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Location: Michigan | Can anyone tell me who was the loudest band ever to play a live concert?I have heard different rumors about this.
Also does anyone know what the loudest most powerfull amplifier in the world would be ???
This should be interseting thread
In my wifes humble opinion it is me ,, GWB. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | The two loudest that I ever saw were the Ramones at Manhattan College in the Bronx, NY and the Kinks at St. Johns University in NY.
I would also add Flogging Molly at the HOB in Atlantic City but that was more a case of my proximity to the loudspeakers. |
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Location: NJ | the ramones
emerald city
cherry hill nj around 85
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black sabbath
phila spectrum 74
well I have seen 1000 watt amps but nothing really that has been in production as an instrument amp I guess the svt at 300 watts is the largest production amp |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | At one time, The Who was measured as the loudest band of all time but it would not surprise me if whatever decible that was, it has been surpassed. |
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Location: Oregon | The loudest band ever happens to be my favorite. Manowar! Gods among men with the most loyal fans ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFuIc2sRFxs
Quote from Wikipedia: "The heavy metal band Manowar is one claimaint of the title of "loudest band in the world", citing a measurement of 129.5 decibels in 1994 in Hanover. The Guiness Book of World Records once listed it as the record holder for the loudest musical performance for an earlier performance in 1984. However, Guinness does not recognize Manowar's later claim, because it no longer includes a category of loudest band, reportedly because it does not want to encourage ear damage." |
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Location: south east Michigan | what???
speak up will ya..
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Oh People, Please.....the Loudest Band Ever is of course DEEP PURPLE !!!!!
as regarding the most powerful amp.,the most powerful speakers known to me are probably 24" ( TwentyFour inch. )woofers made by Precision Devices ( England )
http://www.precisiondevices.co.uk/home.asp
Such High Power systems would/should be driven electronically ( amp. for each speaker ) so that would be a good estimate , otherwise..the biggest guitar valve amp. that I know of was the SIMMS WATTS 200 ,200 wtts. European (400 wtts. American) with 8 x KT 66 in the output stage if I remember well ;)
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Location: NW Washington State | How about the loudest you ever heard? I have two from the early 70's.
Ted Nugent. A mild-mannered, straitlaced guy from my dorm had tickets. It turned out that he just had to stand in the front, right next to the PA speakers, and rock out. After a while I couldn't take it and had to to move to the back. Fun show though!
Jeff Beck. I went with my jazz-fusion buddies to see a double bill of the second Mahavishnu Orchestra and Beck. I think it was at the Shrine in LA. Mahavishnu was just short of being too loud; Beck was unbearable. After two or three numbers we left.
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Location: Up North | AC/DC Back in Black tour 1980, front row, I couldn't hear for a week after, but I stayed for the whole show.
So loud it was shaking dust off the rafters in the arena! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Loudest I've heard was Zak Wilde. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Loudest amp made was 250,000 watts. It was used to check missles for vibration problems. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Loudest sound ever - the whine from my mother in law after my father in law slipped up on their last anniversary.
Dogs, all over the Northeast, cried for days. |
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Location: big island | loudest i've heard was 38 Special at the civic center in Asheville, NC. way too loud. had to leave in the middle of the 3rd song. their sound man was deaf. my ears rang for three days. the opening act was much better although i cannot remember who! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Loudest band:
The Ramones
I don't know, about the loudest speaker, but you can use this calculator to reckon how much power you need. Most people have too much. You'll want about 90db at the back of the room. (hearing loss starts at 90db) For example, at 4 meters (a typical backroom of a coffee house) a 10W amp will work.
Use this calculator to figure out how many watt\'s you\'ll need.
That said, the biggest array of speakers I've seen was the Grateful Dead's, but the sound was clear. |
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Location: NJ | . . . kinda' ironic that that godawful shite could be heard Loud&Clear . . . |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Originally posted by cliff:
. . . kinda' ironic that that godawful shite could be heard Loud&Clear . . . LMAO!!! All of the Deadbeats will make you pay for that one, Cliff. |
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Location: NJ | Great . . . I'll be HackySack'd t'Death . . . |
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Location: Orange County, California | That'd be Disaster Area from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the loudest band in the universe, and in fact the loudest sound of any kind, anywhere. So loud is this band that the audience usually listens from the safe distance of thirty seven miles away in a well-built concrete bunker, while the band plays "virtual instruments" from an orbiting space craft. Disaster Area's lavish performances often cause major seismic catastrophes and permanent planetary damage. They go so far as to crash a space ship into the nearest sun to create a solar flare for the grand finale. At the time when the story's main characters meet him, in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the lead singer Hotblack Desatio has been sentenced to spending a year dead "for tax reasons", though he is still psychically alive.... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | " I don't know, about the loudest speaker, but you can use this calculator to reckon how much power you need "
That`s a nice little fun thing ,exept it forgets to mention at what frequency it will be used for ?? Soo...if we have to get technical ..
Nah,that would fall outside the scope of this board,but the statement of 90 db at the back ( at 1 Khz.?? ) being enough is odd,to say the least ! (that would be very little ) even GWB`s congregation who are toting stethoscopes to his sunday gig would tell him to buy a decent amp... but to keep things simple,when you look at the back of headphone wrappings,you will see that most phones will go up to 105 db,crank your discman to full power until distortion is reached,than that would tell you how loud that is( ouch !),turning down - 3 db = half that (50 %)now how can you tell ?,..simply ,when you perceive it as half as loud,then that is - 3 db and - 6db is thus a quart( 25 %) half as loud from when you turned it down last ,so now we are down at 105 - 6 = 99 db !that would be an amiable listening level, turn that - 3 db down ,and you are ready to join GWB`s stethoscope congregation .. yet 99 db - 3 db= 96 db,is still four (4) times louder than the calc`s 90 db ,at that level ,you would need a very good stethoscope indeed ! That I called DEEP PURPLE for the loudest band ever,comes from their hey-day`s,when they were making it a point to be " Louder than Everything Else " ,since then ,they have been copied by many,but being the first band to use that concept,I rate them nr.1 !
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | DISCLAIMER
The author has never heard of GuitarWannaBe,never heard of Congregation`s,and does not have a clue what Stethoscopes are about.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by 72tour:
The loudest band ever happens to be my favorite. Manowar! Gods among men with the most loyal fans ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFuIc2sRFxs
...because it does not want to encourage ear damage." |
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Location: ranson,wva | loudst band ive heard in concert was cradle of filth in Philadelphia back in 2000 when i was still in high school...dont rember much other than it was ear splitting loud...jason |
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Location: Oregon | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
So what is that guy playing at the beginning? The world's largest Mandolin? Eight string bass? Or an eight string baritone guitar? What?
8 string bass only strung with 4 string is what it looks like to me. But judging from the sound it's giving I think it's full 8 string with octaves or something... |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Duh...Everyone knows the answer is "Spinal Tap". |
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Location: Up North | That's true, they did have their amps built with 11 on the volume dial. :eek: |
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OT??? What is The Loudest ???
