# Loudest rock concert you've attended **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudest-rock-concert-youve-attended/378167 "2006-10-27T20:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudest-rock-concert-youve-attended/378167/81 "2006-10-30T19:52:04Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] What, only one other person so far said Motorhead? We saw them at Bumbershoot in Seattle a few years back and even with cotton batting stuffed securely into both ears, I had ringing in my ears for several hours afterward. I saw people there with no ear protection and I honestly don’t know how they did it. The band started playing a few seconds before I got the cotton stuffed in my ears, and for those few seconds, I was in actual physical pain. [/QUOTE] I attended a lot of concerts by heavy metal / thrash bands in the late 1980’s. By _far_ the loudest was **Motörhead**. They played at Bogart’s in Cincinnati. It was so loud that you couldn’t hear the music… it was just a wall of ear-piercing noise. I left after 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudest-rock-concert-youve-attended/378167/82 "2006-10-30T20:35:55Z")
Mine would have to be **Nazareth** at Memorial Hall in Kansas City KS sometime back around 1981 or 1982. We were about ten or twelve rows back from the stage on the right side of the floor. I believe that concert is the reason I still have trouble hearing out of my left ear. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudest-rock-concert-youve-attended/378167/83 "2006-10-30T21:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] Mine would have to be **Nazareth** at Memorial Hall in Kansas City KS sometime back around 1981 or 1982. We were about ten or twelve rows back from the stage on the right side of the floor. I believe that concert is the reason I still have trouble hearing out of my left ear. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s when you knew you were messing with a ( **bomp bomp** ) son of a bitch! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loudest-rock-concert-youve-attended/378167.md?page=4)