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Mosh pits: what were we thinking?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:32 am
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:32 am
When I was a teenager, I was pissed if I went to a show and there wasn't one. Now that I think about, it's just madness, and kind of silly.
White people, huh?
White people, huh?
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Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:33 am to Patrick O Rly
The one at Rage Against the Machine was complete anarchy
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:34 am to Patrick O Rly
Add to what were we thinking?
--disco
--rap
--Yanni
--disco
--rap
--Yanni
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:34 am to Patrick O Rly
I saw some at Lollapalooza, they're ridiculous but the guys are having a good time
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:35 am to Patrick O Rly
I don't understand them. Do people fight in them or just jump around angrily pushing each other?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:37 am to Melvin
Wall of Deaths are crazy too
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:38 am to Melvin
Depends. It can be like simulated fighting, which get's your adrenaline going. At punk rock shows, it was more of contact dancing.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:42 am to Patrick O Rly
you could always tell the mosh pit guys before the show even started
I made sure I was nowhere near them when they spontaneously started shoving each other and bumping into everyone
I always loved it when one would accidentally shove a bigger guy that wanted no part of them and the big guy proceeds to throw the mosher across the pit
I made sure I was nowhere near them when they spontaneously started shoving each other and bumping into everyone
I always loved it when one would accidentally shove a bigger guy that wanted no part of them and the big guy proceeds to throw the mosher across the pit
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:43 am to Patrick O Rly
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At punk rock shows, it was more of contact dancing
That sounds pretty geigh
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:46 am to HeadyBrosevelt
We called it skanking back then, and I hope to God no video's ever surface.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:51 am to Patrick O Rly
it was born out of pogoing...
Ive seen it at some shows and thought WTF...
I always hate the one drunk a-hole that tries to start one, when clearly no one else has any interest in participating...
Ive seen it at some shows and thought WTF...
I always hate the one drunk a-hole that tries to start one, when clearly no one else has any interest in participating...
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:02 am to HeadyBrosevelt
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The one at Rage Against the Machine was complete anarchy
First thing I saw when I entered the floor of the RATM show at UNO (early 2000s) was a girl on a stretcher in a neck brace with blood covering her face. I was like holy fricking shite this is gonna be nuts.....and it was. My ears rang for 2 days after that show. Good times
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:07 am to HeadyBrosevelt
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The one at Rage Against the Machine was complete anarchy
This
ETA: RATM show at UNO (early 2000s)
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 11:08 am
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:10 am to Patrick O Rly
Before the Mosh Pits there was Slam Dancing which was less violent. I enjoyed slam dancing. Moshing not so much.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:31 am to Tayday
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I saw some at Lollapalooza, they're ridiculous but the guys are having a good time
But there was always that 19 yr old, 80lb chic that thinks she can jump in
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:48 am to Zappas Stache
Stage diving. There was this dude who used to due backflips off the stage. It was amazing, honestly. A wonder that he didn't kill himself.
A lot of early slam dancing came from the fact there was literally no barrier between the audience and the band. The crowd spilled into the "stage" area and the band pushed back, and then boom... pit.
Also, the 80s punk scene was really, really violent. Put a bunch of angry white kids in a hot, sweaty room and play real loud music, and people are just going to boil over. But fights were an epidemic, especially when bands from other cities would come down. Boston and DC used to fight all the friggin time. But just as the scene chilled out a tad, it got violent again when it went mainstream.
Organized pre-planned pits are stupid. And really became an excuse for stupid jocks to ruin the punk scene. Or assholes from NYC.
Screw you. No one likes you. And your bands sucked.
A lot of early slam dancing came from the fact there was literally no barrier between the audience and the band. The crowd spilled into the "stage" area and the band pushed back, and then boom... pit.
Also, the 80s punk scene was really, really violent. Put a bunch of angry white kids in a hot, sweaty room and play real loud music, and people are just going to boil over. But fights were an epidemic, especially when bands from other cities would come down. Boston and DC used to fight all the friggin time. But just as the scene chilled out a tad, it got violent again when it went mainstream.
Organized pre-planned pits are stupid. And really became an excuse for stupid jocks to ruin the punk scene. Or assholes from NYC.
Screw you. No one likes you. And your bands sucked.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:50 pm to Baloo
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Also, the 80s punk scene was really, really violent.
Not in any city I saw shows...Houston, Austin, BR and Manchester, UK. I'm sure there were some a-holes in the bigger cities.
quote:
Boston and DC used to fight all the friggin time
Boston fights at Barry Manilow shows.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:58 pm to Baloo
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Also, the 80s punk scene was really, really violent.
fuggin east coasters.
Slam dancing was ok. Nobody was looking to break each other's limbs or face. I saw Revolting Cocks and in the early 90's and it had grown to shite I wanted no part of.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 3:13 pm to Zappas Stache
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Not in any city I saw shows...Houston, Austin, BR and Manchester, UK. I'm sure there were some a-holes in the bigger cities.
It was in DC, NYC, Philly, Boston, and surprisingly, Richmond. Baltimore didn't really have punk shows then. They were still hair metal all the way.
That's when Fugazi's anti-moshing stance meant something. They would literally stop playing.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 4:06 pm to Baloo
Some great Mosh Pits:
1) 311 @ Grant Street Dancehall
2) Tool in NOLA
3) Phunk Junkeez/311 @ Pelican Park
4) Deftones Tips
1) 311 @ Grant Street Dancehall
2) Tool in NOLA
3) Phunk Junkeez/311 @ Pelican Park
4) Deftones Tips
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