Loudness

**Cato** · 02-12-2004, 05:31 AM

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

**Golden AWe** · 02-12-2004, 07:21 AM

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

**Purple Haze** · 02-12-2004, 04:47 PM

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** · 02-12-2004, 06:28 PM

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

**Mr Grimsdale** · 02-12-2004, 06:50 PM

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** · 02-12-2004, 08:05 PM

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** · 02-13-2004, 09:01 AM

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** · 02-13-2004, 07:28 PM

Re: Loudness

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!

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

The japanese are ashamed of the group though...

**twonabomber** · 02-13-2004, 08:03 PM

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** · 02-13-2004, 09:06 PM

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** · 02-13-2004, 09:12 PM

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

Matt Takasaki - Writer and Translator Fluent in 5 Languages

http://www.takasaki.net/

Matt Takasaki

**Va Beach VH Fan** · 02-13-2004, 09:17 PM

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.