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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Loud bands |
| Date | Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:08:34 -0500 |
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AT Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:21:12 Greg wrote:
>The Who, Chicago International Ampitheater, autumn of 1979.
>
>Ouch!
>
>You can also add me to the list of post-Ramones temporary tinnitus
>sufferers. I saw da brudders at >least a half-dozen times over the years,
>and every time that I walked out of the club I felt as though >I'd been
>standing next to an airport runway with one of those old-fashioned ear
>trumpets stuck in my >auditory canal.
Saw the Ramones in the '90s at a large venue called the Purple Onion in
Oshawa. It was a converted supermarket with a humongous floor area for
patrons furnished with a lot of stand-up drinking stations...no seating.
There was a second floor at the back overlooking the dance floor featuring
pool tables and some couches for those of us not wanting to be trapped in
the mosh-pit melee. I watched enthusiastically from the balcony area as the
guys did 38 songs in 1 hour and 12 minutes. Then the room cleared. As we
descended the stairs it became apparent real fast that the audience had
never bothered to drink anything they'd bought that night because the 2,000
sq. foot dance floor was 4" deep in beer.
After getting pulled over by a police RIDE inspection me and my car-mates
had to explain why the car smelled like beer...but our breath didn't. I
showed the officer my beer-drenched shoes and the stained pant-legs and
exclaimed "THE RAMONES". The cop laughed and let us leave.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
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