I've seen fire & I've seen rock'n'roll

While one can find much comment on the presence of fire in Greek myths, there is less mention of it as an everpresent staple in rock'n'roll. Some connections between rock and fire are legendary albeit unintentional, such as the flaming Lynyrd Skynyrd album cover or Michael Jackson shilling for Pepsi and setting his hair on fire.

My favorite uncanny rock reference to fire occurred when the Austin instrumental group Explosions in the Sky decided to release an album entitled "Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever." Innocently enough, the album cover had a flying biplane illuminating a rising angel, with the silhouettes of soldiers massed below. The first song on the recording was "Greet Death" and the the gatefold image was a flying plane captioned with the phrase: "This plane will crash tomorrow."

Did I mention that album's official release date was September 4, 2001? Needless to say, it didn't top the charts.

Sometimes fire is simply divine retribution for imposing disco upon the world.