Moshpits

[Bodylouseuk]

Moshpits, who likes them who hates them? Best pit you've been in.

Oh yeah, Bass Fellow, Chemistry is pure evil, you can keep your sp3 hybrids I won't say no more for fear of a dipole moment. I,ll see about a job thou' maybe chief taster, but you have to spit the beer out, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

 

[bRaTpRiNcEsS]

I can't stand moshpits. This is probably beacuse when I was 15, I was at my friend's house, standing outside, minding my own business, trying to down a nasty ass (warm) beer. The guys start their shit, next thing I know, I'm landing head-first into the side of the HOUSE. I couldn't move my neck for like 3 days, not to mention the HUGE headache I had. When I asked the asshole what he was thinking, he said oh I thought you were moshing with us. Oh, you mean by STANDING THERE AND NOT MOVING?!?! Same kid, three weeks later, goes to a Slayer concert and when I asked him how it was, he said I don't remember, I was in the pit the whole time, but my shoulder is killing me. I said what did you do to it? he said I don't know, I can't remember. Were you drunk? Nope, just got hit in the head that many times.

WHY DO YOU GUYS LIKE THIS??

I've seen so many injuries, it scares the living shit out of me. And, when I saw Metallica on Lollapalooza 96, I was stuck near one of the many pits, who kept lighting shit on fire. Security kept stomping the fires out, and finally got tired of it and came and shot everyone within 30 feet with a fire extinguisher. INCLUDING ME, harmless little ol' me. It hurt every time I tried to breathe (pesky habit of mine) for nearly a week. And try getting that shit off your Docs. It's not easy. Oh and that same night, this guy slammed into me and I was heading EYEBALL first into the fence around the sound boards, so the guy behind me grabbed my wrist and yanked UP as hard as he could, sprained the shit out of it. That's a fun story to tell at work. Especially since I was doing data entry at the time and had to call in for two days because I couldn't move my wrist, and therefore couldn't type for 8 hours.

When I saw Anthrax, I stayed in the back and was a few steps up from where the pit was and I kept watching them and all I could think was, that HAS to hurt.

I DON'T GET IT!!! I'M SURE IF I HAD A PENIS, IT WOULD MAKE PERFECT SENSE TO ME, BUT I DON'T, SO IT DOESN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's completely beyond me. Music has made me feel like breaking shit before, but I've never had the urge to cause bodily harm to someone else, (unless it was someone I knew who totally deserved it) and that is EXACTLY what I see happening every time I look at one. I avoid general admission like the plague now. If I can't get a reserved seat, if it's a place I know that will get too crazy, I stay home. If it's a place I know I can find a hiding spot in, that's what I do.

EVERYONE WHO JUMPS IN A PIT ON PURPOSE IS COMPLETELY INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Badatta2ud]

I went in a pit at the HOB in Chicago just to see what it was like, it took about 30 seconds for elbows to come flying at my face and guys swinging with the intention of doing some damage. I guess it's a good place to get your aggressions out if you feel the need, but first I would suggest doing it at a concert that you could care less about because your either into the pit or into the concert there really is no in-between.

I find a better rush getting and holding on to the front row. I've been there for the last five Chicago shows and there is just as much shit going on there as in the pit. I've had kidney punches, thumbs between my ribs, kicks in the shins, and even the occasional ball grabber. But to me their is no better place to be than having the best seat(fence) in the house.

So I say screw the pit and go for the front, just don't try to take my spot 'cause it's pretty painful getting an elbow to the chin.

 

[MindMorgue]

YEAH! Fucking moshpits rule!
ANTHRAX in hanley in 86/87 was my first pit the whole place just went crazy, and I mean the whole place, Excellent.
There not like that nowadays days though. Saw KREATOR recently, how many people in the pit? 6. Fucking 6. Pathetic.

Best pit ever was Xentrix and Sabbat at the derby assembly rooms. Though Sacred Reich and Sepultura at Nottingham was awesome (back when the Seps were good). Breaking my mates ribs at Misery Loves Company when we had a pit of 3 was amusing too. How we laughed about that.

Anyone who don't wanna mosh should stay at home and listen to the CD.


MindMorgue.

 

[ReededGoat]

Depends on the pit...I haven't moshed in quite some time (Anthrax and JP in Boston was the first show I've been to in quite some time), but I have both loved and hated pits in the past. Best pits I've ever been in, hands down, are at Fishbone shows...the band is really into it, and they always emphasize to the fans the brotherhood/sisterhood of the pit. Granted, there's always some asshole who starts throwing punches or getting way too violent, but I've seen pits oust those guys using their own techniques against them. I've been in pits I couldn't handle, cuz I like them to flow aggressively but smoothly, and plenty of times they're just a few pints of blood short of a fist fight. If I get in and can't take the heat, I get out. If I jump in and the water is just right, I hang till it gets ugly, or until the fat lady sings.
peace,
rg

 

[AngelWitch73]

I think moshing is stupid. It is something that should be done inside a cage (in the back of the venue somewhere) so those of us who wish to watch the band perform and do some headbanging don´t have morons smashing into us. I hate moshing. I am glad most of the shows I have attended are devoid of such behavior.

 

[gregthraX]

I remember that there used to be a certain level of respect inside the pit ( maybe thats just a southern thing). You were there to lay down some pain and see how much you could take. Nowadays w/ all these really young fuckers, you've got wild, violent punching and kicking that would make Jackie Chan proud!
Hey I try to hang....but goddamn I'm there more for the show and to scream my fuckin head off than I am to get a condition that'll leave me coughing up blood in the morning. The pit at the ATLANTA show was my kind 'o pit and then one extremely drunk kid w/ very bad facial hair came in kickin and punchin' and got knocked on his ass by the rest of the moshers. It was only about 9 ppl but it was good. I really hated that I cut my hair......I was headbangin, tryin' to whip my hair around and it wasn't there!
Ahhhh.....to be a long haired slacker again...........


But I never just ran up to a chick and knocked her into a wall.
Theres that whole " respect in the pit" deal again.

 

[MindMorgue]

Originally posted by gregthraX
I remember that there used to be a certain level of respect inside the pit ( maybe thats just a southern thing). You were there to lay down some pain and see how much you could take. Nowadays w/ all these really young fuckers, you've got wild, violent punching and kicking that would make Jackie Chan proud!
Hey I try to hang....

Yeah I'm with you there, theres a certain pit etiquette, like your not actually trying to hurt anyone, and if someone goes down you help 'em up. And no it's not just a southern thing

MindMorgue.

 

[gregthraX]

Good, I'm glad to know the respect is all over and not just retarded southern politeness. I've NEVER knocked someone down and not helped them up. And when the women come in voluntarily, i don't hold back if they seem into it. However, once a girl got thrown in and i saw her freakin' out and I took a kidney punch for her. That was a lesson on how to be a gentleman in the pit....for the young 'uns out there! Mindmorgue, your pic reminds me of the EVIL DEAD....even though i know that's not what it's from. It beats the shit outta my "angry smiley faced man"!

 

[bRaTpRiNcEsS]

Greg's onto me!! I'm so busted now!!

PENIS PENIS PENIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[one man stands]

I am not into pit's, but I gotta say the coolest one I have seen was at the Pledge of Allegiance Tour. Slipknot had those crazy motherfuckers doing some crazy shit, and when you could see it from above it was just insane.

 

[Stevo]

My last moshpit was at the Hordern Pavillion in Sydney some years ago (the folks in the US won't know of it -- it's a big indoor joint that gets really hot very quickly). Might have been Slayer or something... then again, Suicidals? Can't remember.

I was getting pummelled and I remember pushing myself backwards to get out of the pit area. It was so goddamn hot I started to black out -- you know, when your vision starts to blur and then goes yellowy-white? I had 4 mates come up and say g'day to me immediately after I exited and I couldn't recognise who they were. I just said... "yeah, g'day mate" and shook they hands. But, I guess you had to be there.

Now, I steer clear. Mainly because I tend to miss most of the show.

 

[Jeffasin]

About three years ago, I was going to an Anthrax show and my wife was giving me a whole bunch of shit about getting in the mosh pit. You're not a kid anymore, you can't afford to miss work, you have a family to support, you're gonna get hurt, blah, blah, blah...

I assured her that she didn't know what she was talking about and that I would not get hurt. The pits always look a lot worse than they actually are and aside from a few bruises and some aches and pains, I never got really hurt. Regardless, I told her I would take it easy.

She gave me a, "Don't you come crying to me if...." speech and I was off to the show (you ever notice how when you have kids you start sounding like your parents?).

POD was the opening act and I was in the pit with absolute abandon. I didn't really listen to POD, but thier pit was a fucking mad house. There was a guy there wearing a dress with pig tails who was right in the middle taking everybody on. I was having the time of my life, not once paying heed to my wife's warning when I got slammed into on my right side. My right arm was bent waaaaay back and I heard something rip. The pain was so intense, I started to black out. I fought my way out of the pit and headed up to the bar and began medicating myself with alcohol.
My buddy found me and I told him what happened. First he laughed at me then he asked me if I wanted to go to the hospital. I knew that something was really wrong with my arm. I knew I neede medical attention. I knew I would never hear the end of it. I told him no.

We stayed for the rest of the show and then went home. I didn't tell my wife about my injury. The pain was incredible for the first week, but I went to work and did everything I possibly could to keep it hidden. It was 18 days before I could begin to use my arm somewhat normally.

Fast forward 5 months ( I apologize for the length of this post). My wife was going to the Family Values show to see Rammstein and was asking me about a few of the other bands. This was when Limp Bizkit had just breleased Faith. I told her to stay back until Rammstein came out cause when Bizkit did Faith the place would go nuts. My wife was very petite and not pit saavy.

The next day, I noticed she was limping, but I didn't say anything. Over dinner she very sheepishly admitted that she tried to push her way to the front towards the end of the Bizkit set because Rammstein was coming on next. They did Faith and she got stepped on. She had a sprained ankle. She was very embarrassed and didn't want me to give her a hard time about it.

I thought now would be a perfect time to tell her about my injury. We could both laugh about it and it would make her feel better about her goof.

Instead, I said "I told you! I warned you about Limp Bizkit, but did you listen to me? NOoooo!" I was a sad, little man who enjoyed being right for once and didn't deserve his wife's love.

I'm single now, I still have problems with my right shoulder, and I still like to get into mosh pits.

Damn my penis.....

J

 

[Bass Fellow]

Ah Jeffasin, that tangled web we weave. Best mosh pit: The Necros (opened for The Misfits in the 80's) were having one of their weekly(LOL) house parties here. Everyone talking about having respect in the pit have hit the nail on the head. It was like love (bad metaphor but...)when it's right you just know it. Completely spontaneous, LOOKED scary as shit, everyone aggressive, bouncing, climbing, not sucker punching and jabbing. I'm not being a wimp, trust me it always had the possibility to get out of hand but that was also the thrill of it.(Wasn't known as moshing yet, here anyways)
Worst time in a pit: Harpos in Detroit SOWN tour. I'm a fairly big guy and could LOOK intimidating(wearing a lacrosse jersey probably didn't help). At some point in time I decided to get 'into the pit' and(I found out later that somebody had just gotten hurt pretty bad) started having at it. I get right up to the front of centerstage and out of left field this chick clotheslines me right in the adam's apple, me the nice guy. I'm fucking coughing and doubled over. I meagerly went away. If you used to of lived in Detroit bRaTpRiNcEsS I would have blamed you
So Tuesday I'll be on sidelines!

 

[MindMorgue]

Originally posted by gregthraX
Mindmorgue, your pic reminds me of the EVIL DEAD....even though i know that's not what it's from. It beats the shit outta my "angry smiley faced man"!

yeah EVIL DEAD rules! You're right thought the pic is not from that, just don't ask me what it is from cos I can't remember. It's easy to set up a custom avatar, all you need is a .jpg of 100x100 pixels or less.

MindMorgue.

 

[Bodylouseuk]

It looks like most people are for pits here. It's definitely more a bloke thing, tribal, like football teams, if your in the pit your a commrade, if you fall people clamber over themselves to help you up. Is it really possible to watch the likes of slayer without getting in the pit?, the energy you get from it is phenomenal. I have watched bands from half way back and to be honest its boring, you lose all that energy.Its hard to get into it when the guy to your lefts swigging his pint and the guy to your rights half way through a bag of crisps, while on stage the shout goes out to " RIP THIS PLACE UP" yeah right.

Take no notice of mindmorgue he stands at the back with earplugs in sipping from a hip flask cotaining cocoa, and when the band asks, is it loud enough for yer he replies, yes it is could you turn it down a couple of notches preety please. His avatar should be of a small kitten. Is the one he has now from Demonknight?

 

[Tristan]

Only one mosh for me,that was at a Slipknot concert my friend said "Dude,If you like Anthrax you'll like Slipknot"(But I see no real simlarties between Anthrax and Slipknot) Hmm..a mosh pit? ehh what the hell,I'll give it a shot.. 10 minutes later *SMACK!!* and 2 of my ribs were almost broken. It was fun though. Me and my friend had the best time..it was also the same concert that my friend had got a "fuck you!" from Slipknot's vocalist.

 

[Tranquillian]

Originally posted by AngelWitch73
I think moshing is stupid. It is something that should be done inside a cage (in the back of the venue somewhere) so those of us who wish to watch the band perform and do some headbanging don´t have morons smashing into us. I hate moshing. I am glad most of the shows I have attended are devoid of such behavior.

I agree.

 

[MindMorgue]

Originally posted by Bodylouseuk

Take no notice of mindmorgue he stands at the back with earplugs in sipping from a hip flask cotaining cocoa, and when the band asks, is it loud enough for yer he replies, yes it is could you turn it down a couple of notches preety please. His avatar should be of a small kitten. Is the one he has now from Demonknight?

Grrr, after I fattened your louse as well. you cheeky youing whipersnapper. Whens the next gig, I feel another rib-cracker coming on.

Yeah now you mention it, it may be demon knight.

MindMorgue.

 

[ThraxDude]

I prefer the "sidelines" myself. I like watching the show and headbanging.
Tom Araya said it best on Slayer's DECADE OF AGGRESSION: If anyone goes down, help 'em out. That's what we're all here for, to help each other out!
Mosh pits were made for getting into the music, not killing each other!!!!

-Thraude (fistbangingmaniac)