Moshing at dance events - what do you reckon?

Everyone should try moshing before they diss it. Its brilliant craic (fun). People don't generally mosh at trance or hardstyle or electro etc etc.. Its more along the lines of drum and bass or other things that has a bit of metal in it lol.
A few mosh rules
1. If someone falls, primary concern is getting them up asap
2.If a girl is in a mosh, she doesn't get light treatment for being a girl, if your going to join the pit you know what your getting yourself into.
3. Let people out of the pit if they want out
4. Don't force anyone into a pit who doesn't want to join
5. If you hit someone inappropriately (elbows, kicks, flailing arms) apologize and continue moshing
6. If yóu see someone purposefully hitting people trying to injure them, with all your strength and might - beat the living fuck out of them, moshing is for fun controlled aggression, not beating people.
7. Don't wear sandles or loose clothing it rarely works out well.
8. If you find someones shoe or phone, hold it high in the air so they can see and reclaim it.
9. If a security gaurd trys to stop the pit, trail him into the pit and mosh him.
10. Try to avoid hitting people in the chest, aim for shoulder to shoulder contact.
11. Do not let children into the pit
12. Don't bring alcohol INTO the pit, your going to spill it and people getting covered in your drink aren't going to be very happy...
13. Pushing, shouldering, slamming into are all fine. Punching, kicking, headbutting are not.
14. Know what your getting yourself into!
15. Enjoy ;)
 
nolys said:
Everyone should try moshing before they diss it. Its brilliant craic (fun). People don't generally mosh at trance or hardstyle or electro etc etc.. Its more along the lines of drum and bass or other things that has a bit of metal in it lol.
A few mosh rules
1. If someone falls, primary concern is getting them up asap
2.If a girl is in a mosh, she doesn't get light treatment for being a girl, if your going to join the pit you know what your getting yourself into.
3. Let people out of the pit if they want out
4. Don't force anyone into a pit who doesn't want to join
5. If you hit someone inappropriately (elbows, kicks, flailing arms) apologize and continue moshing
6. If yóu see someone purposefully hitting people trying to injure them, with all your strength and might - beat the living fuck out of them, moshing is for fun controlled aggression, not beating people.
7. Don't wear sandles or loose clothing it rarely works out well.
8. If you find someones shoe or phone, hold it high in the air so they can see and reclaim it.
9. If a security gaurd trys to stop the pit, trail him into the pit and mosh him.
10. Try to avoid hitting people in the chest, aim for shoulder to shoulder contact.
11. Do not let children into the pit
12. Don't bring alcohol INTO the pit, your going to spill it and people getting covered in your drink aren't going to be very happy...
13. Pushing, shouldering, slamming into are all fine. Punching, kicking, headbutting are not.
14. Know what your getting yourself into!
15. Enjoy ;)
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See, this is where trouble can start though. Every scene has different rules from moshing, if someone that's used to hardcore(of the punk variety) pits goes into a pit at a rave things are going to get ugly.
 
^^yeah i can see that

ive never moshed (or what i consider moshing, coming from a punk background) but there have definitely been times where ive been skanking my ass off and kinda throwing punches (not at anyone) and there have also been times where me and a friend will grab each other and start dancing together...basically boncing around, which i can see as being close to moshing

the biggest rule is respect. dont bump into people if they dont want to join, and apologize if you do
 
nolys said:
moshing is for fun controlled aggression
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And here's where we walk our separate ways. That's an oxymoron right?

1. You don't need to push people to enjoy yourself. If you feel the urge to, it might be because you need to sort out some personal issues before leaving the house.
2. The fact that you wanted to write out guidelines like it's something 'cool' makes my soul cringe.

Be a collective crowd of love, vibrate with the music that holds you by the nuts. If you feel the urge to give someone a 'controlled' push or shouldering, go home.
 
BishopsBishop said:
And here's where we walk our separate ways. That's an oxymoron right?

1. You don't need to push people to enjoy yourself. If you feel the urge to, it might be because you need to sort out some personal issues before leaving the house.
2. The fact that you wanted to write out guidelines like it's something 'cool' makes my soul cringe.

Be a collective crowd of love, vibrate with the music that holds you by the nuts. If you feel the urge to give someone a 'controlled' push or shouldering, go home.
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You don't need to take mdma to enjoy a dance event, you don't need to drink to enjoy a night out, you don't need to drive the best car to enjoy driving, you don't need to be the best plaayer in the world to enjoy football, you don't need to breakdance to enjoy dancing... Need I go on? You don't need to, but for a lot of people it can be fun
People mosh because they enjoy it, its fun jumping about going crazy shoving into people, I know this because I've done it, and I can see from you post you havnt. Typical - I don't do it so its not normal...
Different people enjoy different things, don't tell me what is and isn't enjoyable especielly if you havnt tried it.
Don't forget its not just 1 person wanting to do it, its hundreds, we don't do it to people who don't want to, so what's the problem?

And its not guidelines its ettiquette.

Like-
Don't spill the bongwater
Puff puff give
Don't take 4 blotters your first trip

Ass goblin...
 
nolys said:
A few mosh rules

1. If someone falls, primary concern is getting them up asap
2.If a girl is in a mosh, she doesn't get light treatment for being a girl, if your going to join the pit you know what your getting yourself into.
3. Let people out of the pit if they want out
4. Don't force anyone into a pit who doesn't want to join
5. If you hit someone inappropriately (elbows, kicks, flailing arms) apologize and continue moshing
6. If yóu see someone purposefully hitting people trying to injure them, with all your strength and might - beat the living fuck out of them, moshing is for fun controlled aggression, not beating people.
7. Don't wear sandles or loose clothing it rarely works out well.
8. If you find someones shoe or phone, hold it high in the air so they can see and reclaim it.
9. If a security gaurd trys to stop the pit, trail him into the pit and mosh him.
10. Try to avoid hitting people in the chest, aim for shoulder to shoulder contact.
11. Do not let children into the pit
12. Don't bring alcohol INTO the pit, your going to spill it and people getting covered in your drink aren't going to be very happy...
13. Pushing, shouldering, slamming into are all fine. Punching, kicking, headbutting are not.
14. Know what your getting yourself into!
15. Enjoy ;)
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1. Are moshers also paramedics?
2. It's nice to know the mosh pit doesn't discriminate
3. What is this? A cage?
4. But if they have friends on Facebook that want you to join, then what are you going to do about it?
5. If people can hear you talking, that means the music is not very loud.
6. Isn't that what security is for?
7. Who wears sandles to a rave? That's just silly!
8. Good luck with that
9. LOL! What is this, a Free-for-All?
10. Aren't these the same instructions for playing Football?
11. Children shouldn't be drinking alcohol either, so being in a mosh for adults would be considered a no-no
12. I usually throw my drinks into the pit from a distance, and then watch to see if anyone can catch it.
13. Rules? What Rules? Too much chaos in moshing to have rules.
14. There is nothing more dirty than pressing up your body against a mob of sweaty grunts.
15. Was #15 really necessary?
 
ok, its official. at Krafty Kuts last night, he dropped this super fast breaks remix of a prodigy track into the middle of a dubset (he went all over the fucking place last night - in a good way) and the entire crowd started bouncing into each other, including me. more pogo dancing than fist throwing style of mosh, but still moshing
 
Tech Kinetics said:
1. Are moshers also paramedics?
2. It's nice to know the mosh pit doesn't discriminate
3. What is this? A cage?
4. But if they have friends on Facebook that want you to join, then what are you going to do about it?
5. If people can hear you talking, that means the music is not very loud.
6. Isn't that what security is for?
7. Who wears sandles to a rave? That's just silly!
8. Good luck with that
9. LOL! What is this, a Free-for-All?
10. Aren't these the same instructions for playing Football?
11. Children shouldn't be drinking alcohol either, so being in a mosh for adults would be considered a no-no
12. I usually throw my drinks into the pit from a distance, and then watch to see if anyone can catch it.
13. Rules? What Rules? Too much chaos in moshing to have rules.
14. There is nothing more dirty than pressing up your body against a mob of sweaty grunts.
15. Was #15 really necessary?
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1. No but they are closer than paramedics
2. isn't it though?
3. it can be if people are dicks
4. ignore them
5. you've never heard of reading lips?
6. if you are closer than security, then jump in!
7. hipsters - oh, and people in hot climates
8. it works sometimes
9. if it was a free-for-all, there wouldnt be rules
10. nah, in football you aim for the center of mass, basically the bottom of the chest
11. hey, anything to keep them alive for a few more years
12. that sounds like a challenge
13. then why is this a list of rules?
14. what about shoving your finger up someones butt then licking it?
15. yes
 
A metal mosh is not supposed to be like an EDM mosh. At barn raves I go to we bounce into eachother but more with eachother; nobody is out to hurt eachother.

A more clear definition:

Metal mosh - jumping into eachother
EDM mosh - jumping with eachother.
 
rincewindrocks said:
ok, its official. at Krafty Kuts last night, he dropped this super fast breaks remix of a prodigy track into the middle of a dubset (he went all over the fucking place last night - in a good way) and the entire crowd started bouncing into each other, including me. more pogo dancing than fist throwing style of mosh, but still moshing
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZdD7t2gEaw

Prodigy - breathe (filthy rehab remix). Krafty kuts features alot on a radio station my mate runs :)
 
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rincewindrocks said:
1. No but they are closer than paramedics
2. isn't it though?
3. it can be if people are dicks
4. ignore them
5. you've never heard of reading lips?
6. if you are closer than security, then jump in!
7. hipsters - oh, and people in hot climates
8. it works sometimes
9. if it was a free-for-all, there wouldnt be rules
10. nah, in football you aim for the center of mass, basically the bottom of the chest
11. hey, anything to keep them alive for a few more years
12. that sounds like a challenge
13. then why is this a list of rules?
14. what about shoving your finger up someones butt then licking it?
15. yes
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You sir are a legend among men...

If you motherfuckers don't like moshing then don't fucking take part, if that's how we wanna have fun in our own way then let us.
What you cunts are doing is basicly what the law or media do to drugs, belittle it and its users just because its not for you or most likely havnt tried it
 
nolys said:
You sir are a legend among men...

If you motherfuckers don't like moshing then don't fucking take part, if that's how we wanna have fun in our own way then let us.
What you cunts are doing is basicly what the law or media do to drugs, belittle it and its users just because its not for you or most likely havnt tried it
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Not sure if serious.
 
I would never mosh at a rave or anything... The only time I moshed was at this thrash and burn tour, ONLY so I could get to second row. So I'm standing with my best friend and her boyfriend and then emmure starts playing and people go crazy. LOL I was the only girl in the pit but I pushed through and managed not to really get hit and made it to second row! Like holy shit that was easier than I thought it would be, sadly I ended up getting punched in the face by this guy infront of me and we got into a fight... Then he got beat up by other guys though for hitting me. Crazy night.. Other than that though moshing at a place other than a hardcore/metal whatever show would be stupid.
 
nolys said:
If you motherfuckers don't like moshing then don't fucking take part, if that's how we wanna have fun in our own way then let us.
What you cunts are doing is basicly what the law or media do to drugs, belittle it and its users just because its not for you or most likely havnt tried it
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And that's where you're wrong, "cunt". It's not about whether I don't want to take part, moshers take up a MASSIVE SPACE and tend to overflow into the crowd around them, who are all wearing the same "for fuck sakes.." expression on their face.

This isn't about whether people have, or haven't tried moshing. Moshing pisses off more people than it pleases, so kindly fuck off.
 
BishopsBishop said:
And that's where you're wrong, "cunt". It's not about whether I don't want to take part, moshers take up a MASSIVE SPACE and tend to overflow into the crowd around them, who are all wearing the same "for fuck sakes.." expression on their face.

This isn't about whether people have, or haven't tried moshing. Moshing pisses off more people than it pleases, so kindly fuck off.
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Unnecessary.. no need to argue with harsh language. Points are better made without the use of swearing..


I see moshing occasionally at EDM shows, particularily "hard" dubstep shows, but never at most other dubstep or DnB shows. I think that if the music is more hard, or angry, there's bound to be a bit of moshing occurring. Think of hardcore, breakcore.. all those kind of genres are very full of energy and would definitely get people going. Brostep too, since it's a really aggressive form of dubstep.

I don't mind it myself, people can do as they wish, so long as I don't get dragged into it unwillingly. Moshers should try and be respectful of other dancers, we all want to be able to enjoy ourselves, not just one group. And if it gets out of control, it should probably be stopped, in case others accidently get hurt. You know the saying, it's all fun and games..
 
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