version sound wrote:johnnotkathi wrote:Agree 100% w/Dave. Please don't tell me you're "the guy" who goes to a show, stands at the edge of the pit and gets pissed off when people bump/run into him. Similarly, if you are pressed up against the stage and get mad about stage divers, that (to me at least) does go with the territory.....
I've pretty much always kept the fuck away from the pit since getting trampled in the '80s. The only time I was near the front at a show whrere a pit started that I was surprised by was the Dag Nasty reunion. That place was packed with middle aged dudes and there was not a "LET'S SLAM" vibe in the air at all before some jackasses decided there needed to be a pit. I just got the fuck out. I thought that was kind of bullshit. There were like 5 guys who wanted to slam out of a crowd of hundreds.
"Non kids" slamming these days looks and seems pretty foolish....to me a sport for the young...