Slam Dancing

[goforevercrazywithit]

i'd do anything to see a leather jcaket in a mosh pit. actually, i'm wearing one next time

[Naaufragosh]

what is the song?

[burningjoe]

@Naaufragosh Social Distortion - Mass Hysteria

[enzym13]

LOL what he does is totally different from the footages

[PunkAsPhuck96]

what song is that at the end

[pointpoint10]

Where is this footage from?

[hojima]

so dumb.

[grizzlychris2]

hahah faggot white americans

[IHEARTRUMPETS]

@grizzlychris2 People in other country's too it too douche bag.

[grizzlychris2]

@IHEARTRUMPETS *faggots in other countries DO it too. moron.

[dopetoker1990]

whats it called when you squat and look all creepy n shit, they usually do it right when the song starting/getting momentum

[reladham]

those were the Real pit days...no law suits, just elbows, fists, knees, and......

[PanekPL]

Footage shows Bad Religion.

The song playing is "Mass Hysteria" by Social Distortion. Their best song.

[DIZTOMAK]

GOD SAVE THE SLAM!

HOW IS CALLED THE SONG .?

[UltimaSlacker]

So, basically, if you have no rhythm at all, you call it slam dancing.

[SuperYouMustDie4321]

Thank you Mr. Brian :)

[MrAwesomePowers]

Only slam dancing is real!

[jimzero1]

@misfits765, moshing, as characterized by an up and down movement of the head/neck/shoulders, is distinctly different to slam dancing as demonstrated in the vid. Another post asks if moshing is for metal and slam dancing is more punk/ska thing and he's absolutely correct (although the metal noobs are blurring the line with slam dancing for metalcore and deathcore bands), these distinctions are never 100% but as a generalization, this explanation is correct.

[AliensexKitten000]

I think this is a clip from "another state of mind", Havent seen it in years.

[ScaldingAnus]

I'm 12 and what is this?

[shart96]

@ScaldingAnus life

[Dethwalka]

some of this looks like swing dancing or some kind theatrical dancing lol

[TheGrindingChannel]

its just moshing.

[Cyndiii]

25 people didn't have buddies to pick them up when they fell in the circle pit :(

[AddictedToTheOi138]

its kinda akward doing by yourself but when its in use in concerts, its just fun!!!

[sundresswaltz]

This is my dad.

[Reed7960]

I think this is gay, and I used the "1911" feature thing, it looked epic.

[lokeradekadente81]

So is moshing what metal heads do? and slam dance is more used in punk and ska?

[misfits765]

@lokeradekadente81 There pretty much the same thing..

[iEradicated]

JEEZUSS there is a difference between slam dancing and moshing -.-

REAL slam dancing (in the 80s) was basically jumping up and down and slamming into each other...really hard....not shoving and running around flailing your arms like an idiot :P

[mrseanpride]

@iEradicated yes there is a difference between slam dancing and moshing. but slam dancing could be a form of moshing and believe me that is real slam dancing, and running around like an idiot and making a fool of yourself is a part of it and really fun.

[ewwjasmin]

wamp wamp hehehe

[ownagerobot]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a world without black people.

[AliensexKitten000]

@ownagerobot I beg to differ, Iam black hahaha

[lbkxv3]

whats the song

[Jerry13Only]

@lbkxv3 Sounded like social D

[Fox5593]

Did some skanking back 2 weeks ago @ Streetlight Manifesto. They played an awesome show.

[sonicwingnut]

And if you really want to piss everyone off, do a spin kick. Make sure you do it near someone who'll beat the shit out of you for it.

[Indiegirl007]

You know, with him just doing it alone, it looks....kinda retarded. LMAO. Not so bad when you're actually out there in the pit, though.

[xXHardc0rExFaNXx1]

lolz looks fun...

[Dillithrar]

fuck that noise, 2step is where its at!!!

[aidscrow]

hahahahahaa this is so funny.

[ronettesren]

Pwahahahaahahaahh!!

[niezlybasikziom]

In one of the shots, the band in the abckground is Bad Religion. The song playing in the video is Mass Hysteria by Social Distortion.

[iambojangles9]

Hahaha I'm 16, and I like the old and the new styles of slamming, I don't see a problem with any of it, if the crowds a good crowd and not a bunch of middle school kids or hipsters goin to a hardcore show so they can look good, and tell people they went to see some local band play, then there won't be as many steppers and kickers, and if there are a few, just push em out of the center of the pit

[SweetSoundOfSilence]

freakin noob

[botthingbla7]

my dad told a story, when he was my age back in the 80s scene, he worked for Golden Voice and knew this guy. He told me a story of how this guy nearly beat this one guy too death at a show at the Olympic Auditorium. crazy stories

[ghostrecon755]

Michael Jackson's son.

[killerklown91]

So much fun! Not like other kids with 2-steppin and shit. Which is fine, to each thier own. But in comparison to the two styles. It the old-school version allowed for EVERYONE to just go crazy. Not like now where they'res like what?....4-5 kids max in a room with 1000! people. and everybody is too preoccupied about getting punched in the face by the karate kid rather than watching the band play.

[sorosan]

wow, some of the comments here... just wow.

you do realize that this clip was shot in 1983, right? back then all you Chuck Norris-wannabes were nothing but a spit on you parents' bed sheets.

[Deegun78]

@sorosan

Wise Words. I´m not the usual - it was way better back then - shouter but in this case..geez..the kids are really brainless nowadays.

[Cheloclues]

i like it way to go!!

[lollerization]

This guy looks silly.

[Ididnotdothismyself]

HOW IS THAT A SLAM, THE FUCKER LOOKS LIKE A VERY PERTURBED SMURF

[recklessXromantic]

@Ididnotdothismyself What's your definition of slam dancing then?

This dude knows his shit and it doesn't matter what the fuck you look like because you're there to have a good time. It's a punk show, not no fucking club.

@Zanth1s There is a good number of bitchin' (good bitchin', not bitchy bitchin') that go to shows and slam dance (believe me, I was one of them) but any girl with half a brain knows that her 115lb body won't last in a pit 250lb males.

[dragonx13x]

expert village of the 80s

[Zanth1s]

So is this where you get your dates? Didn't see a recognizable female in the crowd. Lol

[JulioV55]

look like theyre going apeshit

[xsaur0n69x]

LoL what an idiot

[SmellyAmpitz]

@XxabsentlifexX that was my thought...

[dmanconn]

1:15 lol

[brandoncipelle]

i got balck at a show guy bought me a beer then we went to his flat and man drinking was fun

[thegreatcreator]

man this guy is a good dancer, he should be on the channel 5 dance contest

[jreddi22]

youre a fucking retard

[GRYProductions]

this is to the dumbasses who flail there arms more than 5 feet apart from each other and thinkl there hard

[NateCola]

@GRYProductions for the record, they're usually pretty god damn close to each other, and a lot of fists fly into faces. and they don't think they're "hard". they're having fun. just like we do when we circle pit. a pit's a pit, grow up and don't get mad at someone just because they like to enjoy their music in a different way.

[Anthony71131]

you look like a fucken monkey trying to walk with a dick up your ass!

[generaltreeservice]

this guy is a fucking homosexual.....I am very sad about this 1:26 of my life

[ponggolese]

some white people can be really scary... some...

[billanole]

Your a real pro, broski.

[JoshFuckingAlso]

@billanole lol. he totally seemedlike a bro

[OlineFTW]

this is better then the modern gay hardcore dancing..

[yellowsnake95]

@OlineFTW Hell yeah!

[PahubianInfluence666]

@OlineFTW FUCK YEAH IT IS!!! i wish i lived in the 80's so i could be in those pits, instead of the air ninja fighters of today....

[Chem1Crew]

amber12345678999 slam dancing was the original "Mosh" the hardcore punk scene started the pit because old school punk people were pogoing(jumping up and down) and the music got faster in 1980(hardcore punk) then people start dancing violently. then thrash came along rite after(metal and punk mixed) and they started just calling it mosh pit, but it was all the same dance, now a days people run into each other for a pit wich is fucken lame long live slammin and in circle pits for fast music!

[mastertoker69]

it's a total mash!

[amber12345678999]

so is slam dancing similar to moshing? (mosh pit?)

[apfried]

@amber12345678999 ye its just from a time where the music wasnt as heavy...all hardcore dancing has progressed with the music

[RockRican]

He's drunk lol...drunk from the energy

[MrBowskii]

thats not really the skank.

It is slam but not skanking.

[robisgangsta1]

@MrBowskii skanking has more hip motion and it looks like ur doing the running man/twist while drunk

[phallock1973]

He can even have a harddon !! Is That true marcel??/  Thatsss TRUUUUUEE!!

Welcome to calvary manor, have a bowl of chili.....

LOVE this movie.... I wish all punks would watch this and FUCKING learn!!

[armygwarguy]

Haha I remember trying to do this as a teen but I was too tall and akward to even show some sort of rythm. Thats why I just stuck with tossing people left and right. Good times.

[chingonm1]

Punk and Ska 'till i die!

[bakersk8er]

lol looks like a retarted person trying to run

[guythatlivesngeorgia]

this isnt dancen watch at the drive thats real dancing

[skateVtown]

what the fuck was that

[camelboi89]

this guy is a dick...punks slamdance & pogo coz of the energy the music brings, dis dick is what we call poseurs shit!

[1ntenseenergy]

your stupid man this was in the mid 80's thats how american hardcore is..just not giving a fuck :)

[jerzeyrunnerflash]

LMAO organized retardation. LMAO Stupid fags

[turtledeerbirdinsect]

lollll, does this still happen?

[nemis1000]

Hilarious. If slam dancers were an ice-cream flavour, they'd be Praline...and Dick!

[jorgethemasterx]

god job bro.

[Dietrootbear]

fuck off, punks can't dance normal (and don't fucking NEED to). Plus, i bet you dumb motherfuckers wouldn't last a fucking second in a REAL pit. Damn gay ass kids these days, fucking up a dead horse for christ sake. Let slam be! and let punks be...

[ihateedgekids]

this is so fucking gay.

[ello4623]

your one to call shit gay

[Lonewolf22334]

Learn how to dance instead of shuffeling around like a retarded dumbass who's social insecurity leads him into utterly laughable movements for the sake of "masculinity."

[Texazplaya214]

this is what happens when people stay hoe alone and have gone crazy

[mbarber024]

Does anyone find it funny when he starts going in circles? The so called dancing Haha the people at my school do it at parties cause it looks so fukin ridiculous

[nonsense913]

Nice, this will make for a great gif.

[doubleshot87]

This style of dancing is so stupid and fucking GAY, look how queer the dude looks when he first starts talking.

[toroFIEND138]

suck dick go shuffle

[deshirolla1]

anyone knows whos playing? sounds like the buzzcocks

[LeSLoAgOGo]

its social distortion..mass hysteria.

[Jeffro321]

That was just a classic traditional style of Texas two stepping my brother....

[Tracymmo]

LOL! Texas two stepping . . . that's a funny observation. They are moving with the traditional line of dance, actually. And none of the places where I slammed in the 80s had people running in a circle. It was more chaotic pushing and shoving than anything.

[chimakara16]

this dancing would definitely not work in death metal

[Freshcut16oi92]

For some reason, I keep thinking this guy played Skinner in Suburbia. I don't know why.

Anyway, I can honestly say Punk pits are the only good pits in my opinion. Nobody's trying to hurt you, but if it happens it happens...Ha ha!

[freekicking85]

these pits are usually proper friendly. As soon as you fall down someone picks you up and despite what it looks like, rarely anyone gets hurt. Its proper fun.

[Rudimentarypenis]

...Only when you are pitting with assholes who are trying too hard to be macho, or skinheads.

[EyeMOweKay]

@freekicking85 What shows have you been to? lol....

[freekicking85]

@EyeMOweKay loads of stuff. I really like punk bands and gigs. The only unfriendly pit was a Sick of it All gig at Leeds festival, and I think that was coz it was full of normal festival goers and not punks/skins. I seen SOIA at another gig in Manchester and everyone was cool.

[EyeMOweKay]

@freekicking85 Shit the shows i been too are fucking brutal hahaha but they still pick you up tho... Sabertooth zombie, all teeth... ect... it was chaos when i seen toxic narcotic.

[guitarchim]

this is REAL slam dancing fuck all the other hardcore screamo fagit shit man this is the original so fuck off all you hardcore fagits!

[iownallsostepoff]

slam dancing is fucking gay. Those homos ruined the pits at TDWP.

[chainsawbrutality69]

haha yep

[pyrobassplayer]

literally, NO ONE in the video was doing what he was doing.

what a tool...

[paisleyisgreat]

that's what i noticed lol their all pitting like men and he looks like a retard

[chemically1unbalance]

nothin like an elbow to the jaw =D

[Kricke73]

The movie didnt show any guys with bent knees. In fact they could not bent because they where constantly pushed around : )

[chemically1unbalance]

you shouldnt complain about people Slammin, and how would it effect you having a good time? i love slammin at shows.

Well i go to warped tour to see certain bands ive only went twice becuase i hate 80 percent of that shit music they have now a days but this year i saw bands like adolescents and t.s.o.l so it was kinda worth it. does that make me a "poser" and if it does then i dont give a fuck what you think of me

[sydsourdough]

agreed. Whatever happened to warped tour being a punk tour? the only bands I see that are quote "punk" bands are mostly the same bands that have been touring since the 80's, with some newer bands/ local bands. But otherwise a lot of crap has worked its way onto that tour :( Definitely not a poser if you go to warped to see bands you like :)

[homestarrunnuw]

slamming sucks ass.

when and why the fuck did it come back?

made my warped tour experience suck. maybe cuz i nearly got clocked....am i being really biased here? like it looks cool. just a little spastic though.

[LAPKMMEX]

slamming is badass that what your supposed to do at shows if you dont like it your a poser specially if you went to the warped tour

[Nicolesballin]

im goona go to a show and do that old shit see if anyone remembers

[sydsourdough]

lots of people still slam, skank, whatever you wanna call it. As long as punk lives people will remember :)

[jakexisxthexcoolest]

I find doing the foxtrot, or the waltz to be most effective in the "PIT"

[rob13765]

haha wtf !!! err thats a mosh pit not a slam pit .....

[viruspunk102]

LOL that guy gets rocked at 1:13 haha

[SummerLOVESohio95]

lol i love to slam

[zaiux]

Que pringaete el colega

[antipatriotmissile]

this reminds i cant wait to see X and the a few days later ima see loc and the casualties

[misfitofmyself]

Charlotte?

I'm going to that same show man.

Lets fuckin tear it up

[antipatriotmissile]

aw no dc and baltimore

the show was fuckin great tho

[ALXRDRGZ]

this pussy is probley one of the little bitches that stands on the wall on the pit and just watches people mosh. dont listen to this bitch hes a pussy!

[SouthernCalifornia69]

It's from the movie "Another State of Mind"

[cyrilzero]

YES IT IS

[WishYouWereHere75]

Wait, Im confused. How does this differ from moshing? Is it the simple fact that slam dancing has a proper set of moves whereas moshing is just a load of guys jumping into one another? Someone help me out!

[kirz778]

wtf ??

[shadowight9]

This is an exerpt from an early punk documentary Called Another Stte of Mind which follows Social Distortion, Youth Brigade, and Minor Threat. Filmed in 1982 if I remember correctly

[SouthernCalifornia69]

U R CORRECT!

[Aguassaul]

what's the name of the song?

[shadowight9]

Its an early Social Distortion song - "The Creeps"

[WoodsHouse1]

nope its called Mass Hysteria

[animewerewolf]

Agreed. Yesterday I was at my first and probably my last punk concert. I'm glad that all my ribs are still where they are supposed to be.

[fattyboy192]

no they dont just you and a few other retards. i have plenty of metalhead friends who get in the pit with me at punk shows

[rockstix]

metalheads love slamdancers dickhead we dont like hardcore kids doing the waving arms not touching dance

[feardom13]

Hardcore kids? Do you mean the weird emo kids how do the windmills and shit? Cuz I always thought Hardcore kids were like punks who were into Hardcore punk. I could be wrong.

[rockstix]

nope emos dont do anything in pits its the new hardcore kids (bands like throwdown, terror, hatebreed) in their multicolured hoodies, basically chavs really who do all that stupid windmilling shit

[feardom13]

Ok, i thought you were talking hardcore kids with bands like Minor Threat and Bad Brains. Btw, whats your opinion on new hardcore bands like Bane?

[nick8874]

hardcore kids liek bane are real. and NOT emo.

[feardom13]

I freakin' love Bane and hate emos

[Zaknrfamaa]

new like bane? dude what year is this?

[cookieparty1]

metahls look like they are trying to have siesures and kick eachother, and they are 5 feet away from eachother...

[jesswithnatidiots]

hahaha!

this is funny!

nice work!

[dannad2006]

So basically you walk around like a retarded monkey?

[hagger9003]

someone has never been to a decent concert in their life. how sad.

[anthonyhard]

NOOB

[Boogieboy138]

I go to a local punk show and like nobody does any of that shit im like the only guy thats doin the pogo. and now people will just kinda stand there its fucked

[RectalDiscourse]

it depends, the first bands usually don't and there's no energy but when the good ones play at the end of the night and everyone is tipsy, there's usually a pit. if u get knocked on ur ass everyone will help you up and throw u back in haha

[cookieparty1]

most of the people at my local shows are doing the stupid pogo, and me and my friends are slamming right though them hahhaha, then they get all butthurt

[ANALxXxMARGARITA]

great video man fuck all those fags that talk shit about slam dancing circle pits are the best!

[RiotCity77]

yea the circle pits are fun

[jninja12]

I was in a little mosh pit once i got thrown around and elbowed in the eye it was great!

[beatshack]

skanking came from ska too... lots of culture mixed here

[PissPunk1904]

leiderverloren your a fucking ignorant moron. slam dancing isnt for fucking emo fags. emo faggots wouldnt even come near a circle pit. punk dont got aroudn crying and cutting themselves, were the complete oposisite you fucking idiot.

[SeekerofLight619]

hah wat a deuche wat the fuck is circle dancing dude come to my town and ill sho u how 2 do all that shit the peach tree, the stalker ect

[YHWHisGOD]

first off this isn't an instructional video, it's a documentry on the early punk scene. it's just a skinhead punk shown how we danced. the reason people had to be picked up was because shadow boxing emo types never saw it coming.

[Pirateraygun]

and mind you, this is from the 80's

before scene kids were even alive

[joemomma1001700]

isnt slam dancing supposed to be for fun....

[bigshokk]

no its not

[leiderverloren]

All slam dancers do is cry running around in a circle with a bunch of other people crying and cutting themselves. They all wish they were Chuck Norris, but they're not. Circle pits don't exist.