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Yeah, I've taken donkey kicks to chest and full blown punches to the face. The craziest crowd I have ever been a part of is and will forever be at Agnostic Front. Only one other friend of mine has ever seen them and oddly enough we both went by ourselves to different shows. But, it was the craziest thing I've ever seen, it was basically just a 30 man fist fight. After making it out of that one alive, though severely beaten, I now believe I can take on any pit. FIDLAR at Shaky Knees a few weeks ago was pretty crazy, but it was a punk show, so everyone was nice and looking out for each other. The fact that Slayer is at Roo makes me think it won't be TOO crazy but it's still a Slayer show. Also, on the topic of roo pits, Death Grips in 2013 was absolutely ridiculous too!
Crazy pits?!?! cdevaney is right about very early 90's being a different era. In 92 or 93 I saw Sepultura open for Helmet opening for Ministry and I've never been to a show where there were more people being carted out on stretchers. A very close second place goes to Suicidal touring Lights, Camera, Revolution opening for Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual. Another fantastic magical pit moment was during Mr. Bungle touring California and there was this gaint ass-hole who would stand on the edge of the pit then run through it with his arms spread out clothes-lining swaths of people until he got a bottle broke over his head, hit the ground and proceeded to get the shit stomped out of him until security intervened and dragged him to safety (i.e. threw him out of the club). As far as I've seen pits like those don't happen at Bonnaroo but Death Grips was close & I loved it! I might be wrong but I think the majority of people at Slayer will be lookey-loos curious about what the hype is about and most of which will leave well before their set ends. Myself I'll be standing at the edge of the pit watching the band & shoving folks back in and occasionally getting shoved in myself then flowing with those "violent" currents until I can make my way to the edge again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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My favorite thing about pits back in the days when my body was up to the task that it was a great way to go from the back of the crowd to the front. Then you hopped out and were right on the rail. Of course then you'd end up getting bruised by people ramming into you or trying to pull into the rail or kicked in the head by crowd surfers on their way to being recycled by security. Still, aside from that, a great spot.
I think that the wettest show I ever attended was a homecoming show for the Goo Goo Dolls back in 04. They played on the steps of City Hall and it was just pissing out by the end of the set. They were filming it for a DVD and I read that there was something like fifteen cameras filming the thing and they all died at some point or another but they always had at least one running. I was on a curb, luckily, because the street right in front of me was flooded to the point where I was in an inch or so of water. The people in front of me must have been mid-shin.
Anyways, it was a fun show even if the band was a pretty different animal than the one I fell in love with in high school fifteen years before. The rain definitely made it an experience. This was right near the end of the show:
I bought some black rain boots from Academy sports for $12 today. I'm preparing for rain at roo. It hasn't brought me down one bit. I just dread the idea of rain and then the sun coming out and it being that swampy muggy humidity that the south is known for.
I practiced setting up my equipment yesterday after work in the muggy weather. Afterwards, I set on the couch and guzzled a full bottle of water and was very thankful I'd lost almost 20lbs since roo last year or else I might heat stroke out this year.
A really good way to break it down... Punk pits are just all around fun, metal pits can be violent but are more just big guys running around slamming into eachother which doesn't work well when u are much smaller than said guys, and hardcore pits are just straight up violent... Some of the crazier pits I have been In were back in the mid to late 90s hatebreed pits when they were still a local CT band... I would never go in those now... Went to hardcore fest in philly last year and I am imbarrased to say that I was super intimidated by it... Wanted to dance, but just couldn't bring myself to jump in...
Post by Fozzie Bear on May 30, 2015 20:37:24 GMT -5
So I'm trying out the canopy only set-up this year. What's the best way to stake my canopy in the ground so that it doesn't go flying away if a bad storm comes through?
So I'm trying out the canopy only set-up this year. What's the best way to stake my canopy in the ground so that it doesn't go flying away if a bad storm comes through?
So I'm trying out the canopy only set-up this year. What's the best way to stake my canopy in the ground so that it doesn't go flying away if a bad storm comes through?
Very carefully
I'd use your guylines and also stake down the frame itself. (They usually have a hole in the feet of the frame for the thin metal stakes.)
Does your canopy have legs with flat flanges at the bottom with a hole through it? If so get the big aluminum tent stakes with the plastic thing at the top. If it comes with the skinny bent metal stake don't use those. Stake down all four corners and hammer the stakes in at an angle. It will make them hard to pull out when you take it down, but your canopy won't fly like a kite, or tumble like a tumblin' tumbleweed as they usually do.
Does your canopy have flat flanges at the bottom with a hole through it? If so get the big aluminum tent stakes with the plastic thing at the top. If it comes with the skinny bent metal stake don't use those. Stake down all four corners and hammer the stakes in at an angle. It will make them hard to drive out, but your canopy won't fly like a kite, or tumble like a tumblin' tumbleweed as they usually do.
Like these: (seen recently at my Walmart)
Coleman makes some that are green instead of orange too.
Something I learned is never crowd surf at a show where mosh pits are a guarantee. 19 y.o. thought it'd be an easy way to get rail for sevendust (which was my favorite band back then). Getting dropped into a pit absolutely sucks. Now I can bench press what I weighed back then plus 50%, so I just stay out of them and don't surf anymore =x
Several years ago, there was this one kid that kept on deliberately elbowing in the kidney when I got caught on the edge of a pit and was staying out of. I watched him for a song and it was obvious I was one of several ppl he was doing this to, including a few girls. I shoved him the next time he was around and his head went stumbling a good 10 ft into the knees of other ppl moshing, his friends had to get him cuz he was out cold. Definitely are unwritten rules about ppl on the edge of pits.
Post by monkybunney on May 31, 2015 1:03:42 GMT -5
The prospect of rain has me a bit antsy this year. I'm going to have to find that thread about water proofing your tent & rolling up a tarp under your tent (the year I tried that the water didn't roll off the sides of the tarp but collected in the middle of it flooding my tent). I'm definitely upgrading my tent stakes from the factory standard to the heavy duty style ones. The years I've camped in TO the rain came down on sunday night / monday morning and my shit was soaked when I packed up, my attitude was "Oh well. Time to go anyway." It's looking like this year getting soaked may be an issue early in the weekend. Advice is welcome!
Last year at Ty Segall, i was taking a break along the edge of a mosh pit. and i noticed the kid beside me was standing sideways, using his elbow to ward off stumbling moshers. I forcefully tucked his elbow back to his side, I clearly illustrated that he should lower his center of gravity by bending his knees, feet shoulder length apart or more,, and use his shoulder to bump people as they whirled by. He agreed that this was a much safer, and less dangerous approach, and thanked me for the valuable lesson in pit etiquette.
Post by cantelope91 on May 31, 2015 8:46:37 GMT -5
I really didn't want to pack for a rainy roo. If we're getting rain in the beginning of the weekend I'm debating delaying the setup of my tent and just using my cot. My friends actually slept (passed out) in the van last year so I was the only one who used the tent anyway.
I just like the privacy of the tent for when I'm changing, but I don't want it flooded.
So I'm trying out the canopy only set-up this year. What's the best way to stake my canopy in the ground so that it doesn't go flying away if a bad storm comes through?
I do canopy only too and I don't even mess with stakes. I take 4 empty milk jugs, fill them up with water, then zip tie them to the canopy legs
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So I'm trying out the canopy only set-up this year. What's the best way to stake my canopy in the ground so that it doesn't go flying away if a bad storm comes through?
I do canopy only too and I don't even mess with stakes. I take 4 empty milk jugs, fill them up with water, then zip tie them to the canopy legs
So I'm trying out the canopy only set-up this year. What's the best way to stake my canopy in the ground so that it doesn't go flying away if a bad storm comes through?
I do canopy only too and I don't even mess with stakes. I take 4 empty milk jugs, fill them up with water, then zip tie them to the canopy legs
Wow, that's genius. Where do you loop the zip tie through the jug so that the water doesn't run out?
So pretty much, we may get a couple of showers at this point. That's what numbers like this usually mean around here. If the percentages keep climbing, then it'll be an issue.
Does your canopy have flat flanges at the bottom with a hole through it? If so get the big aluminum tent stakes with the plastic thing at the top. If it comes with the skinny bent metal stake don't use those. Stake down all four corners and hammer the stakes in at an angle. It will make them hard to drive out, but your canopy won't fly like a kite, or tumble like a tumblin' tumbleweed as they usually do.
Like these: (seen recently at my Walmart)
Coleman makes some that are green instead of orange too.
You do NOT want these that often come included:
This post came to mind yesterday when i was at the store and I picked up some fancy ones that are coleman. I had the cheap ones last year and they held down the tent just fine but I with the weather, I wanted something that would go deeper and keep my tent in place.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to tag along is more than welcome.
