I don’t consider myself old… or even much of an adult, but I feel like i’ve long outgrown concerts. It seems like all I read about is fans getting seriously injured and crowds of people too preoccupied video-recording instead actually enjoying the music.
Stop reading about concerts and start going to them. I just saw Lacuna Coil last night and had a blast. Most people weren’t on their phones either, save for during one song by the supporting band (New Year’s Day) where the singer specifically requested that everyone record it.
Who cares if people are on their phone? I’m watching the show. You do you.
I don’t understand why it matters. Some artists even lose their shit if people are on their phone. Like dude, they fucking PAID for the show. If they wanna miss it, that’s on them. Such a weird thing to care about and waste energy on.
Have you recently been to, you know, an actual concert?
it’s been a decade.
Then go ahead and do it again. My experience in (agreed, small-ish avenues and small festivals) is still the same as it was in the 2000s. If anything, I’ve found people in the metal and synthcore scene to be more aware of each other and care more for those around them.
A lot of things that are posted online are just ragebait.
Specifically go to shows with seats. Like in amphitheaters or similar. I’ve seen some pretty hardcore metal in some nice seats before.
That’s just because “people enjoy music” doesn’t make a good headline. Concerts are still good; they’re just expensive.
The tickets for the upcoming Trophy Eyes show in LA are $20.
Poor girl. 100% singers fault.
Crowdsurfing only works well if it is clearly telegraphed by the surfer, and willingly accepted by the crowd - think like an enthusiastic trust fall. Given that she’s 5’6, I can’t see how she would have been landed on full force unless there was basically no warning, or the rest of the crowd around her totally bailed (in which case no-one would jump)
There were signs that says “no crowd surfing” in th venue so I think she didn’t expect the singer to jump.
I’d argue that a “no crowdsurfing” sign would, for a punk band, be like a red rag to a bull… Given that she’d attended lots of their shows in the past, I think she’d have had a better gauge of how likely crowdsurfing was, sign or no.
That’s a lot of mental gymnastics to blame the victim. Not cool.
I’m not blaming her at all - I meant that she’d have a good idea of whether or not the singer is a crowdsurfer, regardless of a venue sign being present or not. It’s either the singer’s fault for launching into the crowd with absolutely no warning, or the rest of the crowd for seeing the singer coming and scattering from around her.
The red flag and bull myth has already been debunked, bulls will attack anything that moves no matter the color.
Shiiit… I was here for this one.
That might be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen.
‘Donated’ $5000 for breaking her back. Why not take up the medical expenses for a superfan?
Moreso after making the conscious decision to ignore the house rules on crowdsurfing…
I’ve never heard of trophy eyes before, but unless you’re a big act most of these bands take home less than say, a white collar job. And odds seem good they’ll get sued too. So I’m not surprised they’re not throwing cash around
They’re probably not worth that much. On a side not I looked up the band, as a fan of 70s British Punk, this band being “punk” flabbergasted me:
I just listened to them. I don’t see how, in any decade, this gets called “punk”.
Randos saying punk bands aren’t punk enough. A tale as old as time.
- Grounds Keeper Willy voice * They’re mortal enemies, like punk rock fans and k-pop fans, or punk rock fans and rap fans, or punk rock fans and punk rock fans… DAMN PUNK ROCK FANS, RUINING THE PUNK ROCK FANDOM!!!
What did you hear? I just played a few tracks and it sounds like screamo to me.
I find “Punk” tends to be code for “our music sucks, but people will pretend to like it anyway, because counter culture or something”
Sounds like something a cop would say. You a cop?
Punk is, to a degree, about deconstruction of a system. If ‘the system’ is built upon an appearance of aggression - angry ten foot tall brodozers and music about shooting anyone who looks at you funny - then the most punk thing to do is to dress up nice and talk about friendship, right? After all, “The Man” wants me to be an avatar of anger so, fuck him, let’s sing about flowers and shit.
But, they’re certainly not “punk rock”, that’s for sure.
The best way to judge music is by looking at the clothing of the band members
I think we can agree that a band’s perception goes beyond the music.
Actually, not really. I will give bonus points to an artist/band that adds interesting performance or atmospheric elements, but the music is what should define the musician, not their visual aesthetics.
I share your opinion. But I think our problem is that the general public doesn’t.
Everyone I listen to looks like Nordic Rednecks and Joakim Broden.
Punk isn’t what it used to be…
They look like they just came from Bible study lol
Punks…
Punks have more morales than Christians. When Nazis were trying to take over the punk scene they were quickly told to fuck off
Morals*
Having not heard their music or ever heard of them, my first thought when seeing the photo was that they were trying to be “ironic” or something.
Yeah, I don’t want to gatekeep music, but if it was trying to find some of the vinyl in a record store, I wouldn’t look under “punk.” I’d probably list go to T under alt rock.
Screemo, at least the 30 seconds of the song I listened to.
Their new sign will be “We Love (to Cripple) Our Fans!”
Hope she would recover. Terrible situation.
You should use the headline from the article.
You’re right.
By the rules, yes, but OP’s is much better. I hate the style of the actual headline. Just state the facts of the article, there’s no need to frame everything like a human interest story.
I use the one that gets auto-suggested. Sometimes I miss that it doesn’t quite match the headline in the article, and sometimes they change the headlines later. I don’t make up my own.
Oof. That’s a shitty time for everybody.
