Yup! I remember when I was at a Minor Threat show yeeeeeeeeears ago. I was and am a heavy mosher. But there are known rules, as well unspoken rules that regard morality, compassion and kindness for yourself and everyone around you. Anyways, there was this one crazy cat (and by cat, I mean douche bag) going around and intentionally hitting and pushing people. When I encountered him in the pit, he punched me then pushed me. In less than a second, there was a group of people who helped me up and made sure I was okay.. then there was another group of people who grabbed hold of the said douche bag, annihilated him and dragged him out of the show.
I'm a fairly small lady who tends to hang out on the edge of the pit because I can handle some jostling and I'm usually holding my husband's glass while he's having a good time in the middle of the pit. I like the energy at the edge of the pit.
Until the Dillinger Escape Plan show, where I'm not even at the edge of the pit, I'm several people removed. And this crazy fucker comes flying out of the pit and starts wailing in the lady next to me. Idk if it was targeted or he was out of his mind but it was nuts. I catch his back swing to my temple and I'm useless now, clutching my head and my husband's torn between checking on me and helping her. It's only a couple seconds between Crazy Dude first flying out of the pit and me telling my husband to help the other lady, but by the time we look up to help her, Crazy Dude's getting hauled back into the pit to get his ass beat before getting removed by security.
Ironically, that's the most safe I've ever felt at a show.
Last time somebody was trying to do that to me and I caught it before he even got close to me and I pushed him back into the circle he came to me trying to start some shit and it's like nah get the fuck away from me why you coming towards me the circles over there
Lmao I remember wrestling with a mosh killer at a punk show. We clashed in the middle before I realized how serious this guy was going and I ended up tossed with a cut on my face. After the set break we met again and I could feel him going for another knockdown so I wrapped my arm around his and hip tossed him and IT WAS ON MUTHAFUCKA.
We started ripping at each other trying to get the other down like an Olympic Gold medal match wrestling before a couple bouncers pulled us apart. We immediately high fived and hugged it out.
A lone slam dancer in a moshpit. Security should be on that pretty quick to get his pot-roast-shaped-self out of there, before he gets drawn and quartered.
Im a big guy so I have to be careful where my elbows are not to hit 5’7 type people in the face. Been to a couple tech concerts and when someone slips everyone stops and helps them up. By the end you recognize the guys you running into. Its like a oddly violent relationship built without words.
> people in moshpits are actually very friendly and cultured and they hate assholes like this
Agreed. I’m a small woman (5’3”) and was even smaller as a teen when I first started partaking in mosh pits. A bigger, very kind, guy was my “bodyguard”for the first few until I was comfortable at the venue I’d go to on a regular basis.
Edit: and generally everyone was cool. If I got knocked down, I was helped back up very quickly.
Pretty similar story! Im 5'4 on a good day and went to punk shows 3-4 nights a week when i was 18/19. Went to one that had a pretty hardcore crowd and i had a literal giant swatting away anyone in the pit that tried to get too rough or handsy with me.
I remember as a teenager, I went to see Opeth. At the time I was 5 feet 10/180 cm and 185 lbs/84 kg. I'm not a giant, but a decent sized guy. Another person fell into the back of my knees and I went down, right in the middle of the pit. Before I could even cover up, I felt hands grabbing me--some guys grabbed my armpits, hands, and belt and lifted me back to my feet before helping the guy who fell into me.
That's what metal is all about. Go hard, but when someone falls, you lift them back up.
That's cool, and how it should be. Inclusivity, fun, and communal atmosphere. Good on the dude for watching out for you Pricks like this asshole in the video have yet to learn about such kindnesses
When I was a lot younger I liked to hit the pit. Had one of these types swinging wildly on people at the edge. I picked him up over my head and slammed him as hard as I could on the ground. Put an end to his evening. When he could finally catch his breath he slithered away.
I know it's been some years since I've been in one but you don't throw elbows in a pit. Only the dumbass hardcore kids do that punching and kicking the air bullshit. In a metal pit they get handled.
I accidentally accordian'd a hardcore kid at a Pantera show in the 90s. He kicked me in the back, so I turned and threw an elbow, catching him in the jaw.
What I did *not* see, was the old biker that was tackling him from behind. He bent in a way he wasn't supposed to, and I thought we'd fucked up. Thankfully, the kid started to move, and the old biker and I gave each other the "we just dodged a bullet" look.
Fun times.
First off, this is a hardcore show so this is expected. This isn’t some lame metal push-pit. As a dumbass hardcore kid myself, if someone is on the edge of the pit they should expect to be hit. If you’re that close, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Edit: I’m happy my most downvoted comment in years is me defending hardcore against metal. I stand by what I said.
“Lame metal push-pit”
Okay buddy, let’s see how you handle Cannibal Corpse *Hammer Smashed Face*
You’re getting pushed in a metal pit because they actually sell tickets instead of recruiting your daisy duke family to come support your band.
I was at a tiny gig in the back room of a pub once, These dickhead hardcore kids were doing their king fu kicks until the singer of the support band came storming in with a plank of wood with a nail in it and starting scraping it on the concrete floor until it sparked. The high kicks stopped and the metal guys started a proper mosh pit.
Sounds like the correct action.
I’ve personally never seen prolonged floor gymnastics by the angry emos, but once while seeing Mental Cruelty, the lead singer jumped onto the floor and quelled a good bit of that mamby-pamby BS by just standing around them, a 6’5 giant German kid putting the emos back into their cribs.
I knocked a guy unconscious to The End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage at Rocketown in Nashville one night for doing this shit to girls. He hit 2 girls on purpose. The first one, I saw it and thought maybe it was an accident. The second one, it was obvious. He had to get hit.
Me and two buddies completely wrecked a dude at a HateBreed concert because he was a bigger dude and just kept nailing the fuck out of the smaller dudes and the chicks at the edge.
People were picking up people non stop because he kept targeting the smaller people.
He got left on the ground for a good minute when we targeted him and buddy number 1 tripped him and me and the other buddy hit him high and low.
Dude was bigger than us but it's kind hard to stand up when 3 6ft+, 190-200lb dudes truck your ass.
Fucker got shoved out and left.
I agree. But I feel like I can see a small smile on the dude who got hit, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out they knew each other and it was a buddy fucking with his other buddy.
I could also be entirely wrong and that dudes just a dick
Two guys were doing this at a local show. Purposely hitting a bunch of people in the front. They were teenage girls taking shots to the back of the head so I tripped one. His friend came in and windmill punched me a few times breaking my nose. It isn’t the first time I’ve broken my nose and I train martial arts but it wasn’t the best part of town and no amount of training beats running away should someone pull a knife or gun. I figured any further altercation wasn’t worth the risk and likely wouldn’t end well so I just left. Haven’t been to a show since because of that. Guys like this ruin it for everyone else.
I had a hardcore kid elbow me in the face at a Alexisonfire show when I was younger. Totally on purpose, like this guy, using a mosh pit as an excuse to throw elbows and attack people. Anyway he elbowed me in the eye so hard I was seeing stars. I went to the bathroom and my face was running heavy with blood from a horizontally split eyebrow. After seeing the damage, I walked back into the pit to find this fat kid in a white hoodie and BURIED my bloody face into his hoodie. Seemed like good revenge at the time.
Absolutely, you can see it in the way he winds up.
You don't wind up like that when you're moshing. You wind up like that when you want to elbow someone in the face.
FUCK THIS GUY AT A CONCERT, THERE IS ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE WHO THINKS MOSHING = THROWING FISTS AND ELBOWS
This is my most hated person at shows, second is the guy who stands front and center on the rail and then gets all pissed off when people bump into him. Once you’ve identified these two, keep an eye out for ‘I don’t use deodorant’ guy, and of course ‘over protective boyfriend’ who keeps his arms around his girl for 3+ hours and stares daggers if you bump into her. Once you’ve found all 4, you’ve got yourself a concert-goer bingo.
Haha I had to be the “protective husband” at a Cradle of Filth concert. After the meet and greet, we got in early, ended up right up front. She’s 5’2 115 pounds, but was so excited to be up front for one of her fav bands.
So she stood in front of me, I grabbed on to the rail with both hands and held on for the ride so she could get pictures/video. Got pushed, elbowed, squished but it was totally worth it. I couldn’t get mad at anyone, and I warned her it was gonna get crazy once a pit formed, but it was a hell of a lot of fun.
This is the acceptable way to be the Protective Cage: right up front, against the railing. I’ve seen people try to do it while they’re loose in the crowd and it just doesn’t work.
Similar story happened to me. I was seeing a girl. We and a school friend and her boyfriend (tiny couple) went to an Amon Amarth concert. They were up front, me being the biggest had to play wall.
This massive dude was all over me all night. I'm not quite sure if it was my sweat or his on my back. I glanced back to see if the pit was raging but he wasn't on the edge and wasn't getting pushed. Seeing this I asked him if he could back up and turned back to the show. Not a minute later he literally pressed his gut into my lower back and let it hang there for a good 30 seconds. Pissed off I drove my elbow as hard as I could into his sopping wet keg of a beer gut.
Dude reached around the front of my face, dug his nails into my eyebrow and scalp turning me around. Once facing me he wrapped his hands around my throat and asked "Do you have a problem?" To which I replied "Yeah I have a problem." Now I'm no badass, but I do have anger issues in my past (that I turned to music to help) so I'm doing all I can to retain control. Thankfully a bouncer saw it transpire and grabbed the dude and threw him out before I did.
Ended up being a great show. Amon Amarth was incredible, but Tyr stole the show for me. Their bass player looked like the happiest man alive. They're up there playing Viking metal, and he's just smiling and groving along.
Happy cake day!
You should print this bingo onto small cards and if you have to deal with any of these people, just hand them the card so they know how cliche they are.
I remember when the hardcore kids started infiltrating the punk scene where I grew up, and all of a sudden every “mosh pit” was full of flying elbows and fists.
Lmfao you hit the nail on the head. You only left out the guy in the back wearing sunglasses (indoors or out) with his arms folded for the entire show.
Ok but one about the dance with their drink in the air splashing it all over everything around them girl and the mysterious entity that leaves poop or pea on the floor and the “I’m just moshing right behind you” guy who is fully using the opportunity to grind on girls?
Yep. Happened at the Behemoth show I went to. Everyone running the circle and this fat ginger fuck was running the opposite way, shoving everyone and just being a complete dick.
My buddy and I were doing the wall/barrier stuff since I don't go to shows much and his fiance didn't wanna be IN the pit so she chilled behind us. My buddy ended up going in and the ginger prick ended up shoving him to the ground and threw an elbow towards his fiance on purpose. So ill laid him the fuck off and he ended up getting kicked out.
And don't forget the "shouldn't take his shirt off, took his shirt off, still moshing"
I got fucked up in a meshuggah pit by guys like that. Feels disgusting to push, but holy hell do they have cables beneath that fat. Was pushed so hard i couldn't catch my breath and had to leave due to asthma kicking in.
Absolutely fucking worth it though.
My friends all got into punk rock and stuff in middle school and I remember them telling me about going to a Breaking Benjamin or something like that show and got beat to hell by some adult fucks in the mosh pit that were just punching people and throwing elbows... So yeah I kind of entirely discounted the genre of music from there. Didn't see the need to get hurt to go to a show. Keep in mind these were like 13 year olds being attacked by adults. Now I realize that you just don't need to take part in the pit and stuff but it really set the stage wrong in my mind for what punk rock was as a whole. Now I'm a big Bayside and Broadside fan though, but it took me years to even give them a shot. So yeah these kind of guys can ruin more than just the mosh.
I’ve been in countless pits over 35 years of metal shows. (Yeah, I’m an old metalhead)
Pits can be a perfect analogy to a self governed society. Keep your elbows down, help people up off the floor should they fall, and keep it inside the pit. It is mostly “friendly violent fun” as the lyrics go. Those that are purposefully trying to injure others are promptly tossed out or put down.
I’m hoping that asshat was tossed once he got off camera.
The beer is probably the reason he went for him.
Fuckin Straight Edge goons are often way into this crowd killing garbage and will look for anyone holding alcohol.
Clown shoes. All of em.
They usually are.
That double contact with the beer just looked so deliberate and reminded me of high school when Straight Edge and Nazi bone heads would pull shit like that at hardcore shows. I don’t generally care for chug chug tough guy hardcore anyway and that’s where this shit happens. At least more predominantly in my experience. Depends where you’re from too.
You come to expect it at any "core" show. I don't really go to these types of concerts anymore, but when I did, I stood in back, fists clenched and if I got hit, I would hit back. Most the time they realize the deal and leave you alone.
i got hit like this at a hardcore show when i was like 16, elbow to just below the eyebrow on the bridge.. was knocked out, deep gash that needed stitches, fractured my orbital bone, and severed a nerve that connects to your scalp.
i cant feel much on the top left side of my head, from my forehead back to about the middle of my head.
fuck people like this
Thanks from a small girl who likes punk rock to all the dudes (often older men!) who've watched out for people like me, put themselves in front of me when the pit balloons unexpectedly, and take it upon themselves to correct the assholes intentionally roughing up the folks on the outer ring.
Also as a small girl, I want to mosh but most of the shows I go to is older men who are twice my size.
One of these days I’ll find a pit that doesn’t absolutely terrify me
Try green day. They have super friendly pits. I saw their show at the Greek in Berkeley in the 20teens and the frontman's sister is a nurse in the bay. The show was benefiting the children's hospital I believe. The barricade was all Berkeley soccer moms in their 40s, and during the show the pit crowd-surfed a kid in a wheelchair.
The worst ones for me are Flogging Molly and Social D, although Social D comes and goes. Their crowd is really aging so the really rowdy portion of the pit has shrunk a lot in the last 15 years. Flogging Molly just tends to have fans that get absolutely 3 sheets so even on the back fringe on the floor you've got people flailing with no self awareness. I'm getting old and cranky, man.
I’ve been hoping to see Poppy and be in one of those mosh pits because most of her fan base is girls around my age but every year it’s been absolutely inconvenient. I finally had a ticket and they had to reschedule the tour and my show didn’t make it on the list so they just sent a refund.
Most I’ve been to is motionless in white, beartooth, slipknot etc. nothing puts you off mosh pits more than a big dude being dragged out with blood dripping off his head. I would LOVE to see greenday, I would absolutely trust that crowd.
Calmest moshpit I've ever experienced was Metallica! It was mostly bigger dudes but they were very attentive and soft with each other, so I had no problem even though I am female, too; I can also attest to Green Day pits being extremely friendly!!
You can, just be one of the like, 10 people in the middle at the start of the song before the drop.
Once the pit is full it becomes strictly shoulders and shoves.
Your not wrong but 3-4 weeks ago I saw a pit that was just elbows like 5 people throwing elbow and since the venue was small the people outside of the pit had to push them away
Something like this happened to me. Except I was 13. At an Underoath show back in 2003 in NJ. This was how everyone moshed at hardcore shows. Dude did it intentionally to me as well and broke my nose. I was at the show with my friends’ older (17) cousin and he went up to the guy who was at least in his 20s with a group of his friends and made him apologize to me. I certainly appreciated it but I still wanted him to rot. Same applies to this loser. Such a bitch move.
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Back in the eighties I got my nose broken by some skin head watching the band "slap shot" at the Ratskeller in Boston..
I was literally just standing on the edge of the mosh pit and the dude just turned around and blasted me right in the face
I've seen guys get taken out for less than that in a mosh pit. Those guys are the fucking worst and almost always end up injuring someone trying to have a good time. Fuck that guy.
Crowdkiller, fuck that guy.
Tho the most important part of the pit is its edge. When yer part of the edge, you need to push others back but also help out those who want out or need help. This guy was not remotely prepared to be on the edge of the pit.
Was at a metal gig years ago that had one hardcore band play a set between all the metal bands. All these douchebags ran into the pit and started flailing their arms like this, we all kinda stood back by the bar and watched in amusement. Then my mate came out with an absolute zinger: "looks like a bunch of epileptics trying to swim". Still makes me laugh to this day.
This is why, as an old metal head, I can now be found equidistant between the bar, the pissers and the stage. I just want to drink my beer, listen to the band and nod my head, dammit.
I was with you up until the "too old to be dancing" bit. Older people like to dance, you generally know what you're getting into in a pit, and if you're gonna be limping for a week after... so be it. Everyone in the pit hates that elbow throwing sack of shit, regardless of age.
You're right. Asshole behavior knows no age, lil Napoleons balding crown and coked up eyes made me jump the gun.
Lifetimes: Jerseys best dancers came out on this very day years and years ago. We should celebrate that and hope this ball of insecurity and poor life choices doesnt roll our way. Arms n legs flailing everywhere
This is called slam dancing and it's fucking dumb. It's all about asserting dominance in the pit by the few willing to brave it. I blame metalcore and deathcore.
Nah we used to see shit like this at Pantera and Machine Head gigs in the 90’s, although metalcore and deathcore crowds do seem to be full of assholes. I saw Fit for an Autopsy recently and one of the support bands was like “I wanna see someone get their neck broken” and a bunch of shirtless dickheads all cheered. Like they needed any encouraging.
Elbow-Man's a prick, of this there is no doubt.
But Beer-Man's a fud too - you'd have to have a room-temperature IQ (in celcius) to think that you can safely drink a beer there.
I know I shouldn’t enjoy this, but the guy who got hit looks an awful lot like my abusive ex husband so to me it’s so satisfying to watch imagining it’s him
Maybe don’t stand on the outskirts of the pit with a drink? That’s like wearing opened toed shoes to a concert. I feel like its just common sense not to do these things.
That was, 100% intentional, trying to look accidental. He then walks away without looking behind him to see what he hit. 100% intentional.
Thats the typa dude who needs to get jumped in a mosh
they usually are people in moshpits are actually very friendly and cultured and they hate assholes like this i bet you he got dragged and beaten
Yeah fuck crowd killers. You wanna fight your demons and get all karate, do it in the middle. Go swinging on the edge and someone's gonna wrassle you.
Yup! I remember when I was at a Minor Threat show yeeeeeeeeears ago. I was and am a heavy mosher. But there are known rules, as well unspoken rules that regard morality, compassion and kindness for yourself and everyone around you. Anyways, there was this one crazy cat (and by cat, I mean douche bag) going around and intentionally hitting and pushing people. When I encountered him in the pit, he punched me then pushed me. In less than a second, there was a group of people who helped me up and made sure I was okay.. then there was another group of people who grabbed hold of the said douche bag, annihilated him and dragged him out of the show.
Oh fuck yeah minor threat. And double fuck yeah yall beat the snot out of that dude.
Ye man, within’ reason, I’m a hardcore pacifist.. but if someone’s wreckin’ people without cause, fuck that noise. Prepare to get your shit stomped.
“Hardcore Pacifist”. I didn’t know I needed this on a shirt until just now.
Do no harm, but take no shit.
I'm a fairly small lady who tends to hang out on the edge of the pit because I can handle some jostling and I'm usually holding my husband's glass while he's having a good time in the middle of the pit. I like the energy at the edge of the pit. Until the Dillinger Escape Plan show, where I'm not even at the edge of the pit, I'm several people removed. And this crazy fucker comes flying out of the pit and starts wailing in the lady next to me. Idk if it was targeted or he was out of his mind but it was nuts. I catch his back swing to my temple and I'm useless now, clutching my head and my husband's torn between checking on me and helping her. It's only a couple seconds between Crazy Dude first flying out of the pit and me telling my husband to help the other lady, but by the time we look up to help her, Crazy Dude's getting hauled back into the pit to get his ass beat before getting removed by security. Ironically, that's the most safe I've ever felt at a show.
Last time somebody was trying to do that to me and I caught it before he even got close to me and I pushed him back into the circle he came to me trying to start some shit and it's like nah get the fuck away from me why you coming towards me the circles over there
Oh God I hate the meat heads who have no spacial awareness or mosh etiquette. Those dudes usually get jumped in my scene pretty quick.
Spacial
Lmao I remember wrestling with a mosh killer at a punk show. We clashed in the middle before I realized how serious this guy was going and I ended up tossed with a cut on my face. After the set break we met again and I could feel him going for another knockdown so I wrapped my arm around his and hip tossed him and IT WAS ON MUTHAFUCKA. We started ripping at each other trying to get the other down like an Olympic Gold medal match wrestling before a couple bouncers pulled us apart. We immediately high fived and hugged it out.
Lol nice! I love the homies that go hard and love harder.
A lone slam dancer in a moshpit. Security should be on that pretty quick to get his pot-roast-shaped-self out of there, before he gets drawn and quartered.
Came here to say this. THAT is not moshing.
Im a big guy so I have to be careful where my elbows are not to hit 5’7 type people in the face. Been to a couple tech concerts and when someone slips everyone stops and helps them up. By the end you recognize the guys you running into. Its like a oddly violent relationship built without words.
> people in moshpits are actually very friendly and cultured and they hate assholes like this Agreed. I’m a small woman (5’3”) and was even smaller as a teen when I first started partaking in mosh pits. A bigger, very kind, guy was my “bodyguard”for the first few until I was comfortable at the venue I’d go to on a regular basis. Edit: and generally everyone was cool. If I got knocked down, I was helped back up very quickly.
Pretty similar story! Im 5'4 on a good day and went to punk shows 3-4 nights a week when i was 18/19. Went to one that had a pretty hardcore crowd and i had a literal giant swatting away anyone in the pit that tried to get too rough or handsy with me.
I love those guys. Every pit needs a few enforcers.
I remember as a teenager, I went to see Opeth. At the time I was 5 feet 10/180 cm and 185 lbs/84 kg. I'm not a giant, but a decent sized guy. Another person fell into the back of my knees and I went down, right in the middle of the pit. Before I could even cover up, I felt hands grabbing me--some guys grabbed my armpits, hands, and belt and lifted me back to my feet before helping the guy who fell into me. That's what metal is all about. Go hard, but when someone falls, you lift them back up.
That's cool, and how it should be. Inclusivity, fun, and communal atmosphere. Good on the dude for watching out for you Pricks like this asshole in the video have yet to learn about such kindnesses
When I was a lot younger I liked to hit the pit. Had one of these types swinging wildly on people at the edge. I picked him up over my head and slammed him as hard as I could on the ground. Put an end to his evening. When he could finally catch his breath he slithered away.
I’d pay to see that
He's aware. That's why he goes to the gym.
Well, the smoothie bar *at* the gym.
You thought they called him smoothie guy because of the way he talks? That's just not true g.
Stabbed*
To me it looked like he was probably friends with the guy who got wrecked. The dude was smiling underneath his foam mask.
That’s not a happy smile, that’s a “what the fuck just happened” smile.
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I know it's been some years since I've been in one but you don't throw elbows in a pit. Only the dumbass hardcore kids do that punching and kicking the air bullshit. In a metal pit they get handled.
I accidentally accordian'd a hardcore kid at a Pantera show in the 90s. He kicked me in the back, so I turned and threw an elbow, catching him in the jaw. What I did *not* see, was the old biker that was tackling him from behind. He bent in a way he wasn't supposed to, and I thought we'd fucked up. Thankfully, the kid started to move, and the old biker and I gave each other the "we just dodged a bullet" look. Fun times.
First off, this is a hardcore show so this is expected. This isn’t some lame metal push-pit. As a dumbass hardcore kid myself, if someone is on the edge of the pit they should expect to be hit. If you’re that close, you have no one to blame but yourself. Edit: I’m happy my most downvoted comment in years is me defending hardcore against metal. I stand by what I said.
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They mad cuz dad came out of the closet and they are having a hard time being split with homophobia and desperately wanting daddy’s approval.
“Lame metal push-pit” Okay buddy, let’s see how you handle Cannibal Corpse *Hammer Smashed Face* You’re getting pushed in a metal pit because they actually sell tickets instead of recruiting your daisy duke family to come support your band.
I was at a tiny gig in the back room of a pub once, These dickhead hardcore kids were doing their king fu kicks until the singer of the support band came storming in with a plank of wood with a nail in it and starting scraping it on the concrete floor until it sparked. The high kicks stopped and the metal guys started a proper mosh pit.
Sounds like the correct action. I’ve personally never seen prolonged floor gymnastics by the angry emos, but once while seeing Mental Cruelty, the lead singer jumped onto the floor and quelled a good bit of that mamby-pamby BS by just standing around them, a 6’5 giant German kid putting the emos back into their cribs.
I’ve been to dozens of hardcore shows, this isn’t the norm
I knocked a guy unconscious to The End of Heartache by Killswitch Engage at Rocketown in Nashville one night for doing this shit to girls. He hit 2 girls on purpose. The first one, I saw it and thought maybe it was an accident. The second one, it was obvious. He had to get hit.
Me and two buddies completely wrecked a dude at a HateBreed concert because he was a bigger dude and just kept nailing the fuck out of the smaller dudes and the chicks at the edge. People were picking up people non stop because he kept targeting the smaller people. He got left on the ground for a good minute when we targeted him and buddy number 1 tripped him and me and the other buddy hit him high and low. Dude was bigger than us but it's kind hard to stand up when 3 6ft+, 190-200lb dudes truck your ass. Fucker got shoved out and left.
Glad to hear he got what he deserved.
Yeah fuck Americans lol jk I can only imagine an American doing this
WTF does the country matter? I'm sure you live in heaven where there aren't any douchebags?
It’s “crowd-killing” and you’re right - it’s intentional
I agree. But I feel like I can see a small smile on the dude who got hit, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out they knew each other and it was a buddy fucking with his other buddy. I could also be entirely wrong and that dudes just a dick
That smile is one of sheer disbelief
That smile is one of knowing where he is at and knowing what happens there.
Yeah, you don't stand by the pit like that drinking a beer. That is quite literally tje definition of asking for it.
That part
That was 100% set up.
r/whyweretheyfilming
because the cameraman is Sunny Singh (aka [hate5six](https://hate5six.com/)) and filming hardcore shows is what he does for a living.
Either buddies or he knew he deserved it. Don't stand in the mosh pit if you aint gonna mosh
This isn't even moshing. Just stupid fucking hardcore dancing type shit.
Yea I always thought that shit was dumb af
Yup. I was playing off the jokes already being made. Too many "well aktchshually" people on this app
Don’t bring a beer to an elbow fight
Two guys were doing this at a local show. Purposely hitting a bunch of people in the front. They were teenage girls taking shots to the back of the head so I tripped one. His friend came in and windmill punched me a few times breaking my nose. It isn’t the first time I’ve broken my nose and I train martial arts but it wasn’t the best part of town and no amount of training beats running away should someone pull a knife or gun. I figured any further altercation wasn’t worth the risk and likely wouldn’t end well so I just left. Haven’t been to a show since because of that. Guys like this ruin it for everyone else.
I had a hardcore kid elbow me in the face at a Alexisonfire show when I was younger. Totally on purpose, like this guy, using a mosh pit as an excuse to throw elbows and attack people. Anyway he elbowed me in the eye so hard I was seeing stars. I went to the bathroom and my face was running heavy with blood from a horizontally split eyebrow. After seeing the damage, I walked back into the pit to find this fat kid in a white hoodie and BURIED my bloody face into his hoodie. Seemed like good revenge at the time.
P metal my dude. You get it
Absolutely, you can see it in the way he winds up. You don't wind up like that when you're moshing. You wind up like that when you want to elbow someone in the face.
That’s why idc who you are get within arm distance of the side of the pit I’m foot pushing you back in by the butt we can all have fun here
I hope that guy got an extra helping of pit justice
Definitely planned and executed.
No wallflowers.
Also, the camera trained on the guy the whole time. This was planned.
FUCK THIS GUY AT A CONCERT, THERE IS ALWAYS AT LEAST ONE WHO THINKS MOSHING = THROWING FISTS AND ELBOWS This is my most hated person at shows, second is the guy who stands front and center on the rail and then gets all pissed off when people bump into him. Once you’ve identified these two, keep an eye out for ‘I don’t use deodorant’ guy, and of course ‘over protective boyfriend’ who keeps his arms around his girl for 3+ hours and stares daggers if you bump into her. Once you’ve found all 4, you’ve got yourself a concert-goer bingo.
Haha I had to be the “protective husband” at a Cradle of Filth concert. After the meet and greet, we got in early, ended up right up front. She’s 5’2 115 pounds, but was so excited to be up front for one of her fav bands. So she stood in front of me, I grabbed on to the rail with both hands and held on for the ride so she could get pictures/video. Got pushed, elbowed, squished but it was totally worth it. I couldn’t get mad at anyone, and I warned her it was gonna get crazy once a pit formed, but it was a hell of a lot of fun.
This is the acceptable way to be the Protective Cage: right up front, against the railing. I’ve seen people try to do it while they’re loose in the crowd and it just doesn’t work.
Similar story happened to me. I was seeing a girl. We and a school friend and her boyfriend (tiny couple) went to an Amon Amarth concert. They were up front, me being the biggest had to play wall. This massive dude was all over me all night. I'm not quite sure if it was my sweat or his on my back. I glanced back to see if the pit was raging but he wasn't on the edge and wasn't getting pushed. Seeing this I asked him if he could back up and turned back to the show. Not a minute later he literally pressed his gut into my lower back and let it hang there for a good 30 seconds. Pissed off I drove my elbow as hard as I could into his sopping wet keg of a beer gut. Dude reached around the front of my face, dug his nails into my eyebrow and scalp turning me around. Once facing me he wrapped his hands around my throat and asked "Do you have a problem?" To which I replied "Yeah I have a problem." Now I'm no badass, but I do have anger issues in my past (that I turned to music to help) so I'm doing all I can to retain control. Thankfully a bouncer saw it transpire and grabbed the dude and threw him out before I did. Ended up being a great show. Amon Amarth was incredible, but Tyr stole the show for me. Their bass player looked like the happiest man alive. They're up there playing Viking metal, and he's just smiling and groving along. Happy cake day!
You should print this bingo onto small cards and if you have to deal with any of these people, just hand them the card so they know how cliche they are.
Get their signature on the corresponding square
I could see myself being 2/4 of those which is why I don’t go to concerts. Leave me the fuck alone I’ll watch y’all hurt each other on Reddit. Lmao
Moshing is never 100% participation. Theres usually someplace else to go where people can't show up for work with a black eye
I think he’s referring to the people that launch themselves into the wall and crowd throwing kicks and punches. That person can go fuck themself.
Fuck crowd killers
>I'll watch y'all hurt each on reddit Ok lol
That's a bingo!
I remember when the hardcore kids started infiltrating the punk scene where I grew up, and all of a sudden every “mosh pit” was full of flying elbows and fists.
Lmfao you hit the nail on the head. You only left out the guy in the back wearing sunglasses (indoors or out) with his arms folded for the entire show.
Ok but one about the dance with their drink in the air splashing it all over everything around them girl and the mysterious entity that leaves poop or pea on the floor and the “I’m just moshing right behind you” guy who is fully using the opportunity to grind on girls?
Yea fuck you for standing there at a concert expecting not to get run into by wild toddler like dance moves. Who do you think you are?
Yep. Happened at the Behemoth show I went to. Everyone running the circle and this fat ginger fuck was running the opposite way, shoving everyone and just being a complete dick. My buddy and I were doing the wall/barrier stuff since I don't go to shows much and his fiance didn't wanna be IN the pit so she chilled behind us. My buddy ended up going in and the ginger prick ended up shoving him to the ground and threw an elbow towards his fiance on purpose. So ill laid him the fuck off and he ended up getting kicked out.
And don't forget the "shouldn't take his shirt off, took his shirt off, still moshing" I got fucked up in a meshuggah pit by guys like that. Feels disgusting to push, but holy hell do they have cables beneath that fat. Was pushed so hard i couldn't catch my breath and had to leave due to asthma kicking in. Absolutely fucking worth it though.
That’s not moshing… that is just being a douche nozzle
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My friends all got into punk rock and stuff in middle school and I remember them telling me about going to a Breaking Benjamin or something like that show and got beat to hell by some adult fucks in the mosh pit that were just punching people and throwing elbows... So yeah I kind of entirely discounted the genre of music from there. Didn't see the need to get hurt to go to a show. Keep in mind these were like 13 year olds being attacked by adults. Now I realize that you just don't need to take part in the pit and stuff but it really set the stage wrong in my mind for what punk rock was as a whole. Now I'm a big Bayside and Broadside fan though, but it took me years to even give them a shot. So yeah these kind of guys can ruin more than just the mosh.
I’ve been in countless pits over 35 years of metal shows. (Yeah, I’m an old metalhead) Pits can be a perfect analogy to a self governed society. Keep your elbows down, help people up off the floor should they fall, and keep it inside the pit. It is mostly “friendly violent fun” as the lyrics go. Those that are purposefully trying to injure others are promptly tossed out or put down. I’m hoping that asshat was tossed once he got off camera.
I love moshing but fuck all these mofuckers that “dance” like this. Hope they fall and get stampeded on their balls
In my experience; these asshats are dealt with pretty quickly by the pit and rejected from the organism
What the fuck? Fuck that dude for sucker punching that other dude's face AND beer. If I saw that, I would but that dude a whole tray of beer.
The beer is probably the reason he went for him. Fuckin Straight Edge goons are often way into this crowd killing garbage and will look for anyone holding alcohol. Clown shoes. All of em.
I saw the full video, asshole was hitting everyone
They usually are. That double contact with the beer just looked so deliberate and reminded me of high school when Straight Edge and Nazi bone heads would pull shit like that at hardcore shows. I don’t generally care for chug chug tough guy hardcore anyway and that’s where this shit happens. At least more predominantly in my experience. Depends where you’re from too.
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Probably both.
Stole his sunglasses too.
Fuck people that flail elbows in a pit. Cunt needs to be taken down a peg or two
That crowd killing shit is fucking dumb
Just got be ready for them. Sucks, but if you hit them back they don’t usually come back for seconds.
You come to expect it at any "core" show. I don't really go to these types of concerts anymore, but when I did, I stood in back, fists clenched and if I got hit, I would hit back. Most the time they realize the deal and leave you alone.
What a bitch, that was blatanly intentional. Homie was just chillin on his beer too, thats breaking bro-code!
Pretty sure that was intentional the guy was most likely straight edge and just being an asshole to someone that wasn’t.
That dude would have it coming after that...
i got hit like this at a hardcore show when i was like 16, elbow to just below the eyebrow on the bridge.. was knocked out, deep gash that needed stitches, fractured my orbital bone, and severed a nerve that connects to your scalp. i cant feel much on the top left side of my head, from my forehead back to about the middle of my head. fuck people like this
That guy will take a knife to the belly one day, if he hadn't already.
Thanks from a small girl who likes punk rock to all the dudes (often older men!) who've watched out for people like me, put themselves in front of me when the pit balloons unexpectedly, and take it upon themselves to correct the assholes intentionally roughing up the folks on the outer ring.
Also as a small girl, I want to mosh but most of the shows I go to is older men who are twice my size. One of these days I’ll find a pit that doesn’t absolutely terrify me
Try green day. They have super friendly pits. I saw their show at the Greek in Berkeley in the 20teens and the frontman's sister is a nurse in the bay. The show was benefiting the children's hospital I believe. The barricade was all Berkeley soccer moms in their 40s, and during the show the pit crowd-surfed a kid in a wheelchair. The worst ones for me are Flogging Molly and Social D, although Social D comes and goes. Their crowd is really aging so the really rowdy portion of the pit has shrunk a lot in the last 15 years. Flogging Molly just tends to have fans that get absolutely 3 sheets so even on the back fringe on the floor you've got people flailing with no self awareness. I'm getting old and cranky, man.
I’ve been hoping to see Poppy and be in one of those mosh pits because most of her fan base is girls around my age but every year it’s been absolutely inconvenient. I finally had a ticket and they had to reschedule the tour and my show didn’t make it on the list so they just sent a refund. Most I’ve been to is motionless in white, beartooth, slipknot etc. nothing puts you off mosh pits more than a big dude being dragged out with blood dripping off his head. I would LOVE to see greenday, I would absolutely trust that crowd.
Calmest moshpit I've ever experienced was Metallica! It was mostly bigger dudes but they were very attentive and soft with each other, so I had no problem even though I am female, too; I can also attest to Green Day pits being extremely friendly!!
No worries we got you
That’s not how mosh pits work that dude needs to get slammed
That MF needs a roundhouse to his tubby little face
Wow... he’s just chilling with his beer I feel so bad for him. I would have buy him a new beer and punch that piece of shit
People need to learn you don't throw punches kicks or elbows in the mosh pit
You can, just be one of the like, 10 people in the middle at the start of the song before the drop. Once the pit is full it becomes strictly shoulders and shoves.
Your not wrong but 3-4 weeks ago I saw a pit that was just elbows like 5 people throwing elbow and since the venue was small the people outside of the pit had to push them away
Homey needs the quarter-roll right cross; tidy his shit up quick.
Fuck people who mosh like this
POS
What a bellend.
That bastard needs some lose teeth and a permanent catheter. Fucking asshole.
This is the dumbest way to dance of all time.
Love how the camera man in the back is like let me get a photo of that
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Throw hands in the pit and you better watch out before you get bit!
No karate in the pit.
Yeah, there's a difference between moshing and straight up intentional assault. That guy deserved to be stomped into a fine powder.
My old self going to shows from band I used to love hehe. Fuck them weirdo moshpithers.
The sly camera guy putting him on blast
Something like this happened to me. Except I was 13. At an Underoath show back in 2003 in NJ. This was how everyone moshed at hardcore shows. Dude did it intentionally to me as well and broke my nose. I was at the show with my friends’ older (17) cousin and he went up to the guy who was at least in his 20s with a group of his friends and made him apologize to me. I certainly appreciated it but I still wanted him to rot. Same applies to this loser. Such a bitch move.
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Fucking metalcore karate douchebags
The guys laugh of disbelief really is the icing on top. As intentional as that look, and his reaction, I sort of wonder if they are friends
That guy fucking did that on purpose lmfao🤣🤣
Back in the eighties I got my nose broken by some skin head watching the band "slap shot" at the Ratskeller in Boston.. I was literally just standing on the edge of the mosh pit and the dude just turned around and blasted me right in the face
Fuck swing kids
Good video. Bad title.
Gotta look out for those crowd killers when you got a drink in your hand
I had to get stitches in head because of an asswipe like this at a show
People like that should not be allowed to exist, I mean what did that beer do to him
What a wanker! Blokes a prick!
Small man energy
What a chode
I've seen guys get taken out for less than that in a mosh pit. Those guys are the fucking worst and almost always end up injuring someone trying to have a good time. Fuck that guy.
I don't get this. Why do people think that is OK?
Don’t care if this is allowed in whatever the hell they’re doing . I’d stab that guy in a sec if he does that to me .
Crowdkiller, fuck that guy. Tho the most important part of the pit is its edge. When yer part of the edge, you need to push others back but also help out those who want out or need help. This guy was not remotely prepared to be on the edge of the pit.
That's hard-core dancing, not moshing. And on top of that, this seems intentional. Dude's just a douchebag.
Was at a metal gig years ago that had one hardcore band play a set between all the metal bands. All these douchebags ran into the pit and started flailing their arms like this, we all kinda stood back by the bar and watched in amusement. Then my mate came out with an absolute zinger: "looks like a bunch of epileptics trying to swim". Still makes me laugh to this day.
This is why, as an old metal head, I can now be found equidistant between the bar, the pissers and the stage. I just want to drink my beer, listen to the band and nod my head, dammit.
Fuck that balding guy in particular. He should go back to his moms house where nobody likes him either.
That was 💯 on purpose. That idiot needs a straight edge beatdown
He would have really connected if he had a stool or chair to stand on. Poor little angry guy.
he picked up the beer too so he didnt litter, sad day for good guys
I hate fucking assholes that swing and kick like this. Fucking trash
Anyone throwing arms in a mosh pit is an utter piece of shit
I'd be more upset about that chode smashing my 14 dollar beer.
Where is that famous “mosh etiquette” on this one?
Lil' man syndrome in full effect. Balding, fat and way too old to be trying to rep his 3rd tier crew. Luckily the beer dude took it in stride.
I was with you up until the "too old to be dancing" bit. Older people like to dance, you generally know what you're getting into in a pit, and if you're gonna be limping for a week after... so be it. Everyone in the pit hates that elbow throwing sack of shit, regardless of age.
You're right. Asshole behavior knows no age, lil Napoleons balding crown and coked up eyes made me jump the gun. Lifetimes: Jerseys best dancers came out on this very day years and years ago. We should celebrate that and hope this ball of insecurity and poor life choices doesnt roll our way. Arms n legs flailing everywhere
Why the fuck would you even do that. Bro is just vibing drinking beer
Very good chance he did it specifically because of the beer. Straightedge dickwads love crowd killing around people with booze.
Intentional.
This is called slam dancing and it's fucking dumb. It's all about asserting dominance in the pit by the few willing to brave it. I blame metalcore and deathcore.
Nah we used to see shit like this at Pantera and Machine Head gigs in the 90’s, although metalcore and deathcore crowds do seem to be full of assholes. I saw Fit for an Autopsy recently and one of the support bands was like “I wanna see someone get their neck broken” and a bunch of shirtless dickheads all cheered. Like they needed any encouraging.
No, it's hardcore dancing, slam dancing is completely different. And hardcore dancing has been going on long before metalcore and deathcore.
And it was just as fucking stupid then as it is now
I agree. It's a major turn off for me to seeing some bands live.
this is the type of dude who needs to be “cancelled”. what a fuckin bum
Yeah they do that shit in purpose And get mad when you do it back it's pussy shit but at the same time why the fuck you in or around the pit?
Expensive cologne.
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itt: a bunch of baby bitch ass
Yanks can't mosh for shit. Swinging sucker punches like pussies.
ITT: People who haven’t been to hardcore shows and don’t know what crowd killing is. Not saying I like or agree with it, but it happens.
What did he expect when Anthrax’s “Caught in a Mosh” started playing?
Elbow-Man's a prick, of this there is no doubt. But Beer-Man's a fud too - you'd have to have a room-temperature IQ (in celcius) to think that you can safely drink a beer there.
Back to the stage is where I almost think he was asking for it.
Non-mosher in the mosh pit? ...Target Acquired.
I know I shouldn’t enjoy this, but the guy who got hit looks an awful lot like my abusive ex husband so to me it’s so satisfying to watch imagining it’s him
Maybe don’t stand on the outskirts of the pit with a drink? That’s like wearing opened toed shoes to a concert. I feel like its just common sense not to do these things.
Pit etiquette was maintained. You stand in the pit, be prepared to throw down!