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AC/DC's Volume Threatens an Entire Species
- Posted on Jan 8th 2010 6:00AM by Julian Marszalek
They're known for having the power to lay out all before them with ferocious displays of volume but now it seems that rock behemoths AC/DC could be responsible for the decimation of an entire species.Hans Uhl of the animal rights group BirdLife who says the band's sound levels are excessive and pose a serious threat to the well-being of the Curlew bird. In an attempt to save the bird, Uhl has initiated a campaign to halt a gig by the band at the Wels Air Field in Austria which is take place on May 22.
The rare bird is found in very few regions of the world and the town of Wels is a favourite nesting ground for them.
Mr Uhl said, "The second biggest colony of Curlews in Upper Austria and various other ground-nesting birds must not become endangered."
However, Mr Uhl may have a serious fight on his hands. All 80,000 tickets for the gig sold out within hours of going on sale and it looks unlikely that anything is going to derail this rock'n'roll train which is thundering along as part of AC/DC's mammoth 'Black Ice' world tour.
- Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News
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K Hart
Better gather the birds and put em in protection from HIGH VOLTAGE ROCK AND ROLL BABIES! AC/DC ROCKS!!!! THIS IS ROCK MUSIC ~ LOUD!!!!
January 09 2010 at 10:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
richard
2 replies to richard's comment
The noise is not what relly bothers the birds.The birds lay there eggs on the ground.It's about people walking on there nest.
January 09 2010 at 8:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Disgusted
hey ritchie, i never claimed in my post that it was the noise harming the birds, as you are right, i did no research when posting (because honestly, i dont give enough of a shit). The point of my post was not to downplay the use of the airfield, not to say the noise is harming the birds (as I never said that), but it was if there are other options that wont harm a thing then why not use those options? The fact that you presented that the birds nest on the ground and people walking on their nest is the real problem suggest to me that the concert would really be a direct danger to the birds, so why not move the concert? I would never consider myself a tree huger, and can only laugh at being called a dumb cow (as i am neither dumb nor anything near a cow). You are right that I should have done some research first, but as I said, the first comment about the airfield was not the gist of my post, you may want to stop nit-picking and actually look at the big picture of what people are trying to say.
January 09 2010 at 2:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Disgusted
hahaha just realized you were saying cow dumb, not dumb cow. sorry. geeze i hope that doesn't make me look too stupid...
January 09 2010 at 2:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
richard
Yep, greenkelleen,your right...you need to think befor you comment.When you stated it was likely a small place,told me you did'ny know crap.Another bird brain.It's a large place.One of the best know places.The Tuskagess(spelling might be off there)flew fighter planes there.Big part of history during ww2.It's a open air port.Yes,military plains go threw as well.
January 09 2010 at 8:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
greenkelleen
Since when did being environmentally aware (a "tree-hugger") mean that someone supports "border jumpers"?
January 09 2010 at 6:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
lana
1 reply to lana's comment
Ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good God, this is why I no longer support "save the planet" types. STUPIDITY of the species
January 09 2010 at 5:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Disgusted
aw come on now lana.....Stupid? maybe some of them. Uneducated in what they preach? again, maybe some of them. But making a generalization about a group of people who share a similar belief...how is that not stupidity?
January 09 2010 at 2:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
dave
You tree huggers talk about the kettle calling the pot black! The next time you go out to the forest to cry for trees(Yes its on you tube LOL)please clean up your mess!Please tell the border jumpers that you support to clean up the desert that they make a pig pen out of!The next time you have another woodstock clean up YOUR MESS!You people if you had your way you would still have the t-rex still walking around! Like the song says ROCK AND ROLL AINT NOISE POLLUTION!!!!!!!
January 09 2010 at 5:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Karen
Why don't they just compromise and find somewhere to hold it indoors? Happy fans and happy birds.
January 09 2010 at 5:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Wish Belkin
They're louder than jets taking off?
I don't think so.
dj
Yes Hans Uhl and my flat bed ford is respondsable for damaging the ice caps on the moon.
January 09 2010 at 4:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
tom carr
you can't stop rock-n-roll and you sure as hell can't stop the rock-n-roll train that is ac/dc!
January 09 2010 at 4:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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