Moshing

It’s Not A Phase Mom Black hair, black clothes, piercings, tattoos and studded accessories. While this image may make you feel like you just accidentally walked into a Hot Topic store at the mall, those characteristics produce the same generic image of someone who probably listens to heavy or extreme music. Hardcore music is an extremely broad genre but can be broken down into four main subgenres: punk, emo, screamo and heavy metal. Often these hardcore people get judged for being out of control or violent and are thought to be unfriendly or harsh to others who are not like them. However, this is not the case. People who have these tattoos and piercings are almost always the friendliest and most accepting and could care less if you have just as much body art as they do and have dyed your hair four different colors or if you wear leggings and drink Starbucks twice a day. Like many people in today’s world, hardcore people are often judged for the way they look and how they live their lives but there are studies and examples to prove that they do not fit the unjust stereotype. One of the most common stereotypes placed on hardcore people is that they are angry and aggressive. Research done this summer by the University of Queensland in Australia has concluded that harcore music has the exact opposite effect on listeners. The study had 39 participants who regularly listened to hardcore music between the ages of 18 and 34. The participants listed subjects that would possibly…

Samantha Jackson Ryan Katz 27 September 2017 Slamdancing or Moshing When most people think about the American alternative, or pop-punk, scene, they think of the outfit choices, loud music, and the pit. When I say the pit, I’m referring to the giant circle of dancers that run around, or into one another at concerts. In these “pits” there are two types of dancing that go on... One is slamdancing which involves fast movements, running counter-clockwise, arm-swinging, and colliding with other…

Immediately, the crowd’s vitality strengthened greatly. Both the lead guitarist and rhythm guitarist (who is also the lead vocalist) used a pedalboard, but once again the bassist and drummer had no added effects. While the band was not playing music, they talked with the crowd and promoted social equality and justice. Each song was accompanied by an abundance of vigorous moshing and crowd surfing. Audience members climbed on to the barrier and jumped off backward to be caught and held up by…

At concerts, there will be stage-divers, crowd surfing and moshing. Moshing is a style of dancing where people slam into each other or push each other. There are also circle pits where participants either run in a clockwise motion, slamming into others, or the crowd opens up a circle for people to thrash. Thrashing is where a person swings their arms and kicks their legs in random motions to the music. Many people lose shoes and they get thrown in the air along with water bottles and other…

simultaneously dressing down to attend our first official punk rock show. Promptly after getting there and eating a pre-show meal of hot but still greasy, pizza, this being one of many shows for us so we knew the etiquette, we noticed a line for a second show immediately following ours. We knew it had to be major to have people lining up hours before, and sure enough it was partynextdoor, an act I had tried to get tickets for myself months previous, which I voiced to the members of the line, to…

While listening, I felt bad for the artist being abandoned. I felt the urge to mosh and slam dance to these lyrics. Slam dancing and moshing is very common in metal, punk, and Christian metal. This type of dancing causes the listener to lash out against authority, and feel empowered through the sound of the music. This mystery song is definitely one you would slam dance or mosh to. I felt the artist doesn’t deserve the way he is being treated, and I hope he can find the answer he is looking…

factor about the increasing amount of teen recklessness and “self-violent’ behavior can be explained by the lack of socialization (Arnett). Teenagers are attracted to heavy metal because it provides the factors that there socialization is lacking (Arnett). Therefore it is not the music that causes such actions but society’s own adolescent crowd (Arnett). This “self-violence” of teenagers is caused by society’s false pretences about what they enjoy, not by the music itself. Metal concerts are…

with the screaming vocals, and the clean chorus fits with the positive uplifting message The Christian metal genre uses lyrics similar to these. Christian metal focuses finding a faith in God even in dark times. The band Underoath uses alienation, anger, being lost, and searching for God in their lyrics. The emotion in the lyrics of the mystery song is very powerful. Comparing the message of the mystery song to Christian metal makes Christian metal a possible genre for the mystery song. This…

models to today's youth. They are frowned upon by parents. Mothers and fathers do not want their child to be pressured into violence by their choice of music. No parent wants to have to go through criminal proceedings with their children because their children decided to act upon lyrics that started off as catchy and turned into that virus that causes violence. However, the blame is not only on Rap music. There are other genres of music that also condone violent acts. Hard Rock, Heavy Metal,…

often favor black clothing, band tee shirts, and torn denim jeans. Popular metal hair styles have differed slightly over the years, with long, dyed black hair being the dominant style. The typical metal fan, often called a “metalhead,” is instantly recognizable in these styles. Metal has its widest appeal among working class males, and is built upon musicians being icons of hard working, masculine members of the lower middle class who tend to disagree with the ideas of organized religion,…