“I think our audience have become a little bit more attentive and less of that type of mentality I understand you want to release that energy. Some artists have taken a stand against moshing, including the Smashing Pumpkins, Manowar, and Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who spoke about the topic in an interview for his website. Over the years, there has been a lot of criticism and outrage against moshing, citing it as a dangerous activity that sometimes turns into a form of bullying. When the crowd surfers started, you couldn’t even turn your head to see if there was one coming right at you.” And it was so crowded by the time Amon Amarth came on, and I would raise my hand and not be able to move my arm. That was a bad idea because I was in the second row of people from the press area. “I decided to hang out up front instead of by the mosh like I usually do. Garren Lewis noted some of the same problems with crowd surfing when he went to see Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth at a crowded Playstation Theater in New York. “I don’t go to shows anymore because I keep getting hurt, it’s a repeated pattern.” “A few months after that, presented a show for Exodus and Testament which I went to, and I got kicked in the head by a crowd surfer,” said Fitzpatrick. But unfortunately for her, that wasn’t the last injury she would sustain. “It made schoolwork very hard to do, and I actually had to withdraw from a class because of it,” Fitzpatrick said. Fitzpatrick said she was kicked in the back of the head at an A Day To Remember concert, and the hit sent her glasses flying and gave her a concussion. Holly Fitzpatrick, WSOU’s program director, was injured twice at concerts because of crowd surfing. While moshing can be one of the more dangerous activities at a concert, crowd surfing also poses a big threat to someone’s safety.
And if you’re small and there’s a bunch of big people, there’s a good chance you’ll get knocked over.” “If you’re with a bunch of small people, don’t be that guy that’s just knocking everyone over. “Do what’s appropriate for who you’re with,” said Durant.
It’s important to know who is in the pit with you, and to know your limitations. I’m not totally against it, but it depends on the environment.”īeing aware of your environment goes beyond just knowing what’s appropriate at the show, Durant said. “But don’t go to a Metallica concert and start throwing spin kicks and swinging your arms. “If you’re going to go to a hardcore show where they’ve adapted that wild, flailing style, then fine,” Durant said. While some shows and genres permit a more wild, reckless style of moshing, that won’t be appropriate at every show you go to. “That’s usually people who are not well-versed in moshing, and think it’s funny to join in or don’t really know what they’re getting into.”Īccording to Nick Durant, a WSOU staff member and an avid concert goer, it’s also important to know the setting you are in before you begin. “I’ve seen people have bad experiences,” he said. One of the biggest dangers in a mosh pit is inexperience Lewis said. Since moshing has been around for a long time, people have developed traditions and ways to properly act in a mosh pit. They also claimed that over 10,000 injuries in mosh pits were reported from 1998 to 2008. There have been nine moshing related deaths recorded between 19, and even more injuries like broken bones and bloody noses according to an article from ABC News. Such a physical activity means that moshing isn’t without its share of injuries.
“Even if you get an injury, as long as it’s not bad then you’ll have a good time.” “A good mosh pit should be something you look back on as adding to the concert,” Lewis. There are many variations, including push pits, circle pits, and more extreme variations such as the wall of death.ĭespite the physical nature of it, moshing is meant to be a fun, cathartic experience according to Garren Lewis, assistant program director at WSOU, Seton Hall’s metal station.
With the rise of hardcore and metal music, mosh pits could be seen at concerts, with people forming an open circle and doing things like pushing each other and running into one another. A longstanding concert tradition of the metal community, moshing has caused controversy since its inception, raising questions of whether or not it’s safe or if it should even be allowed. Mosh pits and metal concerts essentially go hand in hand.
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