Electrifying performance
Forget turning up the volume, the band Thunderbolt Craziness turns up the voltage.
When they perform, the Chinese group charges tesla coils with a million volts of electricity, and then uses them to make vast electric arcs that flare around them in sync with their music.
The band members wear special metal suits to protect themselves from the high-voltage electricity which sometimes strikes them as they play.
The band was founded by 31-year-old Wang Zengxiang, who winds wire around his boot to protect himself from the high voltage.
Wang tests one of the tesla coils used to create the electric arcs.
Two band members help their guitarist put on a metal suit before a show.
The band also uses metal hoods to protect their faces.
Thunderbolt Craziness performs on stage.
Streams of electricity fly into the air as the guitarists play.
A member of the band channels electricity from tesla coils under his feet.
One of the band stands on a tesla coil and uses a metal stick to make an “x” out of electricity.
A band member draws a circle of electric arcs around himself using a metal wand.
