Where did this phrase come from? It’s the name of the editorial column in Revolver Magazine, it’s part of a lyric by Jim Steinman, and it’s the name of a Motorhead album. Which came first?
It sure sounds like a Motörhead original, but their album title is Everything Louder than Everyone Else. The album came out in '99.
It’s said on stage in Deep Purple’s live double album Made In Japan, released in 1972.
Ian Gillan asks the sound guy for more of this, more of that, and “more monitor if you’ve got it”. The sound guy replies with something inaudible, and Gillan says with a laugh “yeah, can we have everything louder than everything else” - presumably repeating what the sound guy said.
So it seems the actual origin is one of the sound guys at that concert in the early 70s in Tokyo.
The Jim Steinman lyric is the name of one of the tracks on Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell II Back Into Hell. It came out in 1993 according to what I found on line.
I don’t know if the line is a Steinman original, but if it was it very well might have been around much longer than that. A large portion of the tracks on Bat out of Hell II had been released in 1981 on Jim Steinman’s own album Bad for Good. I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the rest of BOOH had been written long before its recording/release.
Ex sound-guy here. This phrase is as old as the hills (it may even pre-date rock bands) and I doubt that you’ll find a definitive first use. It’s the sound guy’s standard description of the only mix that will satisfy every member of the band.
Indeed, as I’ve already posted one from 1972.
Alright, but my cite stands as the oldest published appearance so far.
Obviously it can’t predate amplified performances, so for instance I doubt it could come from as far back as the big band era, as the players were not individually miked (and probably had no say over their sound anyway). The rock’n’roll era would be about as far back as it could be, say 1955.
My bad… not reading clearly or completely. 