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The loudest thing I've ever experienced was Agent Orange at a club called Music
Machine in Santa Monica in the mid-80's. They even had signs on the walls that
cautioned about the intense volume. I telked to Mike about this some years later
and he said it was a promotional gimmick that their manager had come up with at
the time. I wore hearing protection but I really feel sory for anyone who
didn't. I still have one of the warning posters.
Marty
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 wrote:
>
> > Bigtikidude from cowabunga-reverborama. I have seen him about 12
> > times. He's always pretty loud. But if it is out side or a big hall,
> > it's not excruciating. But there have been a few times when I've seen
> > him, and have been 5 to 15 feet in front of him. Ouch!! that is
> > killer range. Feels like someone is piercing your eardrum with an
> > icepick. And they ring worse than after a metal or punk show.
>
> I had one experience like this - front row in a small club with a small
> stage - I was about 10 ft from the FOUR amp cabinets (the bass player also
> has two Showman amps, but with two cabs with an 18" speaker each!) - and
> they are arranged two on each side of the drums. So, one cab with
> 2x15" speakers and one cab with a 18", on each side, pointed right at my
> head - for an hour and a half! My ears rang for days, literally. It was
> worse than My Bloody Valentine, which is notoriously loud. I think DD has
> his Showmans cranked to 8-10 range on the volume, which gives him a pretty
> overdriven sound, and it's just very spiky (dynamic) and a killer on
> ears. Even for me, who loves loud guitar - to the detriment of my band
> mates!
>
> StratoCossack
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