Punch mosh pit gif8/8/2023 ![]() Still, I never felt like I fit into the scene in a real way, because, of course, outcast status is basically the only qualifier for emo. I’ve got the studded belt, the piercings and the checkered Vans. Never being able to put my finger on why, I attributed it to my personal issues with social nervousness and constant overthinking.įor instance, I’m a regular at local emo “throwback” concerts, and “Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance was my anthem at 14. Something about it was always exclusionary, I seemed to be the other in every crowd. To me, the best kind of concert is one that I emerge from covered in bruises and in the daze of an unmistakable adrenaline high.ĭespite my lack of concern for injury and my genuine passion for the music, I always felt left out of the alternative rock community. I’m completely fine being - and honestly expect to be - elbowed and pushed around by the crowd at any alt-rock show. I willingly take on the threat of physical violence that accompanies being in a mosh pit. Being trampled and at one point kicked in the face by screaming fans, it was probably the closest to a near-death experience I’ll ever have. But, I finished strong, still yelling “Cause I’m born and raised in the USA,” as I collapsed to the ground. Singing my favorite verse of the song, “I got bills to pay, and I got pills to take,” I started to feel my feet slip out from under me. ![]() Sweaty and slipping in the grease of spilled drinks on the Tipitina’s floor, I screamed FIDLAR’s “40oz.
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