The Posies are a surprisingly loud live band who like to "rock" "out". Seeing them in the brewery part of a brew-pub didn't help, with all those reflective concrete and stainless steel surfaces.
Not quite what you were looking for but...I was fortunate enough to see the Beatles at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1965, and believe me, the crowd noise was LOUD. Only managed to hear the odd snippett of music or talk between songs. I wasn't prepared for the deafening surge of sound all around me. And it wasn't just the noise, many of the girls couldn't remain seated. It was an AMAZING experience however.
Cheap Trick in a very small club in Connecticut u.s.a. 1999 3rd row ive been playing music my whole life this was so loud it was painful. They were handing out earplugs at the door. Rick neilson had a couple of fender twins on 11 so i wonder because the stage volume was so loud. So the P.A had to be deafening
the loudest concert i can remember was Vampire Weekend in 2013. the drums were vibrating my adams apple all night long and i could barely talk when i got out of there.. no idea how others were able to sing along and yell... i was dying
I may have actually been to louder shows, but when I seen the title of this thread, David Allan Coe was the first name that popped into my head. I seen him at a local ballroom-It was frigging L O U D. This would have been around 2008/2009 or so, I'd have to check my ticket stub for the exact date.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse 2/9/71 RPI Fieldhouse, Troy NY My friend told me it was going to be solo acoustic. Although I was initially disappointed that it wasn’t, I did enjoy the wall of sound overload approach immensely!
GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed (before I started wearing plugs) made me feel like my eyes were bleeding. Screwed up my hearing for about 2 months. I was never happier. Com Truise - The subs were lined up under the stage aimed right at my midsection. The amount of bass fired at me has most likely rendered me sterile, and I'm sure caused considerable rearrangement of my lower intestine.
I don't know if they are technically the loudest, but the sound at Sunn O))) shows is so massive I feel like I've had a full body massage when it's over.
How were they live? They've been one of my favorite bands to come out of the psych/stoner metal scene as of late and would LOVE to catch them on tour as soon as they come back around
I am sure I mentioned bef0re but believe it or not it was Bob Dylan at Wembley Arena in 1997. People were complaining to stewards and simply walking out. Great gig but incredibly loud. I have seen MBV also but that was always going to be loud but Dylan I wasn't expecting!
Faust at Cafe OTO. I really thought the windows at that place would shatter at any moment. It never felt unpleasant though, but just this unrelenting wall of sound that vibrated through your entire body. I'm pretty sure the fact that they were literally welding a metal barrel on stage had something to do with it.
Believe it or not, but it was Peter Gabriel at the GSAC on the Security/Shock The Monkey tour. So loud it was actually painful. I still can't believe it was SO loud for the entire show, and I stayed for the whole show. Also Oasis at the Academy in NYC and The Stone Pony in early 1995 were incredibly loud as well, but nowhere near as bad as that Gabriel show. Others: Pantera at the GSAC. The Clash at the Palladium in 1979. Stones at MSG in 1975.
Clash of the Titans (AIC, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth) at Arco Arena. I thought my ears were going to explode during War Ensemble.
Mutha's Day Out & King's X @ Saratoga Winners in '94. Arena-level amplification for a GA venue. It was great.
In 1975 I went to see Duane Eddy at the famous 100 Club, in London's Oxford Street. He'd just returned to the UK charts with Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar, but wasn't yet back to heading major venues - it was £2 a ticket, free dish of curry, and sit where you like! Having arrived early I cannily (as I thought) bagged a seat in the front row. The show was great, but I was sitting right in front of an amplifier! - and during Peter Gunn I lost all hearing in one ear. It didn't come back till about two hours after the show finished. I did get to shake his hand as he came offstage ...
Jimmy Barnes and Joe Ely in the early to mid eighties..... I'm sure the speakers were distorting, I know my ears were... Really disappointing...
