Because that would destroy the FoH sound, which was fine and we don’t want to get into volume wars. Neither the guitar or keys were any louder, the boys are really disciplined in that respect.
Here lies the problem, I think, especially with booming toms and crashing cymbals. I have to find a way to get the kit tuned higher, like Stewart Copeland does - lots of cut, no mud.
What doesn’t help is the feedback from the audience, who said we’ve never sounded better (I think their hearing had been shot by the DJs).