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Topic: loudest band of all time
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Subject: loudest band of all time
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:06
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I almost lost my hearing at a a King Crimson concert on the Beat tour. It was LOUD. Also the Three of a Perfect Pair tour tour. I can`t even believe Fripp still posseses hearing.
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:08
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Well, I'm going to a Who concert in October. I'll tell the results of that.
R30 in surround sound. Coooooool. |
Posted By: rushfan6588
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:16
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Liquid Tension Expertiment...Levin was hospitalized for migranes during the recording of their second album ------------- If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:40
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I seem to remember Deep Purple held the distinction of loudest group for some time...? I know they were once included in the Guiness book of records as the loudest band in the world.  .......louder than a poof's shirt!!!-------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:42
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They may not be prog bands, but Slayer and Motorhead win in this category... ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:42
Odd, since their recordings always came off a bit quiet for me. |
mystic fred wrote:Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:44
| Destruction was the loudest band I have ever witnessed live. Motorhead come second. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:45
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Well townshend is almost deaf he HAS to have the volume cranked in order even hear himself! What`s the lineup?
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:49
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:51
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I've heard Mogwai is literally deafening live if you don't bring earplugs.
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:51
| Weren't Led Zeppelin deafeningly loud? |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:53
It was in the paper a month ago. I can't remember all of it. I just know that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are there, and that the drummer is Ringo Starr's son.
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Posted By: Zweck
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 16:59
| Sunn O)))? |
Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:00
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By far the loudest band I ever heard was Sammy Hagar at the Hammersmith Odeon in the early 80s....there was an extra tier of speakers on either side of the stage that wasn't used during the concert proper.......which was loud enough....then, for encore, he did "Red" - and the extra speakers were switched on......I'm not claiming it was the best concert ever.......but certainly my loudest....I honestly had ringing in my ears for 3 days ..... ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS 
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:02
not uncomfortably so, no.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:03
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I remember hearing somewhere that Manowar was the loudest band of all time (and they were put in the Guiness Book of Records for it as well).
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:09
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Spinal Tap of course, one of britain's loudest bands
seriously, I went to a lot of shows when I was younger and did almost 12 years less than 10 feet from my own Marshall stack. The ringing never stops, sounds like crickets inmy head 24-7 and I miss a good third of the conversations around me. As is often the case, what seemed so cool when we're young just turns out to be plain old STOOPID |
Posted By: rushfan6588
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:14
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hahaha...yess...'wheres the damn stage??" ------------- If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:16
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1974 tour |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:19
That's a fact - although it was a while ago already (they were said to have played a concert with sound up to 163 dB in Belgium once). No idea if someone ever beat that record, but it sure isn't my idea of a great concert anymore. I recall a friend's wife actually leaving the hall during Rush concert in Rotterdam (Roll the Bones tour), halfway through Neils drum solo. Not sure if it was really that loud - given that she was pregnant at the time... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: captainbeyond
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 17:49
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(I've been having a tough time posting this so, if it appears five times, please forgive me) As I was scrolling down the thread, I was so psyched to mention Manowaronly to see that Cygnus beat me to it. Either way, death to false metal!!!!!!!!!!!!! The loudest show I ever ecperienced was Blid Idiot God, around 1994, at CBGB. They must have had 8 cabinets for a really small space. It was like being caught inside a turbine of the Millenium Falcon. Fortunately, it didn't feel bad at all since Andy Hawkins' guitar was so rich harmonically. It was like a Glenn Branca orchestra (who was also immensely loud, but not as loud as B.I.G.) condensed into a power trio. More than any show i've been to, the music was a massive, physical presence in the room, expanding and compressing all of your particles, simultaneously. |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 18:00
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Motorhead are pretty loud, in fact the last time I saw them a few years ago at the Brixton Academy, was easily the loudest gig I have ever been to, I think they got into trouble that night as well for being too load for too long!!!! My ears were still ringing for the whole of the following day  From this very similar thread. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19311&KW=loud - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19311&KW=loud ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: Liquid Len
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 18:01
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The loudest I ever heard was a Robert Plant gig, I swear I could feel my heart shuddering! ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies? |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 19:02
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Robert Fripp wears earplugs, so he doesn't particularly care.
Mystic Fred is correct: the Guinness Book lists Deep Purple as the loudest band ever in concert: they were measured at 132 decibels - louder than a jet plane at take-off when standing 30 feet away.
I saw Led Zeppelin: they were not overly loud. Just loud enough...LOL
Peace.
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 19:09
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The only concert where I walked out of with ears ringing was a show in 1978 Foghat and Thin Lizzy. Foghat was loud it was just a din you couldn't distinguish anything. Thin Lizzy was loud but not that loud. I had to leave as it was actually painful. I was there to see TL anyway Gary Moore was playing with them.
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 19:36
Led Zeppelin 1979, my head was buzzing for two days and Rush 2005, it's one of my favorite bands but I went to the toilet a few extra times to escape from the 100 plus decibels, aweful and a disgrace to such a band  ...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 19:36
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Garion:
I saw Foghat and Thin Lizzy on that same tour as well. I had the same reaction to Foghat. They played about an hour and I still don't know how many songs they played because it all ran together. |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 19:50
Exactly there was no guitar, bass, drums or vocals it was just a din. Totally awful. TL smoked though.  -------------
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Posted By: Dr4Wazo
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 20:21
SLEEP with their GREEN and JERICHO amps 
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Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 21:34
| Deep Purple!!!!! |
Posted By: lightbulb_son
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 21:48
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You guys are forgetting a lot of major bands. Sunn O))) are frighteningly loud, I refused to go to their concerts because of the horror stories I heard. (They play so loud that you crap your pants, literally no joke) Another band that was way loud was the Swans (the police shut down many of their concerts because it was a health hazard.)
Sleep and their guitarist Matt Pike's next band (High On Fire) are both insanely loud.
And of course you have the classic example of Motorhead. ------------- When the world is sick Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 22:40
| I used to own a SUNN 0))) amplifier. That was the name of the company ND the Logo. Last I heard Fender had bought them out. I wonder if the band has the permissin to use both name and logo. It was a fairly major brand name in the late 60's and early 70's. Not particulaly loud though. |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 22:55
i heard that too,
also MY BLOODY VALENTINE and the JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 23:26
Yeah post-rock and "wall of sound" shoegazer bands can get really loud. I've seen tons of metal bands, but the loudest concert I've been to was Mono. They can build a song from almost silence to the most deafening clamour. The guitars have so many looped layers the sound is literally more punishing than any metal band could ever be. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Csejthe
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 23:28
Actually, the theory isn't that they play so loud that you
defecate, but so low. It's called the theory of the "brown note"
and has never been proven or extensively documented.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 15 2006 at 23:39
| Hey I used to make a similar joke about VanHalen 25 years ago when Eddie was getting gobs of attention for his guitar tone. At the time the rock press was calling it the "brown sound". Not being a big fan (and given the subject of the previous post) you can imagine how I interpreted that. |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 00:18
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Suffocation wins easily methinks
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 00:21
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In loudest do you mean heaviest ?
In that case, some extreme Black Metal would win: the haviest that come to my mind are Cryptopsy, Belphegor and Anaal Nathrak, but are a lot out there.
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 00:24
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Well I take that back, Deep Purple was really loud.
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 00:24
no, they dont mean that, and Suffocation is "louder" than Cryptopsy, although Cryptopsy's drummer is freaking unbelievable. ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: KazimirMajorinc
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 00:27
| The loudest band I've heard personally was Slovenian punk band Pankrti. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 02:04
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The Sweet at Nottingham Rock City 1980.Horribly loud...couldn't hear a damn thing for 2 days after.
I never saw any band in the seventies but my friend who saw a lot of bands in the late sixties and seventies rates The Nice at Wolverhampton Civic Hall 1968 as the loudest gig he ever witnessed (ahead of even Hawkwind!).
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 02:08
My friend went to a motörhead concert without earplugs 
He couldn't hear much for a week.
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Posted By: Angeldust
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 02:10
Dinosaur Jr.! ------------- 
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Posted By: pero
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 02:57
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1. Black Sabbath
2. Deep Purple
3. King Crimson - 21 century from "Earthbond" is the loudest and the best for me.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 03:07
| Black Sabbath Played incredibly loud |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 07:02
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I totally agree with everyone who has cited Motorhead. Seen them twice and only just survived both encounters. At one of the gigs a group of us were shouting LOUDER to see just how far they would go. Lemmy, ever the gentleman, told us to f**k off.
On occasions Hawkwind have been very loud (dependent on their mood)
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Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 07:21
| For me personally it would have to the "lightning Bolt" Concert I went to, I have never been to another concert so noisy and agressive. Seriously about three quarters of the way through the set things really started to get physically painful! |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 07:55
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I one of Woody Allen film he was in New York with a young woman and the band was playing so loud that he asked her: Do they take hostages after the gig
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Posted By: crimson thing
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 08:29
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....just to go to the other extreme (and just how much further off topic can one go?...), the most well-mannered, if not perhaps the quietest, rock concert I went to was also at Hammersmith Odeon. The band was 10cc (post split), and it's the only time I've ever seen everyone in the audience sitting quietly, not standing and shouting, and bestowing polite, but genuinely appreciative, applause at the end of each song. Bizarre, but a good concert nonetheless... ------------- "Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 10:57
| How about Manowar? They claim themselfes the loudest. |
Posted By: sm sm
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 12:19
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Kiss in their Creatures of the night tour proclaimed themselves as the loudest band.
They were and it hurt my ears, forcing myself and many other to go to the washroom and stuff toilet paper in their ears
Motorhead were loud but not to the point of causing pain.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 16 2006 at 12:36
| I saw Kiss in '74 just after Hotter Than Hell wass released. Stood on my chair in the 4th rown about 30 feet from the wall of Marshalls on Paul and Ace's side of the stage. Started my down the road to permanent hearing loss. |
Posted By: proggz
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 17:50
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pure reason revolution at summerns end 2006 ridiculous,had to sit up on the toilet sounded good there but the vibrations were weird lol!!!!!! proggz ------------- currently listening to:- Shakary 2006 Brother Ape - Shangri-la King Eider - somateria spectabilis Moira Falls - The long goodbye www.progboys.com |
Posted By: Minimalist777
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 18:18
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Probably Sunn0))), Earth or Boris. I heard from an aquaintance of mine who went to a Sunn0))) concert, that your eyes are forced to look upwards due to the vibrations, no way for them to look downwards, and that there were loads of people in the back vomiting profusely. ------------- WWOSD? What Would OliverStoned Do? |
Posted By: Vodkagunblast
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 18:33
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Sunn0))) isn't a band. They produce oscillating low frequencies that drone seemingly endlessly until their set is over, at which point half the people boo and the other half clap because they're conditioned to do so.
I just saw them at the Fillmore in SF...yeah they're pretty loud but nothing too bad. I mused to my friend that if I were in that band I would commence to release an album every day of the year for the entireity of my career with them. The thing you could do is have a concept year...an album a day, and then on just one day have an album of incredibly dynamic music. DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBRUMMMMMMMMGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSDDRRRRRRRRROOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHHGGGGGGGGCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
Posted By: Pseud0
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 20:37
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lol at manowar playing at 163 db, no way ------------- 
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Posted By: THE_POLE
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 20:38
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Strapping Young Lad
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 20:39
MANOWAR. It's in the record books 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: October 05 2006 at 20:41
YES
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Posted By: Neil
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 05:30
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The loudest gig I ever went to was "The Grand Mothers" at The Robin Hood 2 in Bilston. Napoleon Murphy Brock and the guys were going great and did justice to a load of old Zappa stuff but the sound was frighteningly loud in that small venue. I actually had to put my fingers in my ears on a few occasions; something I didn't even need to do at Motorhead gigs. Having said that I remember seing Motorhead at the Newcastle Mayfair in 1985. The gig was late starting due to technical problems and they eventually let us in for the end of the sound check. There were periods of silence while things were adjusted and then Phil launched into the intro to Overkill to test the kick drum on the PA. It pretty much drove us back against the far wall. ------------- When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 06:01
I seem to recall that the Who entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1975 for the loudest ever concert (although I'm sure this has been superceded since..)
personally, I remember my first Gig, Manowar at Bristol Colston Hall in 1983 as being the loudest gig I attended. I remember not being able to hear anything at school the next day before coffee break, and the muffling continued for about 3 days!!  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: JohnGargo
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 09:20
| The concert that caused the most distress upon my hearing was when I saw Megadeth in Philadelphia. The opening act was Exodus (with their new, not so good, singer) and the sound guys must have rushed because the music was too loud and too distorted, and even though I knew the songs I could hardly make anything out. My ears rang for a week and a half afterwards and I seriously thought that I had received permanent tinnitus as a result. From now on, when I go to a small club, I'm bringing ear plugs. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 09:25
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MOTÖRHEAD! I've seen them quite a few times now and they've been loud, but usually not too painful. Then one time I saw them at Glasgow Barrowlands and it was so loud I couldn't hear properly for a week. It was too loud to enjoy the music properly. Anyone who claims to enjoy music as loud as that needs to have both their head and ears examined! ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 11:09
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When I saw them in 72 on the Machine Head tour,my ears were ringing for days after.
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 11:11
Mono(J) are pretty much really loud at concerts. Just what i've heard. hope im not mixing anyone up. 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 11:14
| The loudest gig I've ever been to was Ted Nugent at Hammersmith Odeon. We had to shut ourselves in the toilet and it was still too loud! |
Posted By: Neil
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 12:13
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There seems to be myth amongst lesser sound technicians that louder is better. You see it most often at small club and pub gigs. Loud is great if the equipment can take it but push amps and speakers too far and all you get is an incoherent mush that hurts the ears.
One of the most consistently good sound systems that I've heard has been the PA at the Cropredy Festival. Hats off too their sound engineer. ------------- When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 12:23
All the better for you to hear Chris Leslie's dulcit tones, eh? ------------- 
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Posted By: Stormcock
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 17:35
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The first time I saw Motorhead as a youth they left my ears ringing for days. It was astonishingly loud, and since then I'd not seen / heard anyone louder until last year when I saw Hawkwind in a small venue with a low roof - they were ear splitting. It's definately all to do with the size of the place and if the sound man has realised he needs to turn it down from the previous nights gig in a big hall, or whatever. Talking about the Cropredy PA, I have to agree the sound there is usually crystal clear, and much better near the front. I was there this year and it was fantastic as usual, although there were grumblings during Fairport's set when a section of the crowd on the right began shouting 'we can't hear Ric (Sanders)'. They soon put it right. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 18:03
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My loudest was sitting 2 metres from Gary Husband's drums, when part of
Allan Holdsworth group in the mid 90's not only deafened but had my
hair literally parted by a flying drumstick - ended as a trophy of that
night and now sits in front of me. Worst loud sound I heard was from
Pin Fairies at Kingston Swimming Baths - couldn't stand more than 30
minutes of the volume and the awful echoey acoustics. Being on my Uni's ENTS Committee in the mid 70's we had to monitor sound levels in the halls used. One band hit 109dB 10 metres from their main speakers (and one freak spent many band nights with his head inside speaker cones)..... I think is was suggested Traffic were pretty loud at 115dB - apparently like standing behind Concorde as it took off - without getting scorched by the jets. We also had the university's airport sound monitor research group in - geenrating noise and determining tolerable levels in "volunteers. Be assured 96db of 12000HZ average white noise is painful in a 600 seater hall (empty) |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 18:05
I've seen dozens of metal bands live, and Mono was by far louder than all of them. They swell from almost silence to the most deafening racket. Awesome.  ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: the icon of sin
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 18:09
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Ironically the first concert I ever went to was the loudest. It was a Black Sabbath tribute originally titled Slack Babbath, and since I had no previous experience my loud sound resistance just wasn't there. Being about 10 feet from the main speaker didn't help too much and I was phycially deaf in the ear closest to the speaker for a few days, with the ringing taking 2 weeks to subside. A week after that I saw Daevid Allen's University of Errors (a band that should be on this site much more then Iron Maiden) and couldn't hear half the concert due to my right ear so sat in the same seat as the previous week, backwards... |
Posted By: Zoot Allures
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 23:55
Yup. Motorhead! Definately Loud
 I've seen Slayer 7 times and never found them to be excessively loud. I found Tool's Lateralus show extremely loud but then again I'm startin' to get old
 and don't seem to need the volume jacked to 11 quiet as often. Pardon, did some one say something???  ------------- The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson |
Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 03:07
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The loudest show i've been too was only about a week ago, I saw Kayo Dot in a place that only holds like.. 35 people, And i was literally right between Mia Matsumiya and Toby Driver, any closer and i would have been inside of them. So tihs meand i was surrounded by all this stuff. and when they Played "Don't Touch Dead Animals" (the new song that usually makes people leave Mia told me) Was Frightenly loud and crazy. But it was awesome. I bet Merzbow or Gerogerigegege could be the loudest. i mean Merzbow plays a defening high pitch screech for thirty minutes straight. then gets even louder later on. ------------- 
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Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 10:42
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The concerts that I remember being the loudest are Opeth and Yngwie Malmsteen. I was really in pain at the Opeth concert. I didn't expect them to be as loud as they were, but my hearing didn't really come back for about 2 days. I'm going to see Mastodon tonight. I'm bringing earplugs for sure. -------------  
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Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 11:45
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Man, if britney or Justin desire it, they can put the loudest concert ever. They have the MONEY to do it. So I think that we should ask this question looking for bands in the glory days. And the answer is clear: THE WHO and, after them, DEEP PURPLE. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: Aspiring hope
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 15:44
Yes, I too have seen it on a Guiness book, but I can't recall of which year. Could it have been 2005? -------------  |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 18:09
| I don't know...both the Who and Purple being the 'loudest band' sounds a little like mythologic spin, and out of date as well. Gotta be Motorhead; Monsters of Metal Tour, 1983 or so. |
Posted By: Stormcock
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 18:18
| Of the top of my head, Deep Purple were in the Guiness book in the early seventies as the loudest band, until The Who nicked the 'honour' around 1974/5 with their concert at The Valley, Charlton Athletic's ground. Since then, I don't know. I don't think volume is as much of an issue these days for live bands, it's more the sound quality that they're looking for, I hope. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 18:24
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Yes, both bands certainly held the title according to various good sources, but at this point I doubt it. And what is 'loudest'- did they simply take decible readings?
...and I don't know if I've ever heard a louder *recording* than 'Red'. |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 00:33
Pelican were ear-crushingly loud when i saw them live a few days ago.. my ears still ring.
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