LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus

1991 6th row Providence Civic Center RI

Iron Maiden with Anthrax without a doubt.

Incredible set lists from both.

Ears rang for 3 days. The quiet nights in bed where maddening!

Others have come close ( Judas Priest, Metallica, Motorhead)

But that one I never forgot!

Van Halen, 1984, David Lee Roth was drunk (surprise) and my ears were still ringing the following afternoon.

SoundGarden Red Rocks - front row.
Chris’s voice was easily the most terrifyingly beautiful thing I’d ever heard. My ears rang for about a week.

Now a days, Burning Man - some of the art cars (Mayan Warrior and Robot Heart) can get pretty loud, even out on the playa. You can hear House Music playing nonstop 24/7 for a week, which even at a distance can wear you down. Even with ear plugs there’s nowhere to hide. Just have to surrender to it.

Cheap Trick/Aerosmith indoor concert. Despite being up high all the way back in the upper boxes, my ears rang for 2-3 days. 

Steppenwolf back in the 60's was the loudest concert I had ever been to.  I'm 74 now and have had pretty severe tinnitus since the 80's. I attribute a lot of it to firing weapons in the army back in the late 60's and early 70's. I have worn hearing aids for the past 15 years,.