Originally posted by Raskolnikov
You need to get out more.
I've seen nu-metalish bands that I consider to be absolute doggy-poo and the crowd is still nuts.
The last concert I went to was Eric Johnson. The crowd was pretty mellow (as you'll imagine). During the opening band's set the whole crowd was sitting down . . . lol.
Anyway, you're right. (Yup, Rask is right . . . in this particular case) A friend of mine went to a Linkin Park concert a while ago, and it was pretty wild. Nothing compared to the AC/DC-Metallica stadium filling madness back in the day, but still pretty wild.