stage diving

I once worked a retail job, and one day, my co-workers and I found ourselves talking about music. As it happened, everyone around me listened mainly to hip-hop, while I dreadfully awaited my turn to tell them I listen to hardcore and metalcore. Why, you may ask, is it such an annoyance to share my […]

[Photo by: Joe Banker]  Even people who don’t listen to hardcore and metal know what happens at those kinds of shows. Moshing, stage diving, head walking: These are staples of the heavy rock genres’ live performances. Hardcore, especially, has a reputation for being physically taxing. Riots have even been known to break out at such […]

The Atlantic recently ran an interesting article looking at the increasing tensions in the artist-audience relationship. In the piece, author Elizabeth Flock addresses the changing dynamic of needy musicians and disrespectful fans, especially in the live setting. “Rock music has always embraced—and even represented—rebellion, rowdiness, and a robust disdain for social decorum,” she writes about […]

The debate over stage diving continues to rage after Joyce Manor recently shamed multiple stage-divers at shows. AP eventually ran an article, “Should Stave Diving Be Banned?,” where prominent musicians weighed in on the subject. Now, Noisey has reached out to a number of musicians—including members of Saves The Day, Say Anything, Against Me!, the Gaslight […]

Joyce Manor released a statement over the weekend after clashing with a second stage-diver at a show in Houston, Texas. During the band’s performance of “Constant Headache,” frontman Barry Johnson once again cut the song mid-performance and then called the stage-diver a “patriotic straight edge piece of shit.” (See video below.) Shortly after the incident, […]

Earlier this week we brought you news of Joyce Manor taking a stand against stage-diving at a recent show by calling out a stage-diver in the middle of their set. Last night at the band's show in Houston, despite frontman Barry Johnson reportedly telling the crowd before their set that he did not want any stage-diving, an […]

The endless debate over stage diving has been reignited again. At a recent Joyce Manor show, the band’s frontman pulled a stage-diver back onstage and shamed him in front of the crowd. This isn’t the first stage diving controversy: Skrillex was sued by fan over a stage diving incident, and a Miss May I fan died […]

Joyce Manor took a stand against stage-diving at a recent show. In the video below, a “grown man” tries to stage dive, and frontman Barry Johnson cuts the song and pulls him back onstage. “Hey man, how tall are you?” He asks the stage-diver. “How much do you weigh, if you don't mind me asking?” […]

Brace for impact! Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke recently demonstrated some cat-like reflexes at this year’s Groezrock festival. During a performance of the song “Sink Or Swim,” the singer took a scary fall off stage, which then turned into a flip—and then turned into an epic save. (He somehow landed on his feet.) Check out […]

Miss May I have released a second, longer statement on Alberto Scott, the fan who died this past weekend at a Miss May I show in New York City. Scott reportedly died from injuries sustained in a stage dive gone wrong during the band’s performance at Webster Hall (though the venue disputes the cause of death). […]

A fan has died after a Miss May I show at Webster Hall in New York City on Saturday Night. Though early reports stated that the fan died after stage diving, the venue has now disputed those claims, stating that the fan collapsed after leaving the show. We will be updating the story below. UPDATE: According […]