the Savant"). To express such themes, Edguy sometimes use esoteric and hermetic expressions. Yet some of their songs are light-hearted or comedic ("Das Reh", "Save Us Now", "Lavatory Love Machine", "Life and Times of a Bonus Track", "Trinidad"). Edguy does not claim to represent any ideology; Tobias Sammet claimed "[the band is] not political and we are not religious; at least there is no key message in our songs telling you what to think in terms of anything". Hellfire Club revealed Edguy's interest in experimenting within music by integrating an orchestra into the production. The album featured a variation on Edguy's style, with a less grandiose, more progressive metal approach being embraced. The band's album Rocket Ride features even less power metal elements, and is arguably more oriented towards hard rock. Their next album, Tinnitus Sanctus, contains even more hard rock oriented songs; a large reduction of double bass drumming is evident, in contrast to Edguy's older albums such as Vain Glory Opera where there is very fast double bass which is common in the power metal genre. When asked if the term "happy heavy metal band" applies to the band, Tobias rejected it and added: Line-up Current members Tobias Sammet – vocals, keyboard (1992–present), bass guitar (1992–1998) Jens Ludwig – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1992–present) Dirk Sauer – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals (1992–present) Tobias Exxel – bass guitar, backing vocals (1998–present) Felix Bohnke – drums (1998–present) Former members Dominik Storch - drums (1992–1998) Frank Lindenthal - drums (1998) (studio only) Timeline Discography Studio albums Live albums Burning Down the Opera (2003) Fucking with Fire - Live (2009) Singles "La Marche Des Gendarmes" (2001) "Painting on the Wall" (2001) "Lavatory Love Machine" (2004) Demos Evil Minded (1993) Children of Steel (1994) Savage Poetry (1995) EPs Compilation albums Hall of Flames (2004) The Singles (2008) Monuments (2017) Videos "All the Clowns" (2001) "King of Fools" (2004) "Lavatory Love Machine" (2004) "Superheroes" (2005) "Ministry of Saints" (2008) "Robin Hood" (2011) "Love Tyger" (2014) DVDs Superheroes (2005) Fucking With Fire - Live (2009) Monuments (2017) References External links Edguy's official site Edguy on Nuclear Beast 1992 establishments in Germany German glam metal musical groups German heavy metal musical groups German power metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1992 Musical quintets Nuclear Blast artists