{"id":2130,"date":"2012-09-05T08:02:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T12:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2012-09-05T08:02:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T12:02:03","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-261-the-metal-years-loudness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/09\/05\/my-musical-evolution-part-261-the-metal-years-loudness\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 261 The Metal Years Loudness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Loudness<\/a>There is something a little bit different about Loudness’<\/em> sound.\u00a0 It seems to sound just a little bit bigger than it iactually is. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maye it is the recording and mixing production.\u00a0 They sound like they are in some huge arena.<\/p>\n

I saw Loudness<\/em> open for AC\/DC<\/em> once. It was a Rock & Roll Crazy Night. <\/em>There were kids of Japanese descent in the audience that were dressed up just like them.\u00a0 I have to give some credit to Loudness<\/em>. They don’t speak English and yet they have learned to sing all their songs in a language that they don’t understand.\u00a0 In between songs on the show the guy would yell “Its f*cking great to be America” or “We get crazy tonight!” I could tell that he didn’t understand what he was saying because he left the apostrophe out of It’s.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Their command of their instruments makes me think of Ninjas. Maybe that is somehow racist but I dont’t care. Their precision is technically very sharp sounding.\u00a0 They guys can play but playing is only part of the recipe.<\/p>\n

Loudness\u00a0<\/em> has a good sound that I find very appealing. I think the problem with Loudness is just timing. They came along too late in my Metal Years <\/em>and as a result, they did not get the love and support that they would have gotten a year or two earlier. Just a couple years ago I finally bought Thunder In The East<\/em> on Compact Disc.\u00a0 I hadn’t heard it since the last time I had a turntable which\u00a0was 1988.\u00a0Listening to it right now, I can still see why I liked them.<\/p>\n

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Crazy Nights<\/em>
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