The Complex History of Moshing

Exploring the origins of Moshing as it coincided with the rise of Punk in the mid 70s. Also explain how moshing has changed overtime with the evolution of music throughout its history. How people started moshing in Hardcore, Metal, Hip Hop, Rock and Beyond.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
02:28 The Precursor To Moshing: The Pogo
04:49 Schism, The Birth of Hardcore & Slam Dancing
11:56 The Significance of 1981
18:21 Hardcore Dancing Starts To Form
21:35 Moshing In Metal
27:48 Lollapalooza and The Grunge Explosion
33:03 Moshing In Hip Hop
37:17 Nu Metal and Woodstock 99
43:41 Thriving In The Underground: Extreme Metal and 90s Hardcore
50:21 Hardcore Dancing In Metal: Metalcore & Deathcore
55:57 No Karate In The Pit
59:42 The Modern Era
01:06:46 The Psychology of Moshing
01:09:36 Outro

My Band (shameless plug but idc): Liberate

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Written, Researched and Edited by greyj

Songs Used:
Fugazi - Blueprint
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K
Germs - Lexicon Devil
Fear - Beef Bologna
Bad Brains - Banned in D.C.
Metallica - Seek And Destroy
Nirvana - Molly's Lips (Peel Sessions)
Onyx - Slam
Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
Vision of Disorder. D.T.O.
Whitechapel - Fairy Fay
Dying Fetus - Grotesque Impalement
XXXTentacion - Look At Me!
The Deli - 5:32pm
Fugazi - Blueprint

Sources:
   • The Social History of  the Mosh Pit VHS  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshing
https://mindyourmind.ca/self-expressi...
https://metalinjection.net/news/metal...
https://consequence.net/2021/08/moshi...
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   • Metal Evolution - Documentário sobre ...  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wav...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcor...
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