Headbanging - Is there a method to it?

TangyZizzle

After most gigs, or just when Im bein a sap at home with my music blasting; my neck is in pieces. It usually takes 2-3 days for me to be able to move my head without actually feeling the strain, ya know?

So Im wondering; am I just unfortunate in that my neck isnt strong enough to take headbanging? or are fellas like the guitarist in this vid at 2:38 doing someting that allows them to throw their head around like this at every single gig?

Your thoughts?

Zombienosh

GrizzlyMan

well I i Know Slayer headbang for a while back stage, so loosen the neck up before a gig, but id imagine its because of years of doing it and age.


Corpsegrinder from cannibal corpse is by far the most serious headbanger dont know how he manages to keep it up for so long at the speed he does it!

his quote from Bloodstock last year: ok hears a fast one for yous, but i doubt you guys will keep up with me.......f*ck was he right

Pyr0

You're clearly not rocking out in your room enough..

TangyZizzle

Zombienosh wrote: »

Beavis and Butthead

GrizzlyMan wrote: »

well I i Know Slayer headbang for a while back stage, so loosen the neck up before a gig, but id imagine its because of years of doing it and age.


Corpsegrinder from cannibal corpse is by far the most serious headbanger dont know how he manages to keep it up for so long at the speed he does it!

his quote from Bloodstock last year: ok hears a fast one for yous, but i doubt you guys will keep up with me.......f*ck was he right

I dont listen to them, but a quick youtube search tells me; you shít not.. holy crap.

GrizzlyMan

TangyZizzle wrote: »

I dont listen to them, but a quick youtube search tells me; you shít not.. holy crap.

hahahahah hes an animal,

(sh1t quality but you get the pic)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxUKNDAThM

chin_grin

Solution for painless headbanging? Hip bang. You'll look a tad stupid, but you'll save a day or two of neck strain. :pac:

Joe_Dull

I had the exact same problem, the few days after Korn were last here were total agony...

However! There is a solution, just stretch out your neck beforehand and you can headbang to your heart's content I'm talking about rolling your head round the full way, side to side, up and down, diagonal (slow and steady) for a few minutes. Now you will look like a knob doing this, so I usually do it at home before leaving for a gig.

Neck stretches and earplugs have made rock and metal concerts a million times more enjoyable for me, so I hope this helps.

NIBBS

Corpsegrinder is in a league of his own, the guy is a machine......

like has been said just stretch the neck beforehand and you should be fine....

seachto7

I once wrote into Rock Sound (about 10 years ago) giving out about moshing. Someone had claimed it was an art form, and I disputed it, stating it ruined my gig experiences, and that it was all a bit silly really.

I did it as I knew I'd get a response (don't feed the troll). Anyways, they printed it, and the following few months was filled with mini metallers giving out about my letter....

chin_grin

seachto7 wrote: »

I once wrote into Rock Sound (about 10 years ago) giving out about moshing. Someone had claimed it was an art form, and I disputed it, stating it ruined my gig experiences, and that it was all a bit silly really.

I did it as I knew I'd get a response (don't feed the troll). Anyways, they printed it, and the following few months was filled with mini metallers giving out about my letter....

Moshing =/= headbanging.

lord lucan

When i was in my 20's i used to just turn up to gigs and just launch into it. Being young and bulletproof i'd have not so much as a twinge after a gig. By the time i hit 30 i noticed i'd feel a lot of pain in my neck after a gig(or a good night at Fibbers) and had to start doing exercises(to some rockin' sounds obviously) to loosen up the neck before a gig. I still do it now,it's the only way to enjoy a gig without the whiplash the next morning.












Yes,i'm getting old!!

jenizzle

I have some anti-inflammatory gel stuff I got from the doctors years ago that still does the job if I've been shaking my head a bit too vigorously that night. I lash it on before I go to bed and it does the job.

In saying that, sometimes I just dance like a girl cos I don't wanna ruin my hair... that solves that

komodosp

Holy God this is about the least rockin thread on all of boards!!! Gel from the doctors? Warm-up exercises? What's wrong with the youth of today?

GrizzlyMan

komodosp wrote: »

UNHoly God this is about the least rockin thread on all of boards!!! Gel from the doctors? Warm-up exercises? What's wrong with the youth of today?

hahahahahah well said

lord lucan

komodosp wrote: »

Holy God this is about the least rockin thread on all of boards!!! Gel from the doctors? Warm-up exercises? What's wrong with the youth of today?

My youth was a good few years ago!:pac::pac:

slavetothegrind

our best days are behind us mr lucan.:p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_19GZZJYeE

me in the front , in front of the guitarist when i had mucho hair and youthful vigour!!!:D

lord lucan

slavetothegrind wrote: »

our best days are behind us mr lucan.:p

I remember the days when even a night in Fibbers was as hardcore as any gig,moshing all over the tiny floor area and bouncing off the walls. Great times.

Now and again i'll go mad but i usually feel it the next morning so advanced preparation is key.

McGonagles is sadly missed.:(

--LOS--

lol I love all the people warming up before their headbanging session


headbanging serious business :P

Nailz

If only had the patience to grow my hair, my hair colour looks stupid when long anyway...

Anyway +1 with Corpse Grinder. Hank William III sure can ****ing windmill.

darconio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqcHfy38l-U

metzengerstein

ahh i do miss my headbanging days,had dreads down to my ass
and used to lash em around ,my best memory is in the really old fibbers headbanging and getting a dread caught in some girls bra strap .
kinda like fishing ,it was a very funny moment ha ha ha ha ha ha

chin_grin

metzengerstein wrote: »

ahh i do miss my headbanging days,had dreads down to my ass
and used to lash em around ,my best memory is in the really old fibbers headbanging and getting a dread caught in some girls bra strap .
kinda like fishing ,it was a very funny moment ha ha ha ha ha ha

After reminding me of being in Glasgow with a few mates. One was headbanging away and his hair got caught in anothers nose ring.

We were actually kicked out because of him shrieking like a girly girl (although I don't have a nose piercing so I can't really empathise with hair getting caught in it....and the subsequent pulling).

Good times.

Testament1

I know its a bit of an old thread but I reckon this lad knows the score when it comes to headbanging!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX_hdUmVyZ4&feature=related