A very loud show:

X (using the name Christine & The Nail Drivers...or was it Pile Drivers?)
at the Music Machine in Los Angeles, CA. Loud as F&*C*()##K! 

Another very loud show:

Howe Gelb/Giant Sand at Bogart's in Long Beach, CA -- also the Flaming
Lips at the same small venue.

Loudest?:

The Jesus & Mary Chain at Safari Sam's in Huntington Beach, CA -- 

Bryan