Swiss fan dies after stage-dive at Suicidal Tendencies concert

[Fantastic Anarchist]

Source: UPI

SOLOTHURN, Switzerland, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A 28-year-old Solothurn man has died after being injured while stage-diving at a Suicidal Tendencies concert in Switzerland.

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After his fall, the man was walking around and wanted to go home. "Our team decided, however, that he is immediately taken to hospital care," Kofmehl said.

After being taken to Bern University Hospital, the man suffered an epileptic seizure and died.

"This is a huge concern for us," said Kofmehl. "The whole thing is very, very tragic."

Kofmehl indicated that this is the first time he’s even seen this sort of thing happen to an audience member during his 40 years of seeing stage dives at guitar concerts.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2014/01/30/Swiss-fan-dies-after-stage-dive-at-Suicidal-Tendencies-concert/6711391090194/

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This is very tragic. I've stage dived countless times. To think that this could have been me. Very unfortunate that this guy was out wanting to have fun and ended it very horribly for him.

My condolences to his family.

[exboyfil]

1. What is a stage dive?

Do you climb on stage and then dive backwards into the crowd?

[closeupready]

3. +1. ???

[PatrynXX]

6. if you don't know what a stage dive is you've never heard of Nirvana

been around for decades didn't know anyone didn't know smh


jump into the crowd. I'd say nobody was there to break his fall. and fortunately the band was adult enough to get him to a hospital.

[jayfish]

8. Yeah SS has got to be getting up there in years.

I bought their 1st LP in 1983.

fortunately the band was adult enough to get him to a hospital.

[PatrynXX]

11. didn't know they were still together.

too bad it didn't end well but someone hits the concrete it says something for a band like SS to force him to the hospital.

[reflection]

12. Saw them open for Queensryche once.

And yeah, that was a loooong time ago. The venue made the mistake of having the seating in the form of separate folding chairs. Didn't take long for those to go flying around. I didn't leave my seat for fear of it being thrown away, but my head was on a swivel big time until they finished their set.

[1000words]

13. "All I wanted was a Pepsi!"

Seriously, as someone who has been to countless shows, this is sad to hear.

[exboyfil]

14. Just never seen them perform

Not one of favorite bands. I am stuck in the 1960s/1970s and I like it. I haven't been to a rock concert in over 30 years. Except for Rush/REM/U2/Police/Dire Straits I don't care much for bands who have made music since about 1980.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

26. There's some really good music made after 1980. n/t

[valerief]

17. I don't know what a stage dive is either. nt

[Blue_Tires]

33. I'd never even heard the term until high school (1993)

and I lost a teammate on the varsity basketball team for the season with a broken femur after he went stage diving at a Smashing Pumpkins concert...

I'd only ever gone to rap/reggae/R&B concerts, so the mere concept of stage diving took a lot of explaining for me....

[valerief]

34. I was middle-aged by 1993, so that explains it. Your teammate should have

smashed a pumpkin instead of his bones.

[Javaman]

23. I got my "street cred" back in ''81 with the Dead Kennedys.

Ah to be young and stupid again. LOL

I look at stage diving now and it makes my bones ache.

[adirondacker]

30. I know that exact feeling! I can't imagine falling off a horse without something breaking.

This from someone who rode horses and motocross when I was younger. I watch wipeouts now and just cringe.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. Yes ...

And under most circumstances, the crowd catches you, though, I've had it where it doesn't always go as planned.

[jayfish]

20. On stage diving.

This is from memory so it might not be 100%. Stage diving is the act of climbing on stage, during a live performance, then swan-diving into and being caught by the crowd. It originated with hard-core punk and thrash/speed metal bands as an act of defiance against overzealous security. The idea being "I'm up on this stage now but you're sure as hell not going to throw me off. ...rent-a-pig" "I'll just see myself off" The practice was popularized by grunge acts like Nirvana and Pearl Jam who featured them prominently in their, high-rotation, music videos. Including a ridiculously high drop by Eddie Vedder (Pear Jam) in the video for the song Even Flow.

3:40

[catbyte]

2. Define irony: diving to your own death at a Suicidal Tendencies concert

Condolences to his family, though.

[Tom Ripley]

21. Hey, I fell asleep at Dream Syndicate and Dream Academy shows!

[catbyte]

25. LOL!

[brett_jv]

31. I remember both of them ...

The first Dream Academy album was pretty great ... Life in a Northern Town is a classic track. I bought cause I loved the Floyd so, so much back then, and Gilmour played on and iirc even co-wrote some songs on that album. They went pretty downhill from there although their other two later albums had some decent songs ... 'Indian Summer' and their cover of Lennon's 'Love'.

Dream Syndicate also put out a couple really good albums ... I wanna say 'Days of Wine and Roses' and ... I forget the 2nd one's name.

Ah, my college years ... when I worshiped U2, REM, The Cure, The Smiths, The Replacements, and INXS. And loved Love and Rockets, Depeche Mode, New Order, Stone Roses, The Alarm, Husker Du, Sonic Youth, The Stranglers ... Then came Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mother Love Bone/Temple of the Dog/Pearl Jam just as I was finishing school.

Those were the great years of alternative rock, man ...

[Tom Ripley]

32. "Medicine Show" was the other great Dream Syndicate album

then Karl Precoda (now Dr. Precoda) left the band and it all went to hell.

[jayfish]

4. I Stage Dived Straight...

into the cement floor at a D.R.I. show in the 90's and lived to tell the tale. I treated the injury with Vodka. (Stoooopid!) That was the last stage dive for me though.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

10. You Dirty Rotten Imbecile!

I've never been to a D.R.I. show, but am definitely envious!

[blackspade]

16. So you went beneath the wheel?

[jayfish]

18. Beneath the Wheel? Hell...

I hit my head so hard it turned me into a suit and tie guy.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. Then there's the Mosh Pit...

[Javaman]

24. or as us oldersts call it; the slam pit.

ah yes, the good old days. lol

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. I saw this band in the late 80's when I was in high school

I think that I was the only non-white person in the audience.

[blackspade]

15. That does suck.

As a former stage diver myself, you always have to be careful to protect your head.
I've seen some bad dives in my day. The worst are the ones that plunge headfirst.
You flop not dive folks....

Condolences to his family.

[Z_California]

19. Wow, Awful

I guess there are less exciting ways to meet your maker.

Brings me back to a Metallica show in the early 80's in Cedar Rapids (Ride the Lightning tour - opening for W.A.S.P. LOL!). The local Iowans had probably never seen it before and clearly were unaware that you're supposed to break the fall of the stage diver. It was like the parting of the Red Sea and seemed to take forever to hit that concrete floor. Then they all just look at you with a puzzled "WTF" look. If this ever happens to you, try to slap the floor hard to absorb the energy before the rest of your brain and organs hit the floor.

[Javaman]

22. good stage diving is an art form. You better know that the audience will catch you...

I "dived" a few times in my day and you always aim for the thickest crowd.

I've seen guys slam into the floor, it's not pretty.

Sad to hear about this.

[sweetloukillbot]

27. I saw Rollins stop a show and yell at the crowd when someone faceplanted

They had been asking for no stagediving for most of the show, and then a guy hit the cement. He was taken out in a backbrace. Rollins was upset at it all and pleading for the crowd to calm down afterward. "One of our friends is going to wake up in the hospital, and I don't want to see that happen to anyone else," he said.

[U4ikLefty]

28. I'm in my late 40's and I still get in the pit

a few times a year. I go to a lot of metal shows and saw ST last year in Pomona, California. There were only a few stage dives, but a nice little pit. I've been to the Mayhem Festival for the last 3 years and that is a whole day of metal & moshing....awesome!!! I've been in pit for Slayer, Pantera, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and MANY others.

In my experience, most of the people in the pit (and stage diving) know they are taking a chance. Hey, my buddy got his nose broken at that Lamb of God show & didn't complain...hell he bragged about how brutal the pit was (and it WAS). We both knew that (or worse) could happen in the pit...it's a chance you take.

[armed_and_liberal]

29. Swiss Miss..

..ed the landing. Sorry,but I couldn't resist!

[jayfish]

35. And the winner of the internet for January 30, 2014 is...

armed_and_liberal!



Well played!