Do you mosh?

I hop in a couple times per show for a song or so.  Nothing wrong with...well getting shoved around a bit in good fun as long as you are putting yourself there.  I weigh a whopping 125lbs so it tends to be alot more of me flying than pushing.  It can be fun for a bit as long as it doesn't get really rough with a bunch of assholes.  Generally though everyone is nice and obeys the rules of helping each other out.
 
I think it should be noted that I go see bands like Streetlight Manifesto and Thrice.  I doubt I would go into the pit at a true metal show.

Last time I checked, I'm not a 17-year-old virgin.  So...no...

yes sometimes. when the mosh pit slows down i jump in. it's also nasty at least during the summer time. i went to a concert and it was humid and hot. everyone came out of the concert with a soaking wet shirt from people's sweat.

why do you guys all look down your noses at moshers?

Fuck no, I've attended concerts/gigs where that type of music has been played but I sit at the back with a drink and enjoy. Most people who mosh just look awkward and/or dirty.

why do you guys all look down your noses at moshers?

I understand those who are against moshing. Everyone enjoys concerts how  they want to, if that doesn't include running in circles knocking into sweaty drunk people, I respect it. 
 
Having said that, I do partake in the pit whenever I'm at a punk show. I've been going to punk shows since high school. It doesn't deter or takeaway from my enjoyment of the music because the music is usually the loudest thing in the room. It's primal. Sure it's dangerous, but it's fun. There are unspoken rules and code of ethics; if someone near you falls, you pick them up immediately. Most people don't go into a pit intent on hurting others. Those motherfuckers don't get it. 

Naw, I'm an awkward mosher.

No, moshing has been dumb as hell since hair metal died. The fact that there are assholes doing it at every concert you go to these days is obnoxious.

i listen to hardcore / metal..... we "mosh" hard. we call it dancing.  punching kicking throwing each other. i find it a blast. but of course i also train MMA so....

I used to when moshing wasn't a bunch of assholes throwing punches, elbows and kicks and shit. But I'm just too old for it now.

@Skogen said:

I listen to metal. I go in the pit.

This! It's a crucial part of the metal experience.

@guiseppe said:

@Skogen said:

I listen to metal. I go in the pit.

This! It's a crucial part of the metal experience.

exactly. i dont understand why everyone here treats moshing as something disgusting 

When I think of the kind of people who mosh this always comes to mind.

Oh yeah. Last time I went to a concert it was the big 4, the pits going on while Anthrax and Slayer were playing were crazy.

I used to mosh when I was younger and in shape. Then, metalcore happened and kids started doing tae bo lessons in the middle of a crowd. Now I generally stay on the side so I can actually watch and enjoy the bands I payed to see. Yes I understand hardcore "dancing" was introduced in the '80s during the rise of the hardcore DC punk scene. It just never happened at metal shows

i listen to hardcore / metal..... we "mosh" hard. we call it dancing.  punching kicking throwing each other. i find it a blast. but of course i also train MMA so....

i have never been to a concert. 
 
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I mosh like it's still 1996.

Hell no when it comes to concerts I prefer to dance up on a female than run into a bunch of other shirtless sweaty dudes. I do like to watch them from a safe distance though.

most definitely not

Nope. I hang out in the front of the crowd but avoid moshing for the most part. When it's a good crowd of people it's entertaining to watch though.

This sprang to mind...and no. Never had, never will.

Yes I do. You just have to be carefull where you are standing. I don't like to push people that are not into that kind of thing. 

Moshing is terrifying if you are a pussy.

@guiseppe said:

@Skogen said:

I listen to metal. I go in the pit.

This! It's a crucial part of the metal experience.

Very much this. If your still standing properly/uninjured, you did something wrong.

@guiseppe said:

@Skogen said:

I listen to metal. I go in the pit.

This! It's a crucial part of the metal experience.

Very much this. If your still standing properly/uninjured, you did something wrong.

Not really, i don't enjoy metal. And it seems pretty stupid to me, i understand that it goes well with metal, but the people who mosh think they're really hardcore, after watching partizan vs redstar fights, mosh pits seem like something kindergartners would do.

It's awesome seeing how many people in this thread who are offended by, and/or think they're above moshing.

It's just dancing to music, and everyone is there to have a good time - 99% people aren't out there to severely injure one another. Sure, occasionally someone will be out to punch you in the face, but then if you go into any club or concert I guarantee someone in there wants to give you a good kicking.

I used to mosh. Now I actually sing along when bands play and actually focus on the music.

I'm a small guy, so moshing usually ends with me being crushed. I prefer to be on the edge the pit to do some headbanging.

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I don't at Metal shows. Most Metalheads are complete dick heads who will not look out for other people. Punk shows however, are a fucking dream for moshing. It's fun as long as you don't have any Hardcore kids trying to roundhouse kick people or some shit.

@Azteck said:

That's what I think about moshing

They should rename their band the Foo Dancers.

Nothing wrong with a big old pit, if you don't like it you know where not to be.

Used too when I was younger. Don't anymore.

Not anymore.  Too old.  But back in the day at Hardcore shows,  i was always either in the pit or stage diving.  Good times.

I used to enjoy moshing at punk shows, until I got someones elbow in the jaw and chipped my molar. Nothing too bad but you know, I'd rather just enjoy the music without getting hurt.

No

No, I'm not into metal. Plus the whole sweaty drunks slamming into me doesn't sound like a good time.

Are you a mosh warrior? Do you bring the mosh? (To the appropriate concerts.)

I'm dating a mosher; the cute punk kind though, not the fat angry goth kind. I also used to work security at the Tweeter Center in Chicago, and had to work a few metal shows. Catching fat, sweaty dudes dressed in black with spike bracelets and gently placing them on the ground and saying "Don't do that again" only to catch them and set them on the ground and back into the crowd all over again for 8 hours was a blast. Badly wanted to "miss" once or twice and let them crack their skulls on the ground... at least I got a good work out.