1) in the 70s, all the bands we emulated were playing in coliseums with stacks of marshalls... playing loud seemed like part of the paradigm we were trying to imitate

Response: I may buy this one as a valid reason if I could be convinced they were not adequate sound systems in that era. Also thinking this may very well may have started in the 70's, so you may have something here.

2) its hard for a live drummer to play rock music at a reasonable volume. Everybody else cranks it up in order to be heard over the drummer

Response: Original question "why" do they feel they have to crank it up other than the aforementioned lack of sound system.

3) guitar players typically want the sound of a tube amp pushed to the limit. Once he gets it, the rest of the band has to crank it up another notch to hear themselves

Response: I might buy this one also, if you translate it to read, "it's the guitar players fault", does Rharv play guitar, just wondering as that may very well be where the answer lies

Thanks for you insight Pat.

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