Loudness

[Panamark]

Who remembers this Japanese Metal band from the 80's ? I think they had an album called "Thunder in the East"
I remember thinking they had some cool little riffs in places,
they also had very obvious Japanese accents...
Were they well known in the US and UK?

[Cato]

Va Beach is a HUGE Loudness fan.
I heard Akira Takasaki Kicked his ass at Budokan in 80s...

[Golden AWe]

I remember liking them when I was a kid...haven't heard anything from the band for like 15 years...

[Purple Haze]

Supposedly they had an import only album released Feb 3rd called "Original". I hadn't heard of them until I went overseas in the late 80's.

[alexpgrimes]

They opened for Ac/Dc here in Cleveland in 81 for the back in Black tour. They were pretty good.

[Mr Grimsdale]

Originally posted by Cato
Va Beach is a HUGE Loudness fan.
I heard Akira Takasaki Kicked his ass at Budokan in 80s...

that was the same show cato got homo raped in the car park by kendo nagasaki

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by Cato
Va Beach is a HUGE Loudness fan.
I heard Akira Takasaki Kicked his ass at Budokan in 80s...

Fuckin' A boys, Takasaki is one bad motherfucker on that geetar....

Saw them two nights in a row at Budokan...

Yeah sure, I tended to overlook the "wok and woll" aspect of their songs....

If you get a chance to watch a VCR or DVD of them, you'll be pleasantly surprised, especially the guitar solo....

[Golden AWe]

Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
that was the same show cato got homo raped in the car park by kendo nagasaki

funniest observation I've heard for a while LOL!!!

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Panamark
Who remembers this Japanese Metal band from the 80's ? I think they had an album called "Thunder in the East"
I remember thinking they had some cool little riffs in places,
they also had very obvious Japanese accents...
Were they well known in the US and UK?

I have that album! Fuckin' great riffs! :killer:

"Run for your life", there's a great solo for y'all. :smoke:

The japanese are ashamed of the group though...

[twonabomber]

Originally posted by alexpgrimes
They opened for Ac/Dc here in Cleveland in 81 for the back in Black tour. They were pretty good.

nope. it was 86 or 87 for the Who Made Who tour. saw them at Blossom that year...and they stunk.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

You guys made me nostalgic, so I had to plop in a concert video I have of them in '86....

I only watched a few songs and Takasaki's solo...

Pretty funny shit... Huge hair, spandex, the whole nine yards....

But as I said, the boy can fuckin' wail on the guitar....

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Here's a good pic from back then, from his website;

http://www.takasaki.net/

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Holy shit, a VH reference on that website....

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the band Loudness, they are one of the leaders in Japanese hard rock/heavy metal. Loudness was formed by Akira Takasaki in about 1981, after Akira and Munetaka decided to move from the pop sound of Lazy into heavy metal in the same genre as Van Halen. These guys have been pumping out beautiful, heart pounding musical pieces since 1981, and are still rocking on today. Incidentally, Loudness has had a reunion, and are back to the original line-up, though I'll surely miss Masaki's acid vocals.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I was putzing around Youtube today, waiting for that bastard Ernesto to leave town....

I picked out some of the decent sounding clips for ya....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlvaptzYFng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi1jnd_J9nI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJ4Re8jKWU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19RzIBp1xEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ZlubK23Uk

[ThrillsNSpills]

:rockit:
Thanks VA

[Douglas T.]

When you listen to LOUDNESS ... do you have to listen to it again an hour later like their food that fills you up, but yet you're hungry again an hour later! :cato2:

[sadaist]

They opened for Crue on the Theater of Pain tour in San Diego. Wok n Woll Cwazy nights!!!!!!!!! I had the album with that song on it. Not bad if you don't mind the accents.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Someone beat me to Crazy Nights!!! The video for that tune was absolutely hilarious! Musically they were good, but those accents...and the dreadful, yet side splitting lyrics-

"da soun' kicks you in da head, all night!!!!!!!!
Lock n' Loll Clazy Nights!!!!!"

[BALLYJUNKIE]

i saw loudeness in 1987 in the bay area ,with stryper and tnt .........

[sadaist]

Ahh, Stryper. When I saw them they chucked mini bibles into the crowd. Loved the beginning to Soldiers Under Command. Hated the yellow & black.

[Tiki-Tom]

Can't forget "Wet It Go."
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Anyone ever check out EZO, another killer band from the East. Their singer replaced the singer from Loudness for a few years before the reunion. Gene $immon$ produced their first album, hence the makeup (and it still sounded good.)
Flashback Heart Attack
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EZO Here It comes
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[jackassrock]

Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
I was putzing around Youtube today, waiting for that bastard Ernesto to leave town....

I picked out some of the decent sounding clips for ya....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlvaptzYFng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi1jnd_J9nI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJ4Re8jKWU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19RzIBp1xEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ZlubK23Uk

You forgot this one.

Rock and Roll Crazy Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSDtpGlInA)

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I didn't actually forget that one, I was trying to get away from the "Wok and Woll" jokes...

[Tiki-Tom]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
[B]Can't forget "Wet It Go."

My Bad,didn't see it at the end of the list.
Ya still got to check out EZO.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Yeah, I watched a bunch of Loudness videos when they got the singer from there, seemed that their music got a whole lot heavier, which wasn't a bad thing....

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
My Bad,didn't see it at the end of the list.
Ya still got to check out EZO.

EZO are a good band....I have a few of their songs on my ipod...

have you heard X Japan?

[Unchainme]

VH1 put them on the worst metal list, mainly because of the accents :rolleyes:.

Ironically it had the opposite effect on me, and I downloaded "Rock And Roll Crazy Nights" right after that. :D

Takasaki is the best guitarist in all of asia apparently, Very talented.

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Unchainme
Takasaki is the best guitarist in all of asia apparently, Very talented.

Japan's own EVH. 'Nuff said.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
Anyone ever check out EZO, another killer band from the East. Their singer replaced the singer from Loudness for a few years before the reunion.

Here's one from that era with EZO's singer, I like the groove on this one...

And, as always, a SMOKIN' solo...

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[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
Here's one from that era with EZO's singer, I like the groove on this one...

And, as always, a SMOKIN' solo...



That's pretty good-almost has a CFH-era Pantera sound. Definitely heavier. I don't know why I never checked them out with this singer since I was a fan of both bands. I'll be checking out more from this line-up.

[Ozzy Fudd]

Originally posted by Panamark
Who remembers this Japanese Metal band from the 80's ? I think they had an album called "Thunder in the East"
I remember thinking they had some cool little riffs in places,
they also had very obvious Japanese accents...
Were they well known in the US and UK?
I got that CD :killer:

[light 'em up!]

Originally posted by Panamark
Who remembers this Japanese Metal band from the 80's ? I think they had an album called "Thunder in the East" I remember thinking they had some cool little riffs in places, they also had very obvious Japanese accents...
Were they well known in the US and UK?

I was totally blown away by Loudness when Thunder in the East came out in 84. Loudness' guitar player Akira Takasaki had it all; good tone, ridiculous speed, artistry, flash, plus his riffs were melodic and interesting.

They thundered onto the mainstream rock scene with a killer video on MTV and a gutiar player giving EVH a bigtime run for his money.... the novelty wore thin though, and they kind of fizzled out after Thunder in the East.

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
Here's one from that era with EZO's singer, I like the groove on this one...

And, as always, a SMOKIN' solo...

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it's unfortunate that the singer has to try and look like Axl Rose...

anyway, this is Taiji, a mental bass player from X Japan....he was once in Loudness as well....

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[Soul Reaper]

X Japan....taking hair to its logical extremes....

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[Soul Reaper]

and here's another one...

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that one is called Vanishing Love....

and the one I posted before is called Endless Rain...