Ever been in a Moshpit?
By benks420
@benks420 (215)
Canada
January 13, 2007 8:21pm CST
I've been to a lot of shows Have you ever been in a moshpit? Do you have any good stories?
It was my second time seeing the Dillinger Escape Plan and it was in a small comedy club and the moshpit was intense. Part way through, at a part when there was no voclas, the singer came down off the stage into the moshpit with a torch and I belive alchohol in his mouth and he was blowing flames upwards that were about 2 meters tall. It was pretty wicked, and added so much to the moshpit. It was pretty cool how having fire in a moshpit felt like it was saposed to be there.
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@Violette13 (1048)
• United States
14 Jan 07
The best pit i have ever been in would have to be this show that had Pantera, Anthrax and Coal Chamber. That was the first pit i ever got into. Usually though i avoid the pit, i'm the girl up front squished between the crowd and the barricade. Always front row, to the right side of the stage, Kerry King and Beefcakes sides.. ;D
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@Violette13 (1048)
• United States
15 Jan 07
I got some bruised ribs from a Slayer show once, but it was worth it. That and freezing your butt off after a Gwar show, that's always fun.
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
14 Jan 07
The one time that i ended up in a moshpit (yes, in my heavy metal listening days, which are long over*laugh* Not that I don't still enjoy hard rock occasionally.. there's nothing wrong with it! I love all types of music!^_^ ) I lost my glasses. lol! I was just very lucky taht someone foudn them and placed them where they didn't get stepped on or broken*laugh*^_^
@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
6 Feb 07
That does sound really cool!
I went to an ICP concert nearly 10 years ago or so in Indianopolis and was in the pit then. My husband - then boyfriend was doing his very best to protect me from getting hurt. It was sweet. We ended up leaving with a couple of empty Faygo bottles they threw. And a couple of knots on our heads too from getting hit from them! lol We had a fantastic time. We ended up going to another concert a couple of years after that in Lousiville but we took our brother-in-law with us and I had to stand in the back. We still had a great time though.
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@benks420 (215)
• Canada
7 Feb 07
haha Thats pretty cool. I've went to shows with people that were smaller than me, and girls, and I would always watch out for them, make sure they're ok haha. I'm waiting for a good show to come up where I can bring my girlfriend because I'm sure she would enjoy it. Shes not too into the music scene but she still enjoys it and enjoys listening to it. I think she will be a bit scared, but I'll help her through it haha.
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I bet she will have a great time. She'll appericate the 'protection' too. ENJOY!
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@xkaraix (595)
• Australia
14 Jan 07
Yes I have and the first time was so scary! :D I went to see a local band called Bodyjar but the headline band was Unwritten Law and those fans were CRAZY! I was so bruised the next day but it was a lot of fun.
I love how everyone kinda moves together in moshpits and bigger people will generally let the smaller people in front of them. Its a good atmosphere... worth the bruises.
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@benks420 (215)
• Canada
14 Jan 07
Yeah I definately agreee there is a good atmoshphere, and the brusises are totally worth it hahaha. I noticed that if you fall down, there are 4 or 5 people instantly reaching down to try and help you up. Its good cause it shows that everyone is out there just to have a good time. They don't want anyone to get hurt just as much as you do. But there can be idiots. I've seen a huge guy doing a windmill with his arms go into a crowd of people. I thought that was a bit un-called for, hahaha.
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@jajatisalgoe (646)
• Belgium
14 Jan 07
I've been it for some times, unluckily most of the times or when I was drunk. At festivals it always happens, so that was the case with the Pixies or The Artic Monkeys, while I didn't really expect, but yeah on festivals with somehow loud music it always happens which is sometimes, sometimes it's not. :)
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@strawberrymudd (330)
• United States
14 Jan 07
yes! it was, surprisingly, at a few outdoor Christian music festivals. :-)
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@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
14 Jan 07
nope wouldn't want to be in one either. I go to concerts to enjoy the show, not to be thrown around by the audience.
@benks420 (215)
• Canada
15 Jan 07
Its a lot of fun, it really is. You just gotta watch out for yourself and the people around you. Although Sitting back and enjoying the show would be nice, I would rather be in the moshpits, at least for a few songs. If I like the band and I think they would be a good band to mosh to then I would have to mosh for sure, but other bands I'd rather sit back and watch, like the bands that arn't meant for moshpits haha. They have to be good to get a good moshpit going.
@Eisenherz (2908)
• Portugal
25 Jan 07
I'm not really a big fan of moshpits and have the tendecy to avoid getting into them, unless I'm as drunk as a sailor. The main reaosn why I don't like them is that it simply distracts the audience from the primary reason as to why they've come to the show, to watch a certain band performing and not get fighting along with a bunch of people that you know from nowehere.
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@benks420 (215)
• Canada
6 Feb 07
Yeah I agree, sometimes I do like to just sit back and watch the band. I'll usually try and do both. For most of the songs go in the moshpit then for a select few I'll stand just outside of the pit and watch the band. But I know a lot of people that go to shows just for the moshpits. Sometimes they will go even if its not a band they like just because they want to mosh. You're not really fighting with people. Its more about just moving around to the music. You just tend to bump into people, or people bump into you. But some people are idiots and like to throw fists and elbows and some people do it accidently. Also when you fall down, theres at least 5 people reaching down to pick you up. So its easy to see that people do care and understand that its dangerous, and they would expect the same thing if they were to fall down.
@benks420 (215)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
Yeah 43% Burnt is a good song. They played that both times when they were in Kingston. I love Dillinger Shows, they're always really intense and its wicked watching the band because they're all insanely good and fast.I havn't seen a guitarest that can match up to either one of thoes two.
@randomosity_prevails (1112)
•
8 Feb 07
I'm never going to forget the first time I went in a moshpit. It was Leeds Festival, a few years ago, either 2002 or 2003. Finch were playing, we thought that no-one else would want to be in the pit, so we made our way to the front. Unfortunately for us, Finch had more fans than we had orignally thought, and it was amazingly chaotic. I lost count of the times I couldn't breathe because people were crushing me, how I was lifted off the floor by the crowd, bottles whizzing by my head... Best experience ever :)
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@hitzphillygirl (1235)
• United States
8 Feb 07
No. But being in the crowd at a Hanson concert is pretty much the same thing.
