verwustung88 (October 6, 2008 at 5:52 pm)

No, shoegaze has always contained noise elements ( I mean noise as a music genre) and always song of My Bloody Valentine often contained lots of noise and/or feedback. I think this is just a part of their musical expression. And yes, I, and also a lot of people in the crowd, see it the same way.

brmc10 (October 5, 2008 at 6:48 pm)

hehe youre right Dudley1970 i wear ear plugs all the time now, and a blindfold, and have now taken a vow of silence,starting now...no now, hang on....from now.

jokershaveattacked (October 4, 2008 at 10:25 pm)

i was there at the LA show on October 1st and was standing literally right in front of the railing for this part. I can tell you as someone who has been there that this is VERY disorienting. imagine the db count vs. a jet engine taking off (not much diff) and the audience WASNT soaked in water to help absorb the energy from the speakers! after a while it is very much like a hallucination and you CAN in fact hear a repetitive drone buried in there.

maximusv1 (October 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm)

Because there enjoying it?

zuleautu (October 4, 2008 at 7:05 pm)

Also, you see people bobbing their heads during the noise sections despite the fact that there's no discernible beat/rhythm. Why?

zuleautu (October 4, 2008 at 7:03 pm)

I was at the show at the Santa Monica civic on Thursday (10/2) and I have to say that I think the final twenty minutes are a form of crowd punishment. It has to be a big joke they're playing on us. When the crowd cheered at the end, Shields did a sort of double-take and looked disgusted by the crowd. Does anyone else think the whole bit is irony?

Dudley1970 (October 4, 2008 at 4:29 am)

I've seen both MBV and Merzbow, and MBV were definitely louder. I think Boris were louder than both, though (although they were playing a much smaller venue than MBV).

Dudley1970 (October 4, 2008 at 4:21 am)

But soon you won't be able to hear yourself laughing at me! And then I shall have the last laugh. Ha!

parker276 (October 3, 2008 at 7:52 pm)

he's not nearly as repetitive but i suppose there is a similarity sonically

bmx4cereal (October 3, 2008 at 2:12 pm)

i walked out last night and was like, "huh.. FUCK, AH FUCKK, I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF!"you could feel it through you, like being in some kind of bombarding storm of sound. the ringing was disorienting. and I wish I would have worn the earplugs they were handing out. haha. I have a feeling my ears are gonna ring ling this for the next week.