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

[wraith5]

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.

Odd, the only time that I was injured in a pit was at a Helmet show. Some guy in a pack of straight edge dickwads kicked me in the nuts. I retaliated with an elbow smash to the nose, then proceeded to tend to my aching balls. To be young and dumb again.

I took a boot squar in the marbles at a White Zombie show at the Stone Pony Big Top. Ended up curled up in a ball at the base of the giant stack of speakers to the left of the stage for most of Thunderkiss '65. Then, I couldn't hear anything for about twenty minutes afterwards either. Same show, I lent my brother my jacket (Big Top was just that, a huge tent with no heat and it was about 20 degrees out) and he got hot during the show, so he just took my coat off and threw it into the pit. $75 jacket, gone. I had originally planned to leave it in the car. So I had that going for me.... which was nice. Did meet Sean Yseault after the show at the Osprey and proposed to her after about 25 beers, so the evening ended well, despite the fact that she didn't accept.

Bummer about the jacket (and your nuts), but very cool about meeting Sean Yseult. I hung out with Zakk Wylde once after an Ozzy show. He said no, too. You just kinda put it behind you and move on, you know?

 

[AcerFC]

I've never understood the thought process behind people "skanking" though. And I used to go to a lot of shows where skanking was common. Can someone explain this to me?

Acer probably can. I've never done it.

Skanking is dancing for ska kids. Bands like Fishbone and th toasters are ska. It's just another form of dancing.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I never really realized how ridiculous skanking was until I watched these videos on the internet

maybe at a concert it seems more normalisolated like this, it is just oddit's like elaine from seinfeld was ahead of her time!

Well it's just an isolated group of people who were doing it, I just never really stopped and asked myself "what the #### are they doing?" until right now.

 

[Jaysus]

I bet that guy impressed the heck out of all the ladies in attendance with his show of bravado.

A show like this, you usually get about 10-15% females.

"coatracks"

Last show I was at, this girl wriggled in front of me to the rail center stage. Her hair smelled like some really nice fruity shampoo, so I told her I would try to keep the masses off of her if she stayed put. I protected her, and in exchange, got to stand right behind her and smell her shampoo the whole show rather than the unwashed masses behind me. Win/win.

my only pit-related injury (still have the scar to this day) was at the hands of a 75lb chick doing the aforementioned windmill ninja dance.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

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.

Odd, the only time that I was injured in a pit was at a Helmet show. Some guy in a pack of straight edge dickwads kicked me in the nuts. I retaliated with an elbow smash to the nose, then proceeded to tend to my aching balls. To be young and dumb again.

I took a boot squar in the marbles at a White Zombie show at the Stone Pony Big Top. Ended up curled up in a ball at the base of the giant stack of speakers to the left of the stage for most of Thunderkiss '65. Then, I couldn't hear anything for about twenty minutes afterwards either. Same show, I lent my brother my jacket (Big Top was just that, a huge tent with no heat and it was about 20 degrees out) and he got hot during the show, so he just took my coat off and threw it into the pit. $75 jacket, gone. I had originally planned to leave it in the car. So I had that going for me.... which was nice. Did meet Sean Yseault after the show at the Osprey and proposed to her after about 25 beers, so the evening ended well, despite the fact that she didn't accept.

Bummer about the jacket (and your nuts), but very cool about meeting Sean Yseult. I hung out with Zakk Wylde once after an Ozzy show. He said no, too. You just kinda put it behind you and move on, you know?

 

[Steve Tasker]

I've never understood the thought process behind people "skanking" though. And I used to go to a lot of shows where skanking was common. Can someone explain this to me?

Acer probably can. I've never done it.

Skanking is dancing for ska kids. Bands like Fishbone and th toasters are ska. It's just another form of dancing.

I've been to too many ska shows, apparently. There would always be some crazies who get in a circle and skank in front of the stage...then they run into each other and it's like a moshpit for #######.

But it's not always kids who were in it. It's pretty common to see 40-year old guys dancing around like that...

 

[B-Deep]

if i was in the wall of death, well i would never be there

but if i was i would rig up two stinky palms beforehand

when they carried me out on a backboard i would have the pleasure of knowing a lot of those jackasses have had my ###-soaked hand rubbed all over them

small victories, that's the key to life

 

[St. Louis Bob]

 

[B-Deep]

I've never understood the thought process behind people "skanking" though. And I used to go to a lot of shows where skanking was common. Can someone explain this to me?

Acer probably can. I've never done it.

Skanking is dancing for ska kids. Bands like Fishbone and th toasters are ska. It's just another form of dancing.

I've been to too many ska shows, apparently. There would always be some crazies who get in a circle and skank in front of the stage...then they run into each other and it's like a moshpit for #######.

But it's not always kids who were in it. It's pretty common to see 40-year old guys dancing around like that...

funky old dude

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I'm out to drink a bunch of beers. Happy Friday, kids.

 

[AcerFC]

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.

Odd, the only time that I was injured in a pit was at a Helmet show. Some guy in a pack of straight edge dickwads kicked me in the nuts. I retaliated with an elbow smash to the nose, then proceeded to tend to my aching balls. To be young and dumb again.

Not all straight edge kids are like that. 31 years strong and never needed to do stuff like that. Unfortunately a lot of XXX kids made up gangs and became extremists which really goes against what it was supposed to be about. See Earth Crisis for an example or Boston had some straight edge gang called FSU.

 

[B-Deep]

I'm out to drink a bunch of beers. Happy Friday, kids.

thanks for an enjoyable threadLIGHTNING BOLT!

 

[Steve Tasker]

I'm out to drink a bunch of beers. Happy Friday, kids.

Make sure to skank a few times for us...

 

[B-Deep]

I'm out to drink a bunch of beers. Happy Friday, kids.

Make sure to skank a few times for us...

I want to teach my 6 year old to skank and video it

 

[The_Burning_Bush]

I've never understood the thought process behind people "skanking" though. And I used to go to a lot of shows where skanking was common. Can someone explain this to me?

Don't even know what that is.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Go Dodgers!

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I cannot begin to express how much I miss Jerry, or Jimmy, or Zep, Pink Floyd, the Who, Ten Years After, King Crimson, CSN & Y. Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, the Stones, and so many others. Silly simple me with a head full of acid and a frisbee dancin off of my fingers, my day must seem so old fashioned and provincial by todays standards.

 

[B-Deep]

I am out

this video is not related to the topic, but always enjoyable

 

[SoFresh&SoClean]

Do people get really hurt doing that ####?

Let me tell you from experience, yes. I attended Warp Tour about 5 years ago to see Coheed and Cambria mostly, and I found myself walking through a crowd of people moving along like they were all heading to their stages to see different bands...and I'm talking to a friend over a very aggressive sounding band screaming and raging about, unaware that there were actually fans watching these guys. So I'm walking along, when out of nowhere I get shoved into a crowd of very tattooed kids wearing black handkerchiefs over his mouths like bandits of some sort and very heavy, black army boots. One of them blindly Chuck Norris roundhouses me in the side of the head and sends me head first into a group of angry, pasty ####ers. Since they all looked alike I had no idea which one to shank, so I brushed myself off and went on walking. My head was bruised for a week.

 

[wraith5]

if i was in the wall of death, well i would never be therebut if i was i would rig up two stinky palms beforehandwhen they carried me out on a backboard i would have the pleasure of knowing a lot of those jackasses have had my ###-soaked hand rubbed all over themsmall victories, that's the key to life

Oddly enough, this is the strategy the Scots started out with...

 

[Otis]

I've never understood the thought process behind people "skanking" though. And I used to go to a lot of shows where skanking was common. Can someone explain this to me?

Don't even know what that is.

What. The.

 

[RudiStein]

Do people get really hurt doing that ####?

Let me tell you from experience, yes. I attended Warp Tour about 5 years ago to see Coheed and Cambria mostly, and I found myself walking through a crowd of people moving along like they were all heading to their stages to see different bands...and I'm talking to a friend over a very aggressive sounding band screaming and raging about, unaware that there were actually fans watching these guys. So I'm walking along, when out of nowhere I get shoved into a crowd of very tattooed kids wearing black handkerchiefs over his mouths like a bandits of some sort and very heavy, black army boots. One of them blindly Chuck Norris roundhouses me in the side of the head and sends me head first into a group of angry, pasty ####ers. Since they all looked alike I had no idea which one to shank, so I brushed myself off and went on walking. My head was bruised for a week.

 

[Sheriff66]

I've never understood the thought process behind people "skanking" though. And I used to go to a lot of shows where skanking was common. Can someone explain this to me?

Don't even know what that is.

 

[AcerFC]

FWIW, this is what skanking is,

Not sure what is so funny or confusing about it. Its about having fun when you are young and this was how some of us had fun. Its not for everyone but nothing is.

Im certainly not going to make fun of Nigel Mardi Gras because all he likes to do is stand in a corner with a beer (right Nige, ) or I am not going to blast the guy on acid for liking the Dead and being high. If you like something, great. I dont get peoples shtick with making fun of something others are into

Unless you are B Deep. That puts you in another category all together

 

[AcerFC]

Do people get really hurt doing that ####?

Let me tell you from experience, yes. I attended Warp Tour about 5 years ago to see Coheed and Cambria mostly, and I found myself walking through a crowd of people moving along like they were all heading to their stages to see different bands...and I'm talking to a friend over a very aggressive sounding band screaming and raging about, unaware that there were actually fans watching these guys. So I'm walking along, when out of nowhere I get shoved into a crowd of very tattooed kids wearing black handkerchiefs over his mouths like a bandits of some sort and very heavy, black army boots. One of them blindly Chuck Norris roundhouses me in the side of the head and sends me head first into a group of angry, pasty ####ers. Since they all looked alike I had no idea which one to shank, so I brushed myself off and went on walking. My head was bruised for a week.

Coheed is a great band but they are also great people. I grew up in the next town over. They played small shows at a place called the Backdoor which was an old church. The used to be called Shabooty. Any time I have hung out with them, they have been super cool. I was the Best Man at my friends wedding (he is a lot closer to them. I know them thru him) and my sister wanted a picture with them. They were awesome about it. Most people are but you dont always want to be in the spotlight but they were cool about it.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

FWIW, this is what skanking is,

So it's the 2000's ska version of Springstein's, "Dancin in the Dark" (pick it up at the 3:20 mark )? Got it.

 

[SoFresh&SoClean]

Do people get really hurt doing that ####?

Let me tell you from experience, yes. I attended Warp Tour about 5 years ago to see Coheed and Cambria mostly, and I found myself walking through a crowd of people moving along like they were all heading to their stages to see different bands...and I'm talking to a friend over a very aggressive sounding band screaming and raging about, unaware that there were actually fans watching these guys. So I'm walking along, when out of nowhere I get shoved into a crowd of very tattooed kids wearing black handkerchiefs over his mouths like a bandits of some sort and very heavy, black army boots. One of them blindly Chuck Norris roundhouses me in the side of the head and sends me head first into a group of angry, pasty ####ers. Since they all looked alike I had no idea which one to shank, so I brushed myself off and went on walking. My head was bruised for a week.

Coheed is a great band but they are also great people. I grew up in the next town over. They played small shows at a place called the Backdoor which was an old church. The used to be called Shabooty. Any time I have hung out with them, they have been super cool. I was the Best Man at my friends wedding (he is a lot closer to them. I know them thru him) and my sister wanted a picture with them. They were awesome about it. Most people are but you dont always want to be in the spotlight but they were cool about it.

That's pretty freaking cool. I've seen them live 3 times now, and might get to see them again at lolla in a few weeks. Great live band.

 

[AcerFC]

FWIW, this is what skanking is,

Pretty much but they have been skanking for a long time. Longer then Springsteen. Whenever I see a ska band, I always think of Fishbone and the part in Back to the Beach where they were doing the Jamaican Ska. Nothing in ska beats that for me. I am not really into ska though so Im sure its not the same for everyone

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

FWIW, this is what skanking is,

Now imagine the dancer is black...

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

...and he has his own home.

 

[Darth Cheney]

Philadelphia Lollapalooza 1993 90+ degrees on the rubble of the recently destroyed JFK Stadium. Fishbone was up and I was in the pit. People began to sway and move and the entire pit split much like one of these walls. I was in the front when the other side started coming and about 15 feet before the people got to me I was hit by this wall of heat....you couldn't breath...it stunk like dirt, blood and sweat.....it was a feeling I'll never forget.

 

[Darth Cheney]

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.

If you've never been in one and only seen these videos you wouldn't believe it...but most people in these things are good people who will not hesitate to pull you up and take you out of the pit if needed. Except when you get a bunch of tool Neo Nazis linking arms and kicking like a Rockette line.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Anyone post technoviking yet?

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

Anyone post technoviking yet?

No, wanted to but couldn't remember the name. Kept looking under "EvilGrin".

 

[bosoxs45]

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

Ever been to a ska concert before?

 

[PizzaDeliveryGuy]

Anyone post technoviking yet?

That guy is about as awesome as anyone ever.

 

[AcerFC]

Anyone post technoviking yet?

That guy is about as awesome as anyone ever.

It is awesome but i cant figure out if it is an enactment or not. The way everyone followed him Thriller or Beat it style makes me say yes. My heart wants to say no

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

FWIW, this is what skanking is,

 

[Clayton Gray]

If you've never been in one and only seen these videos you wouldn't believe it...but most people in these things are good people who will not hesitate to pull you up and take you out of the pit if needed.

 

[ArcticEdge]

There is only one moron in that crowd?

Looks like a sea of idiots to me, including the band.

 

[ArcticEdge]

If you've never been in one and only seen these videos you wouldn't believe it...but most people in these things are good people who will not hesitate to pull you up and take you out of the pit if needed.

Arent you my age Gray? You go to these things? :carlton:

 

[mr. furley]

Do people get really hurt doing that ####?

Oh yeah. 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.

when listening to music i've never found myself thinking "you know what... i could use a good kick in the face or a punch in the throat right now to enhance my experience"

 

[mr. furley]

Still think DevilTaint would make a good metal band name.

my brother and i stayed at a hostel in Amsterdam with 3 German guys who were in a death metal band named Faunt of Decay.they didn't know what it meant in english exactly, according to them, until we told them. they all agreed that it was even better than they had hoped.

 

[Dexter]

White people are crazy

 

[bentley]

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...

I can only imagine. Twentysomething bentley spent a fair amount of time drunk as #### in the middle of pits during the mid-late 90s. After a five year break, thirtysomething bentley went back into one for "old times sake" a few years ago. I was sore for like three days afterward.

 

[mr. furley]

White people are crazy

 

[The_Burning_Bush]

White people are crazy

White people are crazy

Racists.

 

[Sonny Lubick Blowup Doll]

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...

I can only imagine. Twentysomething bentley spent a fair amount of time drunk as #### in the middle of pits during the mid-late 90s. After a five year break, thirtysomething bentley went back into one for "old times sake" a few years ago. I was sore for like three days afterward.

That's my favorite -- when you see a guy come out of retirement in one of those things. You can see it in his face. Keeps inching closer, biding his time like all the great veterans, waiting to pick his spot. And then all at once... it happens. Love that.

 

[Clayton Gray]

If you've never been in one and only seen these videos you wouldn't believe it...but most people in these things are good people who will not hesitate to pull you up and take you out of the pit if needed.

Arent you my age Gray? You go to these things? :carlton:

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[Clayton Gray]

Still think DevilTaint would make a good metal band name.

Top 5 band name of all time.