Ok, I survived all 3 days of Hellfest. Without a doubt in my mind, Saturday was definately the best day. I've never had as much fun at a concert as I did during Andrew W. K. and Killswitch Engage.. (even with a frontflip off the stage onto the floor.. hehe)
I'll let RaulBNuttz tell his story, but he is definately on the DVD. I have a good chance of it (I think).. since my nipples got filmed.. and I got interviewed after the show on Saturday.
All was not peaches and cream, though.. there is one thing that at first seemed cool as shit, but ended up pissing me off to no end.
I first saw it at Ozzfest is small amounts. It was all over the fucking place here. At first it seemed really cool. "All these kids are dancing around pretending to be ninjas.. that's cool"...
Then as I see more and more, a knot builds in my goddamn stomach as I see that these fuckers will try their damndest not to touch each other in the 'mosh pit' (my ass), but will let loose on someone watching the band without any hesitation whatsoever.
They can't even fucking say that it's about the music.. because it isn't. I've seen them going full swing in between songs, and not moving at all when shit is going full tempo.
Then to make things worse, at the end they give this goddamn condescending "I'm so much cooler then you are" jackassed grins to everyone around them after they finish 'dancing'.
To these fuckers, moshing has become a popularity contest. Who can be the most 'hardcore', and bust out the 'phattest moves'. Its sad. The 'pits' would be huge, but only have like 10 people in them. Everyone else just wanted to see the band. They didn't give a fuck about trying to look cool. And they were the ones that would keep getting a jab to the ribs. Damnit.
I'll let RaulBNuttz tell his story, but he is definately on the DVD. I have a good chance of it (I think).. since my nipples got filmed.. and I got interviewed after the show on Saturday.
All was not peaches and cream, though.. there is one thing that at first seemed cool as shit, but ended up pissing me off to no end.
I first saw it at Ozzfest is small amounts. It was all over the fucking place here. At first it seemed really cool. "All these kids are dancing around pretending to be ninjas.. that's cool"...
Then as I see more and more, a knot builds in my goddamn stomach as I see that these fuckers will try their damndest not to touch each other in the 'mosh pit' (my ass), but will let loose on someone watching the band without any hesitation whatsoever.
They can't even fucking say that it's about the music.. because it isn't. I've seen them going full swing in between songs, and not moving at all when shit is going full tempo.
Then to make things worse, at the end they give this goddamn condescending "I'm so much cooler then you are" jackassed grins to everyone around them after they finish 'dancing'.
To these fuckers, moshing has become a popularity contest. Who can be the most 'hardcore', and bust out the 'phattest moves'. Its sad. The 'pits' would be huge, but only have like 10 people in them. Everyone else just wanted to see the band. They didn't give a fuck about trying to look cool. And they were the ones that would keep getting a jab to the ribs. Damnit.
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I agree, most "mosh pits" these days are for show. On the other hand, last weekend at the Bronx show there was hardcore, authentic moshing going on. The singer was right in the middle of it, and everyone I saw thrashing around seemed to know every word of every song, all the beat changes, etc. These were hardcore fans. It warmed my heart.
--l*P