[kj] Gigs, less violent...?

[Graeme Rowland]

Got punched in the face at a Culture Shock gig once
long ago...

Also some guy tried to punch me during Primitive on
2nd recent Joke gig but I pinned his arms to his sides
until others dragged him off...

--- Robert Martin <robmartin at bluebottle.com> wrote:
> The only potential violence I remember from going to
> loads of UK Subs,
> Damned, Dead Kennedys, Anti Nowhere League, etc gigs
> was at my only
> Crass gig.
> We came out of a pub in Camden Town to find a pub
> next door absolutely
> heaving with skins.
> I then found out a bit too late that skins hated
> Crass and always
> caused agro at their gigs.
> 
> To be honest, now that I look back I'm shocked that
> I didn't get
> involved in more violence; I wasn't exactly dressed
> like a shrinking
> violet.
> 
> Regards
> Rob
> 
> Quoting gathering-request at misera.net:
> > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:04:26 -0000
> > From: "dub" <kIlLiNgJoKe at pUnKaSs.CoM>
> > Subject: RE: [kj] Gigs, less violent...?
> > To: "'Alex Smith'" <vassifer at earthlink.net>,	"'A
> list about all
> > things
> > 	Killing Joke (the band!)'" <gathering at misera.net>
> > Message-ID:
> <20050304010438.AB3B81A009C at smtp-1.hotpop.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
> > 
> > Guess it has got a lot to do with the times we
> live in too. Late
> > 70s well
> > into 80s was kind of a dark period, with very
> little for anyone to
> > do other
> > than ruck, and gigs gave the perfect let out for
> pent up anger
> > (here anyway,
> > but I guess football in UK to certain extent),
> whether it be teen
> > angst or
> > just societies way of letting off steam. Any
> number of violent gigs
> > in
> > Dublin over the years, a few of which I was at,
> earliest
> > remembrance of one
> > was in Belfield Uni, Finglas Punks stabbed a
> bloke. Saddest one was
> > the poor
> > girl from Cork who died while crowd surged forward
> as Smashing
> > Pumpkins came
> > on stage. Safety in venues since then has been
> improved, but in
> > general
> > attitudes have changed too as has the economic
> climate or whatever,
> > but that
> > can change.
> > 
> > dub 
> 
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