Moshing has grown quite exponentially from its roots. Originally just a bunch of kids running into each other in a small room listening to Black Flag. That room eventually grew into the mainstream world with the help of bands like Nirvana, moshing took a step for ward too turing into various dance moves (the windmill, two step, spin kicks, crowd surfing, "hardcore dancing", and etc.), and eventually there came a point where just about no matter the venue or the band, there was going to be moshing.
This eventually got out of control, It was no longer a couple of kids just shoving each other, the venues got big and the crowds got bigger. People started to get injured, and even die. Some bands took a stance against the crazed testosterone driven mentality, such as At the Drive-In at Big Day Out Music Festival...
So the question is raised... Is there political value to this statement? What would drive so many kids to slam into one another with very minimal care for general well being? Is it the mindless sex drive of a population that takes animosity to the next level?
I was at a Nirvana concert once and there was some moshing going on. Cobain stopped the show and said "I think some people have been watching too many Pearl Jam videos"!
ReplyDeleteI was also at a show, Better Than Ezra, where the singer stopped the show and said he wouldn't continue the show until the crowd stopped moshing.
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