The pit for Ministry at the Asheville show was pretty rabid and sizeable…I was actually pretty surprised…and then of course for Slayer the pits were just totally off the rails…and Minstry seemed more well received than Primus also…
They sound good on the bits i heard in that video. dude, there’s no fucking way i would get into a fucking mosh pit myself. Early 20s and teens - sure. Now - nah. I’d rather nod my head from a nice view point.
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You aren’t alone…no way in hell I’m getting in a pit either these days…
I’m not actually suggesting that I would get in a mosh pit now. These days I’d blow out my knee, roll an ankle and dislocate a shoulder, maybe both in about 38 seconds if I even watch that sort of thing on video. I just thought it was lame that out the thousands of people there, only 4 could be bothered at all. The whole crowd seemed disinterested for the most part. I get it that it was a Slayer crowd.
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I lost two teeth in a Pantera pit in the mid 90s. Drew the line right there.
My first pit was during Rage Against The Machine’s opening set at Lollapalooza 93. My second concert. I had no idea pits were even in a thing, so before the band came on, I strutted right up to the stage and positioned myself to get the best view of the show. Band comes out, starts into “Bombtrack.” The whole world turned into a 3D ocean of dust and elbows. I fled the pit like my ass was on fire and my dick was catching.
I turned to one of the guys I went to the show with and asked, “They gonna do that for every band?” And he said, “Yeah, except for Arrested Development. And maybe them too.”
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I remember people moshing at They Might Be Giants.
The mid '90s was a weird time in some ways.
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I attended one of the Bowie/NIN shows in 1995. I had tickets in the pit and attempted to join in the mosh pit during “March of the Pigs”. I took a combat boot to the head and after that I retreated to the back. I also discovered that my Timex Ironman watch had come off in the melee. When Bowie took the stage (which was a transition where both bands performed together for a few tracks), the mosh pit ceased and order was restored. At the conclusion of the concert, I found my Ironman watch covered in mud beneath one of the floor mats. Surprisingly the watch still worked and just needed to be cleaned up. What was that old Timex jingle about watches taking a beating and still working?
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It was “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”
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yeah it was …and yeah no way in hell am I getting in a pit again… bones brake 2 easy now and healing time has increased ,