senior_troll's Journal: What the fuck is happening to punk culture?

Oh yeah, sorry cmdertaco, your random number crapfloods are awesome!

I've been into punk since I was 12, i've been to many shows, seen many bands.

Last night I was at the usual in san jose, faction was there (really old school punk band) To celebrate the fact that one of my favorite bands as a kid was there, I thought it would be fun to go into the pit.

Well, I didn't even make it through a whole song. I was happily moshing around when some jackass standing at the side of the pit grabbed me by my jacket, and elbowed me really hard in the nose. Throbbing pain, then fluid began to pour from my eyes and my nose. Anyone who's ever been socked in the nose knows what I mean by tears. I got out of the pit, ran my hand under my nose and there was BLOOD! No shit this asshole had hit me hard enough to cause a nosebleed.

Well, one of the bouncers took notice, big ass black gorilla looking motherfucker. He grabbed the guy and tossed him out, but by that time the damage had allready been done. If this is the way punk shows are now, I really don't want to spend my money there anymore.

I guess, this is really a plea to those that go to the shows. The troublemakers I saw were all in their late teens early twenties. So this message is really for you.

How long before your behavior totally drives people away from the scene? I remember back in 1991 going to see mudhoney up at slims in SF, that show was WAY bigger than the faction last night, but there was unspoken rules of the pit back then, mainly just no hitting above the neck, and rush to help anyone that has fallen.

I sit here now, sucking blood flavored snot through my nose, thinking about how fucked up this is.

The group I went with last night, we were all in that late 20's early 30's range. We used to go to these shows till the clubs kicked us out. We would never dream of leaving in the middle of the headliners set. Yet as the violence escaladed we all slowly made our way out of the club, with barely 3 songs being played in the set.

The sad thing is, I doubt I'm ever going to a faction show again. If thier crowd has gotten this lame, fuck them. They don't deserve my money, and i'll pirate the shit outta their songs on MP3. It's not the bands fault sure, but the reason punk was so non-violent in the beginning was we had aware people like Jello Biafra telling the kids that being a violent beligerant jackass was not cool. So the kids had fun in the pit pushing and shoving, never grabbing and elbowing.

Oh yeah, and fuck you slashdot