disrespect at gigs

[cthulhu]

Why do i always have better than them in my head while reading this?

[Master Ray]

Call me a miserable old bastard but when I go to see a band, I go to see the band, not to watch a load of drunk people compete with each other in order to prove who's the biggest fan.

It's a real turn off for me and it's the reason why, for the first time since 2010, I won't be at the Nottingham show next week.

Sorry to hear that, pal.  But, I say again, if a particular section of the venue and the folks who are there isn't to your taste, you can always move left or right or to the balcony or whatever... and enjoy this wonderful band from your preferred vantage point.  It's isn't ALL people going crazy in your face!

I don't believe it's about 'proving who is the biggest fan'...  just people letting their inhibitions go and their excitement getting the better of them.  If you've got a certain incident in mind, I'd love to hear it, I've seen a few nasty times at NMA gigs, but they were mostly in the 90's.

Again, no disrespect to your opinion, and I hope to see you at some NMA gig or other... 

[jackroadkill]

I don't believe it's about 'proving who is the biggest fan'...  just people letting their inhibitions go and their excitement getting the better of them.  If you've got a certain incident in mind, I'd love to hear it, I've seen a few nasty times at NMA gigs, but they were mostly in the 90's.

Again, no disrespect to your opinion, and I hope to see you at some NMA gig or other... 

I've not seen much that's nasty (well, other than the usual carry-ons that happen at any gig where someone gets jostled etc) at an NMA gig and I'm as happy as the next person to get my elbows out in the pit.  I just think that NMA have a particularly dedicated following and that sometimes some folk get carried away with making a big deal of yelling each word from every song and throwing daft shapes whilst doing so.  I've got no problem with people enjoying themselves but the only performance I go to see is the one by the band.

And I did get some stick from a lady at Nottingham a few years back because my lack of singing whilst at the barrier meant that I wasn't as big a fan as her and should have given her my place at said barrier.  There was another chap who was subjected to this from the same lady - don't know if was anyone from the forum, but it would be interesting to hear his take on it if he was a member.  An isolated (and not very serious!) incident, but I think there's a danger of becoming a bit over-dramatic regarding one's support of a band, especially a band known for having a dedicated following.

Still, horses for courses, and I'm not going to tell anyone they're wrong to get into the spirit of things; it's just not for me to join in that sort of performance.

Will definitely go again; just felt like giving it a miss this time around. It'd be good to make your acquaintance, MR, and I also owe Anna a drink at some point (if she remembers that!).

[ruckedout]

I don't believe it's about 'proving who is the biggest fan'...  just people letting their inhibitions go and their excitement getting the better of them.  If you've got a certain incident in mind, I'd love to hear it, I've seen a few nasty times at NMA gigs, but they were mostly in the 90's.

Again, no disrespect to your opinion, and I hope to see you at some NMA gig or other... 

I've not seen much that's nasty (well, other than the usual carry-ons that happen at any gig where someone gets jostled etc) at an NMA gig and I'm as happy as the next person to get my elbows out in the pit.  I just think that NMA have a particularly dedicated following and that sometimes some folk get carried away with making a big deal of yelling each word from every song and throwing daft shapes whilst doing so.  I've got no problem with people enjoying themselves but the only performance I go to see is the one by the band.

And I did get some stick from a lady at Nottingham a few years back because my lack of singing whilst at the barrier meant that I wasn't as big a fan as her and should have given her my place at said barrier.  There was another chap who was subjected to this from the same lady - don't know if was anyone from the forum, but it would be interesting to hear his take on it if he was a member.  An isolated (and not very serious!) incident, but I think there's a danger of becoming a bit over-dramatic regarding one's support of a band, especially a band known for having a dedicated following.

Still, horses for courses, and I'm not going to tell anyone they're wrong to get into the spirit of things; it's just not for me to join in that sort of performance.

Will definitely go again; just felt like giving it a miss this time around. It'd be good to make your acquaintance, MR, and I also owe Anna a drink at some point (if she remembers that!).

Both Ray and Anna are great people i can vouch for that.......dont forget me in that round of drinks.

Matt

[ruckedout]

The only disrepect i have seen at Nottingham is the rain....any chance of something other than cold miserable rain?

Matt

[Master Ray]

Matt, you know very well the The Gods Of Rain utterly hate us NMA fans, so it WILL be pissing it down, in freezing fashion, whilst we're queuing up outside of Rockers next Saturday... and the whole venue will smell like wet dogs before the band kick in!   

Jack... totally agree.  My moshpit / elbows days are far behind me.  Best wishes, see you at Notts next year?

[jackroadkill]

Jack... totally agree.  My moshpit / elbows days are far behind me.  Best wishes, see you at Notts next year?

It's a date!

[Shush]

The only disrepect i have seen at Nottingham is the rain....any chance of something other than cold miserable rain?

Matt

Will try and arrange some happy Nottingham rain for Saturday 

[Stephanie]

Perennial topic this one .....

Lastly a personal bugbear is the self-entitled folks watching the gig through a camera on their phone: I don't wanna see it through a poxy little screen held up in front of me and if you insist on doing so then tough luck if you get bumped about 

Oooooh yes, that is beyond annoying - if I want to watch a show on a screen I just stay at home.  I get that people want to take the occasional picture or even a short clip - but not all the time, especially if you can already tell the quality is going to suck.
This and the talking...drives me nuts.

Have to say, though, that Cologne on Saturday was pleasantly conversation free and the camera thingie was acceptable as well.

Lots of very enthusiastic singing and dancing - yours truly no exception  - but that's alright for me, if I try to be close to the front I know what I'm getting myself into. 

[cthulhu]

After cologne they played better than them in amsterdam and opened nottingham with it. Maybe a little message to us all?

[dilla]

Agree about the mobile phones..However,if no one took mobile phone footage,where would we be when NMA are not touring?We'd have nothing to watch on youtube.A bit of a double edged sword

[Valstar]

And this is also material for NMA official videos, like 1000 voices and 30th anniversary 

But I have to agree, I HATE it when someone is keeping is phone so high that I have to watch through his screen for a whole song, and worse, when they forget to turn of the flash and don’t notice it.

But this is a really little annoyance compare to the chatting, really little (I don’t mind people looking around and singing back to the stage, they seem to really enjoy themselves, no problem for me, but, have I said that the chatting ...)