My old band in the late 80's played semi professionally up here in Canada and did a number of gigs with a Japanese sound tech, he was brilliant and very modest, and we sounded amazing sonically, he went onto bigger things we broke up soon after lol.
Yep! He nailed the live mix and really got a good board capture. From 88 to 92 when me and my band were doing the club circuit tour thing in the southeast, we had our own PA and a good friend that was our sound guy. The PA was his instrument and he was a master at it! He was like….no, not like, he WAS the 5th member of our band.
@@williamzimmerman7678 everyone knew the one song - i had no idea that guy could do solos like that - I knew they existed but there were so many bands. Looking at them now I think they might have gone bigger with a darker tougher vibe ala. I here a little Ronny James Dio in his voice. Glam metal blew it's wad and they basically went down with the ship.
I think they scared the shit out of most of the metal bands of the time. They were a very powerful force from the east that beat many at their own game. 🤘
As a young guitarist back in 1985, Edward Van Halen was it for me. Still is. I always say he was the Hendrix of my generation as far as influence goes. His playing, especially his rhythm guitar work was magical to me. Then in 1985 I heard Loudness for the first time and found out about Akira Takasaki. He became as much of a guitar hero to me as Edward. And as much as Edward means to me, putting Akira right up there with him is saying a lot! The whole band was absolutely killer! R.I.P. Munetaka Higuchi.
Although a decent guitarist of this era he is no where close in all areas guitardom as the absolute master Edward Vanhalen ! We miss you Eddie no one would have played like this until EDDIE showed the way,
These were the days before backing tracks and effects, a kick ass guitarist, bassist, drummer and a singer who knew very little english, that's all it took for them to rock that crowd. A terrific and highly underappreciated band. Looks like they were the opening act for some band, given very little stage room but they really rocked!
Great observations! No big stage to 'hide' in, you have to be authentic. I discovered Iron Maiden opening for KISS in Germany - they really used their chance😁👍
Being an American, I was naturally skeptical… but as soon as I heard those guys from Japan, play and listen to their albums.. it was one of the greatest things I’ve ever heard. The guitar player was next level. The whole band was great, and I enjoyed all of their songs all of them.
OMG I was a Freshman in High School when one of my friends bought a cassette into school one day and back then we were allowed to bring "boom boxes" to school, and it was the Thunder in the East cassette, he said I should listen, well I bought the cassette the very next day, what an awesome time in my life 70's and 80's metal, and I also must comment on the sound production, the soundman totally knew his shit
Loudness is from my home town (southern Osaka), and I just learned this summer that my long time friend was asked to go to their audition Loudness were looking for a bass player, and he declined. It's funny to think that I could have been seeing him in this 38-year-old video ...
Saw them on this tour in 86, supporting Saxon in Manchester. We didn't stay to watch Saxon, we had to meet the band so rushed outside as soon as they finished. They were all great blokes, wrapped up in massive fur coats because it was a typical cold and wet night. Takasaki would run around while still playing this insanity note perfect! Gods of metal.
Ha Ha. We did the same thing at the Greek Theater in LA. They were opening for Stryper. We met Akira walking through the crowd and he signed our ticket stubs. Still have the tour shirt
I remember going into peaches records and tapes looking at albums...i saw loudness and thought i would buy it....i got home and WAS BLOWN AWAY!! I got all my metal head friends into loudness.
I grew up to late and my parents were okay with everything on the radio so Im finding this in 2023. This should have been huge, I hear a little Maiden without the gallopy bass, which doesnt make sense right but this is criminal that these guys were a huge deal. Time to research why it didnt happen....a riff machine and catchy songs
Never heard of this band, but im digging them and ended up watching the whole set. Their music has a NWO British heavy metal vibe. Way better musicianship than corny Mötley Crüe. Judging by Tommy Lees drums in the background im assuming this is the theatre of pain era? The songs Loudness were playing in this performance was and is way better than anything off Theatre of pain lol.
That may very well be. Live Wire album was way better than Loudness. Motley Crue nailed it on that album, I still love listening to that album. I say it was the best one they put out
Awesome!! I saw them at a club in Montreal in 1985. They did a record signing earlier in the day, and I got my Thunder In The East LP signed. Still have that record! 🤘😈🤘
Blistering ferocious performance from Loudness. Akira Takasaki was easily up there with George Lynch, Jake. E. Lee and many other great players at that time. I doubt anyone wanted these guys opening for them!
I'm not trying to age myself. But this was an excellent concert. I dipped out for a weekend on my motorcycle and ended up in this crowd. Oh yeah..... this was at the Allentown fairgrounds
I had THUNDER IN THE EAST and I want to say a live-bootleg of Loudness as a teen in the 1980's. Watching this now, they were way better than some of the stuff I was listening to at the time. I just didn't know it until now.
Loudness is one of the great rock/metal band that ever grace in rock/metal scene, what a blast. Thunder in the east is an amazing album. At one time, Mike vescera was their vocalist and i loved it. Well, the Loudness is still alive n kickin'...akira is monster on guitar. Soldier of fortune is one of the best song ever..
Loudness!!!! Attended their concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California Aug. 2nd 1986. They performed with Poison & Cinderella, great show. Those were the good ole days!
Akira was one of my all time heroes in those days. Saw them open for AC/DC on the Who Made Who/Lightning Strikes tour. So awesome. Saw Akira at the ESP booth at NAMM a while back and, when he walked into the room, the place erupted. Had to be 500 people in there. He is such a badass and everyone there knew it.
Very talented these guys even before they were "Loudness" he was doing EVH licks bout the same time and possibly before...super tight band. Excellent live sound here!
For it's time Akira was freakin on fire,,he kinda had a half Jake E Lee half Mr Scary tones n style,, they've definitely are the thunder from the East title,,, alright gigadeee goo
Une musique taillée pour la scène ! C'est justement avec "Thunder and Lighting" que j'ai découvert LOUDNESS. La maîtrise de l'anglais leur a permit de s'exporter à l'étranger 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Akira was and still is killing it on guitar to this day. Guitar solo was a bit long (band members must of been pissed) but all in all great stuff. 80's were the best for Heavy Metal!!! Glad i was along for the ride!!!!
I saw them in Amarillo opening for the Crüe in 1985. It was their Theater of Pain tour, and honestly, Loudness blew them out of the water. Motley Crüe's best two songs on the album were a cover and a ballad. Everything Loudness played was 100% new metal, AND IT ROCKED !!!
1984/1985 were great years for hard-rock/metal. I remember this album getting spins at the keg-parties back then. I was 16 in 1985, and meeting the world.
There was a three album period in their career that I was a big fan as a teenager in the 80’s: Thunder in the East, Lightning Strikes, and Hurricane Eyes. Anything before or after that I don’t know much about. But those three albums were awesome. So much energy and passion at that time.
@@ericlarkins Actually, I did buy that one on CD around 1989 or so just to see what they were up to and to hear the different lead vocalist. I also bought Fire Fire by EZO for comparison because I knew they were a Japanese band as well.
I was the class of 85. Kick ass music and party party party. No phones or video games to distract you from the life around you. We would get up in the morning and leave the house in jeans and a tee shit, with just a wallet with a bit of cash. Awesome times.We were always meeting up with others some where for no good reason but to be with others.Thank god there will never be any pictures of me found dressed like this . LOL. I can't say that for a lot of the other kids back them though. I'll never forget a kid came to school in some of those big fury white boots, thinking he was super cool. NOT. Funny as hell.
Absolutely brilliant footage and what an energetic show !! The audience was also into about this premiere 🤘 they're were so good and also one of my favorite 80's bands back then 💥 !! Loudness Rocks !! Thanks for sharing this !!
![LOUDNESS - Live@Tokyo Dome, Japan, Dec. 31th,1989 [FULL]HQ](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Wz6a0T_hf8/mqdefault.jpg)
Whoever was at the mixing board definitely knew what they were doing. Killer performance as always from Loudness.
Despite singer feedback it's a phenomenal mixing job
My old band in the late 80's played semi professionally up here in Canada and did a number of gigs with a Japanese sound tech, he was brilliant and very modest, and we sounded amazing sonically, he went onto bigger things we broke up soon after lol.
Yep! He nailed the live mix and really got a good board capture. From 88 to 92 when me and my band were doing the club circuit tour thing in the southeast, we had our own PA and a good friend that was our sound guy. The PA was his instrument and he was a master at it! He was like….no, not like, he WAS the 5th member of our band.
except you can’t hear Akira’s backing vocals, he kept the fader down the silly prick
except the mic feed backs
Ive always thought Loudness blew Motley Crue right off the stage! Motley shoukd have been opening for Loudness!
Damn right!
Absolutely!!!!
Heck yeah they are way better than the cruel by far
Not one member is better than anyone in Loudness.
They did blow.
"Thunder in the East" one of the best heavy Metal albums of all time and Akira Takasaki top 5 guitarist!!
un disco increible
Blazing shredder defo. Has all the tricks of evh.
And it's not on Spotify. So weak.
Yeah it is. They're on Spotify.
Who are the other three, apart from John Petrucci? Danny White, and...?
One of the very best metal guitar tones in the 80s.
And perhaps the most criminally underrated player of the era
Was just going to say, that tone is perfect and the playing is beyond...
Yeah, the crunch on that guitar is pure evil.
@@williamzimmerman7678 everyone knew the one song - i had no idea that guy could do solos like that - I knew they existed but there were so many bands. Looking at them now I think they might have gone bigger with a darker tougher vibe ala. I here a little Ronny James Dio in his voice. Glam metal blew it's wad and they basically went down with the ship.
Akira’s parts are so well played that his guitar sounds almost overdubbed. Spectacular. Unbelievable. 👏
LOUDNESS IS THE BEST HEAVY METAL BAND IN JAPAN & ASIA PACIFIC
まだネットも無い時代、こんなロックが日本の地上波で紹介されることも無いし、情報は雑誌くらいだったけど、海外での活躍を知らせる記事を読んでに凄く誇らしかったのを覚えてる
日本の誇り!
異国の野外ステージで、こんな凄まじい素晴らしいパフォーマンスを披露したバンドはラウドネスしかいません🎉
まさに４人が絶頂の姿です✨
ラウドネスは史上最高のひとつ、グアヤキルのみんなにハグを
@@METALQUILPAOLOI met loudness and took pictures with Akira 😊
... Not only that of Japan's....but ASIA'S Pride (if i read the Google translations correctly). Wow!! Great band🎸🥁🗣️🎤🤘🤘🤘👍....
What about X Japan?
I think they scared the shit out of most of the metal bands of the time. They were a very powerful force from the east that beat many at their own game. 🤘
As a young guitarist back in 1985, Edward Van Halen was it for me. Still is. I always say he was the Hendrix of my generation as far as influence goes. His playing, especially his rhythm guitar work was magical to me. Then in 1985 I heard Loudness for the first time and found out about Akira Takasaki. He became as much of a guitar hero to me as Edward. And as much as Edward means to me, putting Akira right up there with him is saying a lot! The whole band was absolutely killer! R.I.P. Munetaka Higuchi.
First time hearing Loudness and they sound awesome. Eddie Van Halen, to me, is still the King of All Time, but this Japanese guy rocks!!!
Although a decent guitarist of this era he is no where close in all areas guitardom as the absolute master Edward Vanhalen ! We miss you Eddie no one would have played like this until EDDIE showed the way,
@@billyclone4289 Eddie will always be my guy.
These were the days before backing tracks and effects, a kick ass guitarist, bassist, drummer and a singer who knew very little english, that's all it took for them to rock that crowd. A terrific and highly underappreciated band. Looks like they were the opening act for some band, given very little stage room but they really rocked!
Great observations! No big stage to 'hide' in, you have to be authentic.
I discovered Iron Maiden opening for KISS in Germany - they really used their chance😁👍
Opening for Motley Crue on the Theater Of Pain tour.
Ya those were simpler times!!!!
@@chrishenley4179 yeah I see that silly comment all the time. What exactly is
"underrated"
@Bagelrob399
underrated definition: corporate hacks/main stream media not putting them on the charts.
Man Loudness was so good and Akira Takasaki is such a KILLER player 🤘🏻
Is not was. Their new albums just as good as their 80s albums
I miss those days. 1985 was a good year.
80's drumsets were KICK ASS! Drummers rack toms were the size of todays floor toms! I freaking love this video
THESE GUYS DIDNT GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVED.....LOUDNESS YOU ROCK 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Man to be living here in 85 then, I would for sure come to see them live.
Being an American, I was naturally skeptical… but as soon as I heard those guys from Japan, play and listen to their albums.. it was one of the greatest things I’ve ever heard. The guitar player was next level. The whole band was great, and I enjoyed all of their songs all of them.
Loudness brings it hard. Takasaki is a complete monster on guitar! One song of theirs had enough riffs to fill an entire album 💪🏻
That guitar tone, those riffs.... so awesome. Akira ripped it up
OMG I was a Freshman in High School when one of my friends bought a cassette into school one day and back then we were allowed to bring "boom boxes" to school, and it was the Thunder in the East cassette, he said I should listen, well I bought the cassette the very next day, what an awesome time in my life 70's and 80's metal, and I also must comment on the sound production, the soundman totally knew his shit
Loudness is from my home town (southern Osaka), and I just learned this summer that my long time friend was asked to go to their audition Loudness were looking for a bass player, and he declined. It's funny to think that I could have been seeing him in this 38-year-old video ...
excellent anecdote, it would have been incredible if your friend agreed to play in the band.
Awesome story! Did your friend still play music?
@@AminNazari666 Yes, he plays as a hobby now. He told me he was (still us) fond of Heart at the time ☺️
Akira's guitar tones are out of this world!!
Saw them on this tour in 86, supporting Saxon in Manchester. We didn't stay to watch Saxon, we had to meet the band so rushed outside as soon as they finished. They were all great blokes, wrapped up in massive fur coats because it was a typical cold and wet night. Takasaki would run around while still playing this insanity note perfect! Gods of metal.
Saw this tour in London, Loudness were amazing!! Takasaki started warming up while the curtains were still down and we were all like "who is THAT??!!"
Ha Ha. We did the same thing at the Greek Theater in LA. They were opening for Stryper. We met Akira walking through the crowd and he signed our ticket stubs. Still have the tour shirt
Absolut Top!!! Loudness Top !!! Akira Takasaki a great Guitar Player 🏆 Great Singer , Bass and Drums so good 🤘
Loudness is one of the best of all time, a hug for everyone from GUAYAQUIL
RIFFS, RIFFS AND MORE RIFFS!!!
METAL IS ALL ABOUT THE RIFFS!!!!!!
The most Awesome band I've never got to see Live !!!
One my favorites in the day! Thunder in the East! Loudness!
I remember listening to these guys! Their playing has certainly held up better than other bands of the era...
Without a doubt, Alhuna is currently a powerful band and the years have proven us right.
Akira is great...but that Vocalist is also great...Great Vocals and Stage Antics
Thunder In The East still holds up so good today.
Yes it does
Lighting Strikes anit to shabby either. Seen them once and man they kicked major ass!!
Then came Hurricane Eyes which isn’t to bad but I think this was a turning point for them. Turning downward for the most part.
Absolutely loved Loudness, especially "Disillusion, "Thunder in the East", "Hurricane Eyes" and "Lightning Strikes"🤘🤘🎸🎸❤️❤️
loudness aka opener the guys that actually did their musical homework killin it
They certainly were a tight, precise band…I really miss these days
I remember going into peaches records and tapes looking at albums...i saw loudness and thought i would buy it....i got home and WAS BLOWN AWAY!!
I got all my metal head friends into loudness.
I've been a fan since the 80's. I just recently discovered another Japanese band that kicks ass,and that's "Anthem"
Saw them at a club in Pittsburgh 10 years ago or more. Also at M3 in Maryland. Friggin incredible. They still got it.
My husband and I had tickets to see them in a small bar in Des Moines, Iowa last spring but they cancelled the rest of the tour. So bummed!
The 1980s best decade ever and those rock'n'roll crazy nights😋
I grew up to late and my parents were okay with everything on the radio so Im finding this in 2023. This should have been huge, I hear a little Maiden without the gallopy bass, which doesnt make sense right but this is criminal that these guys were a huge deal. Time to research why it didnt happen....a riff machine and catchy songs
Never heard of this band, but im digging them and ended up watching the whole set. Their music has a NWO British heavy metal vibe. Way better musicianship than corny Mötley Crüe. Judging by Tommy Lees drums in the background im assuming this is the theatre of pain era? The songs Loudness were playing in this performance was and is way better than anything off Theatre of pain lol.
That may very well be. Live Wire album was way better than Loudness. Motley Crue nailed it on that album, I still love listening to that album. I say it was the best one they put out
Love this band great catalogue
Good old 80s metal. 🤘🎸🔥
Awesome!! I saw them at a club in Montreal in 1985. They did a record signing earlier in the day, and I got my Thunder In The East LP signed. Still have that record! 🤘😈🤘
Si señor buenísimos entre los mejores grupos de la época un 10
Blistering ferocious performance from Loudness. Akira Takasaki was easily up there with George Lynch, Jake. E. Lee and many other great players at that time. I doubt anyone wanted these guys opening for them!
absolutely
One of the greatis band from Japan 🎸🤘😎🔥
I'm not trying to age myself. But this was an excellent concert. I dipped out for a weekend on my motorcycle and ended up in this crowd. Oh yeah..... this was at the Allentown fairgrounds
I had THUNDER IN THE EAST and I want to say a live-bootleg of Loudness as a teen in the 1980's. Watching this now, they were way better than some of the stuff I was listening to at the time. I just didn't know it until now.
JAPAN BEST HEAVY METAL BAND
When foreign came to your concert and heavily supported you guys...thats mean this band is awesome...especially on the early 80s
Killer performance! I wish I could have been there. A real treat indeed!
Loudness is one of the great rock/metal band that ever grace in rock/metal scene, what a blast. Thunder in the east is an amazing album. At one time, Mike vescera was their vocalist and i loved it. Well, the Loudness is still alive n kickin'...akira is monster on guitar. Soldier of fortune is one of the best song ever..
Decades of music has passed and always find my way back to these guys. Their sound is the sound of my youth 🤘
I saw them on my 22nd birthday. Is best birthday ever. The new record- sunrise is their best ever!
I still have Loudness cassettes! Soldier of fortune and thunder in the east is awesome! Long live heavy metal!🤘
they kicked ass - you know they all did their homework as children and actually studied music.
Holy shit! How did i miss this. Unreal lead. 💯 excellent band.
Back when you had to do it for real live. No computers. No backing tracks.
No in ear monitors.
Loudness!!!! Attended their concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California Aug. 2nd 1986. They performed with Poison & Cinderella, great show. Those were the good ole days!
Thank you Max Norman for bring these guys to us!
if the 80's organize world wide band competition the clear winner is loudness
Akira was one of my all time heroes in those days. Saw them open for AC/DC on the Who Made Who/Lightning Strikes tour. So awesome. Saw Akira at the ESP booth at NAMM a while back and, when he walked into the room, the place erupted. Had to be 500 people in there. He is such a badass and everyone there knew it.
Loudness was big, as well as EZO,another Japanese metal band
Opening for Crue’s Theater of Pain tour. I was at the San Diego stop, 14 years old
Super n amazing metal band hat's off
Absolutely KILLER!
much better than I remeber.( I was youg). Alwasy loved Akira though. THey should be on tour. I'll check.
全米アルバムチャート100位以内に2枚も入ったバンドはラウドネスだけ、本物は流石です。
ラウドネスは史上最高のバンドの一つです。
ベビーメタルも３枚入っているよ
どちらもすばらしい
My idol band
A band at the peak of their power. One of the all time best METAL bands of all time🤘🏾🎸Hail! Hail! Rock & Roll!
Very talented these guys even before they were "Loudness" he was doing EVH licks bout the same time and possibly before...super tight band. Excellent live sound here!
Akira Takasaki. One of the greatest guitar players ever. Up there with EVH, RR, JL. etc.....
A definite monster!
JL?
Indeed !!!!!!!!!!!
Who is JL
@@firdaus125 Jake E. Lee
That dude is bad ass on guitar. I thought the guitar was going to catch on fire 😮
this guitarist rock!s!! his tone is impeccable
Saw them play the Diamond club in Toronto this tour. Killer set.
Great band ! RIP Munetaka ....
For it's time Akira was freakin on fire,,he kinda had a half Jake E Lee half Mr Scary tones n style,, they've definitely are the thunder from the East title,,, alright gigadeee goo
Une musique taillée pour la scène ! C'est justement avec "Thunder and Lighting" que j'ai découvert LOUDNESS. La maîtrise de l'anglais leur a permit de s'exporter à l'étranger 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Akira was and still is killing it on guitar to this day. Guitar solo was a bit long (band members must of been pissed) but all in all great stuff. 80's were the best for Heavy Metal!!! Glad i was along for the ride!!!!
Dang. Heard of them but never really just listened to them. Kick ass.
A great Band with great musicians and great songs. Always loved them!
Loudness at prime
Takasaki is a top level guitar player. Motley shit Crue blew by this band
These guys are perfectionists.
I grew up with Loudness. I wonder where these guys are today? I would like to give them all a hug and thank them for the great memories.
Amazing performance and equally amazing audio quality.
in the 1980s, I spent my life at the allentown fairground concerts.... Gr8 memories......
killer guitarist great band, they put on quite a show with alot of energy back then.
He has a guitar line called "Killer" now
sakura....sakura...THUNDER IN THE EAST is the best album of LOUDNES ever...
I saw them in Amarillo opening for the Crüe in 1985. It was their Theater of Pain tour, and honestly, Loudness blew them out of the water. Motley Crüe's best two songs on the album were a cover and a ballad. Everything Loudness played was 100% new metal, AND IT ROCKED !!!
1984/1985 were great years for hard-rock/metal. I remember this album getting spins at the keg-parties back then. I was 16 in 1985, and meeting the world.
There was a three album period in their career that I was a big fan as a teenager in the 80’s: Thunder in the East, Lightning Strikes, and Hurricane Eyes. Anything before or after that I don’t know much about. But those three albums were awesome. So much energy and passion at that time.
Also, I wish I could find out what MZA means in the song Crazy Nights.
Go listen to their back catalog. Great stuff. Disillusion, and law of devils land. great stuff. Their earlier stuff great too.
You need to check out Soldier of Fortune, Akira's playing is awesome!
@@reddog5552
I'm fairly certain that I read somewhere that it was a nonsense lyric just to fill in the gap.
@@ericlarkins Actually, I did buy that one on CD around 1989 or so just to see what they were up to and to hear the different lead vocalist. I also bought Fire Fire by EZO for comparison because I knew they were a Japanese band as well.
Seen them in 86’ when they opened for Styrper at the Concord Pavilion in CA, and in 88’ at the Monster of Rock at Candlestick Park.
Fists in the air iso phones. Love it.
Quality sound 🤟
Killer solo at 21:22
I was the class of 85. Kick ass music and party party party. No phones or video games to distract you from the life around you. We would get up in the morning and leave the house in jeans and a tee shit, with just a wallet with a bit of cash. Awesome times.We were always meeting up with others some where for no good reason but to be with others.Thank god there will never be any pictures of me found dressed like this . LOL. I can't say that for a lot of the other kids back them though. I'll never forget a kid came to school in some of those big fury white boots, thinking he was super cool. NOT. Funny as hell.
Akira. Impressive. No Way Out… badass song.
Absolutely brilliant footage and what an energetic show !! The audience was also into about this premiere 🤘 they're were so good and also one of my favorite 80's bands back then 💥 !! Loudness Rocks !! Thanks for sharing this !!
OUTSTANDING footage.
Many thanks for posting
Son muy buenos ....hall the fame. From chile
Thanks for sharing this. Akira was one of the best rock guitarist of the time, he was like a YJM/Lynch Combination.
This is really something rare, a live show of Loudness in the USA, this is loudness in all their glory, thanks Paolo for sharing.
Nice! I saw Loudness 1985 at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco.
そら、モトリーにボリューム下げられたり衣装被るから変えれ言われたり、いろいろやられるわけだわ。樋口さんいい音出してるなあ。
ラウドネスはあらゆる音楽的側面においてモトリー・クルーよりも優れています。
ボリューム下げられたりしたの初めて聞きました。そんな事が…
Motely crue were hating on Loudness, because of how good they were and how they had the crowd going~
@@vincenegra2612 But Loudness wore similar costumes of Motely crew, they were little bit of luck of respect to frontliner even though opening act.