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* [[Big Black]]'s ''Kerosene'' is about one contemplating living the rest of their life in a small town in total boredom. Self-immolation is seen as the cure to that boredom.
** This song is considered the band's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|''Light My Fire'']] by many fans.
* The [[Hipgnosis]] cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''Wish You Were Here'' album includes a photo of two businessmen, one of whom happens to be on fire, casually shaking hands. This is intended as a visual metaphor for getting burned in the music business.▼
** The man on fire could also be the Devil ([[Fire and Brimstone Hell|since Hell is full of that stuff]]), and the two shaking hands could equate going into the music business as making a [[Deal with the Devil]].▼
* The original album cover to [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s ''Street Survivors'' had the band standing in the middle of an inferno, which gave the illusion of half the band being on fire. [[Tempting Fate|Three days after the album's release]], the band's flight [[Tear Jerker|crashed]], killing four bandmates and the two pilots.▼
* Sid Wilson of the band [[Slipknot]] has been known to ''set himself on fire'' during live shows. He's stopped doing this in recent years for fears of being arrested for attempted suicide. Yes, being arrested is his main fear for his human inferno act.
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{{quote|I'm on fire.
I'm on fire.
I am, quite literally...
<big>ON FIRE!</big> }}
* Electric Six's album ''Fire'' has a Man on Fire...at the disco. Could be the hit single "Danger! High Voltage" and its constant refrain of "Fire in the disco!" Or it could be their [[Running Gag|inexplicable obsession with the word "fire."]]▼
* Till Lindemann of [[Rammstein]]. Aside from his constant fiery antics on stage, the "Du Hast" video has the drummer Christoph Schneider do this as well. And let's not forget that the first song on their first album is called "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?" (for the non-German-speakers, that's "Do you want to see the bed in flames?").
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* The [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]] song "Charred Remains"
* [[Evile]]'s song "Burned Alive"
* The cover of [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s first album is a well-known photo of Thich Quang Duc (see Real Life folder).▼
=== Album Covers ===
▲* The [[Hipgnosis]] cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''Wish You Were Here'' album includes a photo of two businessmen, one of whom happens to be on fire, casually shaking hands. This is intended as a visual metaphor for getting burned in the music business.
▲** The man on fire could also be the Devil ([[Fire and Brimstone Hell|since Hell is full of that stuff]]), and the two shaking hands could equate going into the music business as making a [[Deal with the Devil]].
▲* The original album cover to [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s ''Street Survivors'' had the band standing in the middle of an inferno, which gave the illusion of half the band being on fire. [[Tempting Fate|Three days after the album's release]], the band's flight [[Tear Jerker|crashed]], killing four bandmates and the two pilots.
▲* [[Electric Six]]'s album ''Fire'' has a Man on Fire...at the disco. Could be the hit single "Danger! High Voltage" and its constant refrain of "Fire in the disco!" Or it could be their [[Running Gag|inexplicable obsession with the word "fire."]]
▲* The cover of [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s first album is a well-known photo of Thich Quang Duc (see Real Life folder).
=== Music Videos ===
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