![]() He even punched the manager of Tired Lion. “Once at a Tired Lion gig I saw this skin head looking bloke just shoving and punching people all night. They hear punk and they think be a cunt.” “Some of the reason why there are problems with mosh pits” Lachlan continues, “are because the people causing trouble aren’t regular gig goers and they don’t know how to behave at live shows. However, it could have been naivety that caused these young dudes to think they had to knock each other over to have a good time. “It definitely wasn’t the craziest one I’ve seen but you could definitely notice the shoving and kicking happening and it took some people by surprise.” I asked Crocodylus’ manager Lachlan Wyllie what he thought of the gig. It wasn’t alcohol and drugs fuelling the aggressive male mosh behaviour at the show at Brighton up Bar these dudes were just looking to shove and tackle people because that’s what they thought moshing is. ![]() “We want people to feel safe at our shows but also they can have a fun time, have a heap of beers and stuff but we would totally stop a show if we saw something really unsafe.” But this doesn’t mean that you have to be a dickhead clocking fans in the head and Otto knows this better than most. Some bands love this, Dune Rats and The Bennies are definitely two acts that encourage their fans go crazy. Strangely enough we tend to think punk gigs and hard-core gigs are meant to get out of control. It almost looks like something out of Kill Bill at times.” “There are guys who are pretty ripped coming to these gigs throwing punches and kicking people.
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