After KISS made it popular in the 70's (and Im sure Gene/Paul will have 
something to say something about this) every metal band HAD to use Pyro.I 
saw a local metal show back in the early 90's in a old theatre where the 
band tried to blow up the stage and caught the stage curtain on fire. 
Luckily somebody backstage grabbed a fire extinguisher and got it out quick 
so the show went on.

If you look carefully at the video (http://www.msnbc.com but I suggest 
seeing it on cable) the club's ceiling tile looked like it been painted 
black with a paint that was highly flammable - or was very old.

What really galls me is Great White used way too much in such a tiny place 
with enough fireworks for a arena show. Cant say if the band knew about 
this or not - but it looked like such a low budget show, the members could 
have participated in the stage set-up and thought they could get away with 
it.

At least they didn't kick off their show with "Baby's On Fire" (sorry - 
couldn't resist!)

Billy


At 04:28 PM 2/21/03 -0500, you wrote:
>At 03:12 PM 2/21/2003 -0500, Harris, Will wrote:
> >It's unquestionably horrible that the people died, and I cringe every time I
> >check the CNN.com site and see that the death toll has risen yet
> >again...and, yet, somewhere in the back of my mind, my inner Dennis Miller
> >(or is it my inner Jon Stewart?) is wondering why Great White needed to be
> >using pyrotechnics for a club gig in the first place.  It's, like, okay, we
> >get it, you used to play bigger venues...but do you have to revisit your
> >stage set-up glories here at Joe's Beer Hut?  It's a club gig; it's all
> >right to take it down a notch...
>
>That's what's making me so angry about this.  We all love a good show,
>but...what the fuck were they thinking?  This is beyond reckless
>endangerment, this is genuinely criminal behavior, and if it's established
>that the club had no idea they were going to use the pyrotechnics, I hope
>that Great White and all associated with them spend the rest of their
>poodle-metal lives in courtrooms.
>
>S
>
>NP: LOG 22 -- Bettie Serveert