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Moshing

SailSail
edited October 2008 in Everything Else
The first time I moshed was sometime around last June. I was at a benefit concert with local bands and when the ska and punk bands were playing there was a pit. I watched it for a few minutes before running in. All my friends thought I was crazy. Almost immediately I bounced off two people and fell on the ground, at which I probably would have tried to leave the pit. Fortunately, by the unwritten rules of pit etiquette I found out later, two guys lifted me up by each arm and threw me back into the mix. I have not since missed a chance to do any form of moshing. I continue to go back to the punk shows around here, most of which have relatively small but fun pits. I have yet to go to a large concert or metal show with a pit but I fully intend to.

Feel free to discuss "techniques", stories, ediquette, and also any forms of music appreciation that fall under the loose definition of "moshing" including skanking and hardcore dancing here.

Comments

  • VigaViga
    Never do it in sandals. T_T Otherwise DO IT!
  • CremlianCremlian
    Mosh pits are just an excuse for big dudes to crash into each other and possibly hurt someone. Also to cover up the fact they can't dance.

    Troll FTW.
  • gomidoggomidog
    edited October 2008
    A bunch dudes bumping into each other and not stopping for a good ten minutes.
    Meh, I'm kinda too flimsy to go mosh with people. I value my teeth and toes.
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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Never do it in sandals. T_T Otherwise DO IT!
    I made that mistake once. I saw At the Gates at the Palladium in Massachussets, and I wore sandals because I had no intention of going into the pit that night. Got a third of my right big toenail stomped off. Good times.
    Mosh pits are just an excuse for big dudes to crash into each other and possibly hurt someone. Also to cover up the fact they can't dance.
    And your point is?

    Also, hardcore dancing is not moshing. It's group idiocy. That is all.
  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Never do it when someone might be wearing these:

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  • gomidoggomidog
    edited October 2008
    Those are kinda a given at most shows, so I guess I'll take your advice. There is always the chance of enormous boots at a metal or punk concert.
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  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Those are kinda a given at most shows, so I guess I'll take your advice. There is always the chance of enormous boots at a metal or punk concert.
    Those have steel plates over the toes.
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    Mosh pits are just an excuse for big dudes to crash into each other and possibly hurt someone. Also to cover up the fact they can't dance.
    Umm... I am only 5' 2" and female.... I mosh and "I'M A WRESTLER!" ^_~
  • whateverwhatever
    Suburban Florida has no good punk shows. :(
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    Suburban Florida has no good punk shows. :(
    You shouldn't be moshing at a punk show anyway. Go to Tampa and see a metal show. Seriously dude.
  • SailSail
    edited October 2008
    Suburban Florida has no good punk shows. :(
    I guess I'm pretty lucky in that regard. We've got a pretty big punk scene with Descendents, Pennywise, Black Flag, 98 Mute, and Circle Jerks originating here, and those are just the bands that formed at my high school!
    You shouldn't be moshing at apunkshow anyway.
    Hey. Moshing started at punk shows.
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  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    edited October 2008
    Hey. Moshingstartedat punk shows.
    Current punk is not what punk used to be. If you want the really gritty feel of classic punk, the closest you can get is current metal and a few European punk groups.
    Post edited by Kate Monster on
  • SailSail
    edited October 2008
    Hey. Moshingstartedat punk shows.
    If you want the really gritty feel of classic punk, the closest you can get is current metal and a few European punk groups.
    Or see Rancid.



    Seems similarly "gritty" as many metal mosh pits I've seen. I'm not saying it's a majority, but there certainly is good punk moshing still going on. Though, I'm curious to the European punk groups you're talking about. Sounds like something I would want to check out.
    Post edited by Sail on
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    Current punk is not what punk used to be. If you want the really gritty feel of classic punk, the closest you can get is current metal and a few European punk groups.
    You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. There's more going on than what you see on tv.

    Anyway.

    I grew up in the L.A./O.C./San Bernardino punk scene, was in a punk band for 6 years, and I did plenty of moshing when I was younger. At some point, though, I guess when I started to get old, I lost my patience for all the assholes, and I started getting a little too rough. And when some dick would stage dive and land with his boots on my head, instead of taking it in stride, I'd pull him to the floor and "accidentally" kick him a few times. That was when I decided it was time to just stand in the back and watch the bands.

    That was a long time ago. I don't really go to shows anymore.
  • Kate MonsterKate Monster
    Current punk is not what punk used to be. If you want the really gritty feel of classic punk, the closest you can get is current metal and a few European punk groups.
    You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. There's more going on than what you see on tv.
    That was a long time ago. I don't really go to shows anymore.
    You don't go to shows anymore, but you somehow know better than others that a lot of new "punk" has pussed out? I am not saying that there isn't ANY punk that is still that intense, I am just saying that most new punk isn't.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    edited October 2008
    You don't go to shows anymore, but you somehow know better than others that a lot of new "punk" has pussed out?
    Fair enough, but I doubt things have changed that much in a couple years. Anyway, if you have to put quotes around it, it isn't punk to begin with. I won't deny that there are a lot of bands passing as punk that just aren't. But if you go to the clubs, the backyards, and the basements, you'll see where it's been hiding.

    I'm curious what your concept of "classic punk" is, when it was, what happened to it, and what few bands still live up to your standard.

    Also, I was rude in my first post, so I apologize.
    Post edited by Funfetus on
  • deltadavedeltadave
    Saw a Suicidal Tendencies show in LA. It was the only time that I was glad that I brought a mouthguard to a concert. More than a few people were dragged clear of the pit not under their own power.

    Have to agree that not a lot of punk now has the outright aggressiveness that characterized the genre in the past.
  • AndrewAndrew
    edited October 2008
    Am I doing it right?
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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Am I doing it right?
    No. No you are not.

    Actually, hardcore dancing, much like the popped collar, does have one advantage: it allows me to immediately identify the practitioner as a douchebag.
  • AndrewAndrew
    No. No you are not.
    You just fell for the trap.
  • AndrewAndrew
    Seems similarly "gritty" as many metal mosh pits I've seen. I'm not saying it's a majority, but there certainly is good punk moshing still going on. Though, I'm curious to the European punk groups you're talking about. Sounds like something I would want to check out.
    Shit, you want to see a real Wall of Death?
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Been in one of those once. It was fun, but I think that one time was enough for me. I'm getting too old for this.
  • whateverwhatever
    edited October 2008
    That was too awesome. What's the best Lamb of God album?
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  • SailSail
    edited October 2008
    What's the best Lamb of God album?
    I like Burn The Priest. But they're all good.
    Post edited by Sail on
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    That was too awesome. What's the best Lamb of God album?
    I always like As the Palaces Burn. I also don't listen to LoG anymore, so take that as you will.
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