Scary Concert Expiriences

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Slipknot was playing in Corpus Christi a few months back, so i had to go, but when the concert was over my friend noticed a trail of blood that went all the way to a back exit. It was disgusting to say the least, but i found out in the newspaper the next day, that a guy was stabbed several times in a moshpit during Wait and Bleed. What made it scary was i was like 10 yards away. (hopefully it was like a gang thing lol so i wouldn't have been affected)

but still ya know... whoa...

 

[Ennui]

People who go to Slipknot concerts deserve to get stabbed.

That's my humble opinion of course.

 

[Solaris]

Your signature length piss's me off mr.idon'thaveanyofyourcharactersonmykeyboard

 

[Shakermaker]

Never had really scary moments at concerts. Annoying people, yes. But nothing threatening.

 

[sinkoman]

People who go to Slipknot concerts deserve to get stabbed.

That's my humble opinion of course.

agreed.

 

[Qonfused]

Slipknot. Bleh. Anyway.

No 'scary' concert experiences here... just good times and great music.

 

[Ludah]

People who go to Slipknot concerts deserve to get stabbed.

That's my humble opinion of course.

Truff.

I would have to say my most scary concert experience was getting the life sqeezed and beaten out of me during "March of the Pigs" by Nine Inch Nails.

 

[Lucid]

The only real way one can have a scary concert experience is by going to a Black Metal / Death Metal concert tbh. (ie : Slipknot... Cradle of Filth... Marilyn Mansion(sp?)... Dimmu Borgir... etc)

Although, there was a pretty brutal mosh pit at this Fear Factory concert I went to a few years ago...
A few people went to the hospital and I got a broken arm.

 

[Direwolf]

Heh....I guess I go to concerts that are too mello. Only frightening thing at any concert I've been to is probably BO.

 

[Ludah]

The only real way one can have a scary concert experience is by going to a Black Metal / Death Metal concert tbh. (ie : Slipknot... Cradle of Filth... Marilyn Mansion(sp?)... Dimmu Borgir... etc)

No. Those are stupid. Not scary.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I had to walk through a dark back alley going to a Slayer show and there were a bunch of long hairs sucking gas from a huge canister and screaming by this old Monte Carlo blasting seriously crazy metal. I was alone and very nervous. They just enjoyed themselves though, so it worked out just fine for everyone.

 

[knut]

Your signature length piss's me off mr.idon'thaveanyofyourcharactersonmykeyboard

Great contribute to this thread, and congrats on having something really stupid to be pissed off about. NOT AN EXTRA LINE OF TEXT >;O

The only real time I've been somewhat scared is at Megadeth in 04'. I think it was 04' anyway. Whatever. Basically, you know when a band come on late and the crowd gets a little rowdy? Well everytime someone/thing moved on stage, be it a tech or a flashing light, the crowd would roar and movement would start. All the lights were down and the backdrop of 'The System Has Failed' was up so Megadeth were pretty imminent to hit the stage, and damn was I excited. Then these three guys that pushed through to where I was arrived and starting swaying, being in the drunken/stoned state they were, and eventually everyone was being pushed into this huge sway that had you almost horizontal to the crowd. And me, being quite small around the 8 people in my radius, was getting pretty crushed. It was like being in the deep end of you're swimming pool when you were young. I was pretty much clawing at the surface of these sweaty mens shoulders, desperatly trying to steady myself. I really did actually think I was going to suffocate and that I needed to get out of the crowd now.

...then Mustaine and the band (It'd be silly to call them Megadeth now to be honest...) arrived, the stage lit up and 'Blackmail the Universe' started. All my worries were gone straight after that, and what a fun night it was.

 

[JNightshade]

Heh, the scariest thing that's ever happened to me was in 7th or 8th grade, when I went to a Less than Jake concert (go easy on me- I was a young'n) and this ENORMOUS dude fell on my friend in the mosh pit. It wasn't actually scary at all- that's how wonderful my concert-going experiences have been

 

[MutantBeef]

I saw Joe Satriani live a couple weeks ago.

This is what he reminded me of:

:imu:

:bounce:



Having said that, it was a fantastic show.

 

[sinkoman]

Never use those three bands in the context of black and death metal ever again. Ever.

Agreed.

Those fall into catagory F, "Screamo".

 

[Vegeta897]

I don't understand how they can allow mosh pits. They are encouraging people to fight eachother... How is that legal?

It makes no sense to me, not to mention it's ****ing stupid.

It's one of the reasons I think metal is stupid.

 

[sinkoman]

I don't understand how they can allow mosh pits. They are encouraging people to fight eachother... How is that legal?

It makes no sense to me, not to mention it's ****ing stupid.

It's one of the reasons I think metal is stupid.

Hahah.

It isn't a "metal" thing.

It's an "omfg i'm so drunk wtf WOOHOO" thing.

All concerts have mosh pits. Well, most.

 

[gick]

It's an "omfg i'm so drunk wtf WOOHOO" thing.

All concerts have mosh pits. Well, most.

If you go into a pit when you're drunk then you really are risking your life. Pits, especially big, open ones, can be dangerous. A lot of it depends on the attitude of people in the pit, you either get the 'lets do this because its fun' people, who'll pick you up if you fall down and try and try to avoid smacking you in the face, or you get the 'lets do this to kick the shit out of somebody' kinda people.

So long as everybody is looking out for each other, then they can be loadsa fun.

 

[Lucid]

I haven't been to any concerts, but I have seen plenty of live music, most often in clubs and bars and whatnot. Since that stuff is usually blues or jazz, I don't have any problems with safety.

Never use those three bands in the context of black and death metal ever again. Ever.

Meh, they were the first three that popped into my head.
Besides, I ****ing hate Black and Death metal.

 

[Laivasse]

I've seen people moshing to the Dandy Warhols so no, it isn't a metal thing. It's not particularly 'scary' either. The scariest phenomenon is what The Bleeding described, where you have a massive venue sold out to capacity (and more), and when the entire fanboy crowd tries to move forward all at once to get nearer to their idols and you end up with that shitty crush/sway effect.

As for moshing I used to think it was a laugh when I was younger, just to let go of my inhibitions and jump into the human washing machine to get buffeted around to the music. I also remember some really enjoyable 'pits for a band called Stampin' Ground - they are basically Slayer without solos, yet they had an image as a hardcore band, so you had all the brutality of a Slayer gig coupled with the martial arts idiocy of a hardcore gig. Nevertheless there were some chucklesome moments, like when during a pause in the song the vocalist divided the crowd in 2 down the middle, and directed the 2 halves to charge into eachother upon being counted back into the song. Fun stuff.

But yeah, at the age I am now I'm sick of moshing and moshers. Going to a gig to watch a tech-death band whose songs are hard enough to follow on record, and with it made even more difficult by the worst sandpaper-on-your-ears live mix imaginable, and then being shoulder barged in the back for the 20th time by some lanky drunken arsehole who clearly has no clue what is being played - yes that is annoying. I just like to find a nice spot to headbang in. I'm considering smuggling drawing pins/thumbtacks into future gigs on the sole of my shoe so that I can jab them into any twats who get too close.

 

[Danimal]

People who go to Slipknot concerts deserve to get stabbed.

That's my humble opinion of course.

Your signature makes this oh so ironic.

 

[Cormeh]

I tagged along to Mastadon/Slayer concert a couple of years back, and I believe I had my drink spiked.

Apparently I was freaking out during the concert, and on the way home just couldn't hold still. I was incredibly ill too.

Unfortunately, I can't remember shit about it. Been to an Oasis concert since, it's an experience that will unsettle anyone.

 

[knut]

Stampin' Ground are awesome. Officcceerr dowwnn. Seeing them at Damnation festival. \o/

But yes, I'm not a fan of moshing to be honest. The only bands I have 'moshed' to have been Municipal Waste, Sick of it All and Anthrax - but these are bands that always have fun moshpits where everyone is helpful and, as Gick said, looking out for each other. I fell over in a circle pit to Municipal Waste when I first saw them, just watching the on-coming stampede of legs about to crush me only to have most of them stop and reach down to pick me up.

And Sick of it All... well, that was just mad fun. There were some silly 'hardcore dancers' who wouldn't know hardcore if it hit them in face, who were going in arms and legs blazing, trying to hit others in the face, but they failed pretty badly when pretty much the entire crowd, the real hardcore fans, told them to get out if they were coming in to hit people.

I can't stand hardcore dancers.

 

[Ennui]

Your signature makes this oh so ironic.

Of course but it's the feeling behind it, not the actual words.

to be honest, the scariest moment I've had at a concert was seeing Nine Inch Nails, when Trent and the rest walked out on stage I thought I was going to have a heart attack I was so ridiculously excited.

 

[Vegeta897]

Hahah.

It isn't a "metal" thing.

It's an "omfg i'm so drunk wtf WOOHOO" thing.

All concerts have mosh pits. Well, most.

Ok, well that doesn't address my question at all.

Can anyone explain how they can allow these knowing very well it can result in people being injured? It's like asking for it.

 

[hungryduck]

People who go to Slipknot concerts deserve to get stabbed.

That's my humble opinion of course.

I'd kinda have to agree with that

 

[Thunderclap]

During the Slayer portion of Ozzfest some years back, two people started having sex in front of me and my friend. It was hilarious.

The scary part was when I got third-degree sunburn and my skin started weeping. Damn you inferior sunblock!

 

[gick]

During the Slayer portion of Ozzfest some years back, two people started having sex in front of me and my friend. It was hilarious.

When I saw Marylin Manson (it was at a festival OK? I was waiting for somebody better to come on) there were two girls going at it on the front row. The cameraman spotted them and put them up on the big screen, it was ace

 

[Ennui]

During the Slayer portion of Ozzfest some years back, two people started having sex in front of me and my friend. It was hilarious.

rofl. sex to slayer live?

 

[Thunderclap]

rofl. sex to slayer live?

We decided to leave them in peace and moved to a different area...

When I saw Marylin Manson (it was at a festival OK? I was waiting for somebody better to come on) there were two girls going at it on the front row. The cameraman spotted them and put them up on the big screen, it was ace

That must have made several thousand people's day.

 

[gick]

That must have made several thousand people's day.

It got the biggest cheer of the weekend!

 

[Vegeta897]

Well, what are you going to do about it? Most concerts lack good security, an a few big guys can't break up a group of fifty drunken idiots kicking the crap out of each other. Moshing is hardly ideal for personal safety, but there's not a lot you can do to stop it.

Yeah, you can't really stop them, but that's not my point. I see them being encouraged by the people performing.

 

[Thunderclap]

At the same Ozzfest, it was in the desert and hot as blazes. At around 2pm a FIRE TRUCK, I swear, an actual FIRE TRUCK comes up, and just opens up, arcing water onto hundreds of people. 'twas awesome.

 

[Adabiviak]

My first concert ever was G.B.H., and when they ended with "Saturday Night's Allright", the security guards rushed the crowd with mag lights - my friends and I made it to the balcony and watched people streaming for the doors with cuts and whatnot. Something apparently made the guards a little too edgy. Besides two Gwar concerts, interesting in their own right, the other concerts have been pretty mellow.

 

[knut]

I feel such an idiot for missing GWAR last year.