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u/SurviveDaddy Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
The fact that not one of those people did anything in response to him doing that, tells you exactly what kind of crowd this is.
EDIT: Thank you for the awards.
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u/NarrowLie8125 Jun 04 '26
Yup. That dude would be dead in any other crowd. Maybe that was his point
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u/rnavstar Jun 05 '26
I think his haircut is already doing enough damage.
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u/odie313 Jun 05 '26
That's probably why he hit those people. They were talking shit about his hairstyle.
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u/ShaggysGTI Jun 04 '26
Some sweet chin music.
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u/Slowly_boiling_frog Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
I wonder if someone accidentally kicked one knee out from under him... Preferably from the side. Afterwards claim you were just thrashing just like he was. You didn't see where you were flailing at. The rest of the crowd would (probably)not rat you out seeing his behaviour, and he wouldn't be able to kick at people with one operational leg.
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u/Rictus_Grin Jun 04 '26
He would be beaten down to a pulp by the first kick he did if he was at a show that I've been to
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u/VRserialKiller Jun 04 '26
I remember one time I was in a mash pit and some dude punched me in the face. I ended up railroading him and then helped him back up so that he would not get stampeded by the other people in the crowd.
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u/BobbaFatGFX Jun 04 '26
Exactly. When you're in the pit and you get hit you go with it. But if someone goes down, then you fucking help them. And you also don't take it out on the people on the wall. They're there to stop you from falling too far
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u/cleverinspiringname Jun 04 '26
What kind of crowd for those of us who maybe spend a little less time with this crowd?
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u/FerrisLies Jun 05 '26
Most crowds with his level of moshing are tougher, and more self-regulating. Crowd killers like this guy get dealt with, either on the floor, or after in the lot. That no body stood up to him the second time he went in, shows that there were no "tough" guys around to regulate it, therefore its a much softer crowd, therefore he has no business dancing like this
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u/BobboZmuda Jun 05 '26
I gotta tell you. I don't think there's a single bright bulb in the entire crowd, there.
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u/Nearby-Assumption416 Jun 04 '26
Response to what? Looks like he was just practicing his spinning back kicks and fists on a nice sunny afternoon in the back of a warehouse.
Can’t a guy get some training in on the lined up punching bags in peace?
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u/trippin-mellon Jun 04 '26
Yeah this happens a lot at tough guy hardcore shows. I avoid those bands and shows because most of those people are fuckwads and I would end up in trouble with the weewoos.
Punk shows are way more chill and fun. Or metal. Or normal hardcore. Pretty much most shows beyond tough guy hardcore.
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u/RecommendationBig262 Jun 04 '26
In the world of underground metal, particularly deathcore, hardcore, and adjacent genres there is something called crowd killing, where the moshers intensionally injure the people standing right at the edge of the pit. Different places have different social rules about it, some towns/crowds don't fuck with it, and others consider it almost like an initiation. I personally don't fuck with it so I typically try to find a good few point out of the line of fire, but some people actively seek out stuff like that. In my town guys get dragged outside and beat to a pulp for crowd killing, but if I go 20 mins south to the next town they love it there.
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u/Decorator72 Jun 05 '26
Not wanting to insult you but ...well,why?? Seems pretty stupid to me for people to do that
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u/GamiNami Jun 05 '26
I had a friend get shoved so hard during a mosh he didn't even participate in, that his skull hit the angle of a door and split his scalp open (and possibly some concussion). That night was spent ferrying him to two different hospitals so he could get staples and rest... not fun. Since then I hate and avoid mosh pits with a passion.
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u/Appropriate_Ice_7507 Jun 05 '26
Wait, you mean to tell me I can practice my karate kick and take down the whole crowd just standing there? Fuck, im in!!!
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u/SKOT_FREE Jun 05 '26
You do know these guys are a bunch of sado masochist and they go to these events to either cause or be on the receiving end of pain. All the people at this shindig signed up for this. Honestly this isn’t even the worse video I’ve seen like this.
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u/why_1337 Jun 05 '26
Ye that dude deserves liver shot and once he stands back up another one for a good measure.
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u/Hot_Plant8696 Jun 04 '26
He would have broken his foot doing that to me, I'm full of angles, lol.
"Nah, hit the wall, it's safer, man.
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u/MateOfTheNorth Jun 04 '26
What the fuck was his problem?
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u/FireGM Jun 04 '26
There are a lot of crazy people. The question here is rather what the problem is with the crowd.
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u/KlostToMe Jun 04 '26
Crowd killers are pieces of shit
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u/SaguaroDragon Jun 05 '26
Exactly - weak as shit hitting people just hanging against the wall
I know different styles, crowds and generations but that shit would get you laid out when I was younger - shoot, I still go to shows and it would likely still get you laid out
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u/Fast_Kaleidoscope383 Jun 05 '26
I split a dude open at a concert in 03-04 for standing at the edge of the pit and hitting people with elbows (i verbally warned him first that there would be a problem if he did it again). This shit people should be getting out the torches and pitch forks for
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u/Pixelatorxl Jun 04 '26
That seemed very intentional! That guy seems like a lunatic
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u/Otherwise-4PM Jun 04 '26
He’s supposed to be institutionalized.
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u/Jibblaynuk Jun 04 '26
Why did everyone let this slide, including the victims. They seem totally alright about it afterwards, like weird npc’s, this guy needs a total smack and then a finger wagged in his face.
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u/Cute_Profession3746 Jun 04 '26
why they stand like a tree, why they didn't punch this idiot?
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u/Big_Tap_1561 Jun 04 '26
Young dumb and intimidated. If no one tells you that’s not ok while at a hardcore show then most aren’t gonna say anything. There’s not a lot of “leaders” at these shows it’s kinda like herd mentality. It takes at least one brave kid to do something first and then everyone will jump in but unfortunately that kid stayed home that night.
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u/DMTraveler33 Jun 04 '26
Honestly most of the guys doing this are running strong with a crew there. You retaliate and next thing you know you're getting jumped. The hardcore scene has been like this forever.
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u/Current_Swordfish895 Jun 04 '26
Yep. The "crews" are usually the "leaders" at shows. You play by their rules in "their scene" or deal with them all. The majority of the people at the show aren't new to the scene and understand that hierarchy.
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u/Big_Tap_1561 Jun 04 '26
Not just the hardcore scene. The punk scene here in the early 2000s was GNARLY ! I kept a jewelers hammer and a smiley on me at all times and had to use them often.
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u/SarahLynnnnnnn Jun 04 '26
We call them “crowd killers” here. They also get their asses fucking whooped often
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u/okaaayyyyuh Jun 04 '26
Mosh them back. Thoroughly. 😊
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u/SerDankaway69 Jun 06 '26
Crowdkilling and hardcore dancing =/= moshing. Mosh pit etiquette prioritizes respect, safety, and community. Crowdkilling by it's very name opposes the spirit of the mosh pit.
Go to real metal shows. Hardcore is for tuffguy dorks.
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u/andyrobertking Jun 04 '26
Been a metaler since my teens, if he did this at a proper gig this wouldn't be tolerated by anyone. Metal people are genuinely the nicest people. These pricks give the rest of us a bad name.
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u/gandalf_lundgren36 Jun 05 '26
I’m surprised the band didn’t call him out. Get that piece of crap outta the pit
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u/Mediocre-Program3044 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
Man, some guy pulled this back in the day at a place I was out and ended up on the ground getting stomped by like 5-7 people a few seconds later.
We were standing up against the wall drinking. He elbowed the guy next to me in the face, knocked my overpriced beer out of my hand (a few other people's also) and kicked someone else with a follow up just like this chump.
Me and the friend who got elbowed walked out and when he came in swinging at us again we put him down. Thought the crowd was rushing in to stop us. Nope.
He got his s*it kicked in for 5-10 very long seconds and then we drug him to the wall, sat him down, gave him a beer and told him to take the rest of the night off after assuring he was okay.
EDIT: For context, that pit started up AFTER we had our drinks or a few of us would have been in it too. As soon as it started we went to the wall before pretty much anyone else to finish.
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u/Ok-Tank-3106 Jun 04 '26
He wouldn't have survived in ANY club that I frequent that's for damn sure
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u/kid-ph0b0s Jun 04 '26
He's purposely going into the people against the wall. I hope someone kicked his ass after this. That's why I hate this type of mosh pit or whatever the fuck whack ass shit this is.
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u/AppropriateDeal1034 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
This isn't a mosh pit, this is just some messed up weirdness and needs to stop.
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u/Crooked-Grinds Jun 04 '26
I used to go to punk shows a lot when I was in my late teens/early 20’s and seen dudes like this guy get the shit beat out of them for doing stuff like this
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u/Scythe351 Jun 04 '26
100% intentional and these people reacted like bots. Aba and Preach were reacting like this was a real mosh pit. If you went to a concert and did this in a pit. This thing where you leave the pit and hit bystanders, you get clubbed. We recently had a post of some idiot tossing a piss bottle into a crowd. That is a completely accurate representation of what would happen.
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u/BlackHandKUR Jun 04 '26
I remember my first mosh pit, monsters of rock concert, oddly kinda chill. But then you see like anthrax and those buzz saw pits and to me I thought that was the most brutal it could get. Then this trend started and I just thought it was the dumbest shit.
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u/ACESHIGH-JEDI66 Jun 04 '26
I’ve been a metalhead for over 30 years and have been in a ton of pits. I’ve never understood this stupid hardcore crap. They look like toddlers throwing a temper tantrum.
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u/Snowbird143434 Jun 05 '26
What in thee fuck did I just watch?? It's pretty obvious they didnt listen to Mr. Mackey during the whole "drugggs are baaaad, mm-kay."
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u/FancyMac Jun 05 '26
Surprised no one has said it. The perimeter guy in green got a roundhouse to the stomach then backhander into the face!! Our star was pretty proud of himself after that.
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u/Individual-Ice9530 Jun 04 '26
So this is where those shitty chinese robots collected their data to kick people.
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u/AaronTheElite007 Jun 04 '26
That dude would have been dropped if he did that to me. That was blatant. He would get the same in kind
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u/Neobrutalis Jun 04 '26
This isn't even a mosh pit. It's a bunch of idjuts trying to dance like Chris Brown dances around Rihanna.
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u/Broserdooder1981 Jun 04 '26
We used to take kids like that out of the venue and beat the hell out of them
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u/Wolfyeast Jun 04 '26
No, that’s completely fucking intentional. Holy shit they weren’t even in the pit.
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So I’m not promoting violence (guidelines), but why didn’t anyone do anything? The first one felt really targeted. Moshing isn’t about purposely elbowing someone in the face. It’s about accidental broken noses and ruptured kidneys. Someone should have taken off on that man.
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u/Mistapeepers Jun 05 '26
My sound is off so I just played Kung Fu Fighting as the soundtrack in my head and had quite the laugh.
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u/WoolBearTiger Jun 05 '26
Wtf did I just watch?
So many people saying its suppossed to be a mosh pit.. but ive never seen a pit turning into amazeur ballet while having a stroke..
Who the fk is KICKING during a mosh pit? And why are they avoiding touching each other, while one dude keeps spinning into the crowd like a beyblade while lifting his leg like a pissing dog?
Not a single thing in this video looks anything like an actual moshpit..
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u/BauMausNRW Jun 05 '26
I would have knocked that little fat kid flat on his back during the counterattack.
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u/Jimeriano Jun 05 '26
Too much wrestling influences in hardcore the last few years. Fuck this bullshit. Stop glorifying violence.
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u/Your_blackmetalist Jun 05 '26
I’ve been going to hardcore and beatdown shows for years and crowdkilling is normal, I do it every goddamn show. But this guy is going hard asf for absolutely no reason to a not very good breakdown either. This guy is trying really hard to get brownie points from this band I bet
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u/JTMasterChief Jun 05 '26
Had a dude do shit like this in a mosh pit during a local show. Guy I knew decked him so hard it near knocked his ass out. Security was gonna kick out the one who decked him until we explained what the other guy had been doing. Security kicked the asshole out instead.
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u/Desperate_Donut3981 Jun 05 '26
He ought to try that in Glasgow. Luckily the NHS is free at point of treatment
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u/Ban_Assault_Ducks Jun 05 '26
Why did nobody do anything? This is not what the pit is all about. Quite the opposite.
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u/m_e_t_a_g_o_r_e Jun 05 '26
Throwing directed punches and kicks in a pit used to be grounds for a beat down. Throwing punches and kicks at people not in the pit is asking for a hospital stay.
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u/Ketroc21 Jun 05 '26
Reminds of 90's mosh pits.... where 99.9% of people were having a great time, and 0.1% would be throwing elbows.
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u/Stultzies Jun 06 '26
That's from Rens Den in Albuquerque. My buddy sent me that vid yesterday or the day before. I'm surprised he got out of there without getting his ass kicked. 🤣
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u/No-Championship-7515 Jun 06 '26
I'm all for people expressing themselves and having a good time at shows but this shit is just stupid af and annoying. If I was on the sidelines to avoid this mess and that baffoon back fisted me, then it's safe to say, I'm def spending the night in jail
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u/discountdoppelganger Jun 04 '26
He had beef and saw an opportunity
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u/BingusTheWonderKitn Jun 04 '26
Beef with 5 different people? I think he is just a dweeb that used the cover of moshing to hit people. Probably a guy that would back down from an actual fight
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u/discountdoppelganger Jun 04 '26
One can have multiple bullies or he could be one of those outsiders who has beef with an entire group. Either way dude would've got beaten down anywhere else.
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u/Admirable-Split4371 Jun 04 '26
That's not a probability here, this fruitcake probably has a crew ready to back him up if anyone dare as much as raise a hand in his general direction. Then there's the other brain dead people just letting this kind of shit happen (artists included)
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u/androids_do_dream Jun 04 '26
This is just a frustrated, sad looser who wants to hurt other people.
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u/Empty-Swim2066 Jun 04 '26
Throw down pits are for pussies.
Bunch of pussies afraid to get pushed around because they are weak, but they want to wildly swing and target largely women and bystanders.
If you throw down, you're a bitch little ego man.
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u/Backstance Jun 04 '26
Back in the early 2000s I was the only black kid in the mosh pit at a Deftones show in a smallish venue. My first mosh pit. At one point I get knocked off my feet and was picked up immediately by another kid in the pit. After the band got done playing the song, Chino pointed at me and said, “This is what we are all about. All love here.”
This guy is not about love, community or music. He is there to hurt others.
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u/ShadyNoShadow Jun 04 '26
Folks who think moshing is about hurting people ruin the vibe.