Word has it, that "Pogo" actually started as a dancefloor brawl, probably drunk people assumed it was a dance and got involved and Stage diving started when fans would climb onto the stage, and get thrown back into the crowd if they were lucky, others would break free from being led out of the club, and run and stage dived back into the crowd..
A good night at a punk, skin, metal gig was based on the bruises you had to show the next day..
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