Originally Posted by touch me i'm sick

thread inspired by that bono thread saying SY was the loudest show he'd ever seen.

my loudest was probably dinosaur jr.

Originally Posted by jon boy

some power electronics in leeds that was si intense even the hardened veterans were covering their ears. imagine mic feedback at a piercing volume. also carlos giffoni, skullflower, merzbow, acid mothers temple, lightning bolt and wolf eyes have constituted to me saying what more often than i would like.

Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

The Scientists - they were Sonic Youth's support band at the Daydream Nation shows. They played Blood Red River. I was in the seated area, so I wasn't that close, but I couldn't hear my friend yelling at me, at the top of his voice, "I DON'T LIKE THIS BAND!!!" It was only in between songs that I found out what he said.

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

No way, Scientists rocked! They weren't that loud, just when the singers mic fed back real bad. SY aren't that loud either. I was right in front of Lee too. Frenzal Rhomb are much louder.

Originally Posted by me

The loudest proper concert that I've been to is Dinosaur, Jr. at the 40 Watt with My Bloody Valentine opening.

It was the first show at the new Washington St. location where the club still resides after many, many moves over the span of the earlier years of its existence. I've posted accounts of this show nearly every time there has been a thread here about your favorite live shows and I've posted a friend's account also at least once too. Maybe I'll revisit the subject later on, but for now there's another show that I'd like to briefly write about, although there are definitely some other notable runners-up too.


I've written of this before as well, but I went to a show put on by this band called Gobblehoof in a very small below street level place called (at the time) The Downstairs on Clayton St. in Athens. And this show was actually even louder than the Dino/MBV one.

My girlfriend at the time and I were downtown earlier in the afternoon on the day of the show and she happened to know the guitar player from high school in DeKalb County and he told us they were playing. So we go to the show, and immediately get a little starstruck because Michael Stipe and his big ol' dome is there. This is the only show at that venue I ever went to at this place that had folded chairs set up and Michael was front row center of the maybe three or four short rows of chairs.

So, the band starts playing and what is instantly apparent is that it feels like your ears are in a lot of pain. We stuffed trash from our pockets and whatever we could find in our ears and stayed through the whole show. It was definitely way too fucking loud but the band was really good and it was awkward to leave as well since my girlfriend knew the band a little. What amazed me is that Stipe remained seated for the whole set which went on for almost an hour or so I would guess.

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Really? I didn't think he would be. Now Venetian Snares would.

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

When did you see him?

Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

I know The Scientists were really good, but I think it would have been better if they weren't so loud. I thought Sonic Youth would be louder, so it was a nice surprise that they were listenable.