Back in my day, it was plain old fashioned slam dancing - ie, a load of people just going nuts, and not hurting people intentionally or doing any of these lame choreographed sub-martial arts ludicrousness. At some hardcore shows half the audience dont give a fuck which band is playing, they arent even watching the band - all they care about is which one of their knob-end mates is doing the 'sickest mosh'-
I love hardcore and have done for 20 years but will happily admit that at least 70% of the people into it at any one time are absolute fucking wankers. The internet hasn't helped either
