Nobody likes getting run over when they’re trying to tighten up their laces. On a side note, it’s pretty common for people to make a little barricade of bodies around someone who is kneeling down to tie their shoe. If they happen to see your findings, they’ll run up to you and you will have made a friend for life - just for keeping their shoe safe. There is no doubt someone close is frantically looking for their shoe that just came flying off as they tumbled into the side of the circle pit. But you’ll be a true hero if you pick up that shoe, and hold it above your head for everyone to see. Your first instinct when you see a random shoe on the ground might be to grab it, and throw it into the air and watch it soar into the crowd (or maybe that’s just me). Probably the happiest you’ll ever make someone in the middle of the pit is by returning a lost shoe (pro tip: tie your shoes tight if you plan on moshing). Hold the shoe in the air, wave it like you really do care If anything, you’ll look like more of a badass if you jump back up and keep rocking the fuck out. You’ll find the people who are having the most fun don’t get mad when they’re knocked down, understand that accidental fists or elbows tend to catch you when you least expect it, and realize that we’re all there to go a little crazy. If you get hurt, 99 percent of the time it won’t be intentional it just comes with the territory of being at a metal show. This is not the time to prove how tough you are. They’ll thank you for it, and then they can happily continue romping through the circle pit. Don’t hesitate to grab that guy/girl and yank them to their feet.
You will see someone get shoved or trip over the excess of random appendages that are flying around and end up on the ground with a whole mess of people right behind them about to cause a pile up. This is the easiest and most common thing that metal/rock shows of all kind follow. I get that it’s your thing and that’s what you do at hardcore shows, but a circle pit is not the place for that. I’m also looking at you, hardcore dancers. Picture yourself in the middle of a rainstorm (compliments of the water cannon that is in the back of the lawn at Ak-chin), blinded by strobes from the stage and surrounded by people falling all over each other it’s the perfect combination of insanity and fun, but all that comes to an end when you catch a random fist to the face. I’m here to let some aggression out just like everyone else, and I expect to be banged up and sore after a good metal show, but there’s always someone who takes it upon their self to run through and straight up throw punches at people in the middle of the circle pit. Save yourself the trouble and act like a decent person. Whether they’re trying to start fights or just getting on everyone’s nerves, there’s always someone bigger to walk by and shut that shit down. This is for your own good (and really applies to all types of shows) because the people who are just flat out assholes are spotted easily. If you’re looking to go to your first metal show, or you can’t figure out why you keep getting beat up every time you go to a show, here are a few points on mosh pit etiquette. And there will probably be a time or two where you have to check yourself and realize that getting knocked on your ass is part of being in the pit. There will almost always be a moment where you have to decide to step in and break up a fight yourself or avoid the potential black eye by staying out of it. There’s no way security can make their way through 20,000 people to keep the peace, so things tend to get settled by the hive mind of the crowd. There’s a sort of lawlessness when you walk into the massive crowd that Slipknot brings to the Ak-chin Pavilion.
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