Covid 19 has effectively destroyed the live music business and in turn, we’ve seen the end of the mosh pit.
Sadly, we don’t know when we will end up back in a concert setting, parking and walking way too far, the smell of weed wafting in the air, over priced beer and cocktails, sitting behind some A hole who wants to stand and sing along with every song, and watching your favorite band crank out your favorite songs live, (unless they are A holes and don’t play them because they’re tired of that one).
I can’t remember my last live show, but I guess it was Seinfeld at the Hard Rock Live in February…and there was no mosh pit. But I do believe, that the Mosh pit has seen it’s last days. Do you want to mix it up and potentially get some strangers bodily fluids all over you? Yeah, I’m good.
And speaking of the mosh pit: I challenge anyone to beat me on this one. I was part of the first mosh pit in history. #hottake
It was at the now defunct Miami Baseball stadium, and Lynyrd Skynyrd was playing at the height of their fame, in 1976. My friend, Guy Deluca and I muscled our way to the front row to see our hero’s…we were kids, but both of us were football players and in pretty good shape.
While we were making our way up to the front, someone elbowed me, and I elbowed him back, then he hit Guy and Guy pushed him back to me, then everyone started joining in, in a makeshift dancing, pummeling, elbowing flurry of body parts and testosterone, and this went on for most of the remainder of the show.
If you were there, please let me know. But and I stand by this: This is the first mosh pit ever recorded in rock history.