History Music / Edguy

* Tobias Sammet (vocals)

* EpicRocking: "Eyes of the Tyrant," "The Pharaoh," "Theater of Salvation,", "The Piper Never Dies", "Speedhoven" and "Robin Hood".

* MonsterClown: On the cover of ''Age of the Joker'' (seriously, what would you expect?), and ''Mandrake''

* SlasherSmile: Also on the cover of ''Mandrake''.

!!Examples

* 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 "Down to the Devil" from ''Hellfire Club''. All of these are type 3. The first two Music/{{Avantasia}} albums are Religion Rant ''Albums''.

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

** Also, Felix Bohnke creates drum solos to the soundtracks of PiratesOfTheCaribbean and StarWars. During the latter, he sports [[VaderBreath an iconic mask, complete with sounds]].

* CreatorBacklash: Tobi is not fond of their early material, and thus none of the songs from their albums ''Kingdom of Madness'' or ''The Savage Poetry'' ever gets performed live.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Music/BlindGuardian Hansi]] [[DemonsAndWizards Kürsch]] guested on ''Vain Glory Opera''. Also ''very'' common on Avantasia.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Music/BlindGuardian Hansi]] [[DemonsAndWizards Kürsch]] guested on ''Vain Glory Opera''. Also ''very'' common on {{Avantasia}}.

* 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 [[RhapsodyOfFire Fabio Lione]].

Tobias Sammet also has a RockOpera side project, {{Avantasia}}.

* RightThroughTheWall: "Do Me Like a Caveman"

* ThisTropeIsBleep: Their live DVD/album is called ''Fucking with F*** ''. "F*** " is really "fire".

* MonsterClown: On the cover of ''Mandrake''.

* SlasherSmile: Also on the cover of ''Mandrake''.

* 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 [[{{Band/Europe}} The Final Countdown]] when performed live.

* LargeHam: Tobias Sammet.

Members:

Albums:

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Lucifer in Love". While Edguy is not above joke songs, they are usually saved until the end of the album. This one occurs at the three-quarters point and the sheer [=WTFness=] of it all is...better yet, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hj51KRQric listen for yourself.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Pick one of their joke songs.
** But Save Us Now, a song about a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jihR08lWh6M highspeed alien drum bunny]], might just be the best.
** As well as... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH0DuraqbMk This, Return to the Tribe]]. Listen to it from 3:20 onwards. If you can't catch it, listen to it 3:40 onwards.
* {{Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming}}: Tear-jerking ballads aside, a real-life example comes from Wacken Open Air 2010, when during the band's set, Tobi took his picture with a fan who had a debilitating muscle condition (wheelchair-bound). And he did it while continuing to sing the whole time, making this possibly double as a {{Crowning Moment Of Awesome}}.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Although which particular songs is a matter of opinion.

* HoYay: To the point that Tobi sometimes [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yNQO9LGpVY changes the line "What's night without the day?" to "What's Edguy without the gays?"]] in concerts.

* {{Take That}}: "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.]]

* TearJerker: Several of Edguy's ballads, such as "Scarlet Rose" and "The Spirit Will Remain."
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A common complaint on more recent albums, especially with Edguy's veering from power metal to hard rock. Of course, YourMileageMayVary.

* HeavyMithril: Several of their songs, though not as many as [[BlindGuardian some]] [[Music/GammaRay other]] power metal bands.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[BlindGuardian Hansi]] [[DemonsAndWizards Kürsch]] guested on ''Vain Glory Opera''. Also ''very'' common on {{Avantasia}}.

* RecordOfLoudnessWar: ''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."

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