10 Loudest Rock Bands of All Time....

[Gourdo]

Interesting read.... It Might Get Loud: The 10 Loudest Rock Bands of All Time

 

[SarasotaSwing]

Deep Purple, Radio City Music Hall 1976, with Tommy Bolin. Loudest show I've ever experienced.

 

[MesaGuitarGuy]

Blue Oyster Cult, back in 75 or 76.
Ears rang for 3 days.

 

[JayCM800XL]

Loud. Fast. Rules!:mrgreen

 

[Hellbat]

David Lee Roth Skyscraper tour. It was intensely loud. Even with earplugs I had tinnitus the next day.

 

[MrGuitarabuse]

David Lee Roth Skyscraper tour. It was intensely loud. Even with earplugs I had tinnitus the next day.

Indeed... but Motörhead way worse... 80-81 maybe...

 

[tskidmore]

Blue Oyster Cult, back in 75 or 76.
Ears rang for 3 days.

This^^^

After seeing BOC at about this same time at the Akron Civic Theatre I started wearing ear protection to all shows. Unfortunately, between those early shows and a bunch of years around and in Navy A-6 Intruders and F/A-18's, my hearing is a mess.

 

[sprint]

I believe The Who held the loudest band record in the Guiness Book at one time.

Van Halen and Kiss blew my ears out a few times in the late 70s.

For me, Too Loud = BAD!!


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[Hellbat]

Indeed... but Motörhead way worse... 80-81 maybe...

Oh I don't doubt it. My friend that attended far more concerts than I did said the Motorhead/Ozzy show from 81 was by far the loudest show he had been to. I think the word he used to describe it was "punishing".

 

[Sixstring]

Out of the concerts I have been to Kings X at the Galaxy is the one that killed my hearing believe it or not. I could hear the fluid rolling around in my ears for months.

 

[Muso4142]

Indeed... but Motörhead way worse... 80-81 maybe...

I have to agree with MrGiutarabuse.. Motorhead 1st August 1981, I was at Portvale Football club UK, when motorhead headlined with the likes of Ozzy (With Randy Rhoads) , Mahogany Rush, Triumph, Riot, Vardis. Motorhead were soooo much louder than anyone else! & i was only 13 years old! Aaah the memories are still ringing in my ears. ha ha

 

[Swedish Chef]

Blue Oyster Cult, back in 75 or 76.
Ears rang for 3 days.

So what you're saying actually is that the cowbell was finally turned up to the proper level?

 

[dupere11497]

ACDC 1996 Ball breaker tour!! Damn those Marshalls were loud and bright!! Loudest show ever and I've seen quite a lot of rock concerts!!

 

[Stratoblaster]

When Pink Floyd played their first night out of three at the CNE Stadium in Toronto in Sept. 1987 they got fined for excessive noise...complaints were coming from as far away as Mississauga...

I was at that show and hearing/feeling "Welcome To The Machine" shake the stadium is a treasured memory indeed...that was intense...

 

[laughyouraxeoff]

That is a real good list, I was looking for Early Metallica/Slayer on that list, I think those guys were loud too lol.

 

[Gregmang]

Late 80's in Colorado Springs at a Yngwie Malmsteen show. Too loud to even try to stay and ice picky brittle guitar sound,

The other guitar player in the band I was playing in and I left after 3 songs as it royally sucked.

 

[MarcoB]

Aerosmith with Steve Vai opening. around '95.

 

[Jiffzillla]

My loudest was Iron Maiden in 1986 on the "Somewhere In Time" tour. Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. Seems like I remember the press doing stories about Maiden trying to break volume records on that tour for some reason. And I can confirm, it was loud as hell. Not the largest venue though, so it didn't sound that great. Shame...that was a great tour.

 

[jlynnb1]

Aerosmith with Steve Vai opening. around '95.

what a weird bill....Aerosmith and Vai, lol...

 

[Art B]

For me, it had to be when I saw one of Chickenfoot's first gigs. It was at El Corazon, a smallish club in Seattle. I swear they ran everything at arena levels. I hope I can still have babies.