The act is still very common at gigs, so be aware that people may be passing overhead.Ī boot to the back of the head is not a great feeling.īe aware of what’s going on in the pit. Crowd Surfing is optional, usuallyĬrowd surfing is the act of climbing on peoples shoulders and being carried to the front of the stage by other people in the crowd. However, I like to think the guy in the story gets picked up before he’s hurt badly, leaving him to walk off to think about what he’s done.Įgo shattered but bones intact. Now, I am aware that this contradicts the Golden Rule. It’s also unlikely that anyone else in the pit will care if you then get hurt. If you try to force others into a pit, especially just so that they get hurt or scared, you are a terrible person. I have no idea if this story is true, but it paints a picture and has a moral to it. The guy who pulled her top down & pushed her then gets punched in the face and shoved into the pit, just as everyone else charges in to mosh. Several people also step in and create a barrier around her, giving her privacy to pull her top back up and get out of the pit if she wants. He decides it would be ‘fun’ to pull her top down and then push her into the pit, presumably to get trampled.Īnother person sees this, so announces for everyone to stop, then steps in to the space to protect the girl. Some guy on the edges of the pit sees a girl in front of him wearing a tube top. Let me illustrate this point with an urban legend I’ve heard many times.Ī space opens up at a metal show for a mosh pit/wall of death/circle pit. The idea of indiscriminate violence in a mosh pit is a stupid machismo thing. While there is a history of violence at punk/metal shows, it is mostly a thing of the past. A mosh pit is not an excuse to punch, kick or otherwise intentionally hurt others.
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