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What is your opinion / experiences on moshpits? I think they're quite scary. But they're also exciting. I've never been near one so I have no idea what I'd do in one. |
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When I was younger, my older brother was always in punk rock bands (and still is ), so I'd go to shows a lot. I was never very partial to them. I love dancing, but some guys just like to bring the pain; those big, fat, sweaty kids who like to impress people by punching them in the nose. So I would try my luck in those moshpits, but then I kind of grew out of it. |
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i have seen them in all shapes and sizes. they are stupid. |
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im always in them they're great and friendly my jaw still hurts from 13 days back though when an mosh unexperienced friend of mine threw me against the elbow of the mosh bear of this particular moshpit. generally people know what they're doing though and it's conciderently pushing each other and manly hugs and cool fist greetings after. the people around it seem to less understand and tolerate it these days though. get the fuck out if you dont want someone flying against you. i was at this festival a few years back (werchter, belgium) and muse was playing and all these nice kids were moshing and jumping and stuff but in front of the stage was this woman who didnt quite get it. she was going bezerk. i eventually twisted her arm when she started throwing her elbows around to try to knock down kids. after which i feared she would beat me up. damned bith |
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I prefer to dance. And I'm scared of having my face pounded or my ribs cracked. Although I have to admit I started a moshpit a few times. I prefer the more 'friendly' mosh pits that just involve pushing. Those are fun. |
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those "friendly moshpits" where people push each other are called slam-dancing. it's from old school punk rock and is AWESOME. you won't have more fun at a concert than that. i am a staunch supporter of slam-dancing. moshing is something heavy metal fans invented in the late-80's because they are bullied at high school and feel the urge to make a big punching/kicking circle where they pretend to be sumo wrestlers on speed and assert the repressed jock within. |
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dont like them |
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the hitting generally isnt full impact really exept with hardcore, that is insane, animals they are all metal 'pits' are filled with 16 year old boys these days, looking for their glasses or lenses, aww |
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it hurts but i've never been in a "pit" to any IDM or elec. set/show. only other genre shows |
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friendly pits are fun, even though im getting older now, almost 30, so i take it a bit easier but hard pits are for beefcakes/retarded "tough guys"/losers |
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I like the idea of slam-dancing. |
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I have not been in a mosh pit since the Butthole Surfers shows of the early 90's. Didnt know they still existed... |
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haha... Butthole surfers? didn't know there had been a band with that name. |
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they're still together, aren't they? |
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no idea... their existence, in the past, present or future was unkown to me, just til a couple of minutes ago. |
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completely mindless, but fun nonetheless. i used to love it, but haven't been been in a proper mosh for about 2 years. i used to judge how decent the pit was by how many bruises i had the next morning :s. my steel toe-cap doc martins used to do the job quite nicely :) used to get a lot of respect from the men too, as there were very few women that could give as good as they got. i preferred it heavy, but only if the crowd was considerate - it's really good to know that if you fall or get pushed to the ground people will help you up and not just trample on your head :s circle pits were a personal favourite - lethal but so much fun. nedless to say, i've calmed down a little :p |
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I haven't seen hide nor hair of the Surfers in years. Excellent live show and decent pit. Last show I saw they had 2 film projectors set up and one had a penis-reconstruction video (guy somehow got his wang stuck in a combine) with blunt cuts to this hot naked chick rolling around with a pillow and the other screen had an episode of charlie's angels playing upside down, backwards and in negative. I drank 12 oz of robitussin DM cough medicine and had a smashing time. Still have the concert t-shirt too- replete with pic of 2 headed baby. |
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it totally depends on the environment and audience, i find. when you're in a friendly audience, where people look out for each other, pick each other up and are generally not taking it seriously, its a blast! when its hardcore kids who have some fucked up idea about hurting people or have no idea of what they're doing, it sux and i generally just sit out. its funny - i started highshool in 1991, and i think that was a special time for moshing. when grunge got all that hype, it was instantly moshing at every show i went to. i saw mudhoney that year and it was absurd and fun. in a way though "moshing" actually became the normal way of dancing and having fun for alot of my peers. so even today folks will break into the mosh at jungle or breakcore shows here...but its all in fun, and mixed with alot of other ways of getting down. |
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Mosh pits where fun but a really good crowd surf was the shit tho. I was up like a minute or something at a Suicidal Tendencies gig once , it was crazy , i ended up so far away it took me about 15 minutes to find my friends again haha! |
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exterminate the moshers! |
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they're fun. |
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http://www.allinternel.com/gwvf/div.mpg (15 megs) http://www.allinternel.com/gwvf/nnj.mpg (10 megs) http://www.allinternel.com/gwvf/ngu.mpg (22 megs) fuckin' mosh material |
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At the risk of sounding 70/gay, why would you want to get hurt while listening to music. BOOOOO |
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moshpits are just stupid and it's just an excuse to hurt people. |
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i have a friend who was at a muse gig, and she got punched hard in the belly by another girl for no reason - she fainted, and had to be taken out to the infirmary... when she came back to life a few minutes later, she went back to the concert though... she lost stuff in this gig too (a coat and something else, i don't remember what). but she says she enjoyed the gig in spite of that. i don't know, i'm a bit worried = / i've never been to a gig, i'm going in a few days... |
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that's awful. it's ridiculous that people hurt each other at concerts - i've seen/heard about my share of horror stories. what concert are you attending? |
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as much as i love live music, its usually the people watching that affect the mood. i've been to lots of heavy metal shows...sepultura, prong, pantera, slayer, morbid angel, prophecy, living sacrifice, hatebreed, meshuggah, etc. i've been in some pits. dancing in circles is fun... having to worry about the 300 pound, bald, nazi with chains wrapped around his fists.. is not fun. about moshpits. its a fun way to get into the music, but like everything else in the world... people ruin it. |
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