OT: Crowd-surfing.

[Nitronium Blood]

"Hey Opeth are right in front of us playing awesome music... but NO! LET'S BE FUCKHEAD CARAVAN-TRASH AND CROWD SURF AND PUSH AND SHOVE AND CRUSH PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE METAL PIRATES AND BEING ON THE DOLE RULES, YAAAARRRR!!!!"

Crowd-surfers and the bogans of Perth, I hate you. You are scum. Please die.

Thank you.

 

[Lopes]

Do what I do and launch them towards an area where the crowd is thin, hitting the floor hard tends to make them think twice about crowd surfing, and if multiple people start getting tossed to the ground, the crowd surfers get the idea that this isn't best night to fuck around.

 

[Nebulous]

Yeah, that shit just doesn't seem to be appropriate at an Opeth gig. It's more the type of gig you go to, find your own space, sip on wine (or scull bottles of bourbon and cola) and quietly thrash to any heavy part whilst taking a few much needed breaths during the softer parts.
Damn Opeth could be prissy if they weren't so awsome lol. Can't wait to see them on Sunday.

 

[J the TyranT]

I used to do that shit when I was like 16 or something... lol... that's fuckin funny.

 

[~BURNY~]

Pinch their balls... 'il it bleeds.
If you get into trouble with them, then pretend to be a "crowd shark".

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

LMAO !!! Or a crab

 

[Garfo]

Haha, crowd surfers and me don't mix. I'm not strong enough to keep their overwieght flabby bodies afloat. Last time I was at a Metal festival in Wacken, this dude came over the top when I was watching 'Testament', as usual way to heavy, so I just dropped him on his head. I mean, it's not as if I meant to do it .

Garfo.

 

[Ermz]

I hate crowd surfers. Essentially ruined the Bodom gig for me. The trick is to powerslam them into the ground whilst the security isn't looking. I'm so sick of those scum.

Thankfully when I saw Opeth, there was none of that. Still, I'm not sure whether I have the fortitude to be up against the railing any more. The idiots at gigs piss me off way too much.

 

[J the TyranT]

What about the chick crowd surfers that just get totally molested and groped? I mean, they know its gonna happen... so, they cant be pissed when it does... but, it IS a weird thing to happen.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

I have mixed feelings about crowdsurfers. I usually hate them when I'm in the crowd myself, but when I'm onstage I love it when people do it.

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

ALthough I pretty much agree with everything said here Ive just toured with a band whos singer took a dive at least once a night. I think the record was 4 times in a show including twice off 25ft speaker stacks.

I and he realise the danger of this and he always made sure everyone was ok afterwards.

In this case it was part of the show and the crowds loved it!

 

[kev]

What about the chick crowd surfers that just get totally molested and groped? I mean, they know its gonna happen... so, they cant be pissed when it does... but, it IS a weird thing to happen.

haha, SSsssh.

 

[Kenneth R.]

I'll be the first to say that I think its cool if people get into the music that way. Everybody's got their thing and crowd surfing has been around for ages. As long as people aren't swinging fists or karate kicks i'm cool with whatever they do. As a musician myself, I do think it rocks when people are going nuts at your gig, and as a fan, there are a bunch of reasons to do it. Maybe they're in need of the pisser or the bar, or some fresh air, what better way to get out of the crowd than over it? i'd rather throw a dude over my head than have them push and shove their way through. Maybe they're a drunk idiot. In that case I'd be happy to help remove them . I seriously don't see the big stink a lot of people seem to make about it. Its not like you don't get warned that somebody's coming from the security guys in the front who wave and point. As long as you're at least partially conscious it's easy to avoid getting kicked in the face.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I'll be the first to say that I think its cool if people get into the music that way. Everybody's got their thing and crowd surfing has been around for ages. As long as people aren't swinging fists or karate kicks i'm cool with whatever they do. As a musician myself, I do think it rocks when people are going nuts at your gig, and as a fan, there are a bunch of reasons to do it. Maybe they're in need of the pisser or the bar, or some fresh air, what better way to get out of the crowd than over it? i'd rather throw a dude over my head than have them push and shove their way through. Maybe they're a drunk idiot. In that case I'd be happy to help remove them . I seriously don't see the big stink a lot of people seem to make about it. Its not like you don't get warned that somebody's coming from the security guys in the front who wave and point. As long as you're at least partially conscious it's easy to avoid getting kicked in the face.

+1

The rest of you haters are PUSSIES!!!

 

[cornerarea]

+1

^what they said.

Stop bitchin'

 

[STINNETT]

I don't get too pissed about crowd surfers.
There was a half naked female crowd surfer at an Impaled concert in St Louis one time and I got to squeeze some titties.

Anyway...
What pisses me off are the hardcore dancing types. I was watching Opeth a couple months back and this dude in front of me started flailing and spinning around and shit. I think they were playing The Grand Conjuration or something... A few people took a couple of good shots and you could see the look on their faces..."Do I do it with him?...it just doesn't feel right at an Opeth show...." I am a pretty large dude, so I decided to step in. I just grabbed him from behind and put him in a big bear hug until he decided to be still. Then he turned around like he wanted to start a fight, but everybody around me was clearly on my side so you had that akward hesitation...Then he just left. It was a hilarious situation.
I hate hardcore dancing. Especially at a show that is as far from hardcore you can get.

 

[Kenneth R.]

agreed. if you're going to flail about and whack people with your stupidity at least do it at home. by comparison crowd surfing is nothing to get worked up about

 

[J the TyranT]

Hardcore dancers should be kicked in the chest.

 

[Lopes]

Hardcore dancers should be kicked in the chest.

Something that a friend of mine did at a Nevermore show a couple of years ago in Hollywood at the Knitting Factory. It was during the band that went on right before Lamb of God, and my friend likes to mosh but a bunch of little punks were doing their spin kick bullshit and clipped him.

That was a big mistake because my friend is a black belt in Tae Kwon Doe and just likes to fight, so he just jacks the guy up and they hit the ground with my friend still socking him in the skull. Needless to say, a near riot breaks out with us throwing hardcore kids around like they're rag dolls.

Good times.

 

[SPLASTiK]

All I want to say is...

If you've seen the S.O.D. - Live at the Budakon video, you can't help but feel sorry for the people in the beginning.