mutantllama
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They were sick, only complaint was their set seemed a little shorter than I was expecting. But I can understand given Matt Pikes health problems and the fact that they were playing the next day as well.
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EspaDa
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Saw Truchło Strzygi on Tuesday at a really small and dingy venue. The band, however, rocked as hell. They're my fav Polish band atm, go an check out their music if you will
Bloopy
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Their tour here was a bit cursed. The guitarist's headstock broke the night before but apparently they were able to continue the set. Then here in Auckland they kept tripping a fuse at the venue putting the guitar amp out. Never seen that before. Luckily it was the end of their tour leg and they had time to play a free show at a different venue the next night. It was aggressively loud, but good and problem-free, and also my 666th time attending a gig in Auckland if that helps lift the curse! So technically I saw them twice, but the first time they repeatedly attempted the same material and only got through 1½ songs in total before giving up.
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Damn, that sucks for the guys who couldn't make it out to the second night. Maybe they just crank their shit real loud? I remember them being pretty damn loud when I saw them too, but I always wear earplugs so it is never a problem.
And shit, you actually keep track of the number of shows you've been to? I don't think ive been to quite that many, but I know that it is at least a couple hundred.
Bloopy
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Yeah. For the first couple of years I only wrote down the names of bands I'd seen, but the shows were advertised online so when I joined Last.fm I was able to look up dates and enter details of my past events there. I used Last.fm for tracking my gig attendance for nearly a decade. Eventually it got too tedious to enter all the details there, but it was fitting to use my own database to keep on tracking them. Luckily I've never missed finding out the names of even the smallest local acts.
I'm up to 782 shows in total and never worn ear plugs once, but a bit of minor tinnitus is very low on the list of health issues bothering me. Last hearing test was ok. I dunno if it's due to bad allergies or not normally being able to sleep on my back or what, but my ears are naturally a bit clogged anyway. On top of that I've had a recurring ear infection since Oct which I'm still working on getting rid of. When I was a kid I wasn't the best at perceiving speech then and always asked people to repeat themselves so it's hard to say it's a sign of damage if I have trouble understanding people now. I was never going to be a musician. I'm usually quite careful with where I stand and occasionally walk out if there's too much guitar feedback. With Primitive Man it was more the bass frequencies that were loud.
I'm up to 782 shows in total and never worn ear plugs once, but a bit of minor tinnitus is very low on the list of health issues bothering me. Last hearing test was ok. I dunno if it's due to bad allergies or not normally being able to sleep on my back or what, but my ears are naturally a bit clogged anyway. On top of that I've had a recurring ear infection since Oct which I'm still working on getting rid of. When I was a kid I wasn't the best at perceiving speech then and always asked people to repeat themselves so it's hard to say it's a sign of damage if I have trouble understanding people now. I was never going to be a musician. I'm usually quite careful with where I stand and occasionally walk out if there's too much guitar feedback. With Primitive Man it was more the bass frequencies that were loud.
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How are you not fucking deaf already? And after seeing Slayed Necros and TB complain endlessly about tinnitus, id reconsider if I were you. You don't even have to ruin the sound by using foamies; invest (really only 20 bucks) in a pair of Etymotic plugs or something similar to save yourself. You can still hear everything perfectly and it wont destroy your ears.
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Because they were mostly smaller shows, I guess. A lot of friends' bands and non-metal shows where there's no mosh pit and it's easy to stand near the front where the PA isn't really aimed at me. And the prime smaller venues with the loudest PAs tend to have great soundmen here. Might try some plugs for giggles and report back. My eyes, sinus and skin are pretty well messed up by allergies so a bit more wear and tear never really means much. I'm 35 so I figure I could see another 2,000 shows or so if my ears last. This came to mind though:
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Satanstoenail
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I’ve known people that just don’t seem to be affected by loud noise no matter how much they’re exposed to it. I envy these people.
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True, but exposure to loud noises is the most likely way to develop tinnitus. Im talking more about how you can't experience loud noises anymore, and about the madness of the spikes. I do not want this to happen to me. I think risking your ears by going to loud metal concerts without plugs is foolish.
From what ive heard it only takes one bad experience, and bam, tinnitus. And yea, it's strange, ive met some older people who used to go to lots of loud concerts (or are musicians) back in the 80s and 90s and they say that they hear perfectly fine. More often when I talk to those people they say that their hearing isnt that great any more.
Satanstoenail
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For me the warning signs happened but I was too stupid to take enough care after I noticed them. I used to think ringing after gigs or clubs was normal and I had a couple of instances where I thought I'd done some damage but then a couple of days later they were fine again. After that I wore plugs more but sometimes I'd forget them and then the "bam, tinnitus" happened after a particularly loud night.
I've got friends who've definitely been exposed to as much or more loud noise than I have and they're fine. I think genetics plays a part.
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Went to a show last night (Psycroptic, Cannibis Corpse, Gorod) and kind of fucked up. I usually smoke weed before a show, but because I am in the process of potentially getting a new job soon, I opted to just drink a little more instead. Im enjoying myself watching Gorod and then from my perspective out of nowhere it is 5AM and I am at home sitting in a chair in my bedroom. I must have blacked out drunk, but imo I didn't drink enough to do so. Maybe my drunkness was increased because of the physical exertion? Supposedly I was moshing non-stop. Im not the type of person somebody drugs. Apparently I was so messed up during Psycroptic that a few people insisted I take a moshing break outside, and someone used my phone to text my friend inside. So for the first time in my life I was "that drunk asshole" at the show. Lost my watch too. Im a bit bummed I missed Psycroptic (supposedly I was there for half their set, though I don't remember a thing), but losing my watch really sucks.
Satanstoenail
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Dude. The same thing happened to me at a Psycroptic show years ago. Luckily I was with my girlfriend and a couple of friends and they looked after me and took me home, but yeah. I was having a good night, drinking but not hell drunk and then bam I wake up at home. Apparently I was falling into people and onto things and annoying the crap out of everyone. Very strange. I also thought maybe my drink had been spiked. But perhaps it’s all Psycroptic and their mystical voodoo tech death.
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I never had it happen to me that severely, but the only time I was ever blackout drunk was seeing Slayer, where I remember them playing Seasons in the Abyss and then the next thing was that the show was over and I was walking home. Set seemed a bit short and I was surprised to hear Born of Fire over many of their most iconic songs, then I look things up online and discover that the last five were Hell Awaits/South of Heaven/Raining Blood/Chemical Warfare/Angel of Death. Also remember that I had my hand on the barrier and this Mexican-looking dude kept trying to pull my hand off for some reason, which retrospectively might have meant that I was leaning against him half-conscious or something, lol. I don't drink more than a couple beers before/during a show now.
rms
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finally seeing Slayer was awesome, bummer half their set was later era songs but the oldies were goodies.
see that Slough Feg and Pagan Altar are coming to Toronto in the short term, might have to see both.
see that Slough Feg and Pagan Altar are coming to Toronto in the short term, might have to see both.
mutantllama
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Both bands were fucking incredible, Bobby still fucking has it, shook his hand by the front door before they went on. Ogre sounded tight as fuck, Ed is one hell of a front man.
Bloopy
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Girlschool with Raven and Tank last night in Melbourne was fun as fuck, as expected!
Phylactery
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What a sick line-up. Sacramentum, Vio-lence, Demilich, Imprecation, Necrophobic, Suffocation, Monstrosity.
Never thought Sacramentum would reform! They look fucking haggard in this picture:
Can't argue with a Master's Hammer t-shirt!
