Mosh Pits

[Psychonaut]

Worst was Type O Negative. Bunch of skinheads in that one bent on just fucking people up. They were punching chicks in the face and really just wrecking anyone that got close. People on the fringe trying to bounce them back in got it particularly bad. The pit moved all over and the best thing to do was just stay the hell away from it.

Funniest thing was waaaay back on Entombed's Wolverine Blues tour. There was this HUGE dude there with metal studding up to his elbows. Halfway through the show, he suddenly sticks his arms out and starts spinning as fast as he can like a helicopter. People were flying all over the place. Took four bouncers to get him out the door.

 

[damnromulans]

i usually stay on the edges of the pit and just push people away.

Yeah. But it backfires because I am small and I get elbowed in the face or kicked in the crotch.

 

[SouthernTrendkill]

Entombed's Wolverine Blues tour.

Lucky!

 

[darksoldier]

Yeah. But it backfires because I am small and I get elbowed in the face or kicked in the crotch.

Now that'd hurt. Try getting booted in the nards by steel toe capped boots...
That happened to me once, and i'm not gonna tell you what happened afterwards

 

[damnromulans]

Yeah it sucks but I imagine it's way worse if you are male. Doesn't compare to that time I fell crotchfirst onto ice skates.

The worst pit injury I sustained was very minor. Someone got too excited and roundhouse kicked me in the face. Bit my lip hard and got a pretty gross nosebleed. Cut lip turned into canker sores.

 

[Viking Josh]

Every pit I've been in nothing bad has happened. No one did that gay ass pseudo kung fu crap. Just the classic everyone slamming their bodies together and picking up those who fall so they don't trampled.

 

[Badbird]

I find them pretty gay tbh.

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[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I used to like moshing when I was young and dumb. I hate that shit now, and it has gotten a lot worse with all the slam dancing faggotry going on. Stage divers and crowd surfers especially piss me off. When I saw Black Dahlia Murder this fuck flew off the stage and mid-air headbutted me as I was standing there watching the show. I had a borderline concussion, and the only good thing was I remember looking down at his bitch ass and he was knocked out cold.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Pitting is fun from time to time but I'll only pit for a few songs. However, I'll be pitting a ton at MDF. Lots of power violence

 

[damnromulans]

Stage diving and crowd surfing are not fun and only result in people getting hurt/dropping the diver/surfer.

 

[Srontgorrth]

Mosh pits are generally fucking irritating. Generally at a show I'm right in the front, but as soon as a mosh pit starts then pummeling and idiots running into me goes on without end, and sometimes I lose my space. For some bands its obviously appropriate, but they shouldn't interfere with other peoples enjoyment of the show.

Anyways, the coolest/best experience was probably when everyone pretty much everyone was moshing to Bone Awl, it was sweaty, primitive and fucking awesome.

I haven't had any terrible experiences, but some idiot at Cattle Decapitation on Saturday had spikey arm bands and my arm got scraped up, and I wasn't even moshing

 

[Episteme]

I'm not sure. I'm abit impartial to moshpits. They exist purely because of the intensity of metal. I'm usually headbanging along the edges, pushing people who bump into me and helping up the dudes who fall down.

No one likes to get hit or kicked in the face, but I don't see why you should be complaining because you're stepping into a "dancefloor" for music that is meant to be intense and almost violent. It's only beyond fucking retarded when people pick fights within the pit for no reason.

Funniest I've seen was this kid who was holding a jug of beer along the edges where the violence would start, while watching Decapitated. A violent mosh started and this guy's jug of beer got knocked out of his hand. He was pissed off and looked a little sad. I felt like telling him, that if he wanted to drink without being pushed around he could've stood a little further back where the pit wouldn't be.

 

[damnromulans]

People who bring glass bottles into mosh pits are fools. I saw someone get literally thrown out of a venue once for smashing a bottle intentionally in the middle of the floor. He was so wasted he started headbutting a lamppost and screaming "I'LL BREAK ANOTHER BOTTLE AND SHIIIIIT!" at the police. Dumbass got TASERED!!!!!

 

[Episteme]

Haha, what a fucking idiot! Most of it not all jugs used for beer in Australia are made out of plastic. I think they're also starting to provide all venues with plastic "glassware" because of several glassing incidents over here.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

Some funny moshers I have seen:
A biker chick in her 40's
A 90 lb. cross-dressing goth (literally, he was wearing a dress)
An obese black boy (yes, BOY. He looked no older than 11)
A mexican dude who looked like he came fresh out of the temp service (button down plaid shirt, random logo hat, moustache, curly mullet)

 

[thesushi]

yeah i must agree moshing does get a little out of hand...the best is the classic mosh where people just bang into eachother and shove around...

 

[IntoPhagist]

Moshing is the gay, I really don't like getting hurt lol so I stay away. Stay in front and headbang/sing FTW.

 

[damnromulans]

Even worse than bottle-breakers are sweaty guys who take their shirts off and those dudes who protectively guard their girlfriends to the point of absurdity in the middle of the floor

 

[thesushi]

also the guys who jumo in the middle wearing those spiky bands and keep swinging their hands in all driections.. lol funny to watch...but classic mosh is the best

 

[waif]

those dudes who protectively guard their girlfriends to the point of absurdity in the middle of the floor

I saw one of these singlehandedly turn a KSE pit into an all-out brawl with people dropping surfers and fighting all over the place. It would have been more hilarious if I hadn't been on the barrier trying to get out.