The loudness/Akira takasaki thread!

[Notuern]

its good to hear that young people appreciate bands like this.......if i remember correctly akira used rocktron and metaltronix , mr. Max Norman was the man behind the sound

Terry Illous called Stockholm the modern day sunset strip.
Seriously, 80's hair metal is HUGE in Sweden!

And no, the gear he mentioned didnt have anything to do with what i have heard before, which is why im so annoyed that i cant remember what he said!
I have pictures of his various live rigs lying around, and those are all based on Lee Jacksons stuff.. i remember talking to him about the Ampeg VL-1002 specifically, and that he loved it, but thats the only gear talk i remember(1 bottle of bacardi and ~15 beers fucks your memory up. ).

 

[guitarguru777]

Seriously, 80's hair metal is HUGE in Sweden!

Dude come to Vegas its NUTS!

Steel Panther
Hair Nation
Sin City Sinners
Spazmatics
Dangerous Curves

All 80s hair metal and play all the casinos to sold out crowds nightly.

And not to mention all the other 80's band tributes here
Separate Ways - Journey
Thick Chick - all female Cheap Trick
Rockford - Cheap Trick
Purple Reign - Prince (in full costume)
Diva - All female Devo tribute

Fucking 80s is alive and kicking in vegas ...lol

 

[JonWormwood]

Hows that Carvin poweramp?

It's real tight, kind of solid stateish. I have el34s in it. Crunchy. Works perfectly for me

 

[Notuern]

Not even close to Sweden though, seriously!
Just google nwossm and nwoshm.

 

[guitarguru777]

Damn dude ... guess you all got tired of Malmsteen and the Johannson brothers huh ... lol

 

[James Murphy]

What's your fav albums? I'm really digging disillussion but not so much lightnight strikes atm.

fuck that, Lightning Strikes is fucking awesome, as is Thunder In The East, and Hurricane Eyes.

seriously, "1000 Eyes"??, c'mon that is the shit right there!

 

[Notuern]

+1
And lets not forget Soldier Of Fortune!

 

[grywolf627]

Thunder In The East! That's the stuff, right there. My first exposure to Loudness was the video for "Crazy Nights".

 

[Jind]

A little late to the thread, but a big thumbs up from me - big Akira Takasaki and Loudness fan - always wanted one of those custom Killer guitars he used.

Still would love to have one.

That's a damned sexy beast.

 

[Decimator]

^ At first it looked like the headstock says "Hitler"

 

[guitarguru777]

^ At first it looked like the headstock says "Hitler"

Growing up in the 80s the ads for the ADA Stuff had Tommy Mclendon in them with a big purple Killer guitar. I used to think it said Hitler on the headstock till about 1992 ....lol

AHAHHAHAHAH ... Love google image search!

 

[James Murphy]

+1
And lets not forget Soldier Of Fortune!

meh... they got an american singer on that one, Mike Vescera... booo

he's a good singer, but he is not "loudness", by any stretch

 

[Notuern]

meh... they got an american singer on that one, Mike Vescera... booo

he's a good singer, but he is not "loudness", by any stretch

I thought we where discussing Akira's part in it though!

 

[grywolf627]

Growing up in the 80s the ads for the ADA Stuff had Tommy Mclendon in them with a big purple Killer guitar. I used to think it said Hitler on the headstock till about 1992 ....lol

AHAHHAHAHAH ... Love google image search!

I remember this ad in Guitar For the Practicing Musician!!!! The whole reason I first got interested in the MP-1.

 

[ATLA]

my favorite loudness song will always be this one!

the amount amount of badassery when that first riff comes in is unmatched.

 

[guitarguru777]

I remember this ad in Guitar For the Practicing Musician!!!! The whole reason I first got interested in the MP-1.

Ya same here ...lol I saw that Kirk Hammet (hey I was a big metallica fan at the time, this was before the suckage!) and Gilbert were using it and I got major Gas ... this ad turned me on to Jason and Marty too. i was a late bloomer on those 2.

 

[P-E]

Oh shit. Didn't even recognize Paul, I've almost always seen him with shorter hair.

 

[guitarguru777]

And to get back on topic

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Not to derail, but 80's Gilbert was some legit terrifying guitar playing...

 

[ATLA]

Not to derail, but 80's Gilbert was some legit terrifying guitar playing...

i dont think anything from the 80's can top the lead guitar playing on second heat. not cacophony, not yng. gilbert and bouillet took it wayyy up there.

but back ot.

LOUDNESS!