The Dead Weather Warms Up For The Woodies, Gets 'Loud As F**k'

"That sh**'s loud as f**k," Jack White shouted into the mic from behind the drumkit. He and The Dead Weather are tuning up -- Jack's giving the drum a solid that's-gonna-leave-a-mark throttling -- on the stage of Roseland Ballroom where they'll perform at tonight's mtvU Woodie Awards. Surprisingly, perhaps due to luck or youth, I was actually able to hear him say that over the band's angry, sneering, holy-rolling snarl.

The Dead Weather is the loudest band I've ever heard or felt (the vibrations alone quickly encouraged me to vacate the seat I was occupying) in my life, and the combination of noise and aggressive, hard-driving, doomsday-is-nigh sound of the dead weather is nothing short of terrifying, and I've seen Gwar. The sound of The Dead Weather live could probably drown out a spaceship launch, and while I've encountered the slow approach of a band of pirates, I'd imagine it probably feels a lot like this, with Jack White manning the ship

See for yourself when the Dead Weather performs live at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards and check out more photos from their rehearsal here. Oh, let's not forget this interview clip either.

Watch the 2009 mtvU Woodies Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET on mtvU, MTV, MTV2, and Palladia.

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