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Crowd surfing describes the process whereby a person is passed from person to person, transferring the person from one part of the concert venue to another, above everyone's heads, with everyone's hands supporting the person's weight. At most concerts and festivals the crowd surfer will be passed towards a barrier in front of the stage by the crowd, where they will be pulled off and put onto their feet by the security stewards. Following this they will be sent back to the side or rear of the crowd at the end of the barrier or t ...

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In 2000, at the Roskilde Festival festival, nine people died and several were wounded because they were trampled during a Pearl Jam concert (also see CNN). Since then, crowd surfing has been made illegal at most festivals and concerts in Europe, and patrons can often expect to be ejected from the venue for partaking in the act. Critics of crowdsurfing argue that injuries can frequently occur not only when a surfer is accidentally dropped by the crowd from a height of some feet onto the floor (sometimes head first, to be trampled below) but a ...

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A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band. More informal names for a concert include "show" and "gig". Concerts are held in a wide variety of settings or venues, including pubs, nightclubs, houses, barns, dedicated concert halls, large multipurpose buildings, and even sports stadiums. A concert held in a very large venue is sometimes called an arena ...

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Real life: Little Spike Dudley being thrown out of the ring by Bam Bam Bigelow and caught by the ECW fans in the ECW Arena. Dana Carvey and Mike Myers in Wayne's World 2 as Garth Algar and Wayne Campbell at an Aerosmith concert. Flake of Rammstein uses an inflatable rubber boat when crowd surfing. Fictional: Jack Black landing on his face in School of Rock. ...

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Heavy metal music - The term heavy metal. The origin of the term heavy metal is uncertain. An early use of the term was by counter-culture writer William S. Burroughs. In his 1962 novel The Soft Machine, he introduces the character "Uranian Willy, the Heavy Metal Kid". His next novel in 1964 Nova Express, develops this theme further, heavy metal being a metaphor for addictive drugs. "With their diseases and orgasm drugs and their sexless parasite life forms - Heavy Metal People ...

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Ska - First Wave. After World War II, Jamaicans purchased radios in increasing numbers and were able to hear American R&B from southern cities like New Orleans, Louisiana, whose artists (such as Fats Domino) had the most influence on early ska. To meet the demand for such music, entrepreneurs like Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems, portable discotheques which appeared at dances and other gatherings. Sound system operators were able to obtain records from Miami and New O ...

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In the beginning, Mikal Moore and Randy Cross conceived Mutha's Day Out through infleunce of the Beastie Boys. Mutha's Day Out was originally intended to be a Beastie Boys knock-off, and they had three vocalists (Mikal, Brice, and Randy). The name was thought up by Brice and comes from a daycare center in Batesville that kids could go to for pre-school in Methodist churches. Jeff had been kicked out of a band he and Chuck were in before Mutha's Day Out because he did not have a car. Right after that occurred, Mikal asked Jeff to be in a band ...

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Much of the media attention "You Get What You Give" received was centred around the infamous closing lyrics; "Health insurance, rip-off lying FDA, Big bankers buying Fake computer crashes dining Cloning while they're multiplying Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson, Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson You're all fakes, run to your mansions See also:

You Get What You Give, You Get What You Give - Single track listing, You Get What You Give - Controversy, You Get What You Give - Video, You Get What You Give - Live versions

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There are various styles of headbanging, including: The up and down - Which involves shaking the head up and down - This style is demonstrated at the climax of the Bohemian Rhapsody scene in the movie Wayne's World. The circular swing (Windmill) - Swinging the head in a circular motion - This style is more commonly known as the Windmill or Helicopter. Popularized by Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. and George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse. This style is often used by members of Amon Amarth.

The music video for "You Get What You Give" was filmed in the Staten Island Mall, New York. New Radicals' front man Gregg Alexander said he chose this setting because he sees the shopping mall as a metaphor for society - a fake, controlled environment engineered to encourage spending. The video showed a group of teenagers led by Alexander, going through the mall wrecking havoc -- tossing nets on security guards, caging businessmen in animal cages, knocking over merchandise, hijacking Vespas, and moshing in the foodcourt. According to some reports, the original idea was to completely destroy the mall, but before the video shoot t ...

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You Get What You Give, You Get What You Give - Single track listing, You Get What You Give - Controversy, You Get What You Give - Video, You Get What You Give - Live versions

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Heavy metal has proven somewhat difficult to categorise. Some fans and musicians have a firm concept of genre and subgenre, but others reject such categorisation as limiting or useless. Here are some musical styles that sometimes overlap with heavy metal: Hard rock, mentioned earlier, is also closely related to heavy metal, but does not consistently match the description of what purists consider the definition heavy metal. While still guitar-driven in nature and sometimes deriving off of riffs, its themes and execution differ from tha ...

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Heavy metal is characterised by virtuosic instrumentation, especially a guitar, dark themes and lyrics, aggressive, uptempo rhythms and classical or symphonic styles. According to Allmusic.com, "Of all rock & roll's myriad forms, heavy metal is the most extreme in terms of volume, machismo, and theatricality. There are numerous stylistic variations on heavy metal's core sound, but they're all tied together by a reliance on loud, distorted guitars (usually playing repeated riffs) and simple, pounding rhythms." ...

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The loud, confrontational aspects of heavy metal have led to friction between fans and mainstream society in many countries. Due to the hedonistic nature promoted by the music and its occasional anti-religious sentiments heavy metal as a sub-culture has come under attack in many Islamic countries where even wearing a black T-shirt can be an arrestable offence. In Europe and America, the fan base for heavy metal consists primarily of white males in their teens and 20's, many of whom are attracted to heavy metal's overtly anti-social yet fanta ...

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