Guy stands in the middle of the Wall of Death (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

WTF is a wall of death?

My god these people are morons.

 

[Otis]

You won't get much in the way of melody and harmony, but there's a power inherent in this kind of music that exists in no other. There's no way to describe the feeling of release at a show like this if you're into that kind of music - it's like a drug.

It's horrendously bad. And look at the types of people it attracts. There's a correlation there. No, I'm not going to explain any further.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Sadly, Monsterpanties dot com has been parked by Go Daddy.

 

[Otis]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

 

[Otis]

So this 'wall of death' thing is sort of like a cross between the Hokey Pokey and the '85 Bears defense?

I believe it's actually meant to simulate medieval battlefields.

This is a half step above those people who meet up to act out World of Warcraft battles in person with tree outfits. Someone please link up that video.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

You won't get much in the way of melody and harmony, but there's a power inherent in this kind of music that exists in no other. There's no way to describe the feeling of release at a show like this if you're into that kind of music - it's like a drug.

It's horrendously bad. And look at the types of people it attracts. There's a correlation there. No, I'm not going to explain any further.

You don't get it. Most don't. It's OK.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

It's not for everyone.

 

[Godsbrother]

watching this video makes me feel better about being a teenager in the 70s.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

 

[Alias]

So this 'wall of death' thing is sort of like a cross between the Hokey Pokey and the '85 Bears defense?

I believe it's actually meant to simulate medieval battlefields.

This is a half step above those people who meet up to act out World of Warcraft battles in person with tree outfits. Someone please link up that video.

 

[wraith5]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

 

[Otis]

So this 'wall of death' thing is sort of like a cross between the Hokey Pokey and the '85 Bears defense?

I believe it's actually meant to simulate medieval battlefields.

This is a half step above those people who meet up to act out World of Warcraft battles in person with tree outfits. Someone please link up that video.

That's the one. It's another thing I don't get. And most people don't.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

sometimes those damn skinheads get ya though. A buddy of mine got dropped and then one skinny started kicking him with those boots. two of us then promptly jumped the skinhead. great times

 

[Evilgrin 72]

So this 'wall of death' thing is sort of like a cross between the Hokey Pokey and the '85 Bears defense?

I believe it's actually meant to simulate medieval battlefields.

This is a half step above those people who meet up to act out World of Warcraft battles in person with tree outfits. Someone please link up that video.

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

 

[RudiStein]

So this 'wall of death' thing is sort of like a cross between the Hokey Pokey and the '85 Bears defense?

I believe it's actually meant to simulate medieval battlefields.

This is a half step above those people who meet up to act out World of Warcraft battles in person with tree outfits. Someone please link up that video.

ETA: this is not the LARP video but should be played anyway

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

sometimes those damn skinheads get ya though. A buddy of mine got dropped and then one skinny started kicking him with those boots. two of us then promptly jumped the skinhead. great times

Those buttholes have no business being in public. I actually got flattened once at a show at Cox in SD by the guy from American History X that played the leaderof the Aryans in prison (dude with the machine gun tattoo on the side of his shaved head.) The tattoo is real. He wasn't one of the anusclowns you're talking about though - he just grinned at me and helped me up.

 

[B-Deep]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

I'll wager these larpers would kick the asses of an equal number of lamb of god fansthey have lightning bolts and ####

 

[wraith5]

Sadly, Monsterpanties dot com has been parked by Go Daddy.

Frankly, I'm shocked that the other 2 are available.

 

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I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

I've done a bit of this (not WOD but mosh/surfing) and I'll agree with EG72 here.... As much as it seems like all these folks are very violent toward each other, 99.9% of the folks in those pits are going to block/yank you up if you go down to avoid someone getting seriously hurt.

 

[B-Deep]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

head bob on occasion

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

I find this happening with increasing frequency as I get older. Depends really on how many beers I've had before the show. If it's a weeknight and I've kept it to a 6 or so, I'm probably this guy. If it's a weekend or I throw caution to the wind and have 15-20 beers before the show, I'm probably somewhere in or around the circle pit/wall of death, etc...

 

[AcerFC]

I used to dance in pits all the time at NYHC shows I went to. Used to sommersault on the ground coming up into a roundhouse karate kick and then flail my arms all over the place windmill fashion. I was like a walking sick of it all video.

Seems funny looking back on it but it was great fun back in the day. Only one broken nose to speak of but rest of my record is clean.

I was beaten up by bouncers in Arizona at a AFI show because they didn't know what NY dancing was all about.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

I'll wager these larpers would kick the asses of an equal number of lamb of god fansthey have lightning bolts and ####

Well, duh.... they have axes and swords too.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

head bob on occasion

Oh, absolutely. This is a great move.

 

[golfguy]

There's no way to describe the feeling of release at a show like this if you're into that kind of music - it's like a drug.

more like you must be on some serious drugs to even call this "music". and there are things i don't get and hope to never understand. heroin addiction, cutting, and on and on.

i would try to explain how this doesn't actually make you different, but well oh nevermind.

 

[The Commish]

Might have been answered already, but why is it a "wall" and not "circle"

 

[B-Deep]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

I'll wager these larpers would kick the asses of an equal number of lamb of god fansthey have lightning bolts and ####

Well, duh.... they have axes and swords too.

i would love to see that chubby dude in the middle of the wall of death throwing his ping pong balls and desperately yelling "lightning bolt" as the moshers crushed himthat would be funny ####

 

[wraith5]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

That was me at a Pelican & Isis show (2 different bands) back in June. Most boring show I've ever seen in my life.

 

[Fennis]

I prefer the rainbow cloud of puppy dogs and unicorns to the wall of death.

 

[Otis]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

There's probably a lot more overlap here than you'd care to admit.

 

[RudiStein]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

head bob on occasion

Oh, absolutely. This is a great move.

:lighter:

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

I find this happening with increasing frequency as I get older. Depends really on how many beers I've had before the show. If it's a weeknight and I've kept it to a 6 or so, I'm probably this guy. If it's a weekend or I throw caution to the wind and have 15-20 beers before the show, I'm probably somewhere in or around the circle pit/wall of death, etc...

Nice. I think the most contact I engage in is a healthy round of high-fives. Yep, I'm him.

 

[B-Deep]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

head bob on occasion

Oh, absolutely. This is a great move.

fist in the air!if it's a hair band, raise the lighterthat's about the extent of it

 

[AcerFC]

And

votis

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I've never been seriously injured in over 1,000 pits - worst that ever happened to me was having a crowd surfer step on my face, opening a nice cut on the bridge of my nose. The upside to it was that I didn't realize it was bleeding until after it had already stopped and I had a William Wallace-like war paint of blood on my face, which the crowd in attendance thought was cool. I've seen people get dragged out unconscious before - broken noses, tramplings, concussions, etc.. all the time. You just have to keep your head on a swivel and protect yourself and you'll be OK.

Exhibit A, Your Honor.

LOL the biggest key is have alot of friends in the pitt with you, and if you fall down, get up as quick as possible.

I must have gone down 200 times in my life - never has the crowd around me failed to have me upright again within 2 seconds.

I've done a bit of this (not WOD but mosh/surfing) and I'll agree with EG72 here.... As much as it seems like all these folks are very violent toward each other, 99.9% of the folks in those pits are going to block/yank you up if you go down to avoid someone getting seriously hurt.

Despite the occasional sociopath, most people are just getting a release and aren't remotely interested in hurting anyone.I did see one maniac once at a Helmet show at the Troc in Philly intentionally elbow some guy in the nose and blow it up. The guy victimized was standing right next to me, and he almost caught me with that elbow. My buddies and I saw them after the show and decided to confront them, but when we got to their car, we realized they were pulling a tank of nitrous out of the trunk, so we befriended them instead.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

That was me at a Pelican & Isis show (2 different bands) back in June. Most boring show I've ever seen in my life.

I've heard the name Pelican recently (both of these bands have a new album out) and I think it's a great name, for some reason. I hear that Isis album is really, really good, but I doubt it's up my alley.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

There's probably a lot more overlap here than you'd care to admit.

There's some, not a lot. Take it from someone who knows.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I used to dance in pits all the time at NYHC shows I went to. Used to sommersault on the ground coming up into a roundhouse karate kick and then flail my arms all over the place windmill fashion. I was like a walking sick of it all video. Seems funny looking back on it but it was great fun back in the day. Only one broken nose to speak of but rest of my record is clean. I was beaten up by bouncers in Arizona at a AFI show because they didn't know what NY dancing was all about.

A co-worker of mine was the drummer from Agnostic Front's sister and used to get us into their shows for nothing. NYC hardcore shows were some of the most violent pits I've ever seen. To this day, the hybrid hardcore/metal beands like Hatebreed still foster some of the wildest pits.

 

[RudiStein]

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

There's probably a lot more overlap here than you'd care to admit.

There's some, not a lot. Take it from someone who knows.

probably not Larping that is the ultimate in dorkiness. But plenty of people in those pits have rolled 20 sided dice and painted minatures

 

[Evilgrin 72]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

I'll wager these larpers would kick the asses of an equal number of lamb of god fansthey have lightning bolts and ####

Well, duh.... they have axes and swords too.

i would love to see that chubby dude in the middle of the wall of death throwing his ping pong balls and desperately yelling "lightning bolt" as the moshers crushed himthat would be funny ####

I literally LOLed picturing this.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Longer hair, deeper voice, cooler clothes and you've got it.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Does Otis have a family member that was assaulted by a Cookie Monster vocalist?

 

[Steve Tasker]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

head bob on occasion

Oh, absolutely. This is a great move.

How do you feel about mouthing the lyrics?

 

[Evilgrin 72]

There are lots of niche activities in the world.Comparing a Lamb of God show with a LARPing session is about as far off as you can get, though. It's like saying that chugging a glass of whiskey and chugging a glass of chocolate milk is the same thing because you're rapidly drinking liquid in both cases.

There's probably a lot more overlap here than you'd care to admit.

There's some, not a lot. Take it from someone who knows.

probably not Larping that is the ultimate in dorkiness. But plenty of people in those pits have rolled 20 sided dice and painted minatures

Hell yes. I was one of them. I think these days, there's less and less of that, though. Most kids now are into video games, they have no time for pen, paper, and dice anymore.

 

[Tom Servo]

watching this video makes me feel better about being a teenager in the 70s.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I usually have my arms crossed, beer in one hand, with a brooding look on my face at shows. Occasionally, air guitar will occur.

head bob on occasion

Oh, absolutely. This is a great move.

How do you feel about mouthing the lyrics?

It's a reflex. Can't be helped.