[kj] OT: Loud Shows

[Wayne Walker]

I remember seeing Ozzy Osbourne at the Hammersmith Odeon around 1988 with (I 
think) UDO in support and that was ear-mangling. I think the loudest KJ gig 
I went to was at the Brixton Academy in 1991, but my memory (like my 
hearing) is a bit fuzzy now.



>From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

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>To: phantasmas at erols.com, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Loud Shows

>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:18:41 -0400

>

>

>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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