The loudest concert ever!!
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Topic: The loudest concert ever!!
Posted By: Dr Know
Subject: The loudest concert ever!!
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 19:42
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The loudest band I´ve ever heard has to be Destruction. I went to a Scorpions concert and they were one of the opening bands. It was so loud and the whole structure of the hall was shaking, I thought the roof would cave in at any second Which is the loudest band you´ve seen live? |
The band were terrible, terrible
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 20:29
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I remember when the Who held the Guiness record for the loudest concert. I didn't see the show but I think it started some states here to set decibel limits on rock shows. As for the loudest show I ever saw, I guess I'd say ELP on the Welcome Back My Friends tour in '74. They had a Quadraphonic sound system where most of the speakers were right there in the bleachers with us. When Keith would hit that Moog, it would just fly around the arena going right through your ears. Loud as Hell! |
Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 21:14
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Pink Floyd in 1988. Floyd has always had a history of being really loud, though I'm sure the Who have them beat. Recently, Porcupine Tree (opening for Yes) in 2002. This was because I was sitting in a direct line from the right side speakers. PT's bass was mixed real loud and overwhelmed most of the other instruments, especially the keys. However, Yes wasn't nearly as loud and the sound levels were quite comfortable when they came on. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 21:22
Megadeth, RockinRio, 1991... wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww  and inside a football stadium (Maracanã) with capacity for more than 200.000 people. I suffer until today the effects of that evening show.  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 21:28
Yeah, I've seen Yes 5 times and they're never that loud. |
progaeopteryx wrote:Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 07:09
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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  ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: yeppp
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 08:58
| I dont know if you know the genre " Noise " ? artist's like " Merzbow " or " Masonna " ! Their concerts and ( and even albums ) are extremely noisy !! even painfull |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 17:16
| Motorhead, saw them in the early Eighties. Way too loud. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 17:43
| Rainbow I think, in 1982 or 1983. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 18:31
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Led Zeppelin In Through The Outdoor Tour 1979 in Ahoy Rotterdam, my ears were buzzing two days long after the concert! And Rush R30 tour in Ahoy Rotterdam was at some moments unbearable for my ears ..
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 18:48
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Thin Lizzy,mid to late 70s,Belle Vue Manchester. My ears had a three-day ring.I've seen them at other occasions and they were loud then too. My 5 loudest bands that I've experienced first hand: 1. Thin Lizzy (Belle Vue,Manchester)
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Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 20:08
| Black Sabbath with Dio fronting, 70 something, in a small theater. We were on the balcony. It was shaking so much I thought we'd end up on the audience below. My wife slept through half of it- go figure. |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 22:33
| I have to say that the quietest concert I ever saw was KC in '74 on the Starless tour at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington. Best I can remember was that Bruford and Cross were not miked at all. Only Fripp and Wetton. The acoustics did most of the work. It was very low key and quite sedate. I almost went asleep myself. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 08:12
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Hawkwind in 1986 - They were playing a small venue in a town near where I live. They decided to use, what looked like their usual 'big hall' PA system. To date it's the loudest noise of any kind I've ever heard. Some of the high frequencies were agonising, especially those generated by Harvey Bainbridge's farting osscilator machine.. Rush R30 Tour Wembley - The next loudest noise I have ever heard. I went both nights, and the first night we were overlooking the stage from the right. We were sat right in front of the PA cabinets hanging from the celing. It was far too loud, and at times Geddy Lees bass guitar sounded was un-recognisable as a musical instrument ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:06
Wembly has a real reputation for crap acoustics. Even with satellite PA stacks dotted around the venue, bands playing there nearly always end up sounding like a canary giving birth to a road drill. Loudest gig for me is a toss up between The Michael Schenker Group in 1983 and Jeff Beck in '88 (both at the Hammersmith Odeon). My ears rang for days after both gigs. And to think there was I time where I thought that was a GOOD thing...  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 11:15
If I recall correctly, Manowar hold the final record for loudest concert, since the Guiness Book of World Records has now retired the category. I suppose if it's painful on the ears, they may as well make it loud as well 
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 11:29
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Most of the concerts I've been to have been too loud (Ozric Tentacles and Deep Purple I remember as being very loud). I've stopped going to most as I hate the ringing ears afterwards and the thought that I've damaged my ears. I don't know how bands can play night after night at those volumes and still be able to hear. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10">  |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 11:30
What about Vow Wow? Didn't you have second thoughts about going to the second night of Rush? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:06
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Motorhead! saw them 2 years ago, and with ear plugs in I was still deaf for 3 days after ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:35
Yes, thanks for reminding me, Bob. Vow Wow were incredibly loud. No, I had no hesitation about going the second night. We had seats further from the stage, so it sounded better there, and it was generally a very good show. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:38
I know what you mean about Wembley, but oddly enough AC/DC and The Mission both managed quite good sound despite the awful acoustics. Perhaps they weren't playing on 11, unusual for AC/DC!! The Hawkwind night was madeall the more terrifying by the fact that their firebreather managed `to set light to the crimbo decorations hanging from the celing! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 23:33
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I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd last summer in a standing room, next to the amplifiers. That was probably the loudest experience of my life.
I was so close to them i got Gary Rossington's guitar pick. I wore earplugs for the whole show, thankfully i did not suffer any hearing damage, however, my friends ears were ringing for a week. |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 00:18
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Pretty much all in all, artists tend to overkill on the volume levels. The question is "Do we need to have their music shot in our ears that loud?" These days with digital technology we can rupture our ears right in our own living rooms now. I'm pretty much to point of not even going to live shows anymore. Maybe I'm just getting old. What say you young'uns? |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 10:48
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Simply NO!! I agree with you Mark. It's good to be able to hear all the intricacies, and dynamics of the music you love. At great volume the top and bottom ends are lost in distortion...
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 10:57
It's almost paradoxal that Rush, the perfectionists, present their loyal audience such an unbearable volume! I thought we were unlucky in Rotterdam but reading this topic, all over the world Rush played far too loud. And Rush are not the only band, the last years many progrock bands are playing far too loud. I even went a few times to the soundboard crew in order to ask them to lower the volume. Most of the times they look very arrogant, it seems that it is their way to feel powerful and superior  ?! I don't understand because progressive rock is music that needs a decent volume because of the variety and often wide range of instruments!
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Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 11:36
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Led Zeppelin, June 24th, 1980, Hannover. Not only were they way too loud, Page was drugged out or drunk, it was one of the worst gigs I ever saw - and the mighty Zep were my favourite band. And I think Grave Digger come in on second place. ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 13:16
I was at the Rush R30 Wembley gig for the first night sitting a bit further towards the middle and I thought the sound was great. Funny I have been to a few gigs recently where, depending where you sit, the sound can be either awlful, OK or great. I have been at Earls Court for Muse, Coldplay and the Foo Fighters the latter two of which I thought the sound sucked but other people thought the sound was great Whereas I thought the sound for Muse was quite good others thought it was crap strange... Perhaps it's subjective as well...? I must say I think Earls Court is a very crap venue though ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 17:16
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A friend of mine saw Rush at an outdoor ampitheater I had been to before when I saw Richard Thompson. He was at a perfect volume. My ears didn't ring at all. And this place has great hardwood acoustics. It's built for these type of performances. But when he saw Rush, he said all the acoustics were just thrown out the window because they were so damn loud that they were just overpowering them. He said they sounded just awful. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: February 25 2006 at 19:02
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I saw Megadeth at Gigantour, wow talk about being REALLY REALLY LOUD. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 04:03
I've sat in just about every section of Wembley arena over the years, and it does make some difference where you sit. The second night of Rush sounded better. I was about half way back, and fairly central to the stage. I think the sound is always worse when you're off to one side. I hate Earls Court too. I generally hate big venues. I saw Floyd at EC, and I was right at the back. We actually had binnoculars to see the stage. It was awful. Thankfully they were not playing at obscene volume so it didn't sound too awful. Best venue in London for sound IMO, is Brixton Academy, but it's not really a 'prog' venue.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 09:34
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Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour. My ears were ringing for 2-3 days after that. Nowadays, I almost always wear earplugs whenever I go to a concert (depends a bit on artist and venue of course). ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: Gary the Ghoul
Date Posted: February 26 2006 at 15:17
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probably The Exploited that was LOUD |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 09:25
Hehehe... Yeah I saw floyd there as well doing the Wall, I was in the middle somewhere and it wasn't too bad from what I remember (going back some time now  ) but totally agree about needing binoculars when your near the back at that place or any large venue My Mrs is a big Coldplay fan and the only tickets I could get was towards the back somewhere she was well gutted, they looked like ants running around from our position As you say I much prefer venues like Brixton Academy or the Astoria or even better the 100 club where I have seen Roy Harper the past few years he has appeared there. I can even see the chords he's playing  ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:06
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I thought I was the only one who wore earplugs. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 05:17
I saw REM at Hyde Park last year. If it were not for the huge video screens I would not have been able to see the band at all! At Hyde Park they allocate the immediate area at the front of the stage for the 'beautiful people' who pay through the nose to see the band. The rest of the plebs are not allowed past the barrier. I always find the sound is better out doors. One consolation... I'm sure open air concerts never used to be organised like that! Big artists like Coldplay & REM should play more nights at small venues, rather than one big corporate event in front of 150,000 people. Rush and Genesis done this on the 'Moving Pictures' tour ( I think) and the Duke tour respectivley, knowing that the sound is better in small venues, and the fans prefer it. REM, in particular are anxious to water down their corporate stadium rock image, and get back to being the college favourites they were in the early 80's. Choosing smaller venues would get them back in touch with their fans. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 12:13
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Deep Purple back in the 70s. I didn't have earplugs so I tore up a paper cup and stuck some pieces in my ears! It was excruciatingly loud and I have no idea how the folks around me could stand it. More recently I saw Kansas last fall and the drums and bass rattled my teeth but it still wasn't close to Deep Purple's "standing next to a jet engine" effect. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:44
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I remember my brother going to see BLACK SABBATH at the Gaumont in Kilburn in 1975 and telling me that it was so loud that plaster started falling from the ceiling! The loudest for me was probably QUEEN, Dec. 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon, or VdGG at the Roundhouse in 1976.
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Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 21:26
In my earlier post I mentioned the Who holding the Guiness record for the loudest concert. Well, guess who held that record prior to them? You guessed it! So I can imagine you must've been blasted away.
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 18:29
I never thought of VDGG as the kind of band to play loud concerts. -------------  
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 13:39
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judas priest defenders of the faith '84 tour ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 03:20
| The Sweet in Nottingham 1980.I was deaf for 2 days after! |
Posted By: Gomurisu
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 04:50
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Haven't been on so many conserts yet (for some reason, I'm not a that kind of a concert person...), but Iron Maiden in July last year was a sort of loud experience. The "gunfire" before Where Eagles Dare was something... By the way, I've always wondered which is "better" for a listener's ears? An open air or a concert hall concert? In my logic, I think it's the open air, 'cause the sound doesn't reflect back from the walls, it expands instead and doesn't hurt your ears that much... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Phoenix_/?chartstyle=RecordArmMonochrome"> 
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