Mosh Pits, do ya dig?

[Guest]

I'm not normally a mosh pit sort of guy. I did go in a few while in high school. Anyways, tonight I went to this music gathering, and tons of bands were playing. One of the bands was like this mix of incubus and hard rock. There was this huge mosh pit.

I had vaporized a bit early. But I was just totally feeling the urge. I just went in there and had at it. To me, mosh pits just seem like a way for boys to be boys. To just wrestle and fuck around... it was weird... we would just be flying in circles while the song was just beginning, and right when a hard part of the song came up everyone just rushed and it was ON.

But then after the song, everyone would like chill and give high fives... it reminded me of fight club...

I was holding my own out there... I'm tall and muscular, but not huge like some of those cats. One dude was this huge mexican guy... he wore a raiders beanie and was in all black. I went at him and rammed my chest into him... and held my own. Damn that felt good. Sometimes I would just shoulder people... there was even this one dude... a biggish short dude...who just stood in the dead center of the pit, and held his own. I ran at him full strength with a shoulder and he kinda moved..haha.

Overall, it was awesome. I had to go in there 5 times or so... what a RELEASE!!! I was so out of breath after the 1st one. They need to start having mosh classes (gatherings) in the gym!

 

[Holdin']

At a Black Dahlia Murder show a couple years ago, some random punched me in the mouth then ran away... I chased after the little fucker but he ended up getting beat down by some other big mofo that he punched in the face before I could.

I don't mosh but I've gotten caught up in the mix a few times. I really do look down upon it, because I've seen a lot of people get hurt. But hey, just don't hurt me

 

[canaboid]

^^ dude tbdm fucking rule.....
i personally hate it because i go to show for the music and not getting kicked in the face by some staright edge (sXe as they liek to call themselves) with combat boots on. But if Im in, i have to some hxc dacnign for a while atleast, but toher that that i hate mosh pits and hXc dancing, im good with my headbanging

 

[Holdin']

^^ dude tbdm fucking rule.....
i personally hate it because i go to show for the music and not getting kicked in the face by some staright edge (sXe as they liek to call themselves) with combat boots on. But if Im in, i have to some hxc dacnign for a while atleast, but toher that that i hate mosh pits and hXc dancing, im good with my headbanging

Yeah brother. They're one of the few metal bands I still enjoy listening to. They're actually coming to a city near me in a few days. Fuck the sXe with they're combat boots. Another good thing about BDM is that they'll tell you how fucked up they are while they're playing... last time I saw them they proudly said that the NW has the best herb around. So, sXe douches are minimal.

 

[OzzBozz]

i moshed at a gorilla biscuits concert, that's pretty much it...


i like some circle pits, but hardcore dancing is wack

 

[NOKUY]

I used to alot when I was younger , but I'm old now (33)

ever see the "Agnostic Front" video for "live at CBGB" .....now thats a mosh pit (insane)

 

[buckeye-leaf]

mosh pits are fun and wild, a slayer pit can get really brutal.....best pit ive ever been in though was a pantera pit it was great!

 

[I Used To Grow]

I've been in the pit at a KoRn concert..holy shit man..that was insane..got knocked down during "Got The Life" and just said "Fuck this man, I'm outta here"

 

[Jam Master Jaco]

Mosh pits are fun, I don't get in them until about the second or third band though, gotta get pumped up. And FUCK the straightedge/"hardcore" kids. I can easily rant off about how gay they are with their hip hugger pants, comb overs, and hissy fit wannabe mosh style but they aren't worth it. God I hate them...

 

[sproutco]

Are they going to have a mosh pit at the icmag get together everyone is talking about? :smile:

 

[otis from OG]

rent "another state of mind" (a doc in the early 80's about social d. and other so. cal bands) and see if you can pick out otis during bad religion set.

 

[Guest]

lol i'll have to check that video out... yeah i saw a few people using their hands and kinda pushing above the chest a few times.. but in general in this mosh people were pretty cool. I guess we had a circle pit too... where you just kinda run to the music in a circle while the music is playing... people kinda push at you from the sides... and then you just go at it in the center all at once. the energy in that pit is amazing. I was so worked up... actually the 2nd time I jumped in, I felt so worked up after I got out.. more worked up than the hardest workout I've ever done. I'm not sure why...maybe all the adrenalin and stuff. After we left that stage, I was walking around totally confident... It felt great though... I really like getting into music from a physical angle...weather its hip hop dancing, or moshing... definitely like headbanging too.

 

[Guest]

i hate those emo/"hardcore" sons of bitches practicing their karate kicks and karate chops in pits,,, those douchebags really piss me off,

other wise, i love being in the pit @ grindcore/deathmetal shows... especially shows where moshers respect each other, and help each other up
it pisses me off when i see guys punching & shit on purpose, thats not cool..


im getting up there in age, so the last year or two i usually stand near the sides wiht my beer and watch the show, but for 16 years or so, i was in it bigtime, broken bones & bloody noses were common, i play bass in a local grindcore band, and usually our audiences (small they may be) are always cool wiht each other and really start up big circles

 

[Jam Master Jaco]

As silly as this sounds, there really is an artform to moshing. An artform that is completely ignored and destroyed by the emo kids. To mosh properly what I've learned is you aren't in the pit to push each other...but to push off each other so you keep the rythym going. Gotta have a good beat to mosh to, but once that beats kids going...

 

[Guest]

^true true,


i saw cattle decapitation again recently, and they tore the place up!
lots of energy flows at their shows and in their pits, great band, great fans in the pit!

 

[canaboid]

i hate those emo/"hardcore" sons of bitches practicing their karate kicks and karate chops in pits,,, those douchebags really piss me off,

other wise, i love being in the pit @ grindcore/deathmetal shows... especially shows where moshers respect each other, and help each other up
it pisses me off when i see guys punching & shit on purpose, thats not cool..


im getting up there in age, so the last year or two i usually stand near the sides wiht my beer and watch the show, but for 16 years or so, i was in it bigtime, broken bones & bloody noses were common, i play bass in a local grindcore band, and usually our audiences (small they may be) are always cool wiht each other and really start up big circles

dude exactly, at most death metal shows, the moshers respect each other and dont try to be dicks. i rmeeber at a cryptopsy show no one was doing hxc dancing trying to be invisible ninjas. There was a pit, but no lame spin kicks and karate chops.
Usualy when i go to shows im mad stoned so i just liek to rly enjoy the music when im there rather trying to ward of hxc kiddies

 

[fourtwentytrip]

Mosh pits are the shit!!! Just get out there and throw yourself around and push some random guys who will later be pissed off that you pushed them and now they arent having a good time at the concert . but if you aint moshing when the music requires that shit, then u aint enjoying the music anyway!!!