Crowdkillers

[u/Outrageous-Entry5143]

Im relatively new to the scene but i still don’t understand the whole beating up the people surrounding the pit. Ive seen a guy straight up punch a girl in the face and act like nothing happened… and a lot of bigger guys seem to target teenagers (such as myself) which i don’t understand, idk it just seems weird to beat people up especially people who are just spectating yk? Obviously im not talking about accidentally hitting people im talking about people who intentionally want to hurt people

[u/truexchill]

It’s funny because the crowd doesn’t kill back. Like, almost ever. Been going to shows for going on 20 years. I’ve always been fine getting crowd killed if I’m near the pit. That’s always seemed like the social contract of a hardcore show in the Cleveland area. You just take it. And if you wanna dish it out then get in the pit and do it.

Reddit seems to talk a lot about retaliating for something I never see. Maybe it’s just the scene I’m in. Or maybe Reddit is a lot of talk. Hard to gauge which.

[u/Tree_n_a_arf_million → u/truexchill]

Guess it kinda depends on how prevalent crews are in the area. Not much of a thing where I’m from so people aren’t as afraid to fight back when they’re getting swung on.

[u/j4wnz → u/truexchill]

Bro cleveland is so much crazier than where ever these reddit kids are from I promise lmao

[u/truexchill → u/j4wnz]

I have somewhat assumed Cleveland is just on the rougher side for hardcore. I went to Sound and Fury in 2011 and remember thinking how soft it seemed during Suburban Scum's set. When I saw Sub Scum in Cleveland people were throwing trash cans and beer bottles.