How does the old saying go? If you play with fire, you'll get featured on Metal Injection? I think that's it!
Indiana's Church Tongue, formerly known as Conquerors, have a guitarist who enjoys playing with fire, and in fact makes it a part of the band's live show. Chris Sawiki apparently makes it a habit to have somebody set his back on fire while the band plays. Here are two separate instances of this happening…
And one last shout out to the guitar player of a band called @ChurchTongueIN for setting himself on fire while playin pic.twitter.com/s77zniYtQR
— VANNA (@VannaBoston) March 17, 2015
#tbt To when we set @ChrisSawicki23 on fire. #msmfest #conquerors #ct pic.twitter.com/u04gBSyzaa
— Church Tongue (@ChurchTongueIN) February 26, 2015
It's a free country and Chris can do whatever he wants. I just hope the band takes proper safety pre-cautiouns, at least having somebody with a fire extinguisher present. If I was one of the other members of the band, or an audience member, I'd stay the fuck away from Chris while he's being burned. Chris is certainly not the first person to play with fire in a live setting, The Dillinger Escape Plan immediately comes to mind, as does Rammstein. Still, this seems slightly more dangerous to me.
If you are curious what the band sounds like, here's a video from when they were known as Conquerors:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYAdsJfluI[/youtube]
[via Metal Insider]
