Elbows High in the Pit

LOL makes me remember 1994. Opening for a band from Southern Cal called Precious Death radical crowd and my dumb but has a brilliant idea of in a particular song on the solo stepping to the front of the stage and when the solo ramped up stepping off into the pit with a wireless. Big mistake and was terrifying. The rest of the band was laughing and I was like HELP! Somehow got through the solo and back on stage intact. The guys in P D after the show were going man that was bad a$$ while I was like please remind me NEVER to do that again!!
Was opening for these guys on a Southeastern tour only decent live clip I could find.
 
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Demanic said:
Ascension, isn't the whole point faith? The tide will take you out, the tide will take you in. At least you were using a wireless.
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Look I get it BUT-- this was a show in an old abandoned warehouse with a particular rowdy crowd. I could handle the pit at the time (25 years ago and Pre the diagnoses of AS) just not trying to play guitar in the middle of it.
Was this song from a live recording at another club in 93 where solo section ramps up is where I stepped off stage.
https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=5539540
 
LOl! Yes, the skull is funny! Orig posted song is killer! Ascension, glad you escaped unscathed. In my younger days, (well, not real young....) When I was first going to shows, moshing wasnt a thing yet.... But, I went to see metallica on the AJFA tour. I got home and was going to get in the shower.. My wife was OMG... Who beat the h-ll out of you??? as I had bruises all over my back and stuff. I was 21 and got in the pit.. Several years back, took my son to warped tour. Its gotten so much worse now with elbows and people purposely trying to hurt others..BTW, have a Precious Death cd'
 
My wife and I went to the Slayer fair well show. Amon Amarth opened followed by Lamb of God. After Amon Amarth ended, I noticed someone close by to us getting ready to light up a huge pile of toilet tissue. I said to my wife, "Time to move, oh look it open over here..." And so as Lamb of God started playing we made our way into an area devoid of people. Straight into the middle of the nearest pit that was opening up. We proceeded through it with bunches of 20 somethings bouncing off of us as we went. Occasionally I would raise an elbow to shoulder level. But most of the kids in there were fairly cool. A lot of them were quite surprised when then collided with my wife and wound up on the ground.
 
When I worked in the club we had something we called the "pit pit". The bouncers and I sometimes myself would have to monitor the perimeter of the pit. Pushing people back towards the pit away from patrons that were not in the pit was part of the job. If a mosher banged into a patron that wasn't into it could cause a fight to break out. Every once in a while your hand would end up in someone's filthy sweaty arm pit pushing them back into the pit. The worse part of job.
 
My wife and I went to Slayer's final show in Phoenix. Cannible Corpse opened, then Amon Amarth. After Amon Amarth, LOG came on. I noticed a fan getting ready to ignite a large mass of TP. Told my wife "Time to move, let's go over here it's opening up. " It was opening up because it was a pit for LOG. We kept our elbows high and walked straight through it.
 
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