mosh pit. slam dancing and Skanks

[Sam Clements]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Keer" <edkeer at YAHOO.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: mosh pit. slam dancing


> I wouldn't think NY was the home of the mosh pit. DC
> was more the beginning of the hardcore scene where I
> suppose moshing started. Though LA is a possibility.
> FWIW 'slam-dancing' went by several different names in
> Philly back in 83-84: skanking, thrashing, moshing,
> and the variant stage-diving.
Ed

So, is this the origin of the current epithet "skank" for a loose woman?(or
whatever it means)