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My friends stayed at the tent for Metallica but I wanted to go see the show bc I like the black album.
Anyway I end up very close - - the pit forms by me and I keep trying to get away from it but it gets bigger and bigger.
This big guy starts pestering me - - I'm nice give him swigs of my vodka.. At one point he says I'm dancing "gay" (duh) and I need to headbang more.. Anyway
Same guy starts insisting I get in the pit - - he'd protect me. yeah right.
Well two songs til the end - - Seek and Destroy? When the muscleheads start going insane, the guy grabs me and tosses me in the pit!!
I immediately get planted on the ground.. I go to get up and I get hit again.. The nice ppl I was standing by drag me out and my arm was bleeding like crazy.
I wasn't mad tho.. can't get me mad at the Roo- -
It was kinda crappy to do to me but whatever I got the full experience I guess. The show kicked ass.
My arm is all skabbed up but its making for a neat story I suppose.
I used to get in the mosh pits a lot when I was younger now I would just rather enjoy the music. That sucks that the guy threw you in. From all of my expereances with mosh pits is that most of the people are really cool and will help you up when you fall but there is always a few a$$holes that just want to hurt people
I'm sorry you had a bad time there. I saw a pit form at the Metallica show where some guys threw down several women and one of them was an older women that I helped back up. None of these were willing participants. I got out of there and far away to enjoy the rest of the show. Mosh pits are stupid and ridiculous.
Post by strumntheguitar on Jun 18, 2008 9:59:32 GMT -5
That sucks dude. My brother went to a System of a Down concert once and somebody threw him in the pit and he got elbowed right in the face (couldn't tell if it was intentional or accidental really...) and knocked his glasses off. But then this huge guy that saw this happen immediately pushed everybody away, bent over and picked up my brother and his glasses and said "Sorry about my friend. He's an asshole" and then just turned away and started doing his thing.
So, not all moshers are bad I guess... but they're still not really my thing
There's definitely a mosh etiquette at metal shows, but since many people at Bonnaroo aren't necessarily part of the scene, they have no idea about how to act. Moshing is just about releasing energy in a violently non-violent way (if that makes sense). I was on the edge of a pit at an Opeth (Swedish death metal for those who have no idea who they are) show once and some dude elbowed me in the face. When the song was over he came over to me, apologized, and gave me a big hug. The odd thing is that I felt more love in the air at a death metal concert than I did during most of Bonnaroo this year.
its funny cause whenever the topic of mosh pits comes up, I always here things like "i got elbowed in the face and all my teeth were knocked out and i almost died choking on my own blood, but the dude said sorry and hugged me" i mean, so what he said sorry, who the hell wants to get elbowed in the face at a concert, or anywhere for that matter. eh whatever.
Yeah, but I could have moved if I didn't want to stand there. He didn't do it on purpose and wasn't being a jerk about it. I've been elbowed in the face plenty of times at shows and every time I could have definitely prevented it by moving two feet in any direction or standing on the other side of my boyfriend. I seriously don't mind people hitting me at concerts as long as the vibes are right. I was at a Sonic Youth show and people were slam dancing and what-not. Well, they were really just jumping around to be jerks is what they were doing. A girl looked me right in the face as she broke my toe (jumping up and down on a person's sandaled foot is really rude, peeps) and then laughed at me as I squealed in pain. I remember sticking my hand toward her face to push her. Someone said I flat out punched her. I hope that's what happened because she deserved it. It was not good times. Plus, the "moshing" at that show was totally inappropriate anyway. Moshing is more complicated than it looks and should be left to those have any idea as to what it really is.
Anyway I end up very close - - the pit forms by me and I keep trying to get away from it but it gets bigger and bigger.
you end up very close? was it magic? you didn't try to get close, it just happened? how could you not know that at a metallica show the closer you get to front of the stage the better chance you have of ending up in the pit? next time stay towards the back of the crowd.
yes i think it sucks that some idiot threw you in there. i always get annoyed when im standing towards the back of a crowd and some jackhole decides he wants to start a pit there. "hey moron, the pits that way!"
i don't get the whole mosh pit thing anymore. there once was a time when if you got knocked down in the pit everyone stopped and yanked you back on your feet. those days seem to be long gone. now pits are for guys that are still aren't over getting cut from their high school football team.
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Jun 18, 2008 12:39:51 GMT -5
I used to go to Ozzfest every year so the moshing doesnt bother me one bit, i was actually standing on the edge of the pit because thats where the best breathing room is and me being shorter i have a better view also
Post by blankaflip on Jun 18, 2008 17:03:52 GMT -5
Don't let this get thrown out of control either, everyone. If you're to watch the videos online of the metallica set, the "most pit" was probably about ten feet in diameter. Hardly a big pit, and totally easy to avoid. I was about three feet from it, and it was really maybe ten guys at the most bumping into each other. I actually have videos from it I recorded on my camera. I need to upload them!
Post by hibouxdufromage on Jun 18, 2008 17:39:01 GMT -5
The pit at Mastodon was bigger. I agree about some folks not knowing pit ettiquette. It's pretty simple: if you're a big dude you're a regulator, if you're small you can go crazy, but expect to be regulated if you're trying to hurt people. Some scrawny little dude was throwing fists at people in the pit, and he decked some guy right in the eye. He caught my elbow between his shoulderblades and went face-first into the dirt, I picked him up and told him "No more fists, or you'll be catching mine." He didn't punch anyone else.
1st there was more than one pit because when James Hetfield made reference to the pit during the show, he was not referring to the one I got tossed into - - he was referring to one either in the center or more to the right of the stage. He was not pointing in our direction. I was left of the stage towards VIP.
2nd I didn't seek out this pit - - It came to me. I kept trying to squeeze back into the crowd because it kept getting bigger and bigger.
I don't get why some people think that if you are gonna watch a show of this type you have some sort of responsibility to deal with this crap. The people around me were not happy about it either.. we spent more time watching the pit in defense mode than watching the show. (which really was a good show).
ALSO the guys were running around in circles and they'd 'bank' off the crowd around the pit.. most of whom were just trying to watch the show and were not willing participants.
So don't you go trying to make it my fault - - I just wanted to watch a freakin show.
Post by drumdemon44 on Jun 18, 2008 20:11:52 GMT -5
I have some killer video of the pits during metallica i shot , ill poat it on you tube soon and put the links up here ! The metallica set was AWESOME !!
I don't mind mosh pits. But when you start throwing people in who clearly don't want anything to do with it and running into people who are trying to get out of the way, it gets out of hand. Some guy got in my friends face, my friend told him to quack off, and he grabbed my friend's head and headbutted him. I will say, though, that most of the crowd at Metallica seemed pretty cool. Kanye was my least favorite crowd. Seemed like a bunch of suburbanite skater kids who came solely to see Kanye.
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My friends stayed at the tent for Metallica but I wanted to go see the show bc I like the black album.
Anyway I end up very close - - the pit forms by me and I keep trying to get away from it but it gets bigger and bigger.
This big guy starts pestering me - - I'm nice give him swigs of my vodka.. At one point he says I'm dancing "gay" (duh) and I need to headbang more.. Anyway
Same guy starts insisting I get in the pit - - he'd protect me. yeah right.
Well two songs til the end - - Seek and Destroy? When the muscleheads start going insane, the guy grabs me and tosses me in the pit!!
I immediately get planted on the ground.. I go to get up and I get hit again.. The nice ppl I was standing by drag me out and my arm was bleeding like crazy.
I wasn't mad tho.. can't get me mad at the Roo- -
It was kinda crappy to do to me but whatever I got the full experience I guess. The show kicked ass.
My arm is all skabbed up but its making for a neat story I suppose.
Ok one thing for those who aren't use to metal concerts... you have to realize the closer you get to the stage... the more potential energy there is. The fans expect a mosh pit there and so does Metallica themselves. They wouldn't have it any other way. It's a pure and prime way of expression... i thought Bonnaroo hippies understand free expression... and moshing is totally 100% expression.
I was a few people short of the mosh pit on the left stage... which was Metallica's right side if you were on stage facing out to the crowd. I though about jumping in the fire.... but I just wanted to sing with the songs and watch the guys play. I've moshed before... been there... done that. I just wasn't up for it that night.
But Metallica rocked Bonnaroo... way harder than I thought they would... they showed that it can really work. Thanks guys!
Post by CincyRooJF on Jun 18, 2008 21:39:22 GMT -5
Mosh pits may seem dumb to most of the people that normally go to Bonnaroo but they look AWSOME from the stage. There's nothing like looking at the sea of people and seeing that whole open up. It's really cool.
