[Requiem]

why would someone pay just to go mosh though if the band is secondary? that is dumb. why not just go pick a fight with someone for free? and why do people insist on moshing toward the front? seems like the people who stand in line the longest are probably there because they want to see the band, so they shouldn't have to deal with idiots pushing into them. that seems like -real- etiquette if they want people to not think they're just huge assholes.

went to a concert once and was like 3rd from the front because I really liked the band and had waited for like 6 hours in line, and a mosh pit formed right behind me and my friends.. like, right behind us to where I was part of the edge and it pissed me off because people kept like mashing into me and elbowing me and shit. Finally, this girl next to me got shoved down and we had to help her up and she was so mad that when she got up she kicked the guy as hard as she could in the shins and then walked off through the crowd. fuck, it wasn't even a metal concert.. it was just 'hard rock'.

like I guess cool, if it's a really big area or something outside where the 'mosh pit' is pretty well designated because of a huge circle of people or something, cause that's pretty easy to avoid getting nailed by an elbow. but i can not agree with any sort of etiquette where mosh pits just form randomly from some idiot thrashing around bumping into people in a crowded area. my only real experience with a mosh pit was only one time, and it was a kind of small indoor venue (not tiny, but it wasn't huge) and it made me angry because I paid money to go there and stood in line for a really long time and had to watch two shitty bands open for the band I wanted to see. instead, I got elbowed multiple times, and pushed forward CONSTANTLY.