Some Nights, The Pit Is Not For You

The headline up above? It's a lie. The pit is always for you. It's for everyone. One of the cool things about a hardcore show is that there is absolutely no barrier to participation. (I mean that both metaphorically and, usually, literally. If you see a stage barrier, you might not be at a hardcore show.) Anyone sufficiently motivated by music and/or bloodlust can get in there and fuck something up, as long as they are willing to get fucked up in turn. That's the beauty of it — friends and strangers crashing into each other and/or spinkicking in each other's general direction. You're a part of it just by virtue of your presence in the room.