What is the loudest band in the world?

Answer 1

Manowar in 2008 at the Magic Circle Fest with 139dB.

Other mentionables:

1976

The Who were listed as the "record holder", at 126 dB, measured at a distance of 32 meters from the speakers at a concert at Charlton Athletic Football Ground on 31 May 1976.

1984,94 and 2008The heavy metal band Manowar is one claimant of the title of "loudest band in the world", citing a measurement of 129.5 dB in 1994 in Hanover. However, Guiness Book of World Records listed Manowar as the record holder for the loudest musical performance for an earlier performance in 1984. Guinness does not recognize Manowar's later claim, because it no longer includes a category of loudest band, reportedly because it does not want to encourage hearing damage. Manowar broke their own record again in 2008 at the Magic Circle Fest with 139dB.

1997Metallica has styled itself the "loudest band in the world". However, after one concert on 11 November 1997, which the band dubbed the "Million Decibel March", the Philidephia Inquirer reported that "neighbors who [had] feared the worst from the self-styled Loudest Band in the World complained more about the sound from the news choppers circling overhead".

2007British punk band Gallows allegedly broke Manowar's previous record for loudest band in the world, claiming to have achieved 132.5 dB; however, this record was claimed in an isolated Studio environment as opposed

2008Swedish rock band Sleazy Joe played 143,2 dB with their live show in Hässleholm, Sweden in 2008 and claimed the title "The loudest band in the world".