[kj] OT: Loud Shows

Christof hamille wessidetempest at hotmail.com
Tue Jul 3 10:51:07 EDT 2007


Motörhead is obvious. Haven't seen them enough and my ears are always
shaking out of my skull for the next two days.
But surprisingly....
Skinny Puppy - Latin Quarter - Too Dark Park tour
Alien Sex Fiend - I think it was 88 at St. Andrew's Hall
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - firs US tour
Cocteau Twins - first US Tour

No surprise
Manowar
Slayer
The Melvins (in a teeny tiny place)
The Swans

And for good, gloating, measure the band I was in many moons ago have given
noise level tickets on three different occasions

rock 'n' roll baby

HELLO CLEVELAND!!

Chris



>From: "Wayne Walker" <wayneupnorth at hotmail.com>

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

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

>To: gathering at misera.net

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

>Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:22:33 +0000

>

>

>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

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

>>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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