If it’s too loud . . .
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.
I went to a Korn show back in the early 1990s (back when nobody had heard of them) and it pretty much rocked. I was younger then and the noise didn’t bother me. Actually, that was the last concert (if you can call it that, it was at a local small venue) I went to. I’m too old to metal and admit it. Ronnie James Dio, however, can’t. Have you seen the new video? Egad.
December 10th, 2004 at 6:28 pm
My sister-in-law grew up next door to Ronnie James Dio in lovely Cortland, NY.
December 11th, 2004 at 10:42 am
I believe Vanderbilt had a similar problem in the early ’90s. They had a Pink Floyd concert in the football stadium, and the surrounding townfolk complained. Result: no more concerts there for several years.