History Music / Edguy

* VillainSong: "RobinHood", as it portrays the eponymous character as TheDreaded... While still set to an [[LyricalDissonance incredibly heroic tune]]! (and [[StealthParody some surprisingly humorous lyrics]])

* AudienceParticipationSong: "''This is the boring part of the show, the part where you have to sing along to whatever comes to my mind, allright?''" makes for midtros or intros for many songs.
** Also, all of their choruses. Most notably, ''Tears of a Mandrake'' and ''Out of Control''.

* BreakupSong: "Trinidad". And it is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic awe]][[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments some]]''!
** "Scarlet Rose" also qualifies but is much more [[Main/TearJerker tragic]]
** "Wasted Time" is an odd variation. It's not necessarily about the breakup ''per se'', more about the fear and anxiety that comes out of trying to come back from a breakup and find a new relationship.

* ClusterFBomb: "New Age Messiah" and "Life and Times of a Bonus Track", and of course, "Fucking With Fire".
* CoverVersion: "Hymn," which was originally an Ultravox song, and was turned into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZPbH6A5D8 something awesome.]]
* DrugsAreBad: Dragonfly, off of Tinnitus Sanctus, depicts a man dying of a drug overdose.
* EpicRocking: "Eyes of the Tyrant," "The Pharaoh," "Theater of Salvation,", "The Piper Never Dies", "Speedhoven" and "Robin Hood". Their longest by far is "The Kingdom", which is over eighteen minutes long.
* EroticEating: In the "Superheroes" music video, some PlayboyBunnies eat carrots suggestively. So does Tobias.

* Myth/{{Faust}}: "The Devil and the Savant" is based on this.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Pay attention when Tobi removes his outer coat in the music video for "Lavatory Love Machine". He unwittingly smacks one of the passengers behind him.
* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Monuments'' is a 2 CD set which also includes some new songs, rarer tracks from their [=EPs=], a previously unreleased track. and a DVD featuring a show in Brazil from their ''Hellfire Club'' tour.
* HeavyMithril: Several of their songs, though not as many as [[Music/BlindGuardian some]] [[Music/GammaRay other]] power metal bands.
* IntercourseWithYou: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y3CMlvrkN0 "Lavatory Love Machine"]] is rather obvious...
** ... but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_fwFMVLpY "Fucking With Fire"]] [[ICallHimMisterHappy ("Hair Force One")]] is even more blatant.
* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] practically ''defined'' by OTT, Tobias Sammet is unquestionably one of the largest hams in the business, arguably topped only by [[Music/RhapsodyOfFire Fabio Lione]].
* LastNoteHilarity: The fade-out to "Catch of the Century" is dominated by Tobias going on an angry rant towards all the other record labels that rejected him about how much more successful he will be, with someone eventually managing to bring him back down to earth.
* LighterAndSofter: The latest couple of albums have moved from power metal towards a more hard rock sound. Also, their later albums usually have at least one joke song.

* LongRunnerLineup: The last line-up change was in 1998, and that was to add a full-time bassist (Tobias Exxel) so that Tobias Sammet could focus on singing.
* LoudnessWar: ''Tinnitus Sanctus'', badly. [[JustifiedTrope Might be intentional]] given the name, the cover, and the fact that the band describes the album as "a penetrating wall of sound."
* LyricalDissonance: "Do Me Like A Caveman" is a bombastic, fast-paced power metal song...about a man trying to get some sleep while the couple in the room next to him are having very loud sex.
* MileHighClub: Again, "Lavatory Love Machine".
* MoodWhiplash: Played for laughs in "Space Police", where the lyrics heavily describe tons of intergalactic imagery and rebellious thoughts...until about halfway through the chorus, when the titular Space Police catches the protagonist and issues a stern warning.
* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Sex, Fire, Religion" most explicitly, but also "Lavatory Love Machine" a bit.

* RightThroughTheWall: "Do Me Like a Caveman".
* ShoutOut: Given that the structure of the songs is almost identical, "Vain Glory Opera" commonly gets its first verse replaced by the first verse from [[{{Music/Europe}} The Final Countdown]] when performed live.
** "Vain Glory Opera" often gets introduced as the song the stole or ripped off.
** Also, Felix Bohnke creates drum solos to the soundtracks of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''. During the latter, he sports [[VaderBreath an iconic mask, complete with sounds]].
* SexyStewardess: In "Lavatory Love Machine".

* {{Tuckerization}}: The name "Edguy" is an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar Siedschlag, their math teacher from when they were young.

!!Covers
While not necessarily reflected in lyrics...
* EarAche: The Jesus icon on the cover of ''Tinnitus Sanctus''.
* MonsterClown: A wicked looking jester seems to have become their mascot lately. One features prominently on the cover of ''Age of the Joker'' (seriously, what would you expect?), ''Mandrake'', and ''Monuments''.
** ''Rocket Ride'' got one, well, riding a RetroRocket -- with classical toothy NoseArt, a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe in LatexSpacesuit (and the same hat) on back "seat" and [[SpacePirate crossbones flag]] in the image of a jester's skull too.
* SlasherSmile: Also on the cover of ''Mandrake'' and ''Monuments''

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Recent material is mostly in the 5-6 range, prior albums tended to vary between 6-7.

** "Scarlet Rose" also qualifies, but is much more [[Main/TearJerker tragic]]

* [[ChildPopstar Child Rockstar]]: They were 14 year old students when they formed the band and released their first demos two years later.

* LongRunnerLineup: The last line-up change was in 1998, and that was to add a full time bassist (Tobias Exxel) so that Tobias Sammet could focus on singing.

* ShoutOut: Given that the structure of the songs are almost identical, "Vain Glory Opera" commonly gets its first verse replaced by the first verse from [[{{Music/Europe}} The Final Countdown]] when performed live.

** "Judas At The Opera", while first appearing like a barrage of random lyrics, is actually an attack against the critics who accuse them of being too happy and upbeat with their music. Unsurprisingly, critics then [[{{Completely Missing The Point}} attacked the song for being too cheerful and uptempo.]]

* ReligionRantSong: They did a few of these on their early albums, most notably "The Kingdom" from ''Kingdom of Madness'', the title track of ''Theater of Salvation'' (and arguably the entire album could count), and "Down to the Devil" from ''Hellfire Club''. All of these are type 3. The first two Music/{{Avantasia}} albums are Religion Rant ''Albums''.

* {{Faust}}: "The Devil and the Savant" is based on this.

* BreakupSong: "Trinidad". And it is ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awe]][[CrowningMomentOfFunny some]]''!

* SlasherSmile: Also on the cover of ''Mandrake'' and ''Monuments''.
* WrittenSoundEffect: The "pew pew pew" noises from the outro to "Space Police" are written as such in the liner notes.

Edguy (Prounouced "Ed-gai") is a German {{power metal}} band that was founded in 1992. Their music is heavily influenced by both Music/IronMaiden and Music/{{Helloween}}, although they tend to have a more symphonic sound with greater use of keyboards.