Loudness
This sucks...
No better than Poison...
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This sounds like bad Queensryche...
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The guitar playing isn't all that great either...
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Horrid bass and drums...
Better than this...
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This guy almost looks like Dave...
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Shit,They Suck Big Time.
First Roth Army Kiwi To See Van Halen Live 6/16/2012 Phoenix Arizona.
Akira had his moments....Originally posted by ELVIS
The guitar playing isn't all that great either...
Max Norman producing didn't hurt either, I bet....
That was another one of those 80s bands where the guitarist was the only reason
you listened to them in the first place, the years later you're like "That wasn't THAT cool..."
Never saw them live before this...
Thanks Elvis, I used to like "Thunder in the East"
lol...
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SAw them open up for AC/DC in DETROIT in 1986.......
they didn't get a very "friendly" crowd response...to say the least.....
The guitar player is good though......
Hey Loudness
~Only you can prevent low volume~
Loudness reminds me of that obscure Japanese band called "E.Z.O."
Maybe for 1986Originally posted by Matt White
The guitar player is good though......
Jesus Christ Elvis, you couldn't have picked any worse videos for them.....
Try this one out for size....
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Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee Roth
Akira solo #1...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a5GUUEBrGao
Solo #2....
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Talking of silly late 80s Jap bands with widdly guitarists anyone remember this crowd...?
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Last edited by Seshmeister; 02-02-2008 at 06:24 PM.
Only thing Loudness REALLY had going for them, in the end, was the Asian angle and the fact that some of their stuff was initially hard to get and had to be imported...nothing really spectacular...
Van Halen cover bands, and seeing players pull off Eddie's licks now, ain't no big deal. Agreed with Elvis that seeing someone playing EVH-style licks back in the mid 1980s was one thing, but after 20 + years of seeing and hearing everyone and their brother doing their version of Eruption in local clubs and music stores, well...not so amazing anymore.
Scramby eggs and bacon.
Its a shame that this attitude has evolved.
(As its perceived as old and wanky)
Modern bands are shunning the lead breaks.
Perhaps lead virtuosity is now a dying craft.
Sampled their '86 so called best album. Wasn't melodic at all.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Gotta disagree Terry, I think to this day that Akira Takasaki is still one of the most underrated guitarists.....Originally posted by Terry
Only thing Loudness REALLY had going for them, in the end, was the Asian angle and the fact that some of their stuff was initially hard to get and had to be imported...nothing really spectacular...
Van Halen cover bands, and seeing players pull off Eddie's licks now, ain't no big deal. Agreed with Elvis that seeing someone playing EVH-style licks back in the mid 1980s was one thing, but after 20 + years of seeing and hearing everyone and their brother doing their version of Eruption in local clubs and music stores, well...not so amazing anymore.
Not as long as I have 10 fingers and the will to live, my friend.Originally posted by Panamark
Its a shame that this attitude has evolved.
(As its perceived as old and wanky)
Modern bands are shunning the lead breaks.
Perhaps lead virtuosity is now a dying craft.
In the words of Joe Satriani: "Fashionable or not, I will CONTINUE TO PLAY THE SHIT OUT OF MY GUITAR."
Preach on, brother Satch!
Agreed. Not for nothing was he known as "the Japanese Eddie Van Halen"....Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
Gotta disagree Terry, I think to this day that Akira Takasaki is still one of the most underrated guitarists.....
And Max Norman was not known for producing bands with sub-par guitarists....
Naw, it'll make a comeback. Just like bellbottom jeans did/will.Originally posted by Panamark
Its a shame that this attitude has evolved.
(As its perceived as old and wanky)
Modern bands are shunning the lead breaks.
Perhaps lead virtuosity is now a dying craft.
Why settle for something you have, if it's not as good as something you're out to get?
Originally Posted by Seshmeister
It's like putting up a YouTube of Bach and playing Chopstix on your Bontempi...
Shit, I play a bit myself, and by the latter part of the 1980s, even I was getting tired with seemingly every other hard rock song I was hearing having a guitar solo that (to my ears) was little more than an excuse for having everything but the kitchen sink thrown in...and this is coming from someone who totally dug what EVH, Randy, Vivian Campbell and Yngwie Malmsteen were doing in the eraly to mid 1980s.
Far as Akira Takasaki goes, I'm not saying the guy stinks. It's clear he could play. But Loudness was just an average hard rock band with average to subpar hard rock tunes. Put it this way; I think Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey can all sing very well. But they all ended up singing some of the most banal, unimaginative live song lyrics within the context of some typical, uninspired top 40 style song patterns.
All that talent, and they're doing little to nothing worth listening to with it. Takasaki in Loudness was along those same lines for me.
I will agree it is a shame that the guitar solo as a staple feature of the rock song is a concept that seems to have vanished from what's happening today, but if said feature is gonna resurrect itself as little more than some jagoff going wheedly-wheedly-wee and showing me how fast he can play a bunch of scales for 30 seconds, perhaps it's better if that stays dead.
Yep, they really, really, really sucked....
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Originally posted by Steve Savicki
Sampled their '86 so called best album. Wasn't melodic at all.
Pure 80's cheese, but nonetheless, a very good tune that you couldn't fit more melody in:
Let It Go
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As for Akira's playing, he was a product of his time frame. The guy could probably play just about anything he wanted.
Originally posted by Tiki-Tom You're one classy tattooed bombshell in my book.
Originally posted by rustoffa
Three words. WE WERE THERE.
Well, Akira DID do the soundtrack for an anime called Geneshaft 'bout 3-4 years ago.
And, no, it ain't hair metal.
I really liked Thunder In The East. In my opinion it was a pretty raw hard hitting guitar album and Akira did some pretty cool stuff on that disk. I saw them open for Motley Crue in 85 and from a guitarist standpoint, Akira just whooped the snot out of Mick Mars. Yeah they were 80's cheese, but they were not as bad as Elvis is making them out to be.
Akira was a decent player (albeit another one of the endless slew of Malmsteen clones that the 80's generated), but Loudness was just a fucking shitty band, period...anyone ever hear that "Soldier of Fortune" bullshit? So fucking awful it was LITERALLY laughable...
I guess it was OK for it's time, but even back then, short of the guitar theatrics (which were a dime a dozen once Malmsteen taught everyone how to do it), there wasn't anything to write home about...
Twistin' by the pool.
Of course...doing that doesn't take much more than 2 weeks of practice for new guitar players...Originally posted by ULTRAMAN VH
from a guitarist standpoint, Akira just whooped the snot out of Mick Mars.
Wock and Woll cWazy night, you are de heWo tonight! My buddies and I laughed @ loudness then and are still laughin now!
Agreed, and that video is cool if only for all the guitar-construction footage in it....Originally posted by SparkieD
Pure 80's cheese, but nonetheless, a very good tune that you couldn't fit more melody in:
Let It Go
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As for Akira's playing, he was a product of his time frame. The guy could probably play just about anything he wanted.
I remember the rumor was back in the day that the singer learned the lyrics phonetically, and didn't even speak English...much like Klaus in the Scorps back in the early days, too....Originally posted by canadian halen
Wock and Woll cWazy night, you are de heWo tonight! My buddies and I laughed @ loudness then and are still laughin now!
Originally posted by conmee
If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.
That is all.
Icon.Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667
Originally posted by Isaac R.
Then it's really true??:eek:
The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???
OMFG...who in their right mind...???
Originally posted by eddie78
I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.
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