Kanada Kev Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) Inspired by blane ... Loudest for me ... ACDC 1985 Fly On The Wall Tour @ Maple Leaf Gardens. I couldn't hear properly at school for 3 days after that. Everything sounded dull and there was a ringing in my ears too Killer show though! When those cannons came up behind the speaker stacks in "For Those About To Rock" my head almost exploded Later . . . Kanada Kev =8) Edited September 15, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 little feat opening for george thorogood at canada's wonderland.was originally thorogood opening for little feat, but sagging ticket sales convinced them to alter the order.me and dark_starr were up front, off to the right in front of the speaker stack.my right ear was hosed for days afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) good lord...hands down...Government Mule...somewhere around 1998-99 in Montreal.My hearing has never been the same since.Earplugs are good.(ahhh I guess we were at the same show Blane :blush: I'm old memories fail me...I wonder if you turned down earplugs from Marc too...one of my worst moves ever) Edited September 15, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Motorhead at the Warehouse.or maybe Keith Richards at Massey Hall - but that might have been cause I was sitting right in front of the speakers. The bass was just reverberating right through my body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Jeff Healy - any time he played Stages (Kingston) in 1987-1988. Nothing else has ever come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 little feat opening for george thorogood at canada's wonderland. What'd you think of Thorogood? Personally, i thought he blew. We ended up leaving early. We were there for the Feat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Pretty mcu ANY show at the Horsepoo, although I remember a Robert Randolph show there that was particularly offensive. Never have I experienced such pain in the ears.As for an entire show - the Stones show at RPM before the Voodoo Loungs tour left my ears ringing for 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Kiss at the Ottawa Civic Centre, Creatures of the Night tour... 1982?My mom took me and then she almost took us to the doctor the next day because we were both in so much pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 No question John Entwistle; Barrymores, Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Robert Randolph show there that was particularly offensive. Never have I experienced such pain in the ears.That one was painful on the ears if you were under the speakers to the left of the stage. I HAD to move back on that as the pain was outweighing the fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 black crowes at the nac theatre.. my ears have not been the same since.. they rrang for days after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Motorhead @ The Docks. I wore earplugs the entire night and my head still hurt for days. At one point in time, a few songs in, they screamed, "Is it LOUD enough?" I figured it was a joke as they must have realized we were dying out there. To my shagrin the entire audience screamed back, "NO!!!" It then proceeded to actually get louder. It was really too bad. I've listened to some of their CDs and really wanted to see them live. It was so loud I could barely distinguish one instrument from another. I know that's 'their thing.' It's stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 modest mouse - opera house, 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Van Halen ... Molson Amphitheatre 199?Ringing ears put me to bed.Michael Anthony is a goof....Bass in the shape of a Jack Daniels bottle 1. 2. the guy has about 5 minutes of solo time....he spends about 4.5 of those minutes with a frickin ultra dramatic church organ patch on his bass.I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 big sugar has had some loud shows....there was one i was at recently that might have challenged that...for now i'll say big sugar at barrymores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) In June of 2003 (I think) I saw Big Sugar three nights in a row at Lee's Palace. I was a huge fan and probably saw them more than 20 times before they threw it in...without a doubt, the loudest band I've seen. Gordie Johnson's rig consisted of his signal split into two 50 watt Garnet Herzog preamps, each fed to the power section of an Ampeg SVT 300w head, each fed into a Marshall 4x12 cabinet. I can safely say, most times I saw them, Gordie's rig was far louder than the PA no matter where you were standing.Fuckin ESP over here, AD. Edited September 15, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Dinosaur Jr. - The opera House, fall 97Big Sugar - CAPS, Humber College 98 sometimeboth shows ruined my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 gordie's new band Grady is equally loud too. they put the POWER in power trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Motorhead - The Rockpile Hamilton - 1983.Inspired by blane ...Loudest for me ... ACDC 1985 Fly On The Wall Tour @ Maple Leaf Gardens.Very loud show, especially For Those About To Rock encore. Although, Malmsteen opening was terrible. Metallica at MLG in 86 was also pretty damn loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Malmsteen opening was terrible. Total wanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Jazz is Dead at the Comfort Zone in 1997 or so. Holy Fuck! it was loud! Apparently the band couldn't hear themselves on stage so they told the soundman to turn it up all the way. The zone is a small hole anyway with low cellings, and Jimmy Herring was playing out of a 5150 Head with a Marshall stack. Fuck it was so good musically and so intimate but painful at times. It tore a layer of my brian!\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 BIG SUGAR @ THE LYRIC, Guelph.Gordie is for sure a deaf man by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Big Sugar at Fed Hall in Waterloo. Gordie blew the doors off the joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSeasJim Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Ozzy - 2002 at Copps. It rattled my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 wow ... a lot of Big Sugar moments. I remember when they opened for Blues Traveler at Varsity Arena (another bday show for me ). I couldn't even listen to Sugar. They were so loud and distorted and the acoustics in that arena were the worst. I felt bad for them. Couldn't distinguish between the sound of anything coming from the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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