I know the secret of Immortal's wall of sound

[LeSedna]

 

[-JohanFrisk-]

i don't wanna be a killjoy but...
http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/off-topic-tavern/452069-itt-we-post-funny-pictures-72.html #1786

 

[TheDriller]

I saw them at Graspop a few years back and it was the same deal.

Its standard practice of course, anyone who thinks those "wall of marshall" things are real is a chump,

but i still got a kick out of seeing the two little Engls tucked away at the side

 

[Harry Hughes]

Hell, IIRC, John Petrucci was even using 2x12s on tour, covered underneath a blanket, with the usual 4x12s on stage just for show

 

[DeclanWhite]

i like this quote from that thread

And yet the dummy amps probably still sound better than those 2 Powerballs.

 

[Notuern]

Its standard practice of course, anyone who thinks those "wall of marshall" things are real is a chump,

Malmsteen did it for realz... with 27 50w vintage Marshall Mark II heads and cabs from 1971(All functional.).

 

[TheDriller]

Malmsteen did it for realz... with 27 50w vintage Marshall Mark II heads and cabs from 1971(All functional.).

the exception to the rule isn't it ?

good ol' Malmsteen and his wild capers.
if only he'd put that kind of energy into not being terrible.

 

[Notuern]

Well, Blue Öyster Cult, Slayer, Dokken, Whitesnake, Ozzy, Van Halen etc.
But yeah, still exceptions.. but it seems like the bands that can afford it do it for real(Dont know about VH now days though.).

 

[slashvanyoung]

Slayer's cabs are real, but there are only two on each side mic'ed and fired up.

 

[Notuern]

No doubt there.. wouldn't make much sense to me having 20+ amps and cabs all fired up and all mic'ed anyways.
But its still a real Marshall wall, and not a dummywall(Dont get why though.).

 

[spioraid]

Can't forget The Darkness.

 

[Ashgarth]

That picture may explain the horrid guitar sound they had at hellfest...hahaha

 

[HeadCrusher]

How did they actually manage to get that "Wall" off the stage without the audience realizing that it was fake?

Malmsteen did it for realz... with 27 50w vintage Marshall Mark II heads and cabs from 1971(All functional.).

You sure about that? Dude must be deaf for sure!
I saw Dinosaur Jr. a few years ago and J hat three (3) Marshall full stacks on his side (about one or two meters max behind where he was standing for the entire gig) and another one on the other side of the stage.
It was a 8000 capacity open air venue and I shit you not, the soundman had to go on stage to adjust the guitar volume directly at the amp head. There were no guitars coming through the PA whatsoever.
(Needless to say J didn't care and turned it back up right again as soon as the guy had left the stage. )

 

[GarethSE]

sunn turned all their amps up to 10 for the end of the show when i saw them
ive never been so in pain

 

[LeSedna]

sunn turned all their amps up to 10 for the end of the show when i saw them
ive never been so in pain

On a pure objective thought, what they have done is absolutely stupid. This is the best way to have 1 person in the audience go to hospital for his ears, and discover he/she has lost 30% of her audition permanently.

 

[Notuern]

You sure about that? Dude must be deaf for sure!
I saw Dinosaur Jr. a few years ago and J hat three (3) Marshall full stacks on his side (about one or two meters max behind where he was standing for the entire gig) and another one on the other side of the stage.
It was a 8000 capacity open air venue and I shit you not, the soundman had to go on stage to adjust the guitar volume directly at the amp head. There were no guitars coming through the PA whatsoever.
(Needless to say J didn't care and turned it back up right again as soon as the guy had left the stage. )

All where hooked up and ready to go, yes.. but no, he didnt use more then one at the time.......................

And yeah, the thing with the sound guys like him is after is built on a distorting poweramp.. kind of hard to get on stage-farting levels.
Still insane to use 3 of them without power-brakes though.

 

[Ola Englund]

Can't forget The Darkness.

I hear ya. 5-6 Dual rectifiers stacks in red snakeskin.. yummy!

 

[Harry Hughes]

On a pure objective thought, what they have done is absolutely stupid. This is the best way to have 1 person in the audience go to hospital for his ears, and discover he/she has lost 30% of her audition permanently.

Anyone with half a brain would bring ear plugs to a gig.
I ALWAYS wear ear plugs to gigs, no exceptions. To do otherwise is just plain idiotic.
It amazes me that when I go to gigs people are still retarded enough to go to gigs without ear plugs.

 

[Line666]

Anyone with half a brain would bring ear plugs to a gig.
I ALWAYS wear ear plugs to gigs, no exceptions. To do otherwise is just plain idiotic.
It amazes me that when I go to gigs people are still retarded enough to go to gigs without ear plugs.

Absolutely man.

I knew a guy that wanted to be an engineer and he went to a Slayer gig and came back and was going on about how loud it was, I was like "did you not wear plugs?", next thing I know he's going about how "man its not cool to wear plugs to these things, what are you some sort of idiot, wear plugs to see Slayer???".

And at that moment I knew that guy was a total dildo. Seriously, I wouldn't risk my hearing for fucking anything.

 

[muckypup1]

Absolutely man.

I knew a guy that wanted to be an engineer and he went to a Slayer gig and came back and was going on about how loud it was, I was like "did you not wear plugs?", next thing I know he's going about how "man its not cool to wear plugs to these things, what are you some sort of idiot, wear plugs to see Slayer???".

And at that moment I knew that guy was a total dildo. Seriously, I wouldn't risk my hearing for fucking anything.

+1

I went to one gig without earplugs and already have ear damage, now I always have ear protection at any gigs. I fucking regret not having protection at that gig, because now I have tinnitus, I find it hard getting to sleep now because of the noise that comes, and it gets louder and louder