Moshing is definitely a young man’s game as the below video of a recent VÆN show in Biloxi, MS shows. An allegedly drunken elderly rocker took part in the somewhat sparse pit and was seemingly getting into it, until a spinkick knocked him out cold. Whether or not to the foot to the face was targeted remains unclear. Footage of that can be found below, with the band themselves commenting:
“We do not condone the intentional targeting of human beings, but we also do not encourage senior citizens to enter our mosh pits. This is the second time this has happened during our performances with two separate drunken elderly men.
Enter the pit at your own discretion. We are not responsible for your choices to enter, or the actions occurring during said choice.
He was completely okay after this happened, he was bleeding pretty badly but recovered in the restroom, and came right back out and was trying to mess with kids dancing in the pit again right after.
He was warned to stay out of the moshing area numerous times by bands, crowd members, and staff at the venue.”
[via Rockfeed.net]