Back to the time warp - LOUDEST 60's/early 70's band

[DancingBear]

that you've seen.

Mine is: Blue Cheer

Nobody else even close. Pink Floyd were brutally loud (during the Syd Barrett days), The Who were obscenely loud, but Blue Cheer were just unbelieveable. I saw them in '68, in a 3000 seat venue. They had Marshalls stacked three high - 18(!) for the guitarist alone. Geez, even the drummer had 6 of 'em!

BTW, for those wanting to know, Hendrix was loud, but not out of the ordinary.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

1. Aren't Blue Cheer actually in the Guinness book as the loudest band?

The Who were the loudest I've seen, but only in a small venue, in a coliseum sized venue they seemed about the same as most... in that little theatre though, it seems like they had the same sound system set to the same level... my friend and I leaving the show:

me: "THAT WAS GREAT BUT MY EARS WON'T STOP RINGING!"

him: "WHAT?"

me: "WHAT?"

[DancingBear]

5. If not, they sure have my vote

I literally couldn't hear for almost 24 hours after that show.

I think their manager said of them - "they turn the air to cottage cheese."

[DancingBear]

12. I saw both BC and The Who in the same size venue

and then The Who again in a large outdoor venue, and at Woodstock.

In the smaller venues, at least you could here the vocals through the PA - with Blue Cheer you thought somebody was singing, but you couldn't really tell... :)

[Dover]

2. .......eh?.............................what's that ya say?........

speak up.

[ElementaryPenguin]

3. The Who!! My ears have rung ever since. Montrose - close second!

:evilgrin:

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Grand Funk Railroad

they were the worst.

I just wished Mark Farmer would go home and get it over with.

[mlawson]

21. I saw them in 1971.

But we were lucky, it was in the old Atlanta Stadium, and we were WAAAAAY back.

[salinen]

6. I owe my loss of hearing

to Pete Townsend.

[Toby109]

17. So does Pete Townsend

[geniph]

7. The Who taught me to always bring earplugs

and if I was caught without them, it's cheaper to shred a dollar bill and stuff it in your ears than to treat the subsequent deafness!

8. Did you ever see King Crimson?

I've been told they were incredibly loud also by people who were there.
I saw Fripp solo a couple of years ago and just by himself doing his soundscapes is pretty damn loud.

[jpgray]

9. For example, thrakattak always sounds too loud. :-)

[DancingBear]

13. Yes, during the "In The Court Of The Crimson King" period

I'd forgotten that one. They were very loud as well, especially when sitting in a converted gym (with hay on the floor!) in the summer - no windows!

Hammond B-3's and those V/T horns made for quite the ear-splitting racket.

They'd make the top five, I'll bet.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

10. That's who I though of when I read the thread title..Blue Cheer

Vincebus Eruptum and Outside Inside are their greatest.

[IconoclastIlene]

22. There aint no cure..

for the summertime blues!!!!!!


bangdidybangbang......

aint no cure for nerve deafness....

Blue Cheer!!!

and I don't mean the detergent.

[bobthedrummer]

11. Moby Grape played REAL LOUD too

so did Led Zeppelin and The Doors.

[NightTrain]

14. The MC5, baby!

KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHERFUCKERS!!! :headbang:

[DancingBear]

18. Stay alive with the MC5

and Fuck Hudsons! :)

[DODI]

15. This doen't really count, because I saw them in the 80's - but

Deep Purple.

[Toby109]

16. Spinal Tap

Eleven, not ten, eleven.

:evilgrin:

[bbernardini]

19. Beat me to it!

:)

[Ricdude]

20. Not from the 60's/70's, but...

...I saw Coroner, Atrophy, and Forced Entry, three of the loudest, fastest, underground, hardcore speed metal bands at the time, at a dinky little club in DC. I spent the entire show hunched over the guitarists' stage monitors, banging my head, about 3 feet from both the drum kit and the guitar stacks. My ears rang for 3 days. I remember waking up the third day, still hearing a slight ring (thankfully not as loud as the day before), and thinking, "so this is what Pete Townsend listens to all day..."

[Spirochete]

23. Ted Nugent

was the loudest I ever saw. Led Zeppelin was loud, but nowhere approaching Nugent. A Black Sabbath concert made my head hurt, but still wasn't nearly as loud as Nugent.