[kj] OT: Loud Shows

[Alexander Smith]

I saw My Bloody Valentine & Dinosaur Jr. twice, and both were  
cripplingly loud. Motorhead at the Ritz in `91 may have been the  
loudest gig I've been to. Second place would be the Melvins at the  
Roxy in L.A. in `95.

Alex in NYC



On Jun 10, 2007, at 10:49 PM, P Bernardi wrote:


> I was at the Bauhaus show the first night they played. Excellent.

>

> Before 9:30 club moved to its current location - it was called WUST  

> hall.  Sugar played there - at the end of the set Mould placed his  

> guitar towards the speakers and the feedback was killing everyone.  

> My ears rang for days.  That last Ministry show with Raven was  

> raging loud even with earplugs in.

>

> Saw My Bloody Valentine at Hammerjacks loooong time ago. It wasnt  

> over the top loud but they did sound terrible.

>

> The past several shows I've seen at 9:30 club - somethings wrong  

> with the low end in the speaker system.  Noticed it less with real  

> basses. Its mostly with programmed or keyboard bass.

>

>

> Robert Cashour wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----

>>

>>> From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

>>> Sent: Jun 9, 2007 12:08 AM

>>> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"  

>>> <gathering at misera.net>

>>> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Attn Skinny Puppy Fans

>>>

>>> It stands to reason that the loudest shows you've seen were all  

>>> electronic in some way. You can just push and push the levels and  

>>> still have them sounding clean. I remember the show I saw on the  

>>> last Skinny Puppy tour as being pretty damn fucking loud. One of  

>>> the loudest I've ever seen. The Melvins show I saw in 2000 was  

>>> probably the loudest rock show I've ever seen. I saw them a few  

>>> weeks ago at the Festival du Musique Actuel in Victoriaville,  

>>> Quebec but they didn't really push the volume to the limits that  

>>> time. It was still mindblowing, nonetheless.

>>>

>>> Leigh

>>>

>>>

>> I worked at a small nightclub near Washington, D.C. and I worked  

>> with a guy who mixed for The Melvins. When he was at our club, he  

>> was mixing for Shine who then became Spirit Caravan--real doom  

>> metal stuff (the guitar player Wino was in Saint Vitus and appears  

>> on the Probot sideproject of Dave Grohl). Chris was always pushing  

>> the P.A. system to the maximum and he wanted more. The bass player  

>> started to bring TWO Ampeg SVT cabinets which he would stack on  

>> top of each other sideways!

>>

>> But that didn't come anywhere near touching Napalm Death who I  

>> rented sidefills and a drumfill for (all refrigerator sized). It  

>> was so loud, I was shouting at the techs at the end of the show  

>> because I was so deaf. Needless to say, I don't miss the death  

>> metal scene at all.

>>

>> The lighting guy for Spirit Caravan was the head lighting guy at  

>> the 9:30 Club, and he told me that the Meat Beat Manifesto/Prodigy  

>> show was the loudest show they've ever had as they were using  

>> every cabinet. I was at that show, but I don't remember it being  

>> painful. I was frightened to see Curve (again--9:30 Club) as the  

>> song "Superblaster" is about them wanting to be the loudest band  

>> on earth, but again, not so bad.

>>

>> I think Godflesh not being able to get into the states on the  

>> Skinny Puppy "Last Rights" tour was probably a blessing, as they  

>> had quite a reputation for volume and feedback. And it's probably  

>> a good thing I've never seen The Jesus & Mary Chain or My Bloody  

>> Valentine back in the day as they had reputations too.

>>

>> Most regulated, best sounding, and overall mindblowing show in my  

>> opinion (again 9:30 Club)? Bauhaus on the Resurrection Tour.

>>

>>

>>

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