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My First Concert Crazy, violent, confusion, these are only a few words that can describe my first real concert. I guess that makes it sound like something bad could have happened…In reality, this was one of the most fun nights of my life. The night was filled with a bunch of new experiences and memorable ones as well. I was 16 years old, was always into punk rock and the related genres, slowly transitioning into hardcore rock and metal. At the time I was not aware of the huge differences of the variety of music scenes, I was used to going to a very small local punk rock show; an environment where I knew almost everyone at the show, and more than likely the band playing as well. Well, local shows are only fun for so long. It was nearly my birthday I wanted to nothing more than to go to a real concert with names that were known by more than just the kids at my school. Sure enough I was going to get my chance! A couple of my friends were planning on going to a show, but one of their friends dropped out on them so they had an extra ticket. They offered me the ticket and I accepted in an instant! This show was consisted of 4 bands, 3 of which were on my top 10 favorite bands list. Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada and Saosin, I couldn’t believe that I was going to go see these bands live!
The day of the show finally arrived, I could barely contain my excitement throughout the day, hours seemed like days while I basically watched the clock. Finally I was picked up and off to the show we went. This had to be longest rides of my life! The venue was in Royal Oak, which happened to be only 45 minutes away, but by this time I was so eager that a minute in the car might as well been a lifetime. As we were driving up to the Royal Oak Theater all you could see was an absolutely huge line wrapping around the building of eager people waiting to get in. We parked as quickly as possible and joined the enormous line.
After about 20 minutes of waiting, the doors finally opened and everyone started to flood in before the doors could even fully open. By the time my friends and I got in, the venue was packed full of people! We slowly pushed through people to get into the main concert hall; we wanted to get the best spot possible. As soon as we stepped foot into the hall a huge wave of heat and smoke hit us instantly. Just this event already amazed me, this was an environment I had never been in before. Looking at the absolutely massive room which used to be an old opera concert hall, I couldn’t help but to just stop and take in the sight. I was already so amazed by the difference in culture at this show compared to the shows back home, hundreds of kids smoking cigarettes and other things…this is something that would never happen at a local show! We pushed our way through the hall till we were at the second level from the stage, we had a perfect view!
At last the first band came out to play, I had never heard of them and they weren’t exactly a similar genre to the other three bands. A majority of the crowd didn’t enjoy them and there was actually a small group of kids giving them the finger while they played. I felt bad about the whole thing, but to be honest I didn’t like their music either. The band finished their set and walked off stage, right after the next band walked out and the crowd instantly went nuts! I had never seen so many people get so excited over a band setting up their equipment in my life. The band Saosin started playing, without hesitating they played a heavy, fast paced song as the intro. The atmosphere of the whole venue changed, everyone went crazy! There was constant movement from people jumping up and down and the mosh pits. By this point I was basically squished next to a whole bunch of strangers, and the already high temperature of the room seemed to rise rapidly. This went on for the whole set, as crazy and different as it was for me, I was having the time of my life. Getting to watch a band play some of your favorite songs live makes it 300 times better; especially seeing hundreds of people enjoying the songs just as much as you do. Saosin finished their set strong with one of their big hits and walked off the stage. Almost instantaneously half of the crowd rushed out of the main hall to get some fresh air and cool off. Instead of doing that my friends and I took the opportunity to move down to the main floor so we could be even closer to the stage. Little did we know that we would soon find out how violent hardcore rock concerts can get.
The next band, The Devil Wears Prada walked out and started playing, before we knew it a huge mosh pit started right where we were standing. The adrenaline rush from being in a mosh pit was fun at first, but then the song sped up and everything turned to mayhem. The pushing in the mosh pits quickly turned into swinging arms and punches; I quickly got out of there and back up to the second level. The crowd was pure chaos, but you could tell everyone was loving every second of it. Watching the band’s energy got me so pumped up and made me fully realize why the crowd reacts the way they do.
The band finished playing their set and walked off the stage, unfortunately the concert was over. My friends and I walked outside, drenched in sweat, a few bruises, and a ringing in our ears that probably wouldn’t go away for days. Despite those things we had an awesome time, it is definitely something I‘ll never forget. The concert was crazy to say the least but I couldn’t help to notice a few things. At first while watching how people are acting at the concert, you would think they’re all just nuts and angry. When you really look at it it’s just another way for people to show their passion for the music they listen to. Everyone is enjoying the music how they want to, not worrying about the perception of others. Another thing that surprised me was that if someone got knocked down in a mosh pit, the whole pit would stop and help that person up and make sure they were okay before continuing. To me that just showed that all these people are actually nice and looking out for each other despite the seemingly violent actions they’re performing. People perceive different genres of music in so many ways, but when it comes down to it, it’s just a bunch of random people coming together to have a good time, and that’s how it should be.

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