MOSH PIT STORIES!

Okay. Here are a few of my stories.

The Death Pit
Before Rancid at Warped '03, my rock-concert-virgin stepsister wanted a good spot. So, we went as far to the front as we could, before stopping in a clearing. I looked around, and could see only big boys. No girls. And I knew I was going to die. I'm 5'1, and at the time weighed barely 100 pounds. I'm small. Anywho, I told her that we were in the middle of a circle pit, and that we needed to move. She said I was crazy, and I persisted. Finally, she got annoyed and yelled at me, and I said that when I died, to remember that it was her fault, (Rancid was the 3rd to last band to play, in Phoenix, and it was hot). Anywho, I stood there with my arms across my chest, and sure enough, as soon as that first chord sounded, the pit went crazy, and I felt my cousin pulling me out from behind. I then had my stepsister and cousin standing around me to protect me from crowdsurfers, and still managed to get elbowed in the face. The man felt so bad, he was offering me his merch, and protection.
One girl from a couple people behind my cousin (who was behind me) was thrown in the air, and landed on the ground of the circle pit (the opening was a couple people in front of my stepsis, who was in front of me). The girl hit the ground so hard that we could hear it over the music.

Crowd-surfing against my will.
At the Atari's part of Warped '03, a band apart from Rancid, this big douchebag decided to start throwing people into the air to crowdsurf, and he started with lil 'ol me. I had never crowdsurfed, nor did I want to start at that show, so you can understand that I was pissed. I made it several people away before a big burly guy saw that I didn't want to be up there before pulling me down.

The time I was smothered.
I was at a show in Nov of '03 in Houston when this girl saw that I was holding onto my friends beltloop so that we wouldn't get seperated, and wedged herself between us, nearly breaking my arm. She was wearing a sweater (not hoodie, but sweater), and while I was trying to get free from my friend, I was smothered by her sweater and passed out. Keep in mind that I have asthma, and when something covers my face, I begin to hyperventilate. Which sucked, because I had a great spot.

The crowdsurfing I wanted to do.
My stepsister made friends with these boys in the middle of the crowd at a show in Nov of '04 in Dallas. I decided that I wanted to crowdsurf, and she pulled me to the boys, where I got aquainted. The lights were up, so we had to wait, but when the lights went down I was in the air. I crowdsurfed for several seconds before I was flipped several times, and landed bridal style in the bouncers arms.

The Protection in the Pit.
Whenever I would go to a big rock show in El Paso, I would always manage to make friends with the bigger people around me. They would form this circle of tall protection around me, so that I wouldn't get sucked into the circle pits from behind, or kicked in the head by a crowdsurfer. I don't know how I would make the friends, but I know that I am always grateful.

waoh, lots of stories. I'm going to Still Remains tonight, I will be making lots of friends co its a tiny venue where once a circle starts its pretty hard to stay away.


and I'm going to lost Prophets in July, I will be making friends with as many people as possible.

Still Remains yesterday. It was reallly good. My neck aches a bit when I look down from head banging but it was so worth it. We were right at the front and people we were with kept trying to drag me in the pit, but failed, ha ha. But after a while, we just made our own second pit and it was fucking rad. Nearly broke my arm and toe but I didn't YAY.

ANd met four of the band members after the gig and got free stuff. Great night.

If it's not too much of a bother, could someone please explain to a stupid Swede like me what mosh pits, circle pits and death pits are? I have a general idea of people just totally rocking out and hitting others for fun but I really don't know a lot more... Please?

[Cirlce pit] - Idealy, to see a circle pit at it's best, you need to be looking from above. But this vid gives a general idea =] As teh Stormage said, it's an open area in the crowd where people run at each other (usualy in a circular motion, but not always) and go pretty crazy. Tis huge fun =D
[[X] - Ooo! This Trivium vid has an awesome above view of two circle pits from Download Fest =] Theyre roughly about 17 seconds into the vid. I was there, but missed most of this set -.-]

As for a death pit... not heard of one. Do you mean a [Wall of Death]? That's when the crowd splits into two, and then both halves run at eachother. ^^ Looks awesome. That's my local venue type place, but I couldnt go >.< Which Im pissed about. But enough about Sock

Ghostbuster famous:

Still Remains yesterday. It was reallly good. My neck aches a bit when I look down from head banging but it was so worth it. We were right at the front and people we were with kept trying to drag me in the pit, but failed, ha ha. But after a while, we just made our own second pit and it was fucking rad. Nearly broke my arm and toe but I didn't YAY.

ANd met four of the band members after the gig and got free stuff. Great night.

I saw Still Remains a few weeks ago =] There wasnt really much of a mosh where I was standing, but for the last few songs, and the encore, I ventured into the circle pit. It was really fantastic ^^ I still have bruises.
>.< I really wanted to stay and meet the band, but I wasnt allowed =/ Meh.


(I love this thread)

Okay, so it was at a My Chem. concert, and Gerard was screaming "Let me hear a fuck yeah!" while everyone was moshing and the crowd goes "fuck yeah!" Gerard says "Let me hear a fuck yeah!" again and again, the crowd goes "fuck yeah!" But some idiot who was behind me got over excited and decided to kick me in the back. - I fell down and I screamed "fuck you" and Gerard was all like, "Did somebody fall down?" and looked straight at me. I nearly get stomped on but practically everyone goes quiet after he said that. After that the moshing starts up again, and again, some asshole kicks me in the ankle area and I nearly fall down again. =\

Thanks a lot Stormy and Sock! Those vids were awesome, I understand now what the fuzz is all about... That sure looks dangerous! But fun. The Wall of Death thing is awesome... I mean, wow, the adrenaline kick. Has anyone ever been in a Wall of Death?

batbeltbuckle:

Has anyone ever been in a Wall of Death?

Not yet...
give me time. <nods> I want to...badly

Sock, woooo! SOmeone else whoses seen Still Remains on that tour. Twas fun. It turned out the singer was in the pit for one of the suport acts and punched one of my friends in the face, knocking him out.

ANd yes, I have been in a wall of death. I was right at the front of one of the sides when everyone spilt and I was like 'fuck'. And everyone behind me was running so I had to go forward and..... it was fun. Just keep your head down. Or the chances of fist meeting face are very high.

Ghostbuster famous:

Just keep your head down. Or the chances of fist meeting face are very high.

Thanks for the advice
Now to FIND a wall of death...
HMMM

ha ha, anytime! *tips hat*


oooosh good luck with that.




best chances of finding the shy Wall Of Death is in its more favoured habitat at Aiden gigs.

my first mosh pit was last summer, at River Riot 05 (breaking benjamin, papa roach...) it was outside and it was like 105 degrees.

my best mosh pit was at taste of chaos 06. some guy got his nose broken, but he stayed in the mosh pit anyway. crazy hoes

My first mosh pit was a couple months ago, at the Black Clouds and Underdogs tour with From First to Last. I was wearing a tank top and it fell pretty low...

And I had many guys ramming things into my ass I didn't want rammed into my ass...

i went to the black clouds tour too... all the people that were there were like ten years old, and teenies... so there was like no moshing at that concert... sad

Arcade:

GOOD IDEA TO MAKE FRIENDS.

True that.
Not sure how though.
I tried to....once....i became very anti-social though and i think i ran away once....

There was a massive death circle at a gig i went to a coupel months ago...massive as in big in size...but there was like only one guy who was mosty in it.
There were two or three others then two or so girls who were in it for a coupel seconds.
NExt to me though was some (blue shirt guy lol) and he was getting pulled by his friends into the circle and the ended up doing so with the black shirt guy in the circle motioning for more people to come in and so all of a sudden blue shirt guy was on top of black shirt guy humping him.
It was weird.
People were taking pictures.
ANd then some other skinny other shirt guy came and it became a threesome.
I'm not sure what happened after that...i lost my view of it but i think a few more people...joined?
Meh.
Well that's one of my gay stories...

Ooo i'm going to another gig soon...hope i'll have another one...

^^^ lmao

can someone remind me what a death circle is?