Poll of the Day > What's the loudest concert you've ever been to?

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Mine is still when I saw Motorhead at the House of Blues in 2011. Had floor "seats" and was front row. My ears freaking rang for like a week after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z4fK1qxtz4

probably my bloody valentine or dinosaur jr

MBV blew out the PA on the third song of their set lol

jack white in San Francisco in like 2014 had my ears ringing for hours after too

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Arent all concerts pretty loud by default?

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Mead posted...

Arent all concerts pretty loud by default?

some bands are much louder than others. it also depends on the venue

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I saw suffocation a few years ago

I can't remember a louder show I've been to

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I saw Heart and the son (I think) of Led Zeppelin in 2013. They tried to commit mass murder with the audio and with the lights.

Mead posted...

Arent all concerts pretty loud by default?

Probably not the classical concerts so much.

Battles was bizarrely loud. Boris has been loud each time, NoMeansNo was especially loud one time, Dinosaur Jr was as well.

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Only concert I've ever gone to was the Wild Oats. Their kind of music isn't exactly loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfaWabQK-lU

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Mead posted...

Arent all concerts pretty loud by default?

There is definitely a volume difference in bands and their setups. For instance the last time I saw Metallica, they had Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira opening. Both opening bands were pretty loud, and Metallica was WAY louder than them.

SWANS

And they played for like 2.5 hours.

never been. I don't like when music is so loud it hurts
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Tenacious D.

It was mostly the venue and the crowd making everything just a jumble of sound. I could barely follow the music, even the songs I knew.

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Westfest 2014

Asking Alexandria
Black Veil Brides
Korn
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Neurosis and High on Fire rank pretty high

I recall Neurosis making me uncomfortable with how absurdly loud they were

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Coheed and Avenged Sevenfold at Asbury Park.

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Far-Queue posted...

Neurosis and High on Fire rank pretty high

I recall Neurosis making me uncomfortable with how absurdly loud they were

god I wanna see High on Fire. they were my last show pre-covid but I got my eyebrow split open and had to leave 6 songs in.

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Zangulus posted...

Manowar. We purposefully purchased seats on the upper balcony only for us, and many others, to find out that Manowar intentionally closes those, and installs special barriers to prevent the sound from going up there. Instead, keeping all the decibels in the lower part of the venue. This venue was standing room only and my wife cant stand for long periods of time. They ended up having an ADA area set up right next to the closest railing. It was about 30-40 feet away from the stage. A little closer than the front row of the upper deck area so we both got significant better seating than we would have had.

I remember feeling the air pressure it was so loud. We were aware they were pretty damned loud and had ear plugs and it only helped a bit. Our bodies literally were sore for several days from the decibels.

And they blew out a pre amp during one song and had to go off stage to wait for the replacement. Which is when they explained why the upper deck was closed and why. They also explained they have a shitload of backup equipment because they destroy so much of it

The bassist literally ripped the strings off his instrument for his solo

It was a fucking intense show.

Lol yeah, Manowar's whole gimmick is being the loudest band in the world. They don't fuck around.