Mosh pit etiquette is kind of beautiful. You could have a dude who looks like the scariest person you’d never wanna meet in a dark alley and he’ll be the first to pull you back to your feet so you don’t get trampled and says “You okay bro? I got you.”
I remember one time I was in a pit at a Gama Bomb show about 15ish years ago, and my friends glasses fell off in the middle of the pit. The very second I screamed "FALLEN SPECS!" everybody just stopped dead for a little bit until we found them. When he put them back on, everybody roared and wahey-ed in celebration and we all immediately went right back to smashing the hell out of each other. It was great. haha
@@Safetysealed Wish I had you ! In my days I lost about 5/6 pairs over the years, completely trampled... But was wise to it after the first, always carried my "good" glasses in a sturdy case on my belt.
💯agree! ♥ I'm no expert, but I like to think it's a great way to express anger and frustration in a controlled way. So when you are confronted with a difficult situation you can handle it much better than those who are terrified to express their anger or any negative emotions.
@@scrimpmster In night clubs you got loads of sleezy men who are desperately trying to get laid, making the atmosphere really unsettling. In metal pubs the worst you will find is a drunk guy with bad breath whos knowledge on 80s thrash metal is bordering on unhealthy.
I was at Reading 2001watching System Of A Down with my friend and his backpack opened in the pit and all his stuff fell out. For the next couple of songs people would occasionally come up to him and hand him things from his bag and he didn't lose anything. Also when I was about 18 a friend and I took his ten year old brother to a show and he wanted to go in the pit so we went in with him as his bodyguards and everyone spotted a little kid and immediately brought the intensity of the pit down and it was gentle pushing until he had had his fun and left to go stand and watch the band and the pit changed gears again and went full force. Also I was his Hero forever after that day cos a big dude in the pit had too much momentum and came at him hard and i stepped in front and took the hit so the kid didn't get flattened and he was like "Dave saved my life". He's a grown man now and sings in his own metal band
Best mosh pit I've seen in recent times was at an Alestorm gig where during one of the songs the entire pit sits on the floor and pretend to row a boat.
One of my best pit memories was at a Skindred gig in Brixton Academy. I was stood at the edge of the pit catching my breath after a session of wild flailing. As I turned away from my son and looked up into the circle a guy was literally flying past, fully off the ground. We made eye contact and grinned at the insanity of the moment. He suddenly realised he was still holding a 'herbal' cigarette and held it out to me, but, it was too late and he was gone. Less than a minute a later I get a pat on my shoulder, It was him!. He passed me the smoke, laughed like a complete madman and vanished back into the circle of madness. Perfect pit moment.🤘🤣🤘
ive seen knocked loose, lorna shore, slaughter to prevail, the mosh pits arent as bad as people think, as the dude has said, people will help u up cos were all there for music
I almost had my shit destroyed at a Lamb of God show. They were starting up a wall of death. So I moved to the the side outside where the two sides would collide. Boy, what a naive fuck I was. It wasn't a wall of death. It was a sphincter of death. It was my bad. I know better now. I still miss OzzFest something fierce though.
I'll never forget the moment during a Spoil Engine (Stormsleeper Album Release show) gig in Torhout, Belgium, a crowd surfer jumped and landed on me (and only on me, because I was still naive enough that "nobody" would jump when there was only one person to catch him). Unsurprisingly, we went down like a bag of potatoes but I just touched the ground or two people already were lifting me up, asking me if I was okay and fine while a third person returned my glasses BEFORE I realised I lost them. A memory to cherish indeed.
There is an epic photo of Ed at ArcTanGent festival 2022 that cropped up a on a couple of forums in the centre of a Conjurer mosh pit (check them out, probably the heaviest British band right now) with the promoter of Damnation festival, Gavin, crowd surfing just behind him.
Went to a limp bizkit concert recently, my whole bag ripped during break stuff, I lost my phone, keys, portable charger, ID, Wallet, money, and during the mosh for break stuff people where trying to help me find my stuff, I got every item back (minus the bag as it disintegrated)
There's been a few studies of music fans that shows metal fans have the highest general happiness levels of any group. The hypothesis is that it's due to having an outlet to vent some negative emotions in an creative environment. :)
My first pit experience was Motorhead at the Carling Academy (Now O2) in Glasgow. A dude with a shaved head nearly knocked me out, but he immediately picked me up and as so concerned at what at happened. I told him I was fine. He smiled and continued moshing. That's the type of people in the pit. Caring and fun.
The mosh pit was always joyful and people would catch you before you hit the ground. These are your brothers and sisters and you look out for them, they look out for you. Also, I like tea (and halloumi, though not together).
Entombed live in 99. Small venue, full crowd, minimal bouncers. When you dived off the stage you landed on someone else who just dived in and they're floating on top of the guy who dived before. It was 3 bodies deep above the crowds head. Traffic jams all over. Entombed killed it and the show was mostly pulled from wolverine blues classics. Unreal. Rip LG Petrov. Legend.
My introduction to the mosh pit was early 90's and Southport Floral Hall Rock Nights. They had 'Midnight Madness' prefaced by Iron Maiden's 2 Minutes to Midnight. But it would be classic metal tunes of the theme tune to Thunderbirds and Nelly the Elephant on a massive dance floor. Usually a wheel would form but as the songs progressed there might be a mosh in the middle. I remember sometimes it would even end in a pile on, which was great for diving into! We managed a 3 tier human pyramid once too. There's so much variety that folk are unaware of, but so much fun too.
I once (& only once) wore my DCs and lost one, the entire pit separated to find it. Then again when I lost the other one, they do really look after each other when needed
I feel you Ed. I'm 58 and just went to see Korn at Gunnersbury Park with my two sons. Both of them bonded in the mosh while I looked after their bags and phones. 🤘🏽
Thrash Metal seems to generate the most enjoyable mosh pits in my experience. It must be that the speed and rhythmic qualities of that genre are just right to mosh about in. I remember only smiles and ecstatic faces when seeing the likes of Testament, Anthrax, Havok, etc. And the best general atmosphere of comradery in a mosh pit was in a gig from Spanish Thrash band Angelus Apátrida.
metal for me calms me down. if i know ive got a difficult day of work, driving to work playing metal tracks and it makes me relax, preparing me for the sht thats about to happen
The first 'Mosh Pit' I was in was at a Discharge gig in 1983, it was like being in a cement mixer full of drunk hedgehogs! I'm a bit old for that now, I'm 60 and prefer to stand at the touchline watching the youngers drag each other around the place... 😂
My glasses fell off in a moshpit in 1991 at a Megadeth concert. I'm not sure how but I managed to clear everyone apart, get on the floor, half blind, hammered drunk and recover them! I believe one more second and people would have gone back to going nuts, I was so lucky!
People have such a cartoon character view of metal fans. I'm a 42 year old bloke, office manager that looks so ordinary it's dull but I once had shoulder length hair and black nail varnish. Yesterday I listened to Frozen on the school run and System of a Down washing the pots. I've always found metal fans to be intelligent gentle people that let their emotions out through controlled expressions of aggressive interaction.
Craziest mosh pit I’ve been in was slipknot 2001 in Manchester. Only time I felt that it was too much, so kept well to the side! Awesome gig though. Green day at the Astoria in 98, not a mosh pit but as a 17 year old pogoing non stop; closest I felt like I came to a heart attack. Just insane
I'm older than Russell, but I have never heard him sound so old lol And I am too old for mosh pits now, but I can confirm that it's not violent, it's just energy. There are rules - if you see someone fall down, you stop and you pick them up. Even the heaviest bands on stage repeat this. Bands like Slipknot are known for stopping shows to check on someone in the crowd. People have this weird belief that metal gigs are somehow violent, they're safer than going out in any high street on a Friday night. Everyone is there to have a good time, you all have so much in common, you can literally have a beer with anyone. No one wants to ruin it for anyone else. I've met so many great friends at metal festivals (especially Download, where I saw Ed perform, coincidentally, and he was hilarious as always), and we usually meet up every year for these gigs. Ed will have to try and get Russell to Download one year, he would absolutely love it.
What a silly thing to say. I don't know why people think anyone who likes heavy music is weird or bad or...doesn't drink tea? We're just normal people who like different things. It's not weird to be into bake off and metal and wrestling. We all contain multitudes
If you go down in the pit people will lock arms around you while someone pulls you back up to keep you from being trampled. Also death metal fans tend to be the nicest in the world. They get all their anger and aggression out in the out and the music and then are chill the rest of the time. If you ever need help, ask a thrasher.
Honestly never felt intimidated by going to metal gigs. I went to see EyeHateHod when I was 17 and dressed like I was going to see Blink182, had a great time
mosh pits are just dodgems, without the bumper cars. its th best way to explain it, you might come out a little bruised, but its still pretty damn safe....especially if you've got the 6ft love child of gimli and legolas by your side
I’d rather be in a mosh pit at a metal gig compared to a Drum and Bass gig. They have completely different atmospheres. Shockingly, you’re probably safer in a death metal mosh pit than you are a Drum and Bass mosh pit
I've seen metal bands literally stop their shows to scold people and remind them to PICK PEOPLE UP in the pit. It's an absolute core law of heavy metal that when somebody falls down in the pit you stop everything and pick them up.
I think Ed gamble should go to a bar mitzvah of a 14-year-old Jewish boy who comes from an athletic ADHD family. We did the horror and there was so much energy in the room even the old people were moving and bashing into each other laughing. Also I'm from Jacksonville where lLimp Bizkit is from and everyone hates Fred Durst. His mother is allegedly a wonderful woman.
I’ve never been scared in a mosh pit (apart from the nerves the first time). People look out for each other and know how it works. Went to see Take That once (dragged by my then girlfriend) and the crowd were terrifying. All edgy and cranky
My wife is 5’1” and she and I have been in our share of moshpits to various bands from the classics like Motörhead & Slayer to the newer stuff and she’s never had a problem. Most metalheads are lovely people; if you want to see how “scary” we are, give a load of heavily-tattooed muscle-bound bearded bikers a kitten and watch them go all soppy (metalheads love cats!) Regular people might also be surprised that lots of us are vegetarian or vegan - listening to bands like Cannibal Corpse and Cattle Decapitation whilst not actually eating meat!
Circle pits are so dumb. Give me a classic pit any day. First gig I went to was Pantera, went down onto the floor in the middle of the pit, some bloke hauled me back up super quick , what a legend.
I'm 5' 5" and I've been in hundreds of pits. I've been bruised just about every time, but never seriously hurt. Pit etiquette means the pit is for everyone. I've seen people fall and been the one to help them up. I've fallen and immediately been surrounded by a sea of arms reaching out to pick me up again. We're all just trying to have a good time and find a little catharsis. Noone really wants anybody to get properly hurt.
Ok, lets get something straight, there isn't such a thing as a scary music scene or musician. When will people put it together that actually scary people do not express themselves through music. 'He was so damn mad that he put it all into a song and expressed it on stage while playing an instrument. What a sociopath.' said no one ever. All music is soft, all of it. Now go out and enjoy it, it's safe.
Tea and metal goes hand in hand. My bands would go into rehearsal, create a seething slab of black metal heresy then stop for a cuppa and chat. Don't get me wrong, i've also been in a rehearsal where the other guitarist is off his nut and someone is being branded in the back, but still. Mostly tea. Edit: i am, unsurprisingly, British though.
Im a regular mosh pit person and there is the occasional idiot in there but most of the time as ed says everyone is looking out for each other. The rule is if they fall you pick them up for a reason because you want everyone not to get seriously hurt
have you seen Cate Blanchett and Margot Robbie on the Graham Norton Show talking about Margots love of Slipknot? Now THAT'S a boomer attitude to metal!
Honestly, fhe heavier the band sometimes it equates to the nicer crowd. You are usually so deep into a fandom that people immediately accept you regardless. I went to an Idles gig in london at ally pally and it was such a shit crowd. The influx of bbc 1 normies there with the wrong idea of a rock gig with zero mosh pit etiquette spoilt it immensely. Idles were great but saw so many actual fights and arguments. Never seen it at any other festival, arena or gig.
The discussion wasn't about the music itself, it was because Russell was intrigued about why people participate in Mosh Pits. What would you have expected them to say about the music?
Russell Howard is wrong about one thing Metal is counter culture. He should go to Reading or Leeds and camp in the camp site than come to Bloodstock and do the same and then try and say its not counter culture
There’s a massive ignorance towards metal/hardcore. A lot think if you like metal you listen to nowt else and are considered narrow minded yet it’s the ones saying that that are. Frustrating times.
The way every other (it seems like every other anyways..) talk about abs to Ed about being into metal is weird and kinda pathetic…plenty people who like metal are not D&D nerds, goths , don’t look super alternative or whatever (I mean this goes for a lot if the band you!) just regular people , pretty much who always like other kinds of music too..I should know I’m one if them…no one takes it that seriously and there’s so much in the genre so many different styles etc that the fact it seems to be something to joke about or mock Ed for just shows these people don’t know a lot about music in general…
Mosh pit etiquette is kind of beautiful. You could have a dude who looks like the scariest person you’d never wanna meet in a dark alley and he’ll be the first to pull you back to your feet so you don’t get trampled and says “You okay bro? I got you.”
100% this. You ever see someone go down in a pit, they're immediately picked backup, checked for injury, patted on the back, and pushed right back in
I remember one time I was in a pit at a Gama Bomb show about 15ish years ago, and my friends glasses fell off in the middle of the pit. The very second I screamed "FALLEN SPECS!" everybody just stopped dead for a little bit until we found them. When he put them back on, everybody roared and wahey-ed in celebration and we all immediately went right back to smashing the hell out of each other.
It was great. haha
And you wpuld see them at the bar as well at some point during the night
@@Safetysealed Wish I had you ! In my days I lost about 5/6 pairs over the years, completely trampled... But was wise to it after the first, always carried my "good" glasses in a sturdy case on my belt.
Hit the nail on the head.
The scariest looking music fans are the nicest
You can tell when he says, "You've gotta DO something" through gritted teeth he absolutely loves it.
oh Ed Gamble just went way way way up on my favorite comedians list
Metal is really aggressive but the majority of fans incredibly gentle.
💯agree! ♥
I'm no expert, but I like to think it's a great way to express anger and frustration in a controlled way. So when you are confronted with a difficult situation you can handle it much better than those who are terrified to express their anger or any negative emotions.
@@theagta Exactly. Actually I've found (and this isn't just me) that the Rock and Metal pubs are safer than nightclubs.
@@scrimpmster In night clubs you got loads of sleezy men who are desperately trying to get laid, making the atmosphere really unsettling.
In metal pubs the worst you will find is a drunk guy with bad breath whos knowledge on 80s thrash metal is bordering on unhealthy.
I was at Reading 2001watching System Of A Down with my friend and his backpack opened in the pit and all his stuff fell out. For the next couple of songs people would occasionally come up to him and hand him things from his bag and he didn't lose anything.
Also when I was about 18 a friend and I took his ten year old brother to a show and he wanted to go in the pit so we went in with him as his bodyguards and everyone spotted a little kid and immediately brought the intensity of the pit down and it was gentle pushing until he had had his fun and left to go stand and watch the band and the pit changed gears again and went full force. Also I was his Hero forever after that day cos a big dude in the pit had too much momentum and came at him hard and i stepped in front and took the hit so the kid didn't get flattened and he was like "Dave saved my life". He's a grown man now and sings in his own metal band
Was at reading that year for system of a down too
Best mosh pit I've seen in recent times was at an Alestorm gig where during one of the songs the entire pit sits on the floor and pretend to row a boat.
Alestorm >>>>> fucking love those mad Scottish bastards
Shame it was Alestorm 🤢
Love Alestorm but the boat rowing... That's something my parents literally did in the 70s and it makes me sick.
Was this in Birmingham cause if so i was there, it was fucking awesome😂
@@OzLovell Close, Bristol.
One of my best pit memories was at a Skindred gig in Brixton Academy.
I was stood at the edge of the pit catching my breath after a session of wild flailing.
As I turned away from my son and looked up into the circle a guy was literally flying past, fully off the ground.
We made eye contact and grinned at the insanity of the moment.
He suddenly realised he was still holding a 'herbal' cigarette and held it out to me, but, it was too late and he was gone.
Less than a minute a later I get a pat on my shoulder, It was him!.
He passed me the smoke, laughed like a complete madman and vanished back into the circle of madness.
Perfect pit moment.🤘🤣🤘
It’s possible that was me
really great interview, thank you Russell and Ed.
ive seen knocked loose, lorna shore, slaughter to prevail, the mosh pits arent as bad as people think, as the dude has said, people will help u up cos were all there for music
I almost had my shit destroyed at a Lamb of God show. They were starting up a wall of death. So I moved to the the side outside where the two sides would collide. Boy, what a naive fuck I was. It wasn't a wall of death.
It was a sphincter of death.
It was my bad. I know better now. I still miss OzzFest something fierce though.
@@Erichwanh Was it OzzFest where a guy got trampled to death in a pit?
I'll never forget the moment during a Spoil Engine (Stormsleeper Album Release show) gig in Torhout, Belgium, a crowd surfer jumped and landed on me (and only on me, because I was still naive enough that "nobody" would jump when there was only one person to catch him). Unsurprisingly, we went down like a bag of potatoes but I just touched the ground or two people already were lifting me up, asking me if I was okay and fine while a third person returned my glasses BEFORE I realised I lost them. A memory to cherish indeed.
There is an epic photo of Ed at ArcTanGent festival 2022 that cropped up a on a couple of forums in the centre of a Conjurer mosh pit (check them out, probably the heaviest British band right now) with the promoter of Damnation festival, Gavin, crowd surfing just behind him.
And Conjurer's bassist playing in the middle of the pit! I'm just next to Ed in that pic 🤘
Went to a limp bizkit concert recently, my whole bag ripped during break stuff, I lost my phone, keys, portable charger, ID, Wallet, money, and during the mosh for break stuff people where trying to help me find my stuff, I got every item back (minus the bag as it disintegrated)
There's been a few studies of music fans that shows metal fans have the highest general happiness levels of any group. The hypothesis is that it's due to having an outlet to vent some negative emotions in an creative environment. :)
ONE OF US ONE OF US 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
My first pit experience was Motorhead at the Carling Academy (Now O2) in Glasgow. A dude with a shaved head nearly knocked me out, but he immediately picked me up and as so concerned at what at happened. I told him I was fine. He smiled and continued moshing. That's the type of people in the pit. Caring and fun.
The mosh pit was always joyful and people would catch you before you hit the ground. These are your brothers and sisters and you look out for them, they look out for you. Also, I like tea (and halloumi, though not together).
Me too, i love metal annnd tea
Entombed live in 99. Small venue, full crowd, minimal bouncers. When you dived off the stage you landed on someone else who just dived in and they're floating on top of the guy who dived before. It was 3 bodies deep above the crowds head. Traffic jams all over. Entombed killed it and the show was mostly pulled from wolverine blues classics. Unreal. Rip LG Petrov. Legend.
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My introduction to the mosh pit was early 90's and Southport Floral Hall Rock Nights. They had 'Midnight Madness' prefaced by Iron Maiden's 2 Minutes to Midnight. But it would be classic metal tunes of the theme tune to Thunderbirds and Nelly the Elephant on a massive dance floor. Usually a wheel would form but as the songs progressed there might be a mosh in the middle. I remember sometimes it would even end in a pile on, which was great for diving into! We managed a 3 tier human pyramid once too. There's so much variety that folk are unaware of, but so much fun too.
I once (& only once) wore my DCs and lost one, the entire pit separated to find it. Then again when I lost the other one, they do really look after each other when needed
"What's wrong with swaying?" Easy there, grandpa....
Mosh pits:
A lil bit of violence, as a treat!! 🤘
Wait til Russell finds out about rowing at concerts
I feel you Ed.
I'm 58 and just went to see Korn at Gunnersbury Park with my two sons.
Both of them bonded in the mosh while I looked after their bags and phones.
🤘🏽
I've just convinced my 61 year old Mam to come to Arctangent to see Meshuggah, Ed needs to get Russ there.
Went and saw dying fetus and after a song a guy was calling out for anyone that lost a phone. God I love metal and the community so much.
Was that in London in june?
Saw them in Islington and that happened
@@DannyRoss_ nah. It was at the Opera House in Toronto last year.
Thrash Metal seems to generate the most enjoyable mosh pits in my experience. It must be that the speed and rhythmic qualities of that genre are just right to mosh about in. I remember only smiles and ecstatic faces when seeing the likes of Testament, Anthrax, Havok, etc. And the best general atmosphere of comradery in a mosh pit was in a gig from Spanish Thrash band Angelus Apátrida.
Moshpits are remarkably civilised once you’re in there.
Being a metal head for the last 37yrs I have a new found like for Ed Gamble
when I was growing up in the early 80's soggy biscuit was something you did when you joined the army
metal for me calms me down. if i know ive got a difficult day of work, driving to work playing metal tracks and it makes me relax, preparing me for the sht thats about to happen
The first 'Mosh Pit' I was in was at a Discharge gig in 1983, it was like being in a cement mixer full of drunk hedgehogs! I'm a bit old for that now, I'm 60 and prefer to stand at the touchline watching the youngers drag each other around the place... 😂
My glasses fell off in a moshpit in 1991 at a Megadeth concert. I'm not sure how but I managed to clear everyone apart, get on the floor, half blind, hammered drunk and recover them! I believe one more second and people would have gone back to going nuts, I was so lucky!
People have such a cartoon character view of metal fans. I'm a 42 year old bloke, office manager that looks so ordinary it's dull but I once had shoulder length hair and black nail varnish. Yesterday I listened to Frozen on the school run and System of a Down washing the pots. I've always found metal fans to be intelligent gentle people that let their emotions out through controlled expressions of aggressive interaction.
It's such a weird thought process right?
I think I saw Ed at a recent Cavalera show in Shepherds Bush.
Metal fans are the best people you could wish to meet! No agena or pretention unlike other music genres! 😉
Craziest mosh pit I’ve been in was slipknot 2001 in Manchester. Only time I felt that it was too much, so kept well to the side! Awesome gig though. Green day at the Astoria in 98, not a mosh pit but as a 17 year old pogoing non stop; closest I felt like I came to a heart attack. Just insane
I'm 59 into The HU, Ghost and many rock, metal bands..And Jason know for a little bit more than 'Fishman' lol
I'll be at the front at every gig 😂
Love these interviews 👌
Matthew Wright is really into rock and metal music too. Ive me him a few times and hes a great guy. Met him in a Killing Joke moshpit 😂
I'm older than Russell, but I have never heard him sound so old lol
And I am too old for mosh pits now, but I can confirm that it's not violent, it's just energy. There are rules - if you see someone fall down, you stop and you pick them up. Even the heaviest bands on stage repeat this. Bands like Slipknot are known for stopping shows to check on someone in the crowd. People have this weird belief that metal gigs are somehow violent, they're safer than going out in any high street on a Friday night. Everyone is there to have a good time, you all have so much in common, you can literally have a beer with anyone. No one wants to ruin it for anyone else. I've met so many great friends at metal festivals (especially Download, where I saw Ed perform, coincidentally, and he was hilarious as always), and we usually meet up every year for these gigs.
Ed will have to try and get Russell to Download one year, he would absolutely love it.
Yep the way he talks about it, his confusion etc, makes him seem quite pathetically out of touch 😂
What a silly thing to say. I don't know why people think anyone who likes heavy music is weird or bad or...doesn't drink tea? We're just normal people who like different things. It's not weird to be into bake off and metal and wrestling. We all contain multitudes
If you go down in the pit people will lock arms around you while someone pulls you back up to keep you from being trampled.
Also death metal fans tend to be the nicest in the world. They get all their anger and aggression out in the out and the music and then are chill the rest of the time. If you ever need help, ask a thrasher.
I've been in lots of moshpits and I love tea!
Honestly never felt intimidated by going to metal gigs. I went to see EyeHateHod when I was 17 and dressed like I was going to see Blink182, had a great time
The funniest place you'll ever be is waiting to get into a thrash gig in Wales. Newport metalheads are f@cking hilarious.
The fricking bro is on, moshpits where it's at brother 🤘😈🤘
mosh pits are just dodgems, without the bumper cars. its th best way to explain it, you might come out a little bruised, but its still pretty damn safe....especially if you've got the 6ft love child of gimli and legolas by your side
Where can you watch this podcast? The film it so it must be somewhere?
I’d rather be in a mosh pit at a metal gig compared to a Drum and Bass gig. They have completely different atmospheres.
Shockingly, you’re probably safer in a death metal mosh pit than you are a Drum and Bass mosh pit
Long live the metal! 🤘😍
I've seen metal bands literally stop their shows to scold people and remind them to PICK PEOPLE UP in the pit. It's an absolute core law of heavy metal that when somebody falls down in the pit you stop everything and pick them up.
I think Ed gamble should go to a bar mitzvah of a 14-year-old Jewish boy who comes from an athletic ADHD family. We did the horror and there was so much energy in the room even the old people were moving and bashing into each other laughing.
Also I'm from Jacksonville where lLimp Bizkit is from and everyone hates Fred Durst. His mother is allegedly a wonderful woman.
I’ve never been scared in a mosh pit (apart from the nerves the first time). People look out for each other and know how it works. Went to see Take That once (dragged by my then girlfriend) and the crowd were terrifying. All edgy and cranky
My wife is 5’1” and she and I have been in our share of moshpits to various bands from the classics like Motörhead & Slayer to the newer stuff and she’s never had a problem.
Most metalheads are lovely people; if you want to see how “scary” we are, give a load of heavily-tattooed muscle-bound bearded bikers a kitten and watch them go all soppy (metalheads love cats!)
Regular people might also be surprised that lots of us are vegetarian or vegan - listening to bands like Cannibal Corpse and Cattle Decapitation whilst not actually eating meat!
Circle pits are so dumb. Give me a classic pit any day.
First gig I went to was Pantera, went down onto the floor in the middle of the pit, some bloke hauled me back up super quick , what a legend.
I'm 55 and have been in mosh pits since about 18. Etiquette is if he falls pick your brother up. I love a cup of tea
Mosh pits are pretty tame now, which is actually preferable now I’m in my 40’s 😂 but in the late 90’s, man they were full on.
I think Exodus put it best (regarding mosh pits) when they say "good friendly violent fun" during "Toxic Waltz".
I'm 5' 5" and I've been in hundreds of pits. I've been bruised just about every time, but never seriously hurt.
Pit etiquette means the pit is for everyone. I've seen people fall and been the one to help them up. I've fallen and immediately been surrounded by a sea of arms reaching out to pick me up again.
We're all just trying to have a good time and find a little catharsis. Noone really wants anybody to get properly hurt.
I love the mosh memories in the comments.
Metalheads are the best.
Ok, lets get something straight, there isn't such a thing as a scary music scene or musician. When will people put it together that actually scary people do not express themselves through music. 'He was so damn mad that he put it all into a song and expressed it on stage while playing an instrument. What a sociopath.' said no one ever. All music is soft, all of it. Now go out and enjoy it, it's safe.
I halted a mosh pit to save a spider once.
Soggy Biscuit LUL how innocent
If someone falls down in the pit! you pick um up.
How do you manage to go from 90s nu metal to Benedict Cumberbatch playing soggy biscuit in a cafe? 😂
I'm a huge metal fan and I don't drink tea. But I've never been much into mosh pits. Every time I go into one I seem to get hurt. And I'm too old now.
Those two should do Wacken Open Air, or Graspop metal meeting together. But only if they bring their moms too !!!
Ed Gamble has jumped 10 places in my estimation ...
Tea and metal goes hand in hand. My bands would go into rehearsal, create a seething slab of black metal heresy then stop for a cuppa and chat. Don't get me wrong, i've also been in a rehearsal where the other guitarist is off his nut and someone is being branded in the back, but still. Mostly tea.
Edit: i am, unsurprisingly, British though.
Yeah.. I drink tea..decaf 😅
sorry ? Ahhh....thats suppose to be joke....wow, that´s bad, its a really really bad joke dude....
I do drink Decaf tea 😅@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists
And you are using a Tom Petty phrase as a tag because? 🤫@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists
I remember hearing about "rainbow parties" when I was at school.
Im a regular mosh pit person and there is the occasional idiot in there but most of the time as ed says everyone is looking out for each other. The rule is if they fall you pick them up for a reason because you want everyone not to get seriously hurt
moshing as adults is one of the few ways to stimm out and not feel bad because everyone around you is goofin' the same
Varies massively though. Push pits at metal and punk shows are very different from crowd killers at hardcore shows
Who would think Russell Howard would have such a boomer attitude to Metal?
It's not a boomer attitude... Just ignorant to a pretty niche experience
have you seen Cate Blanchett and Margot Robbie on the Graham Norton Show talking about Margots love of Slipknot? Now THAT'S a boomer attitude to metal!
Ah, death metal and soggy biscuit. My cup of tea.
Am I the only one who had the title cut off just before the T in Metal? Totally changed the ‘vibe’ of the video lol
Joys of lists with limited space ?
If you fall over, 10 people are all trying to pick you up at the same time
Honestly, fhe heavier the band sometimes it equates to the nicer crowd. You are usually so deep into a fandom that people immediately accept you regardless.
I went to an Idles gig in london at ally pally and it was such a shit crowd. The influx of bbc 1 normies there with the wrong idea of a rock gig with zero mosh pit etiquette spoilt it immensely. Idles were great but saw so many actual fights and arguments. Never seen it at any other festival, arena or gig.
Did ed gamble just become my best friend?
It is interesting that they do not actually talk about the music itself. So it is a social phenomenon rather than any interest in the sounds.
The discussion wasn't about the music itself, it was because Russell was intrigued about why people participate in Mosh Pits. What would you have expected them to say about the music?
There's a difference between 90% of mosh pits with people having fun, and the 10% which is idiots at hardcore shows windmilling and doing spinny kicks
'Love of', not 'love for'
You can’t ‘sway?’ I beg to differ, the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire……
The hardcore scene is now full of people who deliberately hurt others, soon kicks eindmilling into everyone on purpose
Russell Howard is wrong about one thing Metal is counter culture. He should go to Reading or Leeds and camp in the camp site than come to Bloodstock and do the same and then try and say its not counter culture
There’s a massive ignorance towards metal/hardcore. A lot think if you like metal you listen to nowt else and are considered narrow minded yet it’s the ones saying that that are. Frustrating times.
screwface is bassface, the cross between metal/reggae/punk/DNB fans is clear to be seen.
Everyone in the comments happily saying they’ve been to Alestorm & Slaughter to Prevail shows need their heads checking 🤢🤢
The way every other (it seems like every other anyways..) talk about abs to Ed about being into metal is weird and kinda pathetic…plenty people who like metal are not D&D nerds, goths , don’t look super alternative or whatever (I mean this goes for a lot if the band you!) just regular people , pretty much who always like other kinds of music too..I should know I’m one if them…no one takes it that seriously and there’s so much in the genre so many different styles etc that the fact it seems to be something to joke about or mock Ed for just shows these people don’t know a lot about music in general…
Russel mate just because you love Taylor swift goes to show you don’t like music but I drink tea mate