Boston police cracking down on "slam dancing"

[Russtopher]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...amp_down_on_slam_dancing/?p1=Well_Local_Links

Add slam dancing to activities banned in Boston.

Police recently cited a city club for allowing violent mosh pit dancing and vowed a crackdown on what they called "dangerous behavior" and a "public safety hazard."

The Boston Herald (http://bit.ly/wNguyU) reports that police cited the House of Blues for a license violation because of a mosh pit that broke out during a Feb. 21 show by Flogging Molly.

Police say 60 concertgoers engaged in the violent dance.

Police say the dance violated safety rules and the club was cited because security did not intervene. The club has agreed to put up signs that says mosh pits are banned.

Brian Fair, vocalist for Boston band Shadows Fall, called the clampdown "ridiculous." Musicians say slam dancing is part of the metal and hardcore culture.

I can't say I'm a fan of pits, never have been, but they've been around for decades. There's sort of an acknowledged agreement that if you want to wail around, then you head to the pit - and if you don't, you stay away, and that's that.

 

[Sloan]

one of my grindcore bros just recently moved to boston, damn. i thought the cops vs party situation was bad in chattanooga, but whatever. i was playing a punk show 2 years ago during our punkfest thing and 16 fucking cops came in looking for a reason to shut it down, luckily they left and didn't bother us the rest of the weekend.

 

[Skinny Viking]

last time cops came to one of our gigs, they ended up making requests

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Dumb.

Although I have been to shows where some dick head was kicking small girls (who were trying not to be in the pit) in the head with steel toes.

But he was going out of his way to be a cock nobbing butt hole. Would have loved to see that prick go to jail for a night because it was 100% obvious he was just there to try to start some shit.

 

[schwinginbatman]

Dumb.

Although I have been to shows where some dick head was kicking small girls (who were trying not to be in the pit) in the head with steel toes.

But he was going out of his way to be a cock nobbing butt hole. Would have loved to see that prick go to jail for a night because it was 100% obvious he was just there to try to start some shit.

I hate guys like that. One show I went to, some emo prick and his girlfriend went into the pit, and he had the gall to attack people who bumped into him. He seriously was strangling some girl at one point.

But for the most part, the pits I've been to were filled with respectful people, quite a few who were smelly too.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Nice.

Anyhow, the article doesn't surprise me in the least. We are talking massholes here, and everyone knows they are better than you.