Bands you can ONLY enjoy at high volume
 

Okay, so any bands which you only enjoy when played really loud. Not looking for the old rock n' roll cliche of "all music", rather bands where your listening pleasure notably decreases with volume. And lets face it, most bands you can enjoy just as much at low volume. These are my exceptions:

Dinosaur Jr.

Curve

Bleach

Daisy Chainsaw




Go!

One word: Swans. Check ou the "Cop" LP. Also (and I know you'll yawn at this, but...) any of the Whitehouse live concerts circa 1983 - pick up the official "Slaughterhouse" boot if you can - pretty wild. I would also add any of the stuff the No U-Turn label put out - I still regret flogging the NUT vinyl - damn.

I don't like listening to music at low volume....
Dino Jr

Sebadoh ( Gimme indie Rock !!!)

SY

Polvo

Shellac.....

All music should be listened to loud enough, at least.

But to answer the question:

Earth
Monarch!
Electric Wizard
The Goslings
Loop
High Rise
Part Chimp
Rapeman

Etc...
I can enjoy this shit at lower volume too, of course, but it definitely kills the thrill a bit.

High on Fire

all sorts of things. anything with balls.

I second that, I would also like to add My Bloody Valentine, Sunn 0))), Aphex Twin and any harsh-noise band.

a place to bury strangers, assholes.

we have similar (good) tastes.
"Look at me . I'm a plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane!":D

My Bloody Valentine is the truth.

Loveless at low volume=asleep by To Here Knows When
Loveless at high volume=complete unrivaled bliss

also, I'd add Lightning Bolt.


That whole "loudest band in NYC" junk is garbage. That album sounded like Psychocandy-20 years later.

loveless at low volumes is a good listen at bedtime

It's always a cure for a sleepless night.

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hella
Jon Spencer Bues explosion
fugazi
big black

Nice call on Big Black.

I actually very rarely listen to ANY music that loudly.

Dinosaur jr.
MBV
SY
Jimi Hendrix
The Jesus and Mary Chain (especially Pyschocandy)
The Velvet Underground ,is there any other way to listen to White Light/White Heat?

Much likewise, as it happens. Except Happy Hardcore, obviously.

obviously!

early sepultura
obituary




i'm sorry for this

you suck, they're not even taking this 'loudest new york band' seriously, its just some random shit spread over the internet.

yeah it does sound close to psychocandy and who the fuck cares? its better than anything you'll ever achieve.

Their cover of DV 69 was something unexpected and not horrible, though. I didn't say they were horrible, just not worthy of the hype.

Actually DV 69 is one of the few songs that really needs to be cranked right up in order to hear it 'properly', IMO.

Bad Moon must be at 11 at all times, DV 69 needs to go 20+

they were just telling me how they're not nyc's loudest band and that thats ridiculous.

and no, there is no hype. theyre just a misunderstood band simply because they like the chain too much.

I know it well, and yes, certainly one to crank up to 11.


Nice to see alot of other people are mentioning Dino here.

Fuck yeah, JSBE.

Pretty much anything worth listening to is made better at high volume.

Shellac. I love listening to Shellac with the stereo cranked up all the way.

Minor Threat and Fugazi too.

Oh and Mclusky.

hmmm... hammerhead, shellac, bad religion, just about anything with loud guitars. but i really enjoy elliot smith really loud too.

Since I don't have neighbours and I'm living by myself, I'm allowed to blast stuff at really high volume. Yesterday I particularly enjoyed nearly fucking up my speakers while I had ''Statues'' (what a song!) by Husker Du on really loud, as well as ''Sleeper Hold'' by No Age. Times New Viking are also great at very loud volume.

aw, i've not heard 'em but this seems to be adding up to a whole lot of black-rebel-motorcycle-club to me :)

oh yeah, loud bands

method man / redman specifically "da rockwilder" is face meltingly good loud, the epitome though has to be electric by the cult which really does ONLY make sense loud. Quiet ther's just no point but once the minimum volume threshold has been attained it's as though the universe clicks into a finer and more pleasing style of nonsense where the only fitting response to a line like "i'm a b five-two baby way up in the sky" is "yeah me too" as you duck-walk to the jelly bar and down forty five shots off the lithesome stomach of the stripper in the clown mask.

gustav holst. iggy and the stooges. and so forth

Lightning bolt, Discordance Axis, Merzow, Masonna, Immortal, early Obituary, Black Flag, Neurosis, Godflesh, a shit load more. i tend to always listen to music loud i think.

what is your secret?

OM must be played LOUD!

There isn't one, I just happen to live inbetween two houses that have been empty for a while. And even when they were inhabited nobody cared, it's not like I have time to stay indoors blasting music all the time, anyway.

I don't really enjoy listening to any music really loud, I tend to notice a lot more things at lower volume.