[kj] OT: Loud Shows

[Brendan Quinn]

I turned the volume up on to 7 on my folks $49.99 cassette recorder when
Steely Dan 'Hey Nineteen' was playing once.

 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Alexander Smith
Sent: Monday, 11 June 2007 11:19 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Loud Shows

 

 

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:



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From: Leigh Newton  <mailto:angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Jun 9, 2007 12:08 AM
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
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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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