
Damn, I'm geeting old... We was at the "Pagan Fest" in Bochum last friday - an 8 hour heavy metal concert. After several dives into the mosh pit and one 'wall of death' (look @youtube to see the sheer lunacy


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crystalswolf wrote:Don't feel so bad. My friends went to a Metallica concert in their early twenties and the only thing they could say after their experience with the mosh pits and youngins was "We're too old for this s**t!" LOL If you were able to get through part of it @ 36 you did better than a couple of twenty-somethings!
Kotik wrote:...They were good for defense in the mosh pit...
crystalswolf wrote:Kotik wrote:...They were good for defense in the mosh pit...
I just have the image of several people with a bootprint on their rear!
crystalswolf wrote:Mosh pits are usually the front center of a Rock-Metal concert where everyone head-bangs and bumps into each other to the music. It can be very chaotic and I've noticed in the youtubes they've become a bit more organized (if you can call it that) than what I remember. It used to just come about with a few bumping into others and then more join in. In the youtubes it seems like they organize it with two sides that collide into each other as though some theatrical war.
Kotik wrote:The colliding into each other from two sides is called the 'wall of death'. It's pretty dangerous and brutal, but survivable if people play by the rules. Basically a mosh pit/wall of death has some important rules, like you immediately help a fallen mosher to his feet to avoid him being trampled to death and adherence to these rules is violently enforced. If you ignore a fallen mosher, they'll beat you up on the spot. Also those wanna-be Bruce Lee's, who spinkick around in a mosh-pit are usually beaten unconcious/helpless in a matter of seconds. It's no kid's game and you seldomly get away without some bruises, but serious injuries are usually only inflicted by people, who ignore the rules. I've seen a few bloodied people on friday, but it was comparatively civilized - unfortunately only after we rendered the 5 spinkickers, who deliberately injured other people - fit for extended stay in hospital. After they were gone, things went fine.
crystalswolf wrote:Thanks for the info. I wondered about that from the youtube videos. Ah, the evolution of moshing. I wonder what's next after the "wall of death". All out war? LOL who am I kidding? I probably would have cheered a boyfriend on if not joined in if I were in my teens (also remembered as young and stupid).
Distracted wrote:Never been in a mosh pit. Have no desire to do so. I used to be able to do a halfway decent spinning back kick, though. And a killer roundhouse kick.
Distracted wrote:No worries. Not only have I no intention of ever going near a mosh pit, but my knees won't let me exercise my "talent" anymore. I've got both feet firmly on the ground and a very non-violent disposition.![]()
I'm glad you had fun at your concert... and that you didn't sustain any major injuries.
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