saw the big 3 that were trying for the Guinness book in '74 Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and yes they were loud, flash to '88 at Allstate Arena AC/DC the cannons knocked everyone off of their chairs, flash to '90 Popular Creek The Cult and Metallica were so loud we were 9 or 10 rows back front and center and went to the back stage area after 2 songs from The Cult, just too loud, they win the loud contest.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

ZZ Top. Don't remember which tour it was but they actually had a longhorn steer with them...

Damm loud!

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Ignorance IS bliss - and I am the happiest person here!

Black Label society Lincoln theater Raleigh NC a few years ago… A tiny venue that only holds 200 people.. Small enough to be amped with a 30 watt combo…. No instead they used 8 Marshall full stacks dimed to 11… I have significant hearing loss to this day, but the ringing did not stop for 3 days after the show. WOW

Cheers
Bill

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(80’s Hair Metal) = A snapshot in time before Grunge ruined Rock & Roll forever!!!!

Lee Michaels and Frosty - walls of Marshalls and Leslies.
circa 1973?


The Who (circa 1983)

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Ted Nugent, Cow Palace in San Francisco around 76-77. Worked hard to get close to the stage and at the end of his show, before the encore, Ted took off his guitar, slapped the strings, dimed the volume, propped the guitar up against his stacks, and left the stage. The feedback grew into the loudest, most ear piercing white noise you could imagine. It was just painful and went on for way too long. I remember thinking "What an a**h@le, why are you doing this to me!" I never listened to Ted again.

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“All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song.” Louis Armstrong

The loudest I've been to was Motorhead on the 'Everything louder than everthing else' tour.

The top slots measured db's actualy go to

1 KISS achieved a SPL of 136 dB measured by City of Ottawa Bylaw officers at the sound tent during their live performance.

2 My Bloody Valentine (132 decibels)

3 Motorhead (132 decibels, although there are claims to be over 140 decibels)

4 AC/DC (130db)

5 The heavy metal band Manowar is one claimant of the title of "loudest band in the world",[4] citing a measurement of 129.5 dB in 1994 in Hanover. However, Guinness Book of World Records listed Manowar as the record holder for the loudest musical performance for an earlier performance in 1984. 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 hearing damage. Manowar achieved a SPL of 139 dB during the sound check (not the actual performance) at the Magic Circle Fest in 2008.

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No no and no

I saw both bands here on Cleveland that same year.......creepy.

Tesla was incredibly loud, it was my Very first concert. I was a young little bastardn then...lol-N


**Edited (Niki gave some specs.....)I thought the Who held the record for a while for the loudest band in the land, at one time too.

They did with a remarkable 126db in the 70's. When you look at all those other bands sonic acheivements they happened in the 80's, 90's and 00's where PA technology had moved on considerably. It's quite a feat. PA's were really still in their infancy in the early 70's atleast. In 67 Charlie Watkins designed the first 1000watt PA, which was used by Fleetwood Mac at the Windsor jazz and blues festival.


Charlie Watkins didnt get to enjoy his PA's first performance, he was arrested for disturbing the peace because of the volume of the gig.

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No no and no

Went to see Blues Traveler at least 12 years ago at small venue of Dartmouth College, the bass was so loud, you could feel it compress your chest. The bass player was trying to smoke in front of his stacks that were pushing so much air it blew his cigarette out. Also that amplified harmonica was like a buzz saw to the brain. We had to leave early, my wife was physically getting ill from the sound levels.
2nd vote goes to Ted Nugent - that one really hurt as well.

I'm not sure it really was the loudest, but my first KISS concert sure seemed that way. It was my first indoor "concert" of a major act.

After having been a fan for 5 years and listening to all the albums, I was just not prepared for the loudness level of the live show. It was '83 in LaCrosse WI for the Creatures Tour. Eric's drums were mounted on a tank turret and when that thing "fired" I thought my bowels had imploded.

What a great time that was

Manowar, last year in Bucharest, my pants were flapping.
Motorhead were pretty loud too, gaian last year, again in Bucharest.

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La vie est belle, le monde est pourri, make the most of it!

Motorhead was probably the loudest.

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"Life is like eating jalapenos. What you do today may burn your arse tomorrow"

many (and i mean MANY) years ago I went to a Transvision Vamp concert in a small venue and was standing too close to the speakers...could barely walk straight after that...

Rolling Stones Concert (two different concerts) at the Oakland Colosseum. I left with my ears ringing.....and I was worried about that.

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"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."-John Wayne

AC/DC all the way- would have to be the loudest ive been to. A friend of mine who didnt go- could hear it 10km away, and another friend who lives nearby me said he could make out Brian's voice- and he lives 5km from the stadium!

This was my view- this shot was taken while they belted out 'Let There Be Rock' and Angus was tearing up the lengthy solo on the end of the catwalk.

5/2/2010 @ Western Springs Stadium, Auckland.

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