• @nieceandtows
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    845 months ago

    ‘Donated’ $5000 for breaking her back. Why not take up the medical expenses for a superfan?

    • @[email protected]
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      1085 months ago

      I’ve never heard of trophy eyes before, but unless you’re a big act most of these bands take home less than say, a white collar job. And odds seem good they’ll get sued too. So I’m not surprised they’re not throwing cash around

    • @[email protected]
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      855 months ago

      They’re probably not worth that much. On a side not I looked up the band, as a fan of 70s British Punk, this band being “punk” flabbergasted me:

      1000009182

          • @[email protected]
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            35 months ago

            Actually, not really. I will give bonus points to an artist/band that adds interesting performance or atmospheric elements, but the music is what should define the musician, not their visual aesthetics.

      • @[email protected]
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        115 months ago

        I just listened to them. I don’t see how, in any decade, this gets called “punk”.

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          155 months ago

          Punk is, to a degree, about deconstruction of a system. If ‘the system’ is built upon an appearance of aggression - angry ten foot tall brodozers and music about shooting anyone who looks at you funny - then the most punk thing to do is to dress up nice and talk about friendship, right? After all, “The Man” wants me to be an avatar of anger so, fuck him, let’s sing about flowers and shit.

          But, they’re certainly not “punk rock”, that’s for sure.

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            5 months ago

            Grounds Keeper Willy voice * They’re mortal enemies, like punk rock fans and k-pop fans, or punk rock fans and rap fans, or punk rock fans and punk rock fans… DAMN PUNK ROCK FANS, RUINING THE PUNK ROCK FANDOM!!!

        • @[email protected]
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          -155 months ago

          I find “Punk” tends to be code for “our music sucks, but people will pretend to like it anyway, because counter culture or something”

      • Ghostalmedia
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        85 months ago

        Yeah, I don’t want to gatekeep music, but if it was trying to find some of the vinyl in a record store, I wouldn’t look under “punk.” I’d probably list go to T under alt rock.

      • prole
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        75 months ago

        Having not heard their music or ever heard of them, my first thought when seeing the photo was that they were trying to be “ironic” or something.

  • @[email protected]
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    425 months ago

    Crowdsurfing only works well if it is clearly telegraphed by the surfer, and willingly accepted by the crowd - think like an enthusiastic trust fall. Given that she’s 5’6, I can’t see how she would have been landed on full force unless there was basically no warning, or the rest of the crowd around her totally bailed (in which case no-one would jump)

    • @[email protected]
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      175 months ago

      There were signs that says “no crowd surfing” in th venue so I think she didn’t expect the singer to jump.

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        165 months ago

        I’d argue that a “no crowdsurfing” sign would, for a punk band, be like a red rag to a bull… Given that she’d attended lots of their shows in the past, I think she’d have had a better gauge of how likely crowdsurfing was, sign or no.

          • @[email protected]
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            125 months ago

            I’m not blaming her at all - I meant that she’d have a good idea of whether or not the singer is a crowdsurfer, regardless of a venue sign being present or not. It’s either the singer’s fault for launching into the crowd with absolutely no warning, or the rest of the crowd for seeing the singer coming and scattering from around her.

        • @[email protected]
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          -65 months ago

          The red flag and bull myth has already been debunked, bulls will attack anything that moves no matter the color.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      35 months ago

      I use the one that gets auto-suggested. Sometimes I miss that it doesn’t quite match the headline in the article, and sometimes they change the headlines later. I don’t make up my own.

  • @[email protected]
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    -165 months ago

    I don’t consider myself old… or even much of an adult, but I feel like i’ve long outgrown concerts. It seems like all I read about is fans getting seriously injured and crowds of people too preoccupied video-recording instead actually enjoying the music.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      95 months ago

      That’s just because “people enjoy music” doesn’t make a good headline. Concerts are still good; they’re just expensive.

    • @[email protected]
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      85 months ago

      Stop reading about concerts and start going to them. I just saw Lacuna Coil last night and had a blast. Most people weren’t on their phones either, save for during one song by the supporting band (New Year’s Day) where the singer specifically requested that everyone record it.

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        5 months ago

        Who cares if people are on their phone? I’m watching the show. You do you.

        I don’t understand why it matters. Some artists even lose their shit if people are on their phone. Like dude, they fucking PAID for the show. If they wanna miss it, that’s on them. Such a weird thing to care about and waste energy on.

    • @[email protected]
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      35 months ago

      Specifically go to shows with seats. Like in amphitheaters or similar. I’ve seen some pretty hardcore metal in some nice seats before.

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      15 months ago

      Depends on the band, genre, venue. I’ve only once seen something like this and I never went to see that band again.