zigzag Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Brain Injuries to Military Same as Boxers and Football Players I am curious if the percussive effects from amplifiers could cause the same type of brain injuries in rockers... or is it just the drugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 it's the drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I think a lot has to do with drugs and booze and performance styles more than any amplification system I've been around - not that a really big system might not have some effect on the brain as well as destroying hearing. I look back when I was playing rock, and the athleticism involved could match some of the heavy bouncing of sports - and I s'pose that were one into headbanging, literally, with or without booze or drugs, it could do some damage too. Some 30 years ago the brighter martial arts types were really questioning the intelligence of breaking boards and bricks and such with the head for just that reason. Break your hand or wrist with less than perfect technique you have a problem, break your brain and you may not even have enough smarts left to know that you've got a far worse problem. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Q - What do you throw a drowning guitarist? A - His amp.... Percussive effect? Seriously no, it's the drugs. John Mcvie admitted to a brain seizure caused by years of massive snorting and look what happened to the original singer of the Sweet....we all know there are so many examples. However there is (or perhaps will be if you use phones or earbuds) always tinnitus...I say always because once it's there, it's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Some folks just aren't right in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I don't think that.......bwaaark.......listening to.......bwaaark, bwaaark...........loud amps or head banging have had any effect on me.........bdddddeeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Some folks just aren't right in the first place. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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