I was there and I agree with you there should be no "safety crew", crowd would self police just fine I think. Making a security staff cordon around the drum kit just incites more pushing, setting up an us vs them thing, if it was all fans there would have been a lot less pushing I think. If you saw Black Pus (Brian Chippendale solo) earlier this year, there was no safety crew and hardly any pushing.
I wonder how its gonna go at Catskills now next weekend, if they get professional security it could get ugly I think. although the crowd will be much different too, so maybe it wont be a problem at all, however I still dont think any security people should be stationed there around the drums.
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