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  • NYCPJ
    NYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    edited October 2014
    AC/DC in 1978 on their powerage tour. I had front row and my ears rung for week.
    Ted Nugent in 1977 (might have been louder than AC/DC)
    Black Sabbath/Van Halen 1978 MSG
    Ramones 1981 NYC
    Black Sabbath 1980 Heaven and Hell Tour
    The Who - 1982 Pontiac Silverdome
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    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
    5/2/16 (MSG 2)
    3/30/20 (MSG)
    9/3/24 I(MSG1)
    9/4/24 (MSG 2)
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    So far it looks like Dinosaur Jr gets the trophy for "Most Hearing Ruined" ;)
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    JH6056 said:

    So far it looks like Dinosaur Jr gets the trophy for "Most Hearing Ruined" ;)

    yeah. luckily I went to the show with someone who had seen them before and came prepared for the both of us. It is really the high frequencies that mess you up.

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    I'm thinking Soundgarden is up there too.
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  • jeff2040
    jeff2040 Des Moines, IA Posts: 1,618
    Soundgarden in 2011 in Kansas City we were about 10 rows from the stage and I thought my ears were bleeding at one point! I've never worn ear plugs at a concert but if I see Soundgarden again, I might have to start! :))
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    I remembered the other day the fact that I had to leave the Wolfmother concert in a smaller venue (the Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver) because the show was so loud.

    I would have stuck it out, but I had my 12 year old son with me (we were trying to get a tambourine :)) ). We both had ear plugs, but at a point in the show, I thought to myself, "Geezuz, I think my son's ears are being damaged for life."

    They could have dialed it back quite a bit and it would have been awesome, but I think their intent was to blow people's minds like in this event:

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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,118
    Van Halen diver down tour new haven. Could not hear myself after that one.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    tempo_n_groove said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    * I thought the 'Loudest Crowd Moment' thread on the Porch was this thread title. I'm curious to know what people think the loudest shows are.

    I was at Iron Maiden at the PNE in Vancouver. I am certainly not a wuss (I have mild tinnitus from listening to music too loud), but at one point of the show, I thought blood was running out of my ears (no kidding!).

    Freaking loud.

    Wolfmother at the Queen Elizabeth blasted my face off too.

    I've heard Maiden is really loud!

    I went to ACDC during the Razors Edge tour at MSG, 91 I think? The drummer is working the snare, movie theater style lights come on, guitar barely starts Thunderstruck and crowd goes bat shit crazy! I couldn't make out the song until it was halfway through. The crowd was that loud! So loud that it went silent. Eerie felling.

    Same show, Hells Bells. Big huge bell comes down and Brian Johnson hits it with a sledge hammer… multiple times…

    …Still the same show… For those about to rock and that cannon… Dear lord that was loud. I actually covered my ears.

    My ears rang for 3 days after this…

    2nd place goes to Metallica later that year at Nassau Coliseum. I brought ear plugs, decided not to use them, I was 14, what the hell did I know. Ears rang for a few days after that show too. One intro with the gunfire and pyro technics was loud.
    tempo n groove,

    same ac/dc tour but in cedar rapids, iowa @ the five seasons center. i was sure they cracked the foundation of that venue. that was insane loud & it was crystal clear. son of a!!!! seriously, cracking reinforced concrete in all directions & many, many feet thick. i figured, "ok this place is gonna collapse"
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Soundgarden was super loud and so was AC/DC, even with earplugs, ears were still slightly ringing.
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Get_Right said:

    Van Halen diver down tour new haven. Could not hear myself after that one.

    Eddie Van Halen played "Eruption" at the Diver Down show I went to (MSG), and then handed me his guitar pick! I still have that brown pick with a gold VH on it...

  • brianlux
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    You would think of the loudest bands I've seen it would have to be The Jimi Hendrix Experience or The Who (who were actually fairly tame in '68) but no, I'd have to go with Blue Cheer followed closely by The Psychedelic Furs (especially the first time I saw them which was at the Warfield in S.F.). Also saw a band in a club in Chico, CA that was so ridiculously loud my date and I left after just a few minutes- too much for too small a space.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,118
    JH6056 said:

    Get_Right said:

    Van Halen diver down tour new haven. Could not hear myself after that one.

    Eddie Van Halen played "Eruption" at the Diver Down show I went to (MSG), and then handed me his guitar pick! I still have that brown pick with a gold VH on it...

    nice, that was when VH was a great band
  • 63schoefflin
    63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    I'd probably say the last night of the Spectrum during the intro. Such a small place and everyone losing their shit with the World Series starting up next door and then The video in the beginning and Eddie with the Rocky gloves. Goddamn it's been 5 years.
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  • Newch91
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    Leezestarr313 said:

    Soundgarden in Detroit. Hell of a show, but wow, they were loud.

    I saw them in Wallingford at the Oakdale Theater and that was easily the loudest show I had been to, from their guitars to Chris' vocals to Matt's pounding. Then again, I was right on the rail in front of Chris and Ben's amps, so that didn't help. My ears were ringing for the next few days. I really think that show made me lose a little bit of hearing in my left ear. I was a bit worried a few months later when I was a few rows from the stage for PJ in Hartford and in front of Mike's and Jeff's amps.

    I'm more cautious now when I go to shows now. I hear the Foo Fighters are loud and may have to bring ear plugs if I see them next year when they tour the states. I know I'll have ear plugs next time I see Soundgarden.
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Get_Right said:

    JH6056 said:

    Get_Right said:

    Van Halen diver down tour new haven. Could not hear myself after that one.

    Eddie Van Halen played "Eruption" at the Diver Down show I went to (MSG), and then handed me his guitar pick! I still have that brown pick with a gold VH on it...

    nice, that was when VH was a great band
    Agreed!!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    chadwick said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    * I thought the 'Loudest Crowd Moment' thread on the Porch was this thread title. I'm curious to know what people think the loudest shows are.

    I was at Iron Maiden at the PNE in Vancouver. I am certainly not a wuss (I have mild tinnitus from listening to music too loud), but at one point of the show, I thought blood was running out of my ears (no kidding!).

    Freaking loud.

    Wolfmother at the Queen Elizabeth blasted my face off too.

    I've heard Maiden is really loud!

    I went to ACDC during the Razors Edge tour at MSG, 91 I think? The drummer is working the snare, movie theater style lights come on, guitar barely starts Thunderstruck and crowd goes bat shit crazy! I couldn't make out the song until it was halfway through. The crowd was that loud! So loud that it went silent. Eerie felling.

    Same show, Hells Bells. Big huge bell comes down and Brian Johnson hits it with a sledge hammer… multiple times…

    …Still the same show… For those about to rock and that cannon… Dear lord that was loud. I actually covered my ears.

    My ears rang for 3 days after this…

    2nd place goes to Metallica later that year at Nassau Coliseum. I brought ear plugs, decided not to use them, I was 14, what the hell did I know. Ears rang for a few days after that show too. One intro with the gunfire and pyro technics was loud.
    tempo n groove,

    same ac/dc tour but in cedar rapids, iowa @ the five seasons center. i was sure they cracked the foundation of that venue. that was insane loud & it was crystal clear. son of a!!!! seriously, cracking reinforced concrete in all directions & many, many feet thick. i figured, "ok this place is gonna collapse"
    Thank you! I am surprised more people haven't been to an AC/DC show and to tell us how loud it was!
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Newch91 said:

    Leezestarr313 said:

    Soundgarden in Detroit. Hell of a show, but wow, they were loud.

    I saw them in Wallingford at the Oakdale Theater and that was easily the loudest show I had been to, from their guitars to Chris' vocals to Matt's pounding. Then again, I was right on the rail in front of Chris and Ben's amps, so that didn't help. My ears were ringing for the next few days. I really think that show made me lose a little bit of hearing in my left ear. I was a bit worried a few months later when I was a few rows from the stage for PJ in Hartford and in front of Mike's and Jeff's amps.

    I'm more cautious now when I go to shows now. I hear the Foo Fighters are loud and may have to bring ear plugs if I see them next year when they tour the states. I know I'll have ear plugs next time I see Soundgarden.
    I've seen the foos a few times and didn't think they were outrageslly that loud. But SG is def loud no doubt.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    The Foos were loud, but the sound was great. I think sometimes my judgement gets impaired when I'm listening to distorted, blurry, raunchy volume vs. clear and crisp volume. The raunchy and distorted music (Soundgarden) seems louder.
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    tempo_n_groove said:

    chadwick said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    * I thought the 'Loudest Crowd Moment' thread on the Porch was this thread title. I'm curious to know what people think the loudest shows are.

    I was at Iron Maiden at the PNE in Vancouver. I am certainly not a wuss (I have mild tinnitus from listening to music too loud), but at one point of the show, I thought blood was running out of my ears (no kidding!).

    Freaking loud.

    Wolfmother at the Queen Elizabeth blasted my face off too.

    I've heard Maiden is really loud!

    I went to ACDC during the Razors Edge tour at MSG, 91 I think? The drummer is working the snare, movie theater style lights come on, guitar barely starts Thunderstruck and crowd goes bat shit crazy! I couldn't make out the song until it was halfway through. The crowd was that loud! So loud that it went silent. Eerie felling.

    Same show, Hells Bells. Big huge bell comes down and Brian Johnson hits it with a sledge hammer… multiple times…

    …Still the same show… For those about to rock and that cannon… Dear lord that was loud. I actually covered my ears.

    My ears rang for 3 days after this…

    2nd place goes to Metallica later that year at Nassau Coliseum. I brought ear plugs, decided not to use them, I was 14, what the hell did I know. Ears rang for a few days after that show too. One intro with the gunfire and pyro technics was loud.
    tempo n groove,

    same ac/dc tour but in cedar rapids, iowa @ the five seasons center. i was sure they cracked the foundation of that venue. that was insane loud & it was crystal clear. son of a!!!! seriously, cracking reinforced concrete in all directions & many, many feet thick. i figured, "ok this place is gonna collapse"
    Thank you! I am surprised more people haven't been to an AC/DC show and to tell us how loud it was!
    I've seen AC/DC twice, I just don't remember them at all as standing out as particularly loud. It was loud, but not "notably so".
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    JH6056 said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    chadwick said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    * I thought the 'Loudest Crowd Moment' thread on the Porch was this thread title. I'm curious to know what people think the loudest shows are.

    I was at Iron Maiden at the PNE in Vancouver. I am certainly not a wuss (I have mild tinnitus from listening to music too loud), but at one point of the show, I thought blood was running out of my ears (no kidding!).

    Freaking loud.

    Wolfmother at the Queen Elizabeth blasted my face off too.

    I've heard Maiden is really loud!

    I went to ACDC during the Razors Edge tour at MSG, 91 I think? The drummer is working the snare, movie theater style lights come on, guitar barely starts Thunderstruck and crowd goes bat shit crazy! I couldn't make out the song until it was halfway through. The crowd was that loud! So loud that it went silent. Eerie felling.

    Same show, Hells Bells. Big huge bell comes down and Brian Johnson hits it with a sledge hammer… multiple times…

    …Still the same show… For those about to rock and that cannon… Dear lord that was loud. I actually covered my ears.

    My ears rang for 3 days after this…

    2nd place goes to Metallica later that year at Nassau Coliseum. I brought ear plugs, decided not to use them, I was 14, what the hell did I know. Ears rang for a few days after that show too. One intro with the gunfire and pyro technics was loud.
    tempo n groove,

    same ac/dc tour but in cedar rapids, iowa @ the five seasons center. i was sure they cracked the foundation of that venue. that was insane loud & it was crystal clear. son of a!!!! seriously, cracking reinforced concrete in all directions & many, many feet thick. i figured, "ok this place is gonna collapse"
    Thank you! I am surprised more people haven't been to an AC/DC show and to tell us how loud it was!
    I've seen AC/DC twice, I just don't remember them at all as standing out as particularly loud. It was loud, but not "notably so".
    Was it the razors edge tour? They may have toned it down since then?

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