This is going to be a rant.  Everything I get taught about journalism etc. teaches me not to rant, but I’m still going too because this is a rant about certain types of behaviour at live shows.  Said behaviour is the art of hardcore dancing, an example of which can be seen above.  Now, hardcore dancing has been going on for a long time but recently it seems to have been making a bit of a comeback with twats in baseball caps or hoodies going into the middle of the pit and fighting thin air like a wally.  Now I love a good mosh, I really want to make that clear.  If you take moshing out of metal you take out one of the things that makes it so brilliant.  However, this practice is the practice of cunts.  It’s as simple as that.  Even then though, I can accept it if they do it by themselves away from people who don’t wish to be punched in the face.  Let the mentally deficient hardcore dance together in a corner and the rest of us can enjoy the show.  Recently however, I saw some stuff that was very different and really annoyed me.

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