My musical coming out was in a very loud crowd (mid-80′s thrash/punk). Singing was often inaudible and otherwise incomprehensible. If it was ever an issue it wasn’t ever addressed probably because a prevailing phony sentiment of the time was “F U” anyway.

So I guess for me, examples of sheer loud awesomeness aren’t persuasive; they are the exceptions that prove the rule. I’ve also found that loud bands don’t start out that way. They suck first. Then individual players, often multiple within the same band, say f*ck it I’m going to have my fun. And the audience is blessed with something equivalent to five egotistical actors on stage giving individual monologues simultaneously and without correlation.

Long monologues and no responses. All tweeting and no listening. The question really is: can you hear the singer and do you care?