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Post by Pea on Nov 9, 2011 10:59:04 GMT -8
Anyway. I win the pit discussion.
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Post by interstateeight on Nov 9, 2011 11:09:58 GMT -8
Anyway. I win the pit discussion. You sure do, big guy.
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 9, 2011 11:17:13 GMT -8
Bad Brains was the most violent pit I've seen, but I was smart enough to stay out of it. I disagree with Pea, the GWAR pit was mellow. I'll only slightly agree with Alex, the Slipknot pit was pretty tame, but I'm sure it was much more rowdy in the late 90s when they first started out. That music was borderline scary when it first came out. I wonder why the juggalos went with ICP instead of Slipknot?
But Pea probably wins, he posted a video of that wall thing once, and it looked brutal (and unbelievably stupid).
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Post by interstateeight on Nov 9, 2011 11:26:00 GMT -8
Pea definitely wins; everyone knows mid-00's Hot Topic metalcore had the sickest pits. End of competition and discussion.
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Post by Pea on Nov 9, 2011 11:28:47 GMT -8
Know, don't forget that my GWAR show had the Dying Fetus crowd. They have the ultimate bro-metal following.
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 9, 2011 11:34:37 GMT -8
Oh yeah, DYING FUCKING FETUS, forgot about them.
Next topic to irritate I8: Crowd Surfing.
Go.
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Post by alex on Nov 9, 2011 11:36:04 GMT -8
topic on deck: tortilla throwing
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Nov 9, 2011 11:36:23 GMT -8
I killed two people in the pit at Tool, I crowd surfed for 1 hour straight at Primus, I saw the devil himself do the \m/ sign at Metallica, I grew all my chest hair while in the pit at Fear Factory, I shot lasers out of my eyes at Machine Head, I came home wearing the clothes of the guy next to me and he went away wearing mine after we hit eachother so hard in the Sepultura pit I also woke up with a sombrero but I don't know where that came from, I screamed louder than the Deftones' PA for a whole show without taking a breath and everyone thought it was so rad that they moshed to my scream and not to the Deftones, I killed two more people at Soulfly, I briefly joined Queens of the Stone Age for the rest of their 2001 tour because my moshing was so good, I summoned random objects into existence when my moshing disrupted time and space at Nine Inch Nails, and I once finished my undergrad thesis at Strapping Young Lad because my moshing was so in the Zone.
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Post by Pea on Nov 9, 2011 11:41:02 GMT -8
THIS THREAD IS GETTING MANLY
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Post by Blacksmile on Nov 9, 2011 11:41:46 GMT -8
topic on deck: tortilla throwing What a ridiculous trend.
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Post by Cbats on Nov 9, 2011 11:43:26 GMT -8
I know you guys hate hearing this, since Jeff Magnum is such a rock star around here, but we're talking abut the Sasquatch crowd. 25,000 college kids wearing neon trucker hats that flock to Foster the People and Skrillex sets. Jeff Magnum is nothing to most of them. which is half the reason he won't be there. They won't pay a shit ton of money just to throw someone on a side stage where only a small group with appreciate it (although I think you're underestimating have many college bros have had their "life changed" by mangum). J mascis played a 250 person venue here with 25 dollar tickets. Mangum is playing a 3,000 person venue with 35 dollar tickets. There is a fairly large gap there. The more important reason is that he just won't play at the festival. He's currently playing fancy theaters with incredibly restrictive photo policies. He has been in seclusion for a decade and isn't going to put himself in a situation like that where he has little control over the crowd. This got off topic fast.
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Post by interstateeight on Nov 9, 2011 11:46:39 GMT -8
topic on deck: tortilla throwing A+ callback
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 9, 2011 13:04:54 GMT -8
I killed two people in the pit at Tool, I crowd surfed for 1 hour straight at Primus, I saw the devil himself do the \m/ sign at Metallica, I grew all my chest hair while in the pit at Fear Factory, I shot lasers out of my eyes at Machine Head, I came home wearing the clothes of the guy next to me and he went away wearing mine after we hit eachother so hard in the Sepultura pit I also woke up with a sombrero but I don't know where that came from, I screamed louder than the Deftones' PA for a whole show without taking a breath and everyone thought it was so rad that they moshed to my scream and not to the Deftones, I killed two more people at Soulfly, I briefly joined Queens of the Stone Age for the rest of their 2001 tour because my moshing was so good, I summoned random objects into existence when my moshing disrupted time and space at Nine Inch Nails, and I once finished my undergrad thesis at Strapping Young Lad because my moshing was so in the Zone. I believe every word of this to be true. I saw Friendly getting down during Ratatat at Sasquatch, and let me tell you, he dances with elbows out, and the expression on his face very clearly said, "step near me, I dare you."
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 9, 2011 13:25:27 GMT -8
Vampire Weekend sucks. I'm glad I went to college too late for everyone to be listening to Sublime and too early for everyone to be listening to Vampire Weekend. Comparing Sublime to Vampire Weekend isn't really fair. Sublime had an underground following after their first album, and were huge with the alternative crowd and hippies after the classic, 40 Oz to Freedom. The same people listening to Phish and Steel Pulse were listening to Sublime. The frat boy/bro crowd didn't latch on to them until "Love Is What I Got" from their third album. Vampire Weekend on the other hand is music created by bros for bros, since day one.
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Post by Geoff on Nov 9, 2011 14:14:36 GMT -8
Honestly, the DFA pit at Sasquatch thrashed me more than any pit I've ever been in. Horrible way to kick off 4 days of music and partying. Other than that, Lamb of God does the whole "wall of death" thing at their shows. Youtube it if you don't know what that is. It's the most insanely fucked up pit experience on earth. Think Braveheart battle scenes. Their pits were were always the most savage for me. Closely followed by GWAR and Cannibal Corpse. Yeah Lamb of God was pretty fucking crazy when I saw them. I still remember watching some guy climb the Roseland pole during the last song. Crystal Castles was pretty crazy as well. I don't think I've ever been to a show where people were being tossing around in the air.
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Post by Cysquatch on Nov 9, 2011 16:26:00 GMT -8
Lamb Of God was one of the rowdiest shows I've been to. It's the only time I actually hit the ground in the pit. I was lucky to land on my hands and knees instead of on my head. People are pretty good about pulling you off the ground at those shows though. I have not had the balls to crowd surf. I've seen bigger guys than me up there, but at 6'2" 250 I just don't want to risk it.
There were a bunch of kids moshing at Bumbershoot this year to bands like Starfucker and Phantogram. I just thought that was a little overboard. The music was way to mellow.
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Post by Pea on Nov 9, 2011 16:28:45 GMT -8
The only time I crowd surfed was at a Buckcherry concert. Don't ask why/how I ended up there.
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Post by emptyfox on Nov 9, 2011 17:19:20 GMT -8
I used to love me some crowd surfing.
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Post by wompwomp on Nov 9, 2011 17:22:16 GMT -8
I rode an inflatable alligator over the crowd during Matt and Kim if that counts as crowd surfing
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Post by davers on Nov 9, 2011 17:54:35 GMT -8
That just counts as awesome.
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