Sorry you were injured, and the experience was a negative one, but I really enjoyed this piece for its recapturing of those tinderbox days of early punk gigs.

I attended many punk gigs here in the UK, and while most were thoroughly enjoyable, there were those that had an air of menace about them, and occasionally that erupted into violence.

I have a box of old punk cassette tapes in the garage, one of which contains some live Fear stuff from 1980, and audience baiting is all part of the show.

Thanks for sharing your experience.