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I heard an article on BBC TV news this morning regarding the increasing incidence of tinnitus.

One or two of the comments made me wonder at their cock-eyed logic and reminded me of the famous rock band fronted by Hotblack Desiato in Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

The comments came from people who regularly attend rock concerts and protect themselves, apparently, from tinnitus... by wearing ear plugs

Sorry, but it just seems too ridiculous

Earplugs?

Well, sometimes they can be very useful. Some years ago, when watching a movie with friends at the cinema, I used to wear earplugs.
The level of the volume has been annoying.

Motorhead at Barnet college, around 1976. It was so painful on my ears I had to leave, (not just the music, if you can call it that) tried listening from the foyer for a while, still very painful. Out in the street it became tolerable. I guess my hearing was already damaged from too many gigs. I developed tinnitus just last year, wish I could walk away from that.
I'd recommend earplugs. Open air gigs, as long as well away from the PA are fine for me these days. Indoor venues are a definite no, no.

My thought was, why have a concert so loud that people have to use ear plugs in the first place? It just seemed perverse to me

A bit like having sex with a wooden condom You're taking part, but not getting all you might from the experience

Painfully perverse, louder is definitely not better. IMHO

Pardon?

Why would they mic my bass gear through the PA... I couldn't hear the PA...... but yes, if you stare past the lights for long enough there is an audience out there..Lets get 'em.

I was once accused of making all the optics dribble behind the bar and it couldn't have been me because I was at the other end of the hall on the stage!

Hmmm...wish I had worn earplugs for Motorhead's 'Bomber' tour....they hit 140 decibels....and my audiologist could pinpoint exactly what note they were playing at the time by my audiogram..

I would always recommend ear plugs at a concert to anyone...the organisers often have little cmprehension of the damage the volume can do...

Much though I deride the Health and Safety mob for their brain dead attitude to some of their rulings, I cannot understand why they have not acted on the sound levels on live music.

The weird thing is that it easier to sound good at lower volumes. . . and there's more impact available by allowing some headroom.