DLR and EVH drive-thru pranks

[TJMKID]

I would blow the stock speakers on cars. My hearing seems ok but man did I used to play everything loud. I had to really watch the mirrors on my car to see if a ambulance, police car, or fire engine was coming through. I used to play music so loud I couldn't hear the siren. I think Eddie Van Halen's theory on keeping the highs down in the mix saves your hearing. Sometimes you just had the right car and speaker combination. I had a king cab truck that the stereo sounded better than anything I had in the house.

I was really into car audio during my 20's (1989 to 1999). My first system in 1989 was a total of around $400 and was just a Sony head unit with internal 20W x 4 channel amp and some Pioneer 3-way 6x9 speakers for the rear fill. No external amp or subs, but it was a nice way to get started in the hobby since I wired everything myself and so I learned the basics about polarity, grounds, etc. However, I must have had a short circuit because the Sony deck burned out 3 times and then I junked it.

My 2nd and final system got installed in 1995 for a total of $4,000 and it was the system I always wanted -- (2) 200-watt amps to drive the front and rear Diamond Audio speakers, 1000-watt sub amp, (3) 12" JL Audio subs, and a Pioneer double-DIN head unit and Sony 10-CD changer. Also had a 15-band EQ/crossover and a 8V line driver to boost the input signal to the amps. That fucking system was LOUD and CLEAN, and as everyone knows all the CVH tunes sound better when they make your eardrums pulsate for hours. Got a couple tickets for breaking the local noise ordinance, but it was worth it. You only get to be a dumb kid once in your life. NEVER played rap on it, except for the Biggie Smalls CD a couple times because my girlfriend at the time liked it.

[Nitro Express]

I love feeling it. You watch that interview with Eddie Van Halen describing his amp sound and he goes into how he has to feel it in his chest. I get what he's saying. Nothing is finer than standing in front of a big PA where everything is dialed in right and it just pounds you in a good way. I love it!

What drives me nuts about the new cars is everything is integrated now. Popping in an aftermarket system isn't so easy now.

[Nitro Express]

Not so sad. Just the reality of time... that has long past...

All those youngsters weren't even born when the legends emerged. They wouldn't recognize a Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin or Jim Morrison impression either... The world was a much smaller place in our youth. Look at all the crap kids today are inundated with...

Jimi Hendrix is actually more popular now than when he was alive. Pretty much due to a continued marketing of his songs and image in today's culture. Today it's all about having your image in movies, television shows, commercials, and games.

Yeah the songs have to be good but you still have to expose people to it. Attention spans are short. I think the people who are quite savvy at marketing are politicians. They love the new short attention spans. Scandals are bigger now than ever but it doesn't matter. Distract the public with something else. Let it blow over. Because the general public are so stupid and immature now, they really do think they can get away with anything.

You just need to understand marketing tools and how to use them.