Arctic Monkeys and KOL confirmed? :o

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

Defo see the point trying to be put across here

I have seen Arctic Monkeys 3 times and one of them was at Old trafford a few years ago. Where there were some 'yobs' they were all mostly well behaved and was a good atmosphere. However, i saw them again in the December of that year at the Evening News Arena in Manchestr and found myself surrounded by full on chavs smoking weed, throwing piss and generly kicking off. Wasnt a gr8 experience but can see there are people like that who go to Arctic Monkeys gigs. There will be some of the at Reading but have been to alot more yobish gigs and think that at a festival there is too much good to be annoyed by them. Same goes for Kings of Leon. People who loved the first 3 albums of Kings will go and love it. Once again, people whom like sex on fire and think they discovered kings of leon on radio 1. But these people who go to the festival for Kings will be silly mid 30's women jst screaming sex of fire out for the whole gig. Thankfully i will be down the front so wont hear(hopefully).

With Oasis playing V(which i wish i could afford to go to this year as will be the 1st V since they last played that i havent gone to) it will most prob more lager louts will go there instead. Kings ae becoming the new 'in thing' that these people go for and i cant stand it for a band with a much deeper fanbase. For Kings fans- saw them in Birmingham in December and was down the front with fans who jst wanted 2 hear the 1st 3 albums basically, but kept seeing either lager louts or 16 year old girl in high heal down the front. Genuinly saw some lipgloss down the front and someone as if Wasted Time was a new B-Side. Its not just the lager louts that come, it is also the lager louts mouthy wife's that come along lol

On metal fans, have found they are some of nicest people around. Yes, there are some that kick off but isnt that the same with all fans and groups. Was at Reading last year and found myself constantly annoyed by indie/new rave scenesters that were round and generally being morons. However, on the sunday i was surounded by older metal fans who were there for the like of Metallica.This was i think the best atmosphere of the festival and remember it fondly when sitting in the sunshine in the arena with a few Beers watchin Feeder with all metal fans basically and having a gr8 time.

Turned into a slight rant that but-

Metal fans- Good people mostly

Indie fans- alot of real fans but just as likely if not more to kick off

Lager fans- more likely at V but shud be few and far between

niknik

[NikNik]

why women in their mid-30s? i'm one of them, do you assume i'll be like that?

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

not at all didnt mean that you would be. As i said there were a lot of metal fans who were older than myself and were brilliant and regular music lovers that were older than myself who were just there to have a great time. Didnt mean that ALL mid-30ish women would be like that at all. What i was trying to say was about the wives of the lager louts/chavs. Didnt mean it that way

niknik

[noalarms]

Indie fans... violent?? Indie fans are all skinny kids, if we are going to generalise. Metal fans are more stereotyped as violent because of the whole mosh pits and stuff. But I wouldn't say metal fans were actually violent. Nor are indie fans.

[benisright]

metal fans are lovely, they just like to hit each other.

indie fans are basically common, and dont mind if they hurt someone else as long as its cool.

[Bains]

Indie fans... violent?? Indie fans are all skinny kids, if we are going to generalise. Metal fans are more stereotyped as violent because of the whole mosh pits and stuff. But I wouldn't say metal fans were actually violent. Nor are indie fans.

[ste4_20]

metal fans are lovely, they just like to hit each other.

indie fans are basically common, and dont mind if they hurt someone else as long as its cool.

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

totally agree with you, been to see motorhead & all those types, and there is definitely an "unspoken etiquette". you wouldn't think so, looking at the sweaty, steaming pits (mosh, not arm)

[Bradders]

This is pathetic. Neither type of fan is more violent than the other, everyone seems to be just taking sides and slagging each other off...

Edited February 23, 2009 by Bradders

[benisright]

This is pathetic. Neither type of fan is more violent than the other, everyone seems to be just taking sides and slagging each other off...

[Budweiser]

Even when your in a pit and everyone is beating the crap out of each other, they still have the decency to pick you up when you've fallen on the floor.

[howlin_pete]

Only gig I've ever been to where w*nkers in the crowd have threatened to spoil it have been Oasis and Biffy. Oasis cause half the crowd were w*nkers looking for a fight. Biffy however seemed to be a lot of the newer fans (I say this because they only sang to songs off Puzzle). Maybe those who only listen to the charts and don't really go gigging that often thinks that going nuts and not giving a shit is generally what happens

[DaveElNino]

Im not a metalhead. Im an indie fan. And i agree with the consensus.

I felt more in fear at a subways gig than i did at Slayer.

Edited February 24, 2009 by DaveElNino

[kaosmark2]

I'm really not sure why so many people on here feel the need to classify the headliners as one genre or another. Surely if the music is good then who cares about the genre and what certain fans of certain genres act like, isn't everyone just there to enjoy themselves anyway? If it isn't to people's tastes then fair dos but I'm sure there'd be something on elsewhere, even if it's not necessarily watching a band.

[kaosmark2]

With metal fans, theres a code of conduct. I'm sure anyone familiar with metal/punk/rock gigs will know the general rule of pits/being down the front. Thats not the same with bigger indie bands.

*This is from my own experience of a number of years of gigging.