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With the ear-splitting concert, The Who earned the Guinness World Record for the “Globe's Loudest Band” at a massive 126 dB.
Deep Purple, The Who, and Manowar are the world's loudest bands. Deep Purple made a noise of 130 decibels while touring Canada in 1970. A record set by the Who in 1987 set a world record, but the members suffered hearing loss as a result.
AC/DC Concert – 130 dB.
Deep Purple was recognised by The Guinness Book of World Records as the "globe's loudest band" for a concert at the London Rainbow Theatre, during which the sound reached 117 dB and three members of the audience fell unconscious.
Led Zeppelin Concert – 130 dB
More notably, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) once measured a performance of “Heartbreaker” at an astounding 130 dB.
This sound, measured at an incredible 310 decibels was made in 1883 by the eruption of Krakatoa, a volcano in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia. The eruption could be heard in locations as far as western Australia and caused horrific tsunamis and tidal waves. It remains one of the most deadly in history.
120 – 140 decibels: Such as, a rock concert, auto racing, or a hammer pounding a nail. 125 – 155 decibels: Like, firecrackers or fireworks, or a jet engine. 170 – 190 decibels: For example, a shot gun blast or a rocket lift off.
Beatles' 1965 Shea Stadium concert reached 131.35 decibels.
The loudest scream by a crowd (indoors) is 131.6 dBA and was achieved by the audience of FAMA's concert at Hong Kong International Trade & Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong, China, on 6 September 2009.
In fact, Metallica has been measured at 126 decibels, louder than your average sandblaster. Lars Ulrich, the group's drummer, suffers from tinnitus, a continuous ringing in the ears, because of the band's volume. Now, all Metallica members wear ear plugs when they perform.
The average decibel level of human speech is estimated between 55 and 65 decibels. A whisper is considered the lowest decibel level of human speech. A whisper is between 20-30 dB. On the other hand, a human scream can reach decibel levels between 80 and 125 dB.
Experts recommend keeping sound levels at somewhere between 60 and 85 decibels to minimize the damage your ears are exposed to. If you are listening to music at around 100 decibels, restrict your usage to within 15 mins. However, these are general guidelines and listening threshold is different for each individual.
The noise from the largest detonated atomic bomb, the RDS-202 Tsar Bomb, can be estimated at an incredible 224 dB. Since the decibels are logarithmic, it is a hundred times more deafening a noise than the Saturn V space rocket.
According to the survey, Dhaka has the highest average noise frequency at 119 decibels.
The Beatles were basically the biggest thing ever, when it comes to mainstream music. Led Zeppelin could maybe be considered similar to an extent for a sub category of rock music, but in full reality, as huge as Zeppelin was, it really isn't even close.
Some of the increase in volume has to do with technological improvements in concert sound systems. But it also might be that some people simply like it loud, or at least the people in charge of the volume think people want it turned all the way up.
But there was one song where the arrangement was so arduous and confusing that the band only attempted it live a handful of times. 'Four Sticks' is perhaps the most obscure song on one of the biggest albums of all time, Led Zeppelin IV.
This is the life of Mötley Crüe, the heaviest drinking, hardest fighting, most oversexed and arrogant band in the world. Their unbelievable exploits are the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend." Thus begins Motely Crue: The Dirt, a 448-page "confession" of their epic tales.
Today in 1976, The Who entered the Guinness Book of World Records for performing the loudest concert in history at the time during their concert at England's Charlton Athletic Grounds with 76,000 watts at 120 decibels. This record would stand for nearly a decade.
You're at risk of hearing damage after just 15 minutes when you're in an average nightclub, which plays music at 100dB, if you don't use earplugs to protect your ears. For sounds of 110–120dB, even a very short exposure time can cause hearing damage.