GA Aggression?

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  • jrnyc
    jrnyc Posts: 537
    JoelMartin wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I think it is a reflection on what we have become as a society in the last 3 years.
    Haven't you noticed all the news on violence in Melbourne and other cities in Australia in the last year or so?
    Wasn't like this last time PJ were here.

    I agree, but do you feel a seated floor instead of GA would help to make it so that society's violence could be avoided for the duration of the show?

    Of course, everyone is in an assigned seat instead of people battling for "seats" that arent assigned. Assholes will always be assholes, but they cant take someones seat away from them like they can in GA.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    doompony wrote:
    attention munters of auckland nz.

    do not fuck with me. or i will cry. for reals. and mr snuggleton will be kickin ass and takin names
    :lol::lol::lol::lol:
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    ZiggyStar wrote:
    doompony wrote:
    attention munters of auckland nz.

    do not fuck with me. or i will cry. for reals. and mr snuggleton will be kickin ass and takin names

    no one is fucking with you munky.....I'll get this look into my eye
    > :| <
    and fucking KILL THEM!! :x
    :lol::lol::lol::lol: 8-)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    fight for your seat!!!!!!!!!1this is a rock concert people.. :D
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Tone
    Tone Posts: 1,206
    This is why I don't like GA... I can't handle the aggression cause as much as there are great people around, there are always a large number of asshats that push, shove, elbow, kick and do just about anything to get to the front. I can't imagine these GA crowds can be as insane as they were in Australia in '95, though... it was beyond intense at Eastern Creek and Canberra. Weren't chairs ripped off the floor in Melbourne and people jumping over the walls from the elevated areas to get to the floor? Not to mention the fence coming down at the Music Bowl. My worst GA experience was RHCP at the Hordern in '92, I didn't even make it through the 2nd support act before needing to be pulled out by security... I was the last girl left on the rail but I just couldn't do it... one too many people stage-diving on my head and being body slammed into the rail. No thanks.
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Tone wrote:
    This is why I don't like GA... I can't handle the aggression cause as much as there are great people around, there are always a large number of asshats that push, shove, elbow, kick and do just about anything to get to the front. I can't imagine these GA crowds can be as insane as they were in Australia in '95, though... it was beyond intense at Eastern Creek and Canberra. Weren't chairs ripped off the floor in Melbourne and people jumping over the walls from the elevated areas to get to the floor? Not to mention the fence coming down at the Music Bowl. My worst GA experience was RHCP at the Hordern in '92, I didn't even make it through the 2nd support act before needing to be pulled out by security... I was the last girl left on the rail but I just couldn't do it... one too many people stage-diving on my head and being body slammed into the rail. No thanks.
    understand your though..but 92 is away from 2009 GA..people are more calm..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Tone
    Tone Posts: 1,206
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    understand your though..but 92 is away from 2009 GA..people are more calm..

    Indeed ;) I'm very glad to hear it... shame there are some dipshits out there that still want to ruin it. All this been said, I would do GA in Europe in a heartbeat and I had fun at Lolla and the crowd at SF Outside Lands was fantastic, there was no aggression at all, which was really nice... everyone was stoned, lol.
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Tone wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    understand your though..but 92 is away from 2009 GA..people are more calm..

    Indeed ;) I'm very glad to hear it... shame there are some dipshits out there that still want to ruin it. All this been said, I would do GA in Europe in a heartbeat and I had fun at Lolla and the crowd at SF Outside Lands was fantastic, there was no aggression at all, which was really nice... everyone was stoned, lol.
    :lol: something like that,,ok Berlin was very dangerous this year btw..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,051
    That totally sucks that asshats like this will ruin someone's night these shows have no place for aggression at all ,you can have you're GA all you wan't i'm glad we have all seats at the venues here USA ,EVERYONE can enjoy the shows for what it is a musical experience not a shoving match dimmwits ......
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Jelmot
    Jelmot Posts: 19
    josevolution wrote:
    That totally sucks that asshats like this will ruin someone's night these shows have no place for aggression at all ,you can have you're GA all you wan't i'm glad we have all seats at the venues here USA ,EVERYONE can enjoy the shows for what it is a musical experience not a shoving match dimmwits ......

    I didn't know that all the U.S shows were seated. If this is the case, I can't see why management decided to do General Admission for the current Australian tour.

    If anyone at PJ HQ reads this - For the next Australian tour, please revert back to seated floor plans.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,051
    JoelMartin wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    That totally sucks that asshats like this will ruin someone's night these shows have no place for aggression at all ,you can have you're GA all you wan't i'm glad we have all seats at the venues here USA ,EVERYONE can enjoy the shows for what it is a musical experience not a shoving match dimmwits ......

    I didn't know that all the U.S shows were seated. If this is the case, I can't see why management decided to do General Admission for the current Australian tour.

    If anyone at PJ HQ reads this - For the next Australian tour, please revert back to seated floor plans.

    The only shows that have GA here are the one's that have festival settings like LOLLA ,ACL,so forth, but any arena shows have reserved seating but still even for festivals here the crowds just wan't to enjoy the music and just rock on not to aggressive at all ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Crazy Marcus
    Crazy Marcus Posts: 1,823
    doompony wrote:
    attention munters of auckland nz.

    do not fuck with me. or i will cry. for reals. and mr snuggleton will be kickin ass and takin names
    I volunteer to be doompony's body guard. All you need to do is pay my airfare from Seattle and provide me with ticket to the show. BTW, I'm 6'4" and weigh about 240 and know kung foo. I'm a big mo'fo'. :D I will protect you and MR. SNUGGLTON from all the arseholes no problem. :lol:
  • Stoney.G.Girl
    Stoney.G.Girl Posts: 468
    if ANYONEoutside of the 10c Tries to push in front of me at all.. they'd better watch it.. I will be in no mood for Assholes who don't respect other people who just wanna have a Fricken awesome time and have been waiting for ages to get their tickets and get into the venue itself!!

    If people wanna go to the shows just to start trouble..perhaps they are better off staying at home and letting everyone else ENJOY What they have been waiting MONTHS For!!!
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  • LongRoad
    LongRoad Posts: 421
    JoelMartin wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    That totally sucks that asshats like this will ruin someone's night these shows have no place for aggression at all ,you can have you're GA all you wan't i'm glad we have all seats at the venues here USA ,EVERYONE can enjoy the shows for what it is a musical experience not a shoving match dimmwits ......

    I didn't know that all the U.S shows were seated. If this is the case, I can't see why management decided to do General Admission for the current Australian tour.

    If anyone at PJ HQ reads this - For the next Australian tour, please revert back to seated floor plans.

    Speak for yourself!
    PJ HQ please ignore above statement. We love GA here in Aussie land. As if change it just because 0.0001% of the crowd are idiots :o
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    Crazy Marcus wrote:
    doompony wrote:
    attention munters of auckland nz.

    do not fuck with me. or i will cry. for reals. and mr snuggleton will be kickin ass and takin names
    I volunteer to be doompony's body guard. All you need to do is pay my airfare from Seattle and provide me with ticket to the show. BTW, I'm 6'4" and weigh about 240 and know kung foo. I'm a big mo'fo'. :D I will protect you and MR. SNUGGLTON from all the arseholes no problem. :lol:

    my hero! someone pay for his airfare! stat!
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    Doompony- after being sick and in bed for the past 3 days and spending way too much time on the porch I'd like to tell you that you're my favorite person in the world right now ;) Your sketches truly cheered me up! I owe ya one ;)
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    Gmoney wrote:
    Doompony- after being sick and in bed for the past 3 days and spending way too much time on the porch I'd like to tell you that you're my favorite person in the world right now ;) Your sketches truly cheered me up! I owe ya one ;)

    why thank you :)

    let's hope the band are as enchanted by the antics of mr snuggleton and his band of hairy men as the fans are :)
  • Jelmot
    Jelmot Posts: 19
    LongRoad wrote:
    JoelMartin wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    That totally sucks that asshats like this will ruin someone's night these shows have no place for aggression at all ,you can have you're GA all you wan't i'm glad we have all seats at the venues here USA ,EVERYONE can enjoy the shows for what it is a musical experience not a shoving match dimmwits ......

    I didn't know that all the U.S shows were seated. If this is the case, I can't see why management decided to do General Admission for the current Australian tour.

    If anyone at PJ HQ reads this - For the next Australian tour, please revert back to seated floor plans.

    Speak for yourself!
    PJ HQ please ignore above statement. We love GA here in Aussie land. As if change it just because 0.0001% of the crowd are idiots :o

    I'm speaking for some of the 10C members and non-members who had to endure violence and aggression at the Perth show. The 0.0001% of idiots fucked it up for others - that isn't right.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,290
    Ah, the beauty of paying for reserved seats. No headaches. You can go for a drink, check out the merchandise table, hang out with friends anytime & anywhere. When finished, you can head back to your seat. The seat you payed for. A seat nobody can bother you in. Nobody can push & shove. A seat of zen. You can place your poster, your jacket etc.. seat back & relax.

    GA sucks. I would pay double even triple the price on ticket's to have reserved seats then to be in today's GA standing show's. People today are not like the people of yesterday. Trust me. There are alot of crazy nuts out there that will try to ruin it for you. The 'woman & childen first' rule, doesn't apply during a rock show these day's. Last few show's I went to, I've seen & heard how fans would crash their way from the very back of the show & get their way to the very front. The 'excuse me' or 'i'm sorry' words when pushing & shoving, don't apply to many. Say over 75% of people today. It's pretty sad. Somebody mentioned earlier that people today are calmer then before. Are you out of your mind! With all the newest drugs, more smoking & drinking @ show's then ever before, the economy, the internet, the popularity .. things have been wilder then ever before.
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    yikes. now you're making me nervous

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