The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics wasn’t lacking for style, and unquestionably the most stunning moment came when French metal bad Gojira had a performance straight out of Mad Max, completely with a screaming, headless Marie Antoinette.
There’s really nothing else to say here. What we witnessed was one of the most stunning, incredible, slightly gross, weird, perfect moments of any opening ceremony. I don’t think anyone had a Gojira performance on their bingo card, but there’s no doubt they are icons of French music — and now they’re the first heavy metal band to ever perform at an opening ceremony.
Formed in 1996, the band’s name was
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