Korn is too freakin\' loud

I don\'t blame the residents for complaining.  Korn sucks, and when they play really loud, they just suck really loud.  

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=10&u=/ap/20041210/ap_en_mu/music_korn_noise

Korn Show Leaves Politicians Fuming

Entertainment - AP


TAMPA, Fla. - The volume of a concert by the heavy-metal band Korn left Hillsborough County commissioners fuming and briefly had them considering getting a court order to halt future concerts at the amphitheater that hosted the group.

More than 50 residents — some living miles away — complained of booming noise and profanity-laced lyrics coming from the open-air Ford Ampitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds during this week\'s concert.

"I came home from the hospital Tuesday (the day of the concert), and I couldn\'t get to sleep," resident Peg Sexton said. "I\'ve never, ever had it so loud. It was like it was across the street. It\'s unbelievable. We don\'t get that noise from a thunderstorm."

During an emergency meeting Thursday, County Commissioner Ronda Storms referred to venue owner Clear Channel Entertainment when she said: "A bane upon them; may the worms of your avarice consume your intestines, Clear Channel."

The racket even shocked county Environmental Protection Commission officials, who this summer cited Clear Channel and the Florida State Fair Authority for violations of noise ordinances. The citation has been appealed.

However, commissioners decided against pursuing a court injunction, since the only remaining event this year is an 10-hour country-western concert this Saturday featuring the Charlie Daniels Band. The performance will support The Angelus, a home for the handicapped.

Korn is a repeat offender of noise ordinances, as its most recent concert is the second show that has exceeded noise limits at the Hillsborough County venue. This time, the noise registered 90.6 decibels, the equivalent of a running blender, and represented the highest noise numbers recorded yet.

The Environmental Protection Commission may levy fines up to $5,000 for each noise violation, be it an entire concert, a song or even a single line of music or a single note.

In a five-page letter to the commission, Clear Channel said it has enacted several measures to reduce noise, including installing noise-muffling blankets along an outer wall, reducing decibel levels at the mixing booth, requiring performances to end by 10 p.m. and monitoring noise levels at all events.

Fair authority attorney Gordon Schiff said the authority and Clear Channel have made a good effort to work with the county.

"We think that progress has continued and should continue," he said.

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Oldschool KoRn rocks...new KoRn is gay...and old people suck @ss. Damn old people. That seems pretty nuts though.

[Titan]

Old people don\'t know music and how loud it should be. I say they do a concert on their front porch

Clear Channel is one of the most vile, evil corporations that exists. I am glad they never get any good press.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Only problem is when something like this has repurcussions on good metal bands. Or any band for that matter.

The county commissioner wished a bane upon Clear Channel.

What\'s the deal with that woman?

-Dan

[Titan]

She probably lives in the 50s and doesn\'t believe that modern music should be played but only Frank Sinatra. Oh, and she probably doesn\'t get any which is why she\'s so bitchy.

Well, I saw Korn in June this year, they played before the Metallica show. Indeed, Korn did play very very loud. Wasn\'t
all too impressed by them...

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

I don\'t mind a few of korns songs.....  a very few.

Anyway, if they want to point the finger at anyone, how about the town for putting a concert in an open field in a populated area.

KoRn was doing its job - to play loud music. The town wasn\'t doing its job - to look out for the interests of all its citizens.

I blame the county commissioner.

May hellish demons devour her insides.

-Dan

^Exactamundo^

[Titan]

Again, do a concert right in her back yard