I've always wondered when and why did it change from slam dancing to mosh pit. Was there always a mosh pit and I just never heard of it or was there someone somewhere who decided it needed to be called a mosh pit sometime in the early 90's.
Or is slam dancing from punk and mosh from metal?
I tend to overthink the trivial at bit too much. I was never a punk rock or metal guy back in the 80's. I was a new wave nerd. No one slam danced to Devo or Oingo Boingo.