![]() Certain clubs, certain bands and certain sounds are more likely to result in moshing. In the same way that a person understands that they may have beer spilled on them at a baseball game or have someone tall sit in front of them at the theatre, you assume a certain amount of risk when attending certain kinds of shows. Participation in moshing or similar behaviors such as stagediving and crowdsurfing has given rise to a sort of unspoken social contract. What began as simply a physical reaction has become a deeply rooted tradition. Concert-goers may walk away from the experience with a bloody nose or a couple of bruises, but typically the intention is not malicious and any injuries sustained aren’t serious. The primal knocking together, shoving and spinning is not meant to inflict bodily harm, but rather signal a positive response from the crowd. The pit aims for a form of consensual chaos amongst the crowd. The area, or mosh pit, opens due to mutual agreement in the crowd: someone will yell, “mosh pit?” and the audience will open in response – or sometimes due to prompting from the band – the lead singer will draw a circle in the air over where he expects one to form.ĭespite its looks, moshing isn’t about violence. It usually occurs during a particularly hyped part of a live show. Moshing itself can be defined as the act of knocking, shoving, smashing, bumping into fellow concert-goers while running in a circle. Slam dancing, as it was called in its earlier stages, quickly became a popular response to several genres of music despite the fact that the practice arose from post-hardcore and punk shows. Formed in clubs and concert halls in the early 1980s, whether it began on the west coast or the east coat is something of a matter of contention. Moshing is an integral part of the live music scene.
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