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Spinless:
Moshing is supposed to be about catharsis, respect and love, or at least, that's always been my understanding. Unfortunately, the occasional violence to casual spectators resulted in the attraction of mindless, violent individuals who think it's just about being violent because you love the music or something, I don't know. Whatever, stupid people use it as an excuse to be as rough as possible without any consideration at all for the other people involved.

Any time I've been in a moshpit, I've actually encouraged just as much kissing as punching in the face. While people at first are taken by surprise, eventually they catch on and they usually end up hugging each other as much as they karate chop each other in the neck.
Try it, then take a few steps back and admire what you've created. Watching a heavy band playing and screaming while the former moshpit has turned into a big puddle of love is immensely satisfying.

Am I doing it wrong you guys?

a pack of wolves:
Guyana Punch Line used to always try and get people to have naked pits or fuck pits at their gigs. So yes, you're totally doing it right. If I was ever to look up in a chug part and see the crowd getting all smoochy I'd be very chuffed.


--- Quote from: Chad K. ---I suppose the Karate Kid stuff and older "Picking Up Change" stuff might be dancing.  That wasn't really coming into vogue in the area of the midwest I grew up in until after I was starting to get out of hardcore music.  It was more just flailing arms back and forth and colliding with people, which can get scary.

With regard to the Karate style moves, I personally think its distracting.  But then again, people go to see swing, ska and jazz bands to dance, not to gawk at the musicians, so maybe it has its place at a show as a valid of form of appreciating the music.  It just never did anything for me.  That said, your point is well taken.
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Kickboxing at gigs is a load of nonsense really, it's a load of macho crap but thankfully the people who do it usually only go to see terrible bands 'round where I live anyway so I can avoid them. There's nothing really wrong with flailing about though so long as you do it right which is perfectly possible. Sadly, since moshing can look violent over the years it has attracted people who don't get how to slam dance properly into doing it and hurting people. But done right it really is fun.

supersheep:
I don't think I've ever been in a pit where people's predominant concern in moshing hasn't been for the people around them, with the exception of a few jerks. The sight of a fifteen-stone topless metaller with enough metal in their face to make a saucepan hauling a fifteen-year old girl back to her feet as a number of idiots try and knock him over was priceless.

LifeCausesCancer:
I'm a huge fan of punk music so I've always been pretty gung-ho about moshing. Especially around the RI scene where it's such a small place that everyone knows everyone else so nobody gets seriously hurt. And seeing as we a so close knit, the jerks who think hurting people is cool get kicked out fast.

Leinad:
I've been in very few mosh-pits where it wasn't all about having loads of fun. I live in Nor-Cal so mostly we have the whole hardcore two-step,which I find mildly annoying, but then we get some good metal and metalcore and have real pits. I think the best are circle pits, cause there is nothing more fun than turning around and knocking some guy flat on his back, and watching the whole pit degenerate right in front of you.

As to detracting from the music, I find that completely false. All the pits I go in just have people walking around during the slow parts, and then when it hits a breakdown, we mosh. Rather fun, and if a chick gets knocked down and you don't pick her up, your chances of getting nookie that night are VERY low.

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