Blog Explanation

Too often I observe interesting little quirks in human nature and let them pass me by without comment. This blog is dedicated to the small weirdnesses in all of us, whether we admit it or not; it's the kind of thing you tell your friends with that disbelieving tone because you know they will find it just as strange as you. We all have our eccentricities, now it's time to record them.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Mosh Pit Mayhem

Today's post is on something I do not and probably will not ever understand: mosh pits.  I went to the Avenged Sevenfold concert a while back and saw enough of them to quench my appetite to ever consider joining one.  Now, as one of my friends explained it to me, there are actually several different kinds of mosh pits but the ones I witnessed at this concert were mainly just a whole bunch of shoving each other around as much as possible, with the occasional left hook thrown in for good measure.  I just can't understand in what state of mind one would think to their self, "I should definitely run in the circle of people and try and hurt someone else, even though I have the potential to get very hurt myself."  For over an hour I watched a group of people bashing into eachother, running around, and overall just beating the living snot out of each other.  Which I guess, if you're into that kind of scene might be kind of fun.  (If you're crazy.)

The weird part came whenever someone got knocked down.  Now, as I understood it, the point was to shove someone as hard as humanly possible; and yet, if someone got knocked down from the aforementioned huge shove, everyone would immediately go help that person get back up.  I suppose that's a nice, considerate, humane thing to do, but come on, you're beating the tar our of each other and then you're surprised when someone might actually get hurt?  Something doesn't add up here.  I saw a guy come out of the mosh pit with his forehead cut open and bloody but does that discourage anyone in the slightest? Nope.  Huh, I guess it just promotes the survival of the fittest in both intelligence (for those who avoid mosh pits) and strength (for those who survive them).

3 comments:

  1. You provided great observational detail about your mosh pit experience. I used to go to Punk shows and I would stand within the outer circle of the pit,being the one pushing partakers back into the pit. More recently I have been in two different types of pits. One was at a Primus show the other was Porno for Pyros, both of these mosh pits were very civilized. Lots of shoving with very little hitting or elbowing.
    What types did your friend describe to you?

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  2. I completely understand what you went through! I myself grew up going to countless amounts of rock concerts and couldn't understand why people enjoy doing such things. I was in one mosh pit in my life when I was 15, it was with a huge party of my friends but instead of hitting each other and trying to be badass we just bumped of each other like cracked out bumper cars. way more fun hahaha :)

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  3. Mosh pits can actually be super fun when people aren't trying to punch or kick each other. Circle pits are kind of weird too. They're mostly for ska or punk concerts and focus on people running around in a circle, skanking and doing other such ridiculous dances, for the most part avoiding contact. Sometimes you do some pushing and such but it's not as bad as a metal pit. Although at the last ska concert I went to, this one girl got knocked out and some beefy shirtless dude carried her off to make sure she was okay. It was weird.

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