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Started in 1981 in Osaka, Loudness has become one of the biggest heavy metal bands in Japan. In 1985, they became the first Japanese metal band signed to a major American label with Thunder in the East and the single Crazy Nights. But meddling record companies and concern over the bands image would lead to their success in America being all too brief. This has been the most requested band since I started this channel and even though there are a staggering 27 Loudness albums to go through, it was a blast discovering their music. I hope you have a blast discovering them too and the awesome guitar skills of Akira Takasaki.
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Music Videos:
Road Racer: • LOUDNESS - Road Racer ...
Thunder in the East Video: • Loudness - Thunder In ...
Let It Go: • LOUDNESS - Let It Go ...
This Lonely Heart: • LOUDNESS - This Lonely...
You Shook Me: • LOUDNESS,VO.MIKE.YOU S...
Down N Dirty: • Loudness - Down 'N' Di...
In the Mirror: • LOUDNESS - IN THE MIRR...
Black Widow: • Loudness Black Widow
Dogshit: • Video
Spiritual Canoe Video: • LOUDNESS SPIRITUAL CAN...
Racing/Exultation: • LOUDNESS - RACING / EX...
Crazy Samurai: • Loudness - Crazy Samur...
Metal Mad: • Loudness - Metal Mad (...
Hit the Rails: • HIT THE RAILS / LOUDNESS
King of Pain: • Loudness - King Of Pai...
The Power of Truth: • LOUDNESS - The power o...
Break New Ground: • [フル] LOUDNESS「Break Ne...
Soul on Fire: • Loudness 'Soul on Fire...
Interviews:
Max Norman (TheMetalVoice.com - 2021): • Producer Max Norman In...
Metal Hammer (1986): • Metal Hammer 1986 Part...
Michael Vescera ('80s Glam Metalcast - 2020): • 80’s Glam Metalcast - ...
Performances:
Loudness, Burning Love (Young Plaza - 1981): • LOUDNESS / YOUNG PLAZA...
Live Loud Alive - Full Concert (Tokyo, Japan - 1983): • Loudness - Live Loud A...
Law of Devil's Land Promo Movie (1983): • Video
European Tour Video (1984): • Loudness - European To...
Milky Way, Dream Fantasy (Young Plaza - 1984): • LOUDNESS／milky way・dr...
Exploder (1984): • LOUDNESS - exploder 1984
Ashes in the Sky (1986): • Loudness - Shadows Of ...
Long Distance Love (1988): • LOUDNESS - ③ LONG DIST...
Slave (1998): • Video
Cyber Soul (2004): • LOUDNESS ～ CYBER SOUL
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@Jokerz777 2 года назад

Akira is so underrated when people discuss guitarists. Easily one of my favorites.

@giannit2777 2 года назад

Exactly!! I saw them in 1985 at Madison Square Garden. They opened for Motley Crue. Akira did an amazing solo!! The crowd went nuts when they played Crazy Nights!!

@Jokerz777 2 года назад

@@giannit2777 I seen them in 1987 in Nashville with TNT and Stryper. He was amazing then too.

@siggyretburns7523 Год назад

Big time underrated, and this guy is not helping one bit. 4:15 "Free from the pop scene, now Akira can cut lose". And then plays that. Wtf? Thats not a solo. Yawn. I get the feeling this narrator hasnt listened to them at all. I mean, play some "demon seed". Play parts that'll interest people, not lullaby them. Then at 29:15 he says "it got the Rage against the Machine sound, So I can't help but like it". Its like, What, were you trying to hate it? 🤔

@panagiotiskaroutas6859 Год назад

Akira! Amazing player! One of the GREATEST!

@humanactivated1017 Год назад

@@giannit2777crazy nights was the big hit though , I remember when Ken Kwan the only metal Chinaman I knew was cranking crazy nights on his stereo . I really did feel like a hero that night

@ricdale7813 3 года назад

Akira is Japans EVH. He has influenced hundreds of thousands of guitarists even today.

@butter5144 3 года назад

@Kraze yes

@molanhujikan7064 3 года назад

He is better than evh , and the whole band is more better than motley crue and vanhalen

@roymartin500 3 года назад

I understand what you're saying. He's to Japan, what Eddie Van Halen is to America. Their styles are in the same camp of Neoclassical guitar solos with catchy riffs. RIP EVH

@zeketrick 3 года назад

Yah! At their level " better than " is a matter of opinion they are teachers to the genius players. I saw Loudness in a club in Detroit they Leveled the place. "Unbelievable "

@YesYouCANPlayGuitar 2 года назад

So very true! Listened to Thunder in the East and Lightning Strikes today for the first time in many years…. Great memories such an amazing player!

@burningdaylights 2 года назад

I saw these guys open for the Crue on the Theater of Pain tour, and honestly I thought they were the best thing about the show.

@bassdaddy6548 Месяц назад

@@burningdaylights agree 👍

@WesleyGravolet 29 дней назад

Jeez..come on! This is the closest one can come to spinal tap without actually being the tap...btw, the tap rules, loudness drools!

@luisgarza1989 Год назад

Akira on guitar, minoru on vocals, munetaka on drums and masayoshi on bass, classic line up.🇯🇵🎸🔥

@raistlinrodriguez5696 3 года назад

Akira has always been a bad ass on guitar and never gets the acknowledgement he deserves. Love this band.

@christervainio 3 года назад

Thunder In The East is a Metal Classic.🤘 I also like Lighting Strikes. Loudness is a very important band in the history of Heavy Metal.

@juaraekspresyakinsdn.bhd.306 11 месяцев назад

when i heard 'Like Hell', i was hooked.

@leftyzappa 7 месяцев назад

Disillusion is excellent. The Law Of Devil’s Land is a killer record as well but a verrry trebly mix.

@magnuswettermark8293 2 года назад

Munetaka Niguchi was a phenomenal drummer. You play drums with all other heroes now. RIP

@johnnycombs4623 2 года назад

Saw them here in Dallas, in the mid eighties, with Keel & Accept. This band brought it. Good post! 🎸🎼

@nyfo29 3 года назад

thunder in the east should have become an industry standard for mixes. amazing sound that puts many of todays recordings to shame

@stevenr6874 3 года назад

Thunder In the East is my fav too.It was recorded at the famous Sound City studios in Los Angeles with many other great rock and metal records including Saxon's Rock The Nation. Check out Dave Grohls documentary on Sound City.

@hrosemd 3 года назад

Agreed. One of the best guitar tones ever recorded. Pure gold.

@philipwittke8491 2 года назад

Max Norman= Randy Rhoads

@TheRadioAteMyTV 2 года назад

Modern mixes are all crush everything to mid range. No more highs and lows or crispness. Pro-tools is used by people to flatten out all the sound. I like it because I am used to it, but listening to pre-digital or indy stuff, and you can get that actual "real" sound again. The masses have moved on to mixed mush. It ain't marvelous.

@stevensmith8538 Год назад

I have only 1 Loudness CD from back in the day and it's "Lightning Strikes" and I think it might be their best the studio mix is really super polished with seemingly big energy and dynamics. Let it go is my top tune by these guys!

@spitefulwar Год назад

Every japanese home hifi receiver has a loudness button in honor of this awesome band. Change my mind! :D

@ScottRodney-vb7bm 11 месяцев назад

I remember these guys when I was a teenager they were really good man I totally loved loudness. Glad I seen this on RU-vid completely brought me back to the 80's!

@magusodonllout332 3 года назад

Thunder in the east is easily one of the top 10 metal albums of all time in my opinion.

@emanuel_soundtrack 2 года назад

there are too much by iron maiden, that’s already a problem ;)

@nicklasschmltt6959 2 года назад

I had that album

@Jaake-my2rq 2 года назад

I still listen to it to this day. And lightning strikes too!

@Jaake-my2rq 2 года назад

I have no idea that they had so much post 1980s work! I'm definitely interested in the new work with the original singer bassist and drummer, and since I am a drummer I'm pretty sure I can get down with the current drummer and that material too!

@bongo2565 2 года назад

Thanks for shedding the light on this band and spending a lot of time coming up with this great video…! I am 57 and from Japan(but currently reside in the US). I was born in the Kansai region where the home of Loudness(Osaka) is located. Osaka is a big city, but I was born and raised in a small town that is mostly formed by fishermen and farmers. I am not one of the core fans of Loudness, but this band was surely the game-changer in Japan and they have been imprinted in my brain throughout my life. I also remember “Lazy” well. As you described they were pretty much one of the pop bands or I would say “Idol” that a lot of girls screamed at. Lazy could have shown up one of the “afternoon variety shows” that my mom and a lot of housewives watch regularly and play the poppy ~ idol song first, but then, they play the harder song with Akira’s blasting(but still short..) solo at the end of the show. At the time, I had started to had started playing electric guitar. So, I knew Akira and the other members were not just one of these idol kinds of guys.. “Young Plaza”… As long as I remember, this was their first official exposure in Japan… I think this was not even broadcasted nationwide. It was only for the Kansai region or the west side of Japan at most. Well, I witnessed this historic  moment. This was a live and comedy ~ talk evening show(around early dinner time). If I remember right, they actually played “Loudness” first, then, “Burning Love” later… Minoru and the band blew me away… I was already listing western (but softer) bands… like Boston, Styx, Eagles, Dobbie Brothers, and Toto, etc.. and I, at that time, tend to dismiss any Japanese bands… But, when I saw them.., I talked to myself, can Japanese play and sing like this..?? I had a small group of my music buddies at the school who are just like me and we talked about them a lot and one of the guys bought the record as soon as it became on sales. Around that time, the movement “New Wave of Heavy Metal” was stepping in from England to Japan. A lot of local ~ domestic bands from Osaka (Earthshaker, X-Ray, 44 Magnum, Marino etc…) followed Loudness … I think Van Halen already had the record deal in Japan. It was a great time for me as I began stepping into harder/heavier music and a lot of these western bands started to be “formally” introduced in Japan… Rush - Permanent Waves, Triumph - Progressions of Power, Y&T - Earthshaker, Iron Maiden, Saxon, Tiger of Pan Tang…, of course, Ozzy with Randy…. I bought all these records myself working as the local evening newspaper boy. Thanks again…!!!!

@MetalSchoolChannel 2 года назад

That’s pretty awesome! I still want to do a Bow Wow/Vow Wow video but that will be a long one. But it looks like there are several other 80s Japanese metal bands I need to check out too 🤘🏻

@bongo2565 2 года назад

I like the idea! Yeah, they started Bow Wow in 70's in Tokyo, then transformed themselves to Vow Wow. So, long history... I would say they are more of a melodic ~ Hard Rock band. Kyoji Yamamoto is another great player with his own distinctive lead tone... I think the major challenge for the Japanese band is to sing in English... I recall an article that Max Norman (producer of their US debut) demanded Minoru to sing more than 50 times over just a single phrase. :) So, having Genki Hitomi as the lead singer of Vow Wow was a logical choice since he was an English teacher and he teaches English at a high school in Japan even now. It would be very cool to learn English from him at school.. ;) He may be better than Jack Black... ;) Yup, there are more metal bands that came up in 80's. Anthem, United (they are more of Thrash Metal guys), Saber Tiger, etc.. Good times..!

@TheRadioAteMyTV 2 года назад

You tell good stories. Pretty long for youtube comment section but I enjoy both stories.

@bongo2565 2 года назад

My bad..!, but glad you enjoyed it!

@drunk247 Год назад

@@TheRadioAteMyTV I'll take a long story from someone who was actually there anytime. Hindsight is 20/20 and I like to believe that as much research and study/listening my dude has done putting this video together,he still lacks the perspective of the commenter,and appreciates the story. The Commenter was there! That perspective matters.

@sethkaicer319 3 года назад

Rock and roll Never Dies. It just passes out every now and then.

@dragonqueen6589 3 года назад

You mean Rock n roll will never die 😉

@jpmcmullan8666 3 года назад

Just like its stars

@sedition4267 3 года назад

Yep...hangovers can be a bitch from time to time.

@sethkaicer319 3 года назад

@@sedition4267 I could tell you about the time I woke up nude on the hood of my car once. But that's another story I can't recall.

@sethkaicer319 3 года назад

@@jpmcmullan8666 well they actually die but we're try not to remember that.

@jonathanwilson9042 11 месяцев назад

Being 58 years old and buying Thunder in the East a couple of other albums from this band brings back a lot of memories. Akira is definitely in a class with Eddie Van Halen. I am unaware that they have such a repertoire. Gotta get back to my roots, man.❤

@memyopinionsche6610 3 года назад

What a great band. Very overlooked and underrated.

@NitroModelsAndComics Год назад

I had no idea they were creeping up on 30 albums. That is an incredible output by any standard.

@mikem.7921 7 месяцев назад

Some of those albums are very hit and miss to say the least 😂

@joe5516 3 года назад

Akira was one of the tightest and cleanest players ever...never got the respect he deserved in the US...In Japan he was and still is the man...

@13yelworC13 3 года назад

Saw them play live and was BLOWN away....they should have been the headliner!!! 🤟🤟🤟

@davidayala2938 3 года назад

Finally someone doing a review of Loudness...because they are the best Japanese heavy metal I ever listen...great video 😎

@STEELARAS 3 года назад

Then you never listen enough if you think that loudness is the best band

@gcord21 3 года назад

Anthem, E-Z-O, X-Japan, and many good bands from Japan.

@davidayala2938 3 года назад

@@STEELARAS well I know way more but I'm saying no music RU-vidr talks about loudness and their discography...that is why I said that

@davidayala2938 3 года назад

@@gcord21 of course but I am technically saying no music RU-vidr ever talked about loudness

@gcord21 3 года назад

@@davidayala2938 All good, I know what you mean. Loudness is one of my favorite bands. When I heard that Loudness was coming to town I saw them in concert.

@GregBird 3 года назад

Thunder in the East... blew my mind in the early 1980's. Still listen to this way WAY too loud, that and so much of their collection is on regular rotation in my truck. I am going to be one deaf old man one day...

@BeirutBarracuda Год назад

Rock on my man! Rock on! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

@arno-luyendijk4798 Год назад

Dude, I love your honesty. NEVER let pass the music that gives you meaning in life, rock on!

@AJ-yi6hg 3 года назад

Holy shit I had no idea of the long and varied history of this band! I literally thought there entire existence began and ended in the 80s.

@jeffrymanlutac 3 года назад

Hello, Metal School-san remember me?!. in the comment section before in your Aria Episode a few months ago?. I'm the one who requested some Japanese Metal Band reviews. Thank you for this one Loudness is probably one of my all-time favorite Japanese Metal Bands.

@MetalSchoolChannel 3 года назад

For sure! Glad I could finally get one up. Been meaning to get to Loudness for a while. Amazing band and Akira is phenomenal! 🤘🏻

@dragonqueen6589 3 года назад

@@MetalSchoolChannel Yup 🎸 He sounds so like EVH at times it’s astounding!

@dragonqueen6589 3 года назад

Hey dude, Sex Machineguns are pretty rad too- even if their name sounds like they were drunkenly going through the English dictionary and stumbled upon two words they thought sounded cool together 😂🤣😉

@kevynhansyn2902 3 года назад

WE ARE "X"!!!!

@jeffrymanlutac 3 года назад

Some of my favorite Japanese Rock and Metal Bands aside Loudness are Princess, Princess, Show-Ya, Anthem, Seikima II, 44 Magnum, EZO and X Japan

@ChannelBerpindah 3 года назад

This band was one of the biggest influenced in the 80s Malaysian Heavy Metal scene, alongside Iron Maiden, Earthshaker and Tokyo Blade.

@muhammadmustaqim8886 3 года назад

Wow ,bro pon ade kat sini lah

@ChannelBerpindah 3 года назад

@@muhammadmustaqim8886 haha sekali sekala jalan2.

@gurminsidhu9892 3 года назад

tak dapat cari kaset cetak rompak pada tahun 1986...album.. thunder from the east.. haizz

@ChannelBerpindah 3 года назад

@@gurminsidhu9892 saya ada kaset pirate thunder in the east, dah hancur ranap dah kaset tu tak dapat diselamatkan haha.

@princesssolace4337 3 года назад

@@ChannelBerpindah Chromium Dioxide.@Cro2, sleeve hitam dgn tulisan gold. Aku.dok ada simpan lagi.Master of Puppets sleeve putih sekali dgn Somewhere in Time.

@Savatage1964 3 года назад

Fukkin A.... Loudness! Never heard of them until they opened for Mötley Crüe on the Theater of Pain tour in Phoenix. They kicked it off with Crazy Nights and 30 seconds into it I was hooked! I continued buying each album as they released them, even after Minoru left because I realized there was something really special about Akira and the rest. (RIP Munetaka!! We miss you, brother). Really happy you did Loudness this time around... They are truly a great band. And if you want to see how good Akira has become on guitar, check out Metal Mad. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z0q1qId7ups.html The guy is a flat out shredder. LOCK N LOLL!! (And yes, I was also a fan of EZO)

@davidyergensen4509 3 года назад

@Savatage1964 - As a fan of EZO, did you think the same as I did....that Motley's Dr. Feelgood was a ripoff of EZO's song Destroyer? Man, that song has such a badass groove.

@Savatage1964 3 года назад

@@davidyergensen4509 I don't look at it that way. I think bands will imitate others and pick things they can work with to make something different and awesome. And that's just a bonus for us, really!!

@MetalHeart8787 3 года назад

Ha i read the "Never heard of the them " part BUT you saw them open for crue then you were a Fan before me, I didn't know of them until 1987.

@howieduwit2551 2 года назад

Dude! I saw them on the same tour. Only, I saw them at Madison Square Garden in NYC! They killed it!

@seventhstar Год назад

I saw them twice, once on the Hurricane Eyes tour opening up for AC/DC who was doing their Flick of the Switch tour. Then I saw them in a club in Cleveland for their 25th anniversary tour. Talk about a night and day difference in performance. They are so underrated. Akira was absolutely amazing! This band is so underrated overall.

@jackocasablanca1229 3 года назад

I saw Loudness in 1985 in Indianapolis supporting AC/DC. We had the album and loved it before so it was great to see them live.

@haroldwest3577 3 года назад

Was at that show, drove from Dayton, Oh to see Loudness live. Was an excellent show I remember.

@jackocasablanca1229 3 года назад

@@haroldwest3577 Who Made Who ACDC headliner. My first arena show. Market Square Arena

@raymondabella4684 3 года назад

This band is so awesome, I introduced them to the younger generation and they are blown away by them. Crazy Akira is one of my top ten guitarist and is so under rated in the likes of other great under rated guitar gods like Nuno Betancourt. Good job on the video of them!!!👍

@denisiqra8712 3 года назад

Lazy's singer is Hironobu Kageyama he has became a prominent Anime singer/song writer with really heavy tracks on his discography, his work with Steve Lukather and other Toto member is also really good

@fndjufri 3 года назад

Those 80's Loudness albums are just classics. They influenced a lot of bands in Singapore and Malaysia back then when heavy metal was starting to take over the music scene. Every other band had at least one Loudness song in their repertoire. If you can play Akira's solos people looked up to you in this part of the world back then.

@shamsulrizal601 3 года назад

I like this heavy metal band from east.. memory 80s..

@sharkusvelarde Год назад

That Akira solo in"We could be together" is just f&ckin awesome!

@matthewmatt5285 Год назад

EVERY solo on that Album is INCREDIBLE~

@humanactivated1017 Год назад

The lyrics are excellent

@joeflorez143 2 года назад

I am so happy that I stumbled onto this page. I watched this Loudness mini doc. and it was fantastic. The way it was covered in only 40 minutes was amazing. Lots of info covered and covered all their albums which were many. The icing on the cake was the awesome footage shown. Fantastic job. I am a metal head and former scribe and I can acknowledge when good work is done and this is it. Keep killing it!

@MetalSchoolChannel 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

@mikewatkins3533 3 года назад

First saw the crazy nights on MTV and been a loudness fan ever since! Miss the the 80s and MTV🍺😎🎸🎸🎸

@marramusic 3 года назад

At first I thought 40 minutes on Loudness?! But then you had me in tears with the Devil Baby back story. Well done. I really loved this video of an incredible Japanese band. Soldier of Fortune is an epic album.

@philiphalpin1997 3 года назад

I saw Loudness support Saxon in London (Hammersmith Odeon) 1986, in my mind they blew Saxon off the stage.

@AaronRhodeen 8 месяцев назад

Loudness fan since ‘85! Akira is one of the greatest metal guitarists ever. Thanks for posting this.

@okolekahuna3862 3 года назад

Thunder in the East was my introduction to Loudness. That album was so well produced. HUGE !

@InternetUser-d7s 3 года назад

One of the greatest, thanks. My big respect to the people of Japan for your exquisite taste and style.

@mcmike6560 3 года назад

The guitar solo in Sexy Woman on the 1st album, is one of the best solo ever!

@thechannelforeverything2170 3 года назад

Akira's guitar tone is up there with the best of them. So aggressive.

@dougfisher1885 3 года назад

I heard thunder in the east when it first came out man it blew me away been listening to them ever since

@tomsawyer5736 7 месяцев назад

Akira is one of my fav guitarists.So underrated as a player as well as Loudness as a band.His style is instantly recognizable at least to me.

@MrAndre505 Год назад

My first concert was Loudness opening for Mötley Crüe (Theatre of Pain Tour) in 1985. I was 13. I thought Loudness was great but I never heard another thing about them. Who knew they cranked out like a bazillion albums?!?

@DJSpidey 10 месяцев назад

Wow! Just, wow! Totally missed out on a bunch of this--just knew of "Crazy Nights" and "Like Hell" from them until today.

@Donegal62 3 года назад

Replacing Minoru was a mistake. Being an all-Japanese band with English lyrics was novel. I'm glad they got back together.

@PaulLoughrin 2 года назад

I agree.

@matthewmatt5285 Год назад

That said,.Soldier of Fortune is an Amazing Gem~ The guitar work on that LP is beyond anything Akira ever did before or since~

@johnkatsoudas4767 3 месяца назад

@@matthewmatt5285agreed! Soldiers Of Fortune is a MASTERPIECE!

@matthewmatt5285 3 месяца назад

@@johnkatsoudas4767 Heck yeah,.Underrated rthym riff on that LP too~

@brianfabrizio4676 3 года назад

Thunder in the East. Freaking brilliant album.

@bestiadeldesierto 3 года назад

Vescera is a really great singer and one of my all time favorites but Minoru is, and was already at that point of band's history, an important part of their's essence. Thank you very much for this awesome video.

@funzjag 3 года назад

🎶ROCK N ROLL CRAZY NIGHTS 🎵YOU ARE THE HEROES TONIGHT 🎶 Loudness is a band that I've enjoyed since I was a teenager. When they released "Thunder in the East" here in the US, They caught my attention. I've only listened to Loudness releases with Minoru on lead vocals. His vocals are a big part of the bands' appeal to me. He's been back in the band since 2000, so all is well.

@dragonqueen6589 3 года назад

🎶Ohh, you’ve come to see the show/ Well we’re gonna rock and shock you/ Come get on your feet/ Sound hits you in the face, All right!/ Ooh let’s get so crazy tonight/ Let me hear you rock n roll/

@funzjag 3 года назад

@@dragonqueen6589 M Z A !!!

@funzjag 3 года назад

@@dragonqueen6589 I'm usually not big on rock anthems, but "Crazy Nights" is an exception. The heavy guitar and the ever so slightly off English gives the song a unique quality that gets my approval.

@dragonqueen6589 3 года назад

@@funzjag They do decent ballads too, my favorite Loudness ballad is definitely In my dreams it’s quite deep and introspective…. not like this whole “I’ll die if you don’t pay me any attention” that was prevalent in many a pop ballad even back in the 80s…

@funzjag 3 года назад

@@dragonqueen6589 I like their ballads as well. Do you remember a song called something like "Searching For Odin?" I believe that it was from a movie soundtrack. The chorus went "Searching for Odin, my love. " I had a Loudness EP, I believe that it was a Japanese import. It had that song and maybe 3 other tracks. It's been a while, I bought it when I was 16 years old back in 1986.

@pava2237 3 года назад

Great Loudness Retrospective!! Well Done for an Awesome Band!!! Akira is one of the Greats on guitar!!!

@Lindisfarne666 8 месяцев назад

Suggestions for future videos! Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Helstar, Accept, Rhapsody of Fire, Yngwie Malmsteen! Love the channel!!

@mayge1234 3 года назад

Akira Takasaki has always been one of my top guitar heroes. Love Loudness. I always felt that they should have been bigger but, Japan.

@GrootsieTheDog Год назад

The drummer was amazing. Always played interesting grooves and unexpected drum fills.

@salamwati9281 3 года назад

Absolute Awesome docu...Loudness influenced every hard rock band in Asia here where i lived..Thunder is my first purchase of their catalog and is an absolute masterpiece almost all killer no filler. Hurricane Eyes notches it up further out of the stratosphere. 😎

@cainealexander-mccord2805 2 года назад

Like every other metal band in the 80s, I gave Loudness a shot. I really liked them-always rooted for them, but had NO idea they had such a long and illustrious career! I was delighted to find this video and equally so to hear they've been so prolific. Thanks so much for this!

@janissalenieks1154 3 года назад

You deserve way more subscribers. This is some quality work right here.

@baruyero Год назад

Wonderful video. Just fantastic. Great work. Many thanks man

@jean-lucmercier2176 10 месяцев назад

Akira is a real guitar god, for speed, technique... and even more for musical inspiration !

@t.macrocosm1831 3 года назад

My all time favorite is Disillusion. I can’t still believe it was recorded in 2 weeks. An incredible album. Met Niihara once at a Dokken concert. A very shy guy in English or Japanese.

@robertesensee3494 3 года назад

A highly underrated band...especially Akira. That guy is among the best guitar players ever. Thunder is my fav along with Lightning Strikes. I had NO idea they had so many albums. I need to check them out. One of your best videos. Well done!

@robwebber1217 3 года назад

Thunder in the East was a killer album, I forgot just how utterly brilliant this band was.

@killianhackenschmidt4987 3 года назад

The fact that Akira Takasaki and Taiji Sawada were at one point on the exact same lineup goes to show how crazy Loudness' discography is.

@StuBusDriver 3 года назад

This one made me laugh in a good way. Lots of memories to go along with this band. Thank you!

@ericcrane4871 2 года назад

I saw Loudness in 1984 at a tiny SF club called Wolfgang’s with local thrashers Exodus opening. There were plenty of open spots up front so of course had to set up right in front of the mind-boggling Akira. I still have a custom “Akira” guitar pick he gave out as gifts.

@bogrot69 11 месяцев назад

I caught these guys in Seattle on the Thunder in the East tour. It was a great show. We drove down from Vancouver Canada as that was the closest the came to us. Absolutely worth the effort.

@michaelmcnair7624 2 года назад

I saw them in a famous rock club in Brooklyn, NY called L'AMOUR...that was 30 years ago....they kicked ass BIG TIME. I only saw them twice, but live they were amazing....thanks for this, I got as far as Hurricane...I got all the albums (VINYL people...lol) before that. Got them as imports...EZO is another great band with their own flare and sound.

@CapstoneTider Год назад

Only 4 seconds into the groove of crazy nights I knew loudness was for me. Great video.

@adanvaldcontreras4283 3 года назад

Saw loudness in the 80s.. glad I got to meet Munetaka.. RIP.. incredible drummer.. incredible band. 🤘

@dragonqueen6589 3 года назад

No one mentioned Tanaka the og bassist He and Higuchi passed within a year of each other.

@metalmelisha250 3 года назад

Great documentary. I've always loved this band. This shedded some light on things I had no clue.

@flbc1979 Год назад

Loudness is one of the best metal band in the world

@desynchonosisdragon9108 2 года назад

Thunder ,Lightning and Soldier were the Albums that I had and loved them a lot. This brought back many memories and thanks for making this episode!

@michaeldubruyn7965 2 года назад

one thing that makes all these bands amazing is that epic guitarist. those solos!

@Bassmanhill84 2 года назад

Man! Love this channel !!! You do Vids on some of my favorite bands AND bands I'm getting into! I.E Loudness! Now I can't stop listening to Loudness cause of you! Keep up the great work dude!

@gstar7686 3 года назад

I saw Loudness open for Stryper in 1987 at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in SC. Great show!

@Razr2027 3 года назад

I was at that show as well...with TNT also...great night of metal.

@rocky-iv1446 3 года назад

In 85 they got my attention and then they delivered so we were very happy!!

@metalman_j 3 года назад

Thanks for making this! Loudness is the band that transformed me from a weebie Jpop fan into a metalhead. I've seen them live probably more times than any other band, while living in Japan for the last two decades. Love that you covered the "Lazy" years. Never knew there was a track that hard on their second album, since I only have the last Lazy album. As for Loudness, I largely agree with your assessment. The 80's is classic Loudness and I know all the songs by heart. The Mike Vescera years are great too as he is an amazing singer. (Obsession is a great band too!) The Ezo years are generally agreed to be the dark years by most Loudness fans, but the self-titled album has certainly gotten plenty of play time from me. And as you say, all Loudness albums have something to enjoy on them. None are "bad". The 2000's albums are mostly a blur, but my favorite "modern" Loudness album is The Everlasting. I love every track on that album and have played the hell out of it. All the others after that are pretty good, as you mention. They have found their footing. Thanks for the video. You are the hero tonight!

@MetalSchoolChannel 3 года назад

😄🤘🏻

@mikem.7921 7 месяцев назад

Loudness is one of my all time favorites just about everything is fantastic ❤

@JohnMorganMayBeDangerous 3 года назад

The guy narrating is awesomely hilarious. BTW I have loved Loudness since the first time I heard 'Thunder in the East'. This band has the big chops for sure.

@bendowling8281 7 месяцев назад

I always enjoy your tongue in cheek descriptions of the videos

@jeffreyp1855 3 года назад

I loved Akira Takasaki's guitar playing. The guy could sound like anyone, from Van Halen to Malmsteen. A really talented dude! 🤘🏻

@Themacchuck 3 года назад

I honestly feel like he’s being misrepresented by comparing him to EVH and Malm. He was right there along side them.

@nunchaku4607 3 года назад

He has a taste of Dime Bag at times too.

@JohnDoe-yr4wc 3 года назад

It's really cool to see (or hear) a musically accomplished band evolve over the course of decades and see real growth and development, even if at times they seem to be chasing trends. Cheers for bringing Loudness to my attention. I'll definitely be checking them out.

@wokedragon3211 Год назад

I first Heard Loudness on the King Biscuit flower Hour I used to record it every Sunday night as a kid Bands in concert they were amazing live. Saw them in 86 they were just as good as I had recorded two years before.

@darkChristian 2 года назад

I love these guys! Heavy Metal has no racism or discrimantion, its in everyone's blood weather we are listeners or creators music speaks to everyone on a personal level, we all have our likes and dislikes, I like harmony vocals and guitar drums bass tricks progressive Heavy Metal, not really into death metal , all of its offshoots etc etc etc...but it all influences each other every type of music it makes music even greater and more progressive. it speaks to all our spirits in a special way like someone sang "music is your special friend dance on fire as it intends"Jim Morrison of The Doors WE NEED CREATIVITY IN MUSIC WE WOULD ALL GO MAD. LIKE ANOTHER BAND SANG "FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK - WE SALUTE YOU" PRECIOUS WORDS OF AC/DC LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN, WE ARE A HEAVY METAL family come together. Amen

@jaysullivan2236 8 месяцев назад

When I watch “Let It Go” video…I laugh because of the animated drummer on his mega-kit, but I also get goosebumps because it is such a greatly written song with a great guitarist who obviously watched Eddie Van Halen. He even does the tapping at the end of that awesome solo.

@Theghostdogmadderkayne 2 года назад

I dig how you can pretty much just put this band on and get a pretty solid evolution of metal.

@giannit2777 2 года назад

Great band!! I saw them in 1985 at Madison Square Garden. They opened for Motley Crue. They put on a great show!! Akira did a fantastic solo!!

@Chord_The_Seeker 3 года назад

I remember seeing “Crazy Nights” on heavy rotation on Mtv. The next thing I remember from them was “This Lonely Heart”. I had no idea about their background as Lazy. Another great video, from which I learned a lot.

@PaulLoughrin 2 года назад

Good gracious! Another great documentary. Thanks much!

@slinky702 3 года назад

Much respect to all your research & thank you for taking the time to listening to all of the tracks good & bad, so that we wouldn’t have to. You are awesome.

@MetalSchoolChannel 3 года назад

Happy to help 😄🤘🏻 Thanks for watching!

@shermstixx 3 года назад

Underrated af. Thanks for making this. Respect.

@SonnyGTA 3 года назад

Wow!! What a great video! I only knew of ‘Thunder In The East’ and ‘Lightning Strikes’.

@matsnilson7727 3 года назад

Nice video! I've been into metal since the early 80s but always overlooked Loudness. I did know (back then) they were the biggest metal band from Japan, and had a really talented guitar player, but I don't think I managed to hear even a single Loudness song back in the day. After seeing this video I plan to buy some of their early albums soon. Better really late than never...

@erenn6476 2 года назад

I was very impressed with their catalog, no idea it was that large. Releasing a new album every year for almost an entire decade is unheard of. These days bands take 6,7, 8 years between album releases. Also, the main riff for Crazy Nights is frigging EPIC!

@rct8884 11 месяцев назад

Great metal school lesson for making me aware of this band, several albums are now in my rotation.

@britannicman9995 3 года назад

Your RU-vid channel is awesome I wish there are more channels like this on RU-vid

@alexsackman5122 3 года назад

Well done Sir🤘👏👏👏👏 The first time I saw Loudness was with DIO in 87 in Amsterdam , in 2017 they play in a free metal Festival near Barcelona, meet the guys and they were very shy!! We took them after the gig to a Spanish bar and got a nice time with them.🤝

@caveman6099 3 года назад

One of the most underrated band ever

@sparklybruh4136 3 года назад

OMG YES a Metal School video on Loudness! I just recently found this band and I have been falling in love with their badass music!

@sarasarah1810 3 года назад

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right On friend TyTy for sharing. I know many ppl like the other Loudness and the musicians and hey thats cool. For me THERE IS ONLY ONE LOUDNESS!!!!!!!!!. Ty again for the share. Very Cool!!