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1Edguy (Pronounced "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.
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3Tobias Sammet also has a RockOpera side project, Music/{{Avantasia}}.
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6* Tobias Sammet (vocals, keyboards, bass until 1998)
7* Jens Ludwig (guitar)
8* Dirk Sauer (guitar)
9* Tobias Exxel (bass)
10* Felix Bohnke (drums)
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12[[AC:Albums:]]
13* 1995 - ''Savage Poetry''
14* 1997 - ''Kingdom of Madness''
15* 1998 - ''Vain Glory Opera''
16* 1999 - ''Theater of Salvation''
17* 2000 - ''The Savage Poetry'' (re-recording)
18* 2001 - ''Mandrake''
19* 2004 - ''Hellfire Club''
20* 2006 - ''Rocket Ride''
21* 2008 - ''Tinnitus Sanctus''
22* 2011 - ''Age of the Joker''
23* 2014 - ''Space Police: Defenders of the Crown''
24* 2017 - ''Monuments''[[note]]Created to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary. Technically it's a GreatestHitsAlbum, but it contains new material as well as rare and unreleased tracks.[[/note]]
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26!!Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the Freakshow!
27* AllDrummersAreAnimals: In this case, a ''highspeed alien drum bunny''.
28* 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 of their songs during live performances.
29* BoundAndGagged: Tobi gets taped to a chair in the "All The Clowns" music video.
30* BreakupSong:
31** PlayedForLaughs with "Trinidad", which opens with Tobi bluntly describing it as, "a story about an ugly woman I know".
32** Played straight with "Scarlet Rose".
33** "Wasted Time" is an odd variation. It's not necessarily about the breakup ''per se'', but more about the fear and anxiety that comes out of trying to come back from a breakup and find a new relationship.
34* [[ChildPopstar Child Rockstar]]: They were 14-year-old students when they formed the band and released their first demos two years later.
35* ClusterFBomb:
36** "New Age Messiah": "Pardon fucking me, who the fucking fuck is Jesus[=/=]Motherfucking new messiah[=/=]For the fucking world."
37** "Life and Times of a Bonus Track": "I don't give a fucking shit, no, I don't give a shit[=/=]Don't give a fucking shit, no, no...[=/=]Not a single little fucking shit."
38** "Fucking With Fire", in the chorus hook, naturally.
39* CoverVersion: "Hymn," which was originally an {{Music/Ultravox}} song.
40* DrugsAreBad: "Dragonfly" depicts a man dying of a drug overdose, wrapped around a play on words with the phrase "Drag on dragonflies".
41* EarAche: The Jesus icon on the cover of ''Tinnitus Sanctus'' with a trickle of blood coming out of one ear.
42* EpicRocking: The band have their fair share of tracks that exceed the six-minute mark, but their longest by far is "The Kingdom", which is over eighteen minutes long.
43* EroticEating: In the "Superheroes" music video, a group of PlayboyBunnies eat carrots suggestively. As does Tobias.
44* EvilLaugh: The guitar solo in "The Return To The Tribe" achieves this effect.
45* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Tobi removes his outer coat in the music video for "Lavatory Love Machine", he unwittingly smacks one of the passengers behind him.
46* 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.
47%%* HeavyMithril: Several of their songs, though not as many as [[Music/BlindGuardian some]] [[Music/GammaRay other]] power metal bands.
48* IntercourseWithYou:
49** "Lavatory Love Machine" plays out a sexual encounter [[MileHighClub on a plane to Brazil]], at least until the singer goes off on an aside about his hypothetical death in a plane crash.
50** "Fucking With Fire" fits a more general theme of sex, with Tobias even referring to his manhood in the chorus as "Hair Force One".
51* LargeHam: In a [[PowerMetal genre]] practically ''defined'' by bombast, Tobias Sammet is unquestionably one of the largest hams in the business, arguably topped only by [[Music/RhapsodyOfFire Fabio Lione]].
52* 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, culminating in materialistic screaming until someone eventually manages to bring him back down to earth.
53* LonelyPianoPiece: "Standing In The Rain"
54* LongRunnerLineup: Their 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.
55* LoudnessWar: ''Tinnitus Sanctus'', although this shows many signs of being intentional given the title, the cover, and the fact that the band describes the album as "a penetrating wall of sound".
56* LyricalDissonance:
57** "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.
58** "Space Police" portrays a combination of bombast and rebellion against the backdrop of the cosmos...before getting interrupted less than halfway through the chorus by a stern warning from the titular Space Police.
59* MileHighClub: "Lavatory Love Machine". PlayedForLaughs when the song takes an aside near the end to imagine what will happen if the plane was to crash.
60* MonsterClown: A wicked-looking jester seems to be their mascot. One features prominently on the cover of ''Age of the Joker'' as the title would indicate, and he shows up on the covers of ''Mandrake'', and ''Monuments''.
61** ''Rocket Ride'' has one riding a RetroRocket -- with classical toothy NoseArt, a GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe in a LatexSpacesuit (and the same hat) on the back "seat" and a [[SpacePirate crossbones flag]] in the image of a jester's skull.
62* MoodWhiplash: PlayedForLaughs 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.
63* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Sex, Fire, Religion" most explicitly, but also "Lavatory Love Machine".
64* PlayboyBunnies: In the "Superheroes" music video.
65* PowerBallad: "Scarlet Rose," "Holy Water," "Forever," "When A Hero Cries," "Save Me," and the incredibly awesome "The Spirit Will Remain."
66* 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''. It should also be noted that, based on one post on [[https://www.facebook.com/avantasia/photos/a.10153622601148889/10157927778473889/?type=3&theater Avantasia's Facebook Page]], that Tobias would appear to be an Occult Magician, and would naturally object to rules and power structures when it comes to spirituality.
67* RightThroughTheWall: "Do Me Like a Caveman", from the perspective of someone being kept awake by a couple having sex in the next room over.
68* RuleOfCool: This is Tobias' reason for the WordSaladTitle of ''Space Police: Defenders of the Crown'', saying that, "...we couldn't decide which title was better, we just went with both. Does it make sense? No! Does it sound exciting? Hell, yes! Mission accomplished!"
69* ShoutOut:
70** Given that the structures of both 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. The band also often introduces the song by jokingly claiming that Europe stole it.
71** 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]].
72* SexyStewardess: In "Lavatory Love Machine", Tobias ends up joining the MileHighClub with one on a flight to Brazil.
73* SlasherSmile: The jester mascot does this on the cover of ''Mandrake'' and ''Monuments''.
74* SpacePolice: The aptly-named "Space Police". The lyrics are about some guys who go to outer space to run wild, only to be stopped by the space police. According to Tobi, the term "space police" is used as an analogy to refer to people who try to tell bands what to do and not to do.
75* {{Take That}}:
76** "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 attacked the song for being too cheerful and uptempo.]]
77** "Catch Of The Century" is a TakeThat to the record labels that refused to sign the band in their infancy and predicted that they would have no future.
78* SympatheticPOV: [[InvertedTrope Inverted ]] in "Robin Hood"; as it shows that by taking away the POV from the eponymous character, you can easily turn the LovableRogue into TheDreaded.
79* {{Tuckerization}}: The name "Edguy" is an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar Siedschlag, the band's math teacher from when they were young.
80* VillainSong: "Robin Hood", as it portrays the eponymous character as TheDreaded... While still set to an [[LyricalDissonance incredibly heroic tune]]! (and [[StealthParody some surprisingly humorous lyrics]])
81* WordSaladTitle: ''Space Police: Defenders of the Crown'' - the subtitle may not seem like it has anything to do with the subtitle, but Tobias said that the two titles that make up the phrase were combined because of a combination of RuleOfCool and being unable to decide between the two.
82* WrittenSoundEffect: The "pew pew pew" noises from the outro to "Space Police" are written as such in the liner notes.
83* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: In "Robin Hood," Tobi tells the audience to "bewareth."

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