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Location: NJ | ok
I take that back I did see spinal tap about 7 years ago at the namm show. and even with ear plugs they were still God awful loud. they were absolutelly the loudest band I ever heard. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
That'd be Disaster Area from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, .... That's quite scary. It's the chapter I re-read last night in bed!
Re-read for at least the 79th time, that is.
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I met the son of a neighbor of mine. It turns out that we both went to Forest Hills High School. He is about eight years older than me. During our conversation he told me that he used to hang out with the Ramones while he was in high school. Unfortunately the one song that I know from the Ramones is "I Want To Be Sedated". I guess that figures because of what I do for a living. :p |
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Location: NJ | The DeepPurple-thing came about when they were listed in the GuinnessBook as such . . . I'm sure they've probably been surpassed in subsequent years . . . yet, I fail to see any conceiveable reason "why" . . . .
The loudest (perceived) show that I personally found was a Yes concert in Manhattan in the early 80's ("90215" Tour). The sound system was just FAR too loud for the indoor venue they were playing. It was the only time EVER that I wadded some pieces of tissue paper into my ears . . . . |
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Location: Tampa, FL | In 1987 I worked at a U2 concert in RFK stadium. To this day, my inner ear tenses when I hear certain songs from the Joshua Tree album. I don't think the guitars were loud so much as the impulse from the amplified drums. This marked the beginning of my more-is-not-better period that I continue to believe to this day. Only bright spot to that concert was the 20 minute respite when Bono slipped on stage and broke his arm. He returned to finish the concert with his arm in a sling qualifying him for the iron man perfromance award. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Originally posted by Grif:
That's true, they did have their amps built with 11 on the volume dial. 11?
11 is for wimps.
My amp kicks Spinal Tap butt:
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | In 1978 George Clinton opened for George Benson @ the 2500 seat Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, NC. Clinton played for an hour at volume levels that I had never experianced before. (I had seen Deep Purple and any band that came to Charlotte since about 1971) My ears hurt so bad that I think I lost some permanent hearing that night. The real sad part was when George Benson walked out solo in his opening number, no one could hear him, our ears were ringing so badly. It's a shame too, I went to see Benson. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Grand Funk Railroad at Madison Square Garden back in 1971 was the loudest show I'd ever heard until . . .
I saw the Scorpions at the Jones Beach theater 3 years ago. The band opened up for Deep Purple and they were waaaaay louder. Insanely loud, kinda like being assulted by sound. I couldn't even take one song. We stayed ouside of the theater by the concession stands until the show was over, then went in and enjoyed the DP show. |
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Location: Michigan | I remember reading about Grand Funk setting a record for the loudest band at that concert back then but I am sure it has been blown away by Metal bands of the eighties.GWB |
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Location: Michigan | I cant beleive that none of you have mentioned the live TV shows for the loudest?????
Sonny & Cher Show ----Ive got you babe???
Donnie & Marie Hour--She's a little bit country
He's a little bit of Rock & Roll
Those were some ear splitting songs.GWB |
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Location: closely held secret | True, but it had nothing to do with the volume. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Loudest?
XTC their last North American
(and now from the sound of things...ever)
tour.(1981?)
But it was a very small venue with equipment for
something larger. |
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Location: Scotland | According to "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy".......
"Disaster Area" a Plutonium rock band generally held to be not only the loudest rock band in the Galaxy, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all. Disaster Area fans judge that the best sound balance is usually to be heard from within large concrete bunkers some thirty-seven miles from the stage, while the musicians themselves play their instruments by remote control from within a heavily insulated spaceship which stays in orbit around the planet - or more frequently around a completely different planet.
Disaster Area's leader was called Hotblack Desiato who was spending some time as dead, for tax purposes. Desitato is named after a Real Estate agency based in Islington, London. HGTTG writer Douglas Adams said he was struggling to find a name for the character and, spotting a Hotblack Desiato sign, liked the name so much he telephoned to ask permission to use the Company's name for the character. Apparently, the company's staff later received phone calls telling them they had a nerve naming their firm after Adams’ character. |
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Location: San Juan Capistrano, CA | Well, let's see here.......
I saw Van Halen, Styx, Scorpions, REO Speedwagon, Journey, and so on back in the early 80's and NONE of them could match the shear sonic bombast of.............
HEART!
Yep, you read that right. Veterans Stadium in Long Beach, CA, I think, is where I saw them at. Don't remember if it was '81 or when, but they were EAR SPLITTING LOUD! Far and away, from that day to this, the loudest band I've ever heard.
Flash forward twenty-plus years, and when I saw them at the Pacific Ampitheater in Costa Mesa back in 2005, they were too quiet. The crowd kept shouting for them to turn up the volume. It was hard to hear, but in spite of that, the band put on a great show.
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Location: NJ | Half the time, I think that it's not so much the band being "loud", but it's just PERCEIVED that way due to a soundman who's a complete f@ckwit . . . |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Loudest?
XTC their last North American
(and now from the sound of things...ever)
tour.(1981?)
But it was a very small venue with equipment for
something larger. you sure their last tour wan't black sea? I think that is the one I saw in about 84 or so |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Couldn,t swear to times and dates of anything right about that era. Shortly before I 'grew up.'
All I remember is good buzz, and good thing, 'cos it would have been painfully loud, even with the earplugs.
Is it possible that 'last tour' didn't make it to the west coast?
Looks like there will be no more XTC product. The last two; Apple Venus vol. 1 & 2, were as good as anything they've ever done...but I'm biased. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Oops! Guess my memory's better than I thought! Link XTC pulled a Beatles (or is it a Steely Dan ) and quit touring after Andy Partridge collapsed from exhaustion while on the road in March 1982. They haven't gone back out since, despite releasing some of the best records of the last 25 years. In fact, the final moment seems to be available on Youtube! |
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Location: NJ | ok 82
damn all those years just blend together...... |
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| When I was 15 or 16 I saw Cream play their 4th or 5th gig ever (no record released as yet) in the gym of Warwick University. No stage - straight on the floor. I watched Ginger tune his drums with a hammer, and then only a mic stand was between me and Eric. Maybe 2 feet - when he sang real loud I got the spittle. About 3 feet behind him were 2 Marshall 100 stacks, both set to 9. In total wattage I've heard a hundred/thousand louder bands, but at a distance of 5 feet it was pain beyond belief. But I stayed. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I saw Pantera on the winter of 1993 at the Palace Theater in Albany, NY. I had my share of hard/metal rock acts before that, but this was the loudest of all. I never knew anything about this band, but they were loud and heavy, that these guys made Megadeth sound like wimps. A good ole friend of mine was a writer for the local magazine, and asked me to tag along, as he was writing a review for the show. My bro. in law went as well.
It was also the first time I saw a mosh pit, at close range. as I stood [in disbelief] watching them audience go at each other, pushing, kicking, punching, jumping, diving, from the seventh row. About 25 minutes into their set, some drunk jumped my bro. in law and me from behind. Out of our anger, we lifted up this dude and threw him into the mosh pit. The funny thing was that the dude came back thanking us for he was having such a great time. The audience trashed the stage at the end of their encore performance, while simultaneously shouted the words, "Cowboys from hell!"
To my surprise, the show ended peacefully, without any fights or riots. I guess getting badly bruised in a rock concert can be therapeutic in some form or another... |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I think it was in the summer of 1997, when I saw the Animals and the Yardbirds, perform at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. It was a free show at the Cole Muffler Court [I don't know what it's called today though], and it was a great night for oldies rock and roll.
During this show, the drummer was the only original member of the Animals, but they still played a lot of their great songs. Even their singer was an awesome Eric Burdon sound-alike.
When the Yardbirds hit the stage, their music was really loud that I end up watching their set from a distance. Almost immediately, close to half of the audience disappeared too. I doubt if there were any original members in it, but they too played a lot of their classic songs. They even ended their set with "Dazed and Confused" which felt like Led Zeppelin made the reversal to become the Yardbirds again. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Gil, you continue to amaze me. :D |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | It's amazing where curiosity and being adventurous can lead us to... :) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | 1968, sitting in the first row at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, far left. Chicago (then known as the Chicago Transit Authority) opened for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. It was the first date with the girl who would later become my wife. There was a group of trumpets about four feet from us. I'm not sure if it was the volume or the piercing sound of those instruments, but it definitely did some damage. Most of the time these days, I take my custom made motorcycle riding earplus to concerts. It is the only way to prevent a headache. |
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OT??? What is The Loudest ???
