Where will I flail my arms around like I'm on fire now?

it should be banned everywhere

one time i watched my friend get slapped in the face from a hardcore dancer, and he walked over to the guy and just dropped him with one punch, it was pretty fuckin awesome.

Dude. Boston INVENTED moshing dude!

And there it shall die.

That's fucking gay

Never been a fan of moshing but if people want to hurt themselves let them.

holy fuck people nowadays are fucking pussies

they should have just ticketed Flogging Molly for their shitty music.

hahaha wow...

"they should have just ticketed Flogging Molly for their shitty music."

ok well what if it was a fair to midland

Old school pits. Just some shoving, headbanging and jumping around are a ton of fun.

Idiot, dumb-ass "hard core" pits are fucking retarded. Last time someone walked into a mosh pit I was in throwing fists they were taken out in about 10 seconds flat.

1.) who cares about what happens in Boston?

2.) Cipieron you have crap taste in music.

3.) Who in the hell uses the term "slam dancing" outside of the 80's?

I don't mind pits being stopped if some douchebags are using it as an excuse to really hurt people, but I've only rarely seen this happen, so all this does is prove Boston is even lamer than I thought.

NYC! NYC! NYC!

slam dancing lol

yeah this is dumb

@Vesper Hello


/wave

"but police say people can get hurt, claiming it's a safety hazard."

YEAH LET'S BAN EVERYTHING THAT'S A SAFETY RISK THEN NO ONE WILL EVER DIE!!!111!!1!

The House Of Blues blows anyway. Just a bunch of retarded push pits and faggots. Oh and bros, don't forget the bros.

Hi omni!

(^.^)/

i dont care really but hxc dancing is like the gayest thing ever

funny i thought you were the gayest thing ever matt

my mistake

holy fuck people nowadays are fucking pussies[2]

I'm still gonna do it.

I don't enjoy moshing. If others do then whatever. But when people start going overboard about it they shouldn't be at the concert.

when it's a "normal" pit where people help the fallen up it's great fun sir..

"funny i thought you were the gayest thing ever matt"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/025/whywouldyoudothat.jpg

kids are too sensitive these days...

I read about this earlier. Stupid as fuck.

Also, let's turn this into a big fight about moshing and push pitting.

holy fuck people nowadays are fucking pussies[3]

moshing rules, wtf?!

Not when people are getting seriously injured with blades or spikes but otherwise I agree.

yea hxc moshing/dancing/kicking air is so stupid I can see it being banned because of that, but just regular 'ol death metal push pits are the shit

A mosh pit that takes care of itself is a beautiful thing.

ban concerts

Or the fact that a Flogging Molly pit made the news?

It had to be said, Hype, hehehehehehe.

The most considerate mosh pits I've been in have been the smaller metal/punk ones, since people tend to look after each other. The ones full of teenagers trying to prove how 'hard' they are and also wearing dumb shit like spiky bracelets are the worst.

A mosh pit that takes care of itself is a beautiful thing. [2]

Well this is just plain silly good thing I don't live in Boston. Moshing is a lot of fun, it gets you pumped, it is part of the metal culture as stated in the article. There are idiots who use it as excuses to hurt people though, assholes like that ruin it for everyone. Last concert I was at a guy grabbed my friend's glasses off his face and smashed them intentionally on the ground.

omni you're the man

Brian Fair, vocalist for Boston band Shadows Fall, called the clampdown "ridiculous."

his hair is ridiculous

bazing

It's Boston, that's pretty ridiculous.

Thanks MO


"Last concert I was at a guy grabbed my friend's glasses off his face and smashed them intentionally
on the ground. "


The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Concert I went to Dicky Barrett stopped the concert because he saw
something like that happen. He had everyone step away from the dude and then had them all look down.
They brought him the glasses and then took the kid up to get them. Then started back into the song
like they had never stopped and let the kid stagedive back into the crowed. single greatest moment
by a band at a concert I've ever personally witnessed.

Fuck that moshpits are cool ,they should ban fucking hardcore dancing!

There's a time and a place for moshing. When I saw Neurosis, there were kids trying to mosh. Who the fuck moshes to A Sun That Never Sets?

Mosh pits are just annoying & I don't like them...

BUT to see people who enjoy taking part in them not have the ability to do so just because of what a SMALL amount of people did on one occasion is just wrong.

Sure they are dangerous when they get out of control but one incident shouldn't lead to a ban. Overreaction by the Boston authorities here.

fuck that, if your scard of moshing dont go, simple as that

The Irish are getting soft.

holy fuck people nowadays are fucking pussies [3]

I love watching people mosh it's hot :3

CIRCLE PIT

but seriously with the logic behind this they may as well ban driving

^ exactly

but seriously with the logic behind this they may as well ban driving

Basically Boston should bring Have Heart back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9QCOQ6KTik[/l]

but seriously with the logic behind this they may as well ban driving

Except driving actually serves a purpose.

yeah take the bus

Oh, buses aren't driven. That's right.
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What is the purpose of moshing, Dino?

To have fun dick

thought it would be obvious Aso

I don't mosh anymore, but I skank like no one's business

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HEAD BANGING TO BE BANNED DUE TO SERIOUS NECK INJURIES

Oh, I thought you'd actually come up with a decent response. Nah, just kidding. Haha.

Let's ignore all actions in between windmill punching and imitating a rock.

I don't get how you can attend a metal/punk/rock show and not just get the urge to mosh, it's like a primal instinct

Anyways, the House of Blues is such a fucking shitty venue anyways. There is only one good full blown Venue in Massachusetts and it's in Haverhill. Other than that, go to basement shows and save your money.

dinosaur stomping is still legal I take it.

Not look like a retard who set himself on fire.

yeah hardcore dancing happens at (some) metalcore shows and deathcore shows and bro/tuffcore shows like The Ghost
Inside that kinda stuff y'know

Nice job Boston Herald, you probably just made the single greatest advertisement to get people to throw down at shows... now we can look retarded AND actually have a purpose! were breaking the law now biatchesz!!!

Regardless of what band I see, be it Sick of It All, Sheer Terror, Have Heart, or Blood For Blood
whatever the fuck is the definition of "Real Hardcore" these days, it's the same shit. Kids under
twenty with small dicks and an attitude problem.

The House of Blues has had numerous issues with moshing related things in the past, not surprised by this at all.

FUCK the house of blues and fuck the palladium.

I wonder if At the Drive-In will agree with this.

I'm offended they would do this.

the kids that moshed to Flogging fucking Molly. not the ban thing.

wow this is gay good thing most of the good metal shows are at the worcester palladium and not in boston proper

Fucking police; if people don't want to get hurt, then they won't mosh; it's pretty fucking obvious

Quoting Phil from All That Remains.
"If you are in the pit you will get hit. If you don't want to get hit go stand by the skirts" m/

hardcore dancing is for little faggot hxc kids that want to flail like a retard without being touched. if u get in their little bubble they will cry and slap you with their sloppy slab of twat meat. this should be banned everywhere. [2]

Crysis, are you a New Englander?

Who will keep the faith now

darn, now I no longer have an excuse to punch someone in the face.

Scheeet

"Crysis, are you a New Englander?"

Yes. Born in Massachusetts, raised in New Hampshire, currently living in Maine.

Mosh pit at a Flogging Molly gig? Really?

"home of stephen king."

I live in Bangor about 5 minutes from his house.

you can't stop every injury there is. It's one person's choice to jump in to the pit of death, and they should have the freedom to be completely mauled by the surrounding cokeheads

I don't mosh at shows, but I'm fine with others doing it, as long as they aren't out to beat the shit out of each other. Fuck hardcore dancing, those kids are so dumb

Cops are just mad the Bruins aren't playing well anymore so they're taking it out on the music scene.

A mosh pit that takes care of itself is a beautiful thing. [3]

This so fucking much

'Fuck hardcore dancing, those kids are so dumb' I second this motion.

You're a pussy.

I don't always mosh, but when I do, its in Boston.

Man, there are some shows where the pit can't be avoided. Unless you're literally pressed up against the rail or halfway out the entrance.

shows at good venues like the globe cafe rip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQo20ecuig

HoB sucks anyway. Was so much better when it was Avalon/Axis.

Yeah super small venues and metalcore festivals = unavoidable moshpits.

kids are too sensitive these days... [1]

Those damn sensitive kids these days getting in trouble with the law!!! Back in my day, the police didn't care! And that's what made us TOUGH! I am fucking superior!!!

Cedric would be so happy. Now he just needs it to spread.

The only reason this is even significant is that heaps of the best metalcore and hardcore bands are from Boston. I mean...Converge, motherfucker.

Fucking Berklee is in Boston

I really havent "hxc danced" since I was like 19 but holy shit if you somehow think the sweaty fat slam dance crap that goes on at metal shows and the like is better you are retarded.

Also literally everyone here who said they "punched some hxc FAG" at a show or whatever are lying. You didnt do anything

when i saw dangers like a month ago, both nights were in tiny rooms where literally the entire crowd was a pit. it's fucking hardcore, if you don't want to lose yourself in the crowd screaming lyrics at the singer, why did you pay for a ticket?

Good thing Converge plays at New York. In my totally uneducated opinion, I agree that those who would complain should just stay away from the pits. I understand that sometimes you can wind up inside of one or near one, but people need to understand that some shows will pose a risk.

Might as well ban crowd surfing, since far more serious damage can occur from getting dropped onto a hard floor on your head than the flying fist of an 80 pound kid whose gauges and T-shirt ink make up 60% of the number that shows up when they step on a weighing scale.

House of Blues is a fucking joke anyway. My ears will perk up when the The Middle East, O'Brien's and Great Scott stop moshing.

Moshing ain't that bad.

they do this because of flogging molly and not because of boston beatdown? -_-

It's a sucky world.

Maybe if they held this show in a venue where the audience had to be seated they would have had this problem.

some day someone is gonna make a movie about this starring someone who looks like kevin bacon

I'm seriously hoping whoever said that push pitting is cool is being sarcastic.

Anyways, I find it hilarious that of all times to ban moshing, they choose now when hardcore has been
a huge part of the boston music scene for 30+ years.

Also, seeing how I'm from Boston, I find it incredibly ironic they're only banning it in venues where
security guards are present.

Moshing will still be fine at venues like Anchors Up where people actually get hurt.

I mean this is moronic

but I don't blame them lol I must have hurt dozens of dozens of people in pits, a lot of the times on purpose for being poser fags lol broke their noses

If moshing is banned forever, the hardcore scene is more dead than it already is. The genre itself is completely focused around crowd participation and the crowd sets the stage for the intensity of a live show.

I can't picture seeing a band like 100 Demons and just standing still.

Good thing I will never find myself in Boston.

The House of Blues is just one venue and the pits there suck dick anyway. Just a bunch a retard bros and faggots pushing each other back and forth mindlessly. I wouldn't even call it crowd participation it's more of a dick measuring contest. All the good shows in the MA/New England area happen outside of Boston.

The only heavy show I bothered seeing at the House of Blues was On Broken Wing's reunion show.

I'm kind of glad I got kicked out because Bring Me the Horizon and Parkway Drive headlined.

Lol, yeah skipped that. I went to the August Burns Red show there like 2 weeks ago and I remembered why I haven't been there in over a year. Fuck that shit.

oh, another reason why people in boston should mosh hard m/

If it's worth doing, it's probably illegal in Boston. If it's stupid and useless, it's probably legal.

The only good things, in my opinion, that come from Boston are the bands.

Well that and the Brui.......oh wait nevermind.

Hahaha, I don't even follow the Bruins, but I know exactly what you're talking about.

That's how you know it's bad.

I have an idea. Let's not delve any deeper into recent Boston sports, and avoid reopening those wounds.

And screw you Eli Manning.

LOL, damn and I almost forgot about that........both times.

Pits are not hard to avoid.
Lawmakers are idiots.

Moshing isn't that bad, it's when you have a big ass dickhead crowd surfing and kicking you in the face

Moshing is stupid anyway.

yea if you're a pussy

a small victory for Cedric Bixler-Zavala

dumb ban because it's not the sort of thing that can be enforced. and the sentiment is retarded anyway. I mean, hardcore "dancing" is pretty fucking stupid but what are you gonna do?

I used to think moshing was fun. Then I turned 17.

But yeah seriously, the most pits are pretty easy to stay out of if you don't want to be there.

Boston hates happiness. Seriously though, why the fuck would anyone consider this a good idea? Mosh pits have been around for decades and it's a huge part of having a good time at a show. Damn hippies.

there's nothing quite like a good mosh pit. I mean a proper one where people care about each other, like, not throwing elbows and shit. and if someone falls down everyone helps him up instead of trampling on him. most of my best live music moments have been mosh pit related.

"but I don't blame them lol I must have hurt dozens of dozens of people in pits, a lot of the times on purpose for being poser fags lol broke their noses"

so you're one of those guys, huh?

not really but it's sad to see scene kids go to meshuggah shows better give them a taste of a real mosh pit

Moshing is what you do during the shitty opening band

need some hxc brutal LEGALIZE MOSHING shirts

stay br00tal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7movKfyTBII&ob=av3e

I always preferred trample pits anyhow

If everyone acted like me during a show, this wouldn't be a problem. I just stand there.

If everyone acted like me during a show, concerts would be boring.

I once saw a 40 some year old married couple alternate between slow dancing and grinding in the middle of a circle pit during The Ghost Inside. If anyone got near them, they'd start punching them.

Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. So as long as someone's into different music I think its cool, and if they do hardcore dancing I give them respect cause they do what they like to do. But hardcore dancing is feminine and really stupid looking. I much rather prefer a real pit at a punk show. Worse than hardcore is hate-moshing.

What in the hell is hate moshing? Ridiculing others followed by long suicidal stares?

Boring Boston government is boring.

Anyone here that thinks moshing is stupid or juvenile should listen to "micha" by integrity and come back and tell me that