Pyrotechnics onstage.

Alright, any real MCR fan knows all about Bob getting burned during the making of "Famous Last Words"; the resulting infection resembled guacamole, spread to his head, and almost killed him. And yet on this tour, when they play the song in question, there's pyrotechnics going off right next to Bob the whole time. Does this worry anyone else, or am I just being paranoid?


Pyrotechnics is a field of study often thought synonymous with the manufacture of fireworks, but more accurately it has a wider scope that includes items for military and industrial uses.

Is the use of pyrotechnics onstage appropriate, safe, ...?
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i get where ur coming from, but te reason bob got burnt was because they set the fire way to close to him when they were doing the viceo, it has to be a certain amount away from you, and in that case it was too close..so as logn as they dont make that mistake again he should be fine =]]

I know, I just get worried about the guys when they tour. I get all maternal and caring and hope they're doing ok. I'd like to start a pen-pal system with rock stars on long tours, like soldiers from Vietnam, just to make sure they know there's a girl waiting for them back home who cares...

Pyro on stage is safe. Shows, concerts and others, have been doing it for years. I'm also pretty sure they went with different pyro techs for the show, and the flames aren't as bad as the video. I read it somewhere, but can't remember where, sorry.

I read in Kerrang that it's all totally safe, Gerard say's the got an awesome "pyro guy". I wouldn't be too worried if I were you.

Demolition Lover Jo:

I read in Kerrang that it's all totally safe, Gerard say's the got an awesome "pyro guy". I wouldn't be too worried if I were you.

Yeah, I read that in Kerrang too. Gerard said the fire was way safer then when they were making famous last words.

^ yeah, i read it in kerrang too xD.
gerard says that the pyro on stage, during the tour, is completely controlled fire, whereas during the video for flw they just set the float alight and kind of hoped for the best.

Yes. This does worry me as well....

But I think you should put a spoiler warning on this

When I saw all the sparks falling in Glasgow it was horrifying. Ray was standing too close to them and his afro almost caught alight! I was also quite concerned as Bob was behind all the flames and we couldn't see him for at least a minute. I do wonder if Gerard is secretly trying to knock off his band mates?

There was a guy on the far left who was playing guitar (not Frank, im not dense!) who was right under them totally getting showered with them! I was very worried! That hall they chose was small, and so was the stage, Hall 4 would have been better really.

The shower of sparks are pretty safe. They've fallen on me before, it's not something that will really catch fire to anything except paper maybe.

MCR doesn't use a lot of pyro. You wanna see real hardcore fire, you watch KISS perform. They basically blow up the freakin stage from every angle. You can feel it from forty rows back. Everything burns or spews fire, including their guitars.

They only time I've ever heard of a band actually getting hurt by stage pyro was Metallica's James Hetfield. He was drinking a lot back then and was confused about where to stand, so he inadvertently walked right into a flame pot. Luckily, he got to the hospital right away. I'm sure MCR will be fine, the fire isn't loose like it was on the video shoot. It is set to go off on specific places at specific times, so the band members are no where near the fire.

I never really thought about the danger of the fire but when I went to see them in Plymouth I was amazed how hot it was every time the fire came up

lol their obvously teasing me with teh fire
>.<

rewak:

There was a guy on the far left who was playing guitar (not Frank, im not dense!) who was right under them totally getting showered with them! I was very worried! That hall they chose was small, and so was the stage, Hall 4 would have been better really.

hahaha!