RMR

I voted club, but sometimes it depends on the band and the band's gear. I saw Opeth in a club last year, and it was way too small for the sound they were pumping out. I moved from the front of the floor to the seats and it helped, but they were just too loud and their sound was just too big for the club setting, and I love Opeth.

Conversely, I saw Rush last year at MSG, and I was literally in the second row from the back... it was too far away, it didn't even seem that live.

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Howard the Duck

i voted club, mainly cos you're really up-close to the musicians

i only went once or twice to an arena, and being a cheapskate, i bought cheap seats, and seeing them on a big vid-screen just ain't the same

it's mostly an economic thing

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Atrocious

Wow, I'm surprised that nobody else has voted for the "arena" yet. Gotta love a giant moshpit...am I the only one that thinks so?

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Howard the Duck

you can mosh in a club as well - it's more intimate moshing, anyway, and you can pick and choose who you can slamdance with

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Janszoon

Also, a lot of arena-style venues don't even have a place for a pit. The closer spots are usually filled with seats.

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Atrocious

Not any arena I ever been to. Around here big shows tend to be at ballparks and are pretty spacious. I just don't like clubs because it's so enclosed

How do ya figure? Start a pit in a club and people will feel it on the other end of the crowd. What do ya rock with like four people? Come on now, get in a pit of 50-100 while a band rocks loud enough to be heard across town-THAT is partying.

I'm not gonna say I don't go to an occasional "in-house" show. Ya go for the band not the venue. Being in a beautiful part of FLA most of our shows are outside even when a club or bar is hosting. Almost right in the middle of our town is a hotspot called Patio de Leon which is surrounded by four of the best clubs/bars in town and a bangin pizza place, only place better than the ballpark for a show

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Howard the Duck

i dunno what kind of clubs you go to, but there're at least 30 people in most clubs i go to, and at least 8-10 will mosh

the moshers will usually be in the front row

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Janszoon

I'm starting to suspect you haven't been to many clubs. A lot of shows at clubs end up with pits that are the size you're describing and the music is generally a hell of a lot louder in a club than in an arena. But are those really the things that make for a good show anyway? What about being able to, you know, actually see the band? What about not having to walk half a mile to go take a piss?

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Atrocious

You are correct, I don't both going to clubs much-don't like cigarette smoke. Keeps me out of alot of bars and clubs. There's no way the music is louder when a show is indoors AND on smaller speakers. Never had a problom seeing the band, I guess if you are one of those that likes to be in the back and out of the crowd that might be an issue.

I DO agree with what you said about having to walk halfway across the world to piss, or at least that's how it seems when you've been holding back for a whole set...that does suck.

I'm just not one for an indoor show, I don't even bother with it if it's an indoor arena either-except an amphitheatre.

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Janszoon

Dude, are you kidding? Ever noticed how much louder music sounds inside of a car than outside of it? Loud music in an enclosed space, where you're also a lot closer to the speakers, can be deafeningly loud. I don't think I've ever been to an arena show where my ears were ringing the next day. At club shows that's pretty much par for the course.

Most arena shows you have to buy the most expensive tickets to be anywhere near the stage. I think I've only ever been to one that was general admission.

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