![]() ![]() Those are your five rules for mosh pits, and hopefully some real-world experience that may help you in gigs to come. Sexual assault at music shows is far too common, and one reason it is so common is because some people see crowd surfers as open targets to cop a feel. Your job is to help the person along with minimal touching to their parts that you wouldn’t want to be touched by strangers. ![]() Now, this shouldn’t need to be said, but it does.Ĭrowd surfers are not open targets to grope or sexually harass. It made it hard to actually enjoy the band because I was helping people surf to the front every few seconds. #CIRCLE MOSH PIT DOWNLOAD#I once saw A Day To Remember at Download Festival in 2017, and the “pit” was just 200 people all trying to crowd surf at the same time. If people start to crowd surf, keep an eye out so that you don’t get hurt, and if someone is surfing over you, give them support to reach the front and not fall to the ground.Īs an aside: if you are in a pit and the crowd surfing is too much, I would suggest just moving back.īeing one of the people supporting a crowd surfer isn’t really something you can opt out of. The act is still very common at gigs, so be aware that people may be passing overhead.Ī boot to the back of the head is not a great feeling.īe aware of what’s going on in the pit. Crowd Surfing is optional, usuallyĬrowd surfing is the act of climbing on peoples shoulders and being carried to the front of the stage by other people in the crowd. However, I like to think the guy in the story gets picked up before he’s hurt badly, leaving him to walk off to think about what he’s done.Įgo shattered but bones intact. Now, I am aware that this contradicts the Golden Rule. It’s also unlikely that anyone else in the pit will care if you then get hurt. If you try to force others into a pit, especially just so that they get hurt or scared, you are a terrible person. I have no idea if this story is true, but it paints a picture and has a moral to it. The guy who pulled her top down & pushed her then gets punched in the face and shoved into the pit, just as everyone else charges in to mosh. Several people also step in and create a barrier around her, giving her privacy to pull her top back up and get out of the pit if she wants. He decides it would be ‘fun’ to pull her top down and then push her into the pit, presumably to get trampled.Īnother person sees this, so announces for everyone to stop, then steps in to the space to protect the girl. Some guy on the edges of the pit sees a girl in front of him wearing a tube top. Let me illustrate this point with an urban legend I’ve heard many times.Ī space opens up at a metal show for a mosh pit/wall of death/circle pit. The idea of indiscriminate violence in a mosh pit is a stupid machismo thing. While there is a history of violence at punk/metal shows, it is mostly a thing of the past. ![]() A mosh pit is not an excuse to punch, kick or otherwise intentionally hurt others. ![]()
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