf to the back of a venue and then back to the stage.

The full Top 10 rundown:
10. Revolting Cocks – sex, drugs and er, livestock
09. Rammstein – Burn, baby, burn
08. Black Sabbath – Unusable Stonehenge replica
07. AC/DC – Inflatable Rosie
06. Kiss – with orchestra in full makeup
05. Motörhead – Taking the Wellington Bomber Lighting rig to Germany
04. Gogoroth – Impaled sheep heads and fainting woman on cross
03. Einstürzende Neubauten – Use power tools to destroy stage
02. Gwar – Alien filth mongers
01. Slipknot – Wrestling in their own shit

© 2005 Sue Lindemann