[kj] Gigs, less violent...?

[peter.west410]

"One thing I noticed was that the kids who were bringing chains"

 That's nothing,Im England we bring in the whole bike.

 PW

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Song for tomorrow:
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You ve got a drunken bitch



----- Original Message -----
From: <Devacor at aol.com>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Gigs, less violent...?


> In a message dated 3/4/2005 4:22:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> robmartin at bluebottle.com writes:
>
> 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.
>
> In the late eighties and early nineties in the states the hardcore scene
on
> the East coast was getting out of hand. I did the DC punk scene in the
early
> to  mid eighties and it had its share of violence but nothing like what
was
> going on  in the hardcore scene.
> It got to the point where people were bringing chains, hammers and stun
guns
> into the pit.
> Unfor I had to work security some and deal with that crap. They really
> needed to shake people down at the doors but they never did. Then there
was my
> lovely krishna friends cro mag roadies who would get excited and go into
the pit
> with an 8 ball in a sock, dance a jig and do some major swinging.
> Major arm swinging, punching and karate kicking were  commonplace  dance
and
> became tame compared to the other stuff. It got  to the point where you
would
> sigh in relief and say "great, no stun guns, just  people kicking and
beating
> the shit out of each other.."
>  Only time I broke a bone was a shattered my forearm on some poor kids
head
> (accidently)- knocked him out and hurt myself pretty good.
>  With all of that it seemed no one got seriously hurt or died. Though  I
did
> see a lot of people getting hurt just not major (except for a few times of
> stabbings and shootings)
>   One thing I noticed was that the kids who were brining chains and
hammers
> in- they werent all that tough or the real deal- just out to prove
something-
>  I dont think its nearly as bad now
>
>


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