Monster Massive

WARNING! DO NOT EVER BUY A TICKET FROM MONSTER MASSIVE unless you want to lose your money. The CEO is a fucking fatass pig named Reza that scammed most out of us in Monster Massive 2011, cancelling last minute and claiming to refund us. He NEVER did a refund for most of us, so many of us lost our money. A ticket retailer owner even told me he heard through the grapevine their promoters are sitting pretty on top of a mansion, on a hill in Malibu, CA. It’s the fast life guys — quick and dirty money. They got really greeedy. You already know what the rave is about — drugs and money. There are drug dealers everywhere walking around opening their business to you.
The CEO, DJ Reza is currently in a criminal case with the LA District Attorney office for financially scamming LA County. He’s in for embezzlement and money laundering. Even Insomniac separated their affiliation with GoVentures due to their unethical business practices, they used to co-​produce TAO together. He supposedly used the money he stole from us to fund future events but the following year, Monster Massive 2012 just got cancelled at the last minute, AGAIN. That’s how much of a fail he is. FUCK YOU REZA, you fatasss peice of shit. hope you get your ass raped in jail.
DON’T GO TO ANY GOVENTURE EVENTS OR CONSIDER YOUR MONEY COMPROMISED!

Fuck the people who planned this event. 2012 event canceled with no reason about 24 hours before the event started. I found out 2 hours past the start time when my friend was on the website and said it was canceled. We were not emailed or given any personal notice. I had friends who flew in. What a waste.

«ITS ARMIN BRIAN, ITS ALWAYS BEEN ARMIN!»
HorribleEe experience with GO VENTURES, these guys sold over 10,000 tickets to ARMIN ONLY! and didnt have a VENUE! SO ARMIN ONLY was CANCELLED and people that booked all their hotels and bought tickets were SCREWED, i really dont see these guys staying in business after all this.
I was SOOOO pumped up to see ARMIN for the first timee everrr, completee and totallll and uttterrr letdownnn

«Ask any raver, any real raver. It doesn’t matter if you book Armin or you don’t book Armin; Monster Massive is Monster Massive.»
«ITS ARMIN BRIAN, ITS ALWAYS BEEN ARMIN!»
kudos to Andrew Ng for being part of this «Fast (Armin cancellation) and Furious (ticket holders) Production.»

It is super crowed every year so prepared to spend time finding parking and waiting in line. Even when you get inside, it will be hard to move or be anywhere near the stage since it will be packed with people. There will be the smell of sweat, alcohol, and vomit for sure. It’s pretty fun for the most part, you can dress and act as crazy as you want without being judge. :)
If I remember correctly, it’s all ages and anyone over 21 will be given a wristband that will allows you to buy alcohol. I don’t see the point since if you have someone over 21 in your group then you can get your hand on those alcohol anyway. I just hate the fact that in order to get those wristband, I have to bring my ID in with me and risk losing it in there.
It’s a hassle getting in and a hassle getting out. Just avoid all those drivers around you because 99% of them are drunk or high when you are driving home. I remembered seeing a very young looking boy probably around 13 overdosed on the way out and people just kept walking while the ambulance trying to make it way through the crowd. Maybe they should make this a 21+ event since it keeps on getting more and more crowded every year.

I went to Monster Massive back in 2008. It was sooo very damn CROWDED. Like 150% crowded that there is no empty spaces at all in the whole damn area. Every inch of the ground is covered/​smushed with people. The main goal was to see Paul Van Dyk, but a certain someone didn’t have the patience to wait a lil longer to see him. Overall, I didn’t have a great time because of the person I was with. It was just a crazy-​emotional night. Also, someone infront of me accidentally hit my head. But many people liked my costume, and it was cool to see other people all dressed up. Parking costed like $ 25 or $ 30.

lots of fun!, and i just went with my sister…
Moby was the best part of my night! and the fact that we didnt have to wait in line for anything woop
i think i over dressed though :((tee hee)

To Go Ventures 2010,
Give Monster Massive to Insomniac. They know what the f*** they’re doing, you arrogant cheats!
So as you can tell I’m extremely bitter about this «staff» if you call them that. I ordered VIP tickets ($ 150) + VIP ($ 30) Parking Permit Pass from them. I emailed them asking when I’m getting my parking permit so I can park. They sent an email saying that I can pick it up at Will Call along with my ticket. -.- How does that make ANY sense? They actually mailed me my permit after I complained which I was happy about.
Day of the event:
Parking– Traffic was terrible! But we expected that. It was really hard trying to find the VIP parking, when I finally found it they wouldn’t let me in!!! WTF??? They told me the lot was full and he doesn’t care if I had a permit. @$$hole! I wasn’t even inform that it was first-​come-​first-​serve, spaces limited, or come early. NOTHING! Therefore, I had to pay an extra $ 30 for a parking spot at another lot. Psh! I saw that f***er letting other cars in too!
Will call/​tickets/​entry– When they emailed me my permit, they also added in a map of where I’m suppose to go. It says VIP cabana. We went there. When I asked a guy onto where I should go (I showed him my papers), he was so freaking rude and pissy! I wish I had a lit cigarette to throw at him. This happened about 6 more times with each staff telling us to go to another location. It took us 2 hours to actually get into this event. If your working at a huge event shouldn’t you know how to treat your customers and help them?! CMON YOU MORONS! I don’t know why they were suits, they still look like a bunch of douches to me.
VIP treatment– What VIP treatment? It was major crap. The line to get in the event was just stupid. Still rude and crappy people. At least it was fast. The backstage for VIP was decent. Still shitty people guarding that way too. You’re not allowed to take any drinks out of the VIP section. Well that’s just stupid as hell.
Pros– The people and the atmosphere. Once you get in, it’s fun because those people just want to have a good time. No room for drama.
Music was good. Could have been a better line up.
F***ing disorganized as hell!
Disgusting staff!
A bunch of dumbasses.
Clueless as well!
Treats you like criminals upon arrival!
VIP tickets were a total rip off if you’re not there the whole time.
Line up could have been way better.
Terrible traffic.
Bottom line: I really like going to raves but Monster Massive is dead.
This will be my last rave with Go Ventures because I don’t want any of my money going to those pigs. I hate you Go Ventures. Learn from your mistakes and criticisms. I would say God have mercy on your soul but you’re just that effed.

I’m not saying this is the mother of all raves. I’m not saying I wasn’t frustrated with line ups, the trash and the chaos. But I have to say, MM is an ‘experience’ everyone should have atleast once.
The 2009 event was huge. The music was amazing.
If you’re going to go to 2010, save yourself 3+ hours of line up and over priced drinks and just buy the VIP ticket. It’s only $ 100, vs $ 30. The VIP will get you into the VIP areas, some with seating, and all you can drink no line up VIP bars. We looked over the fence from the VIP lineup and it the ‘regular’ line wasn’t even a line. It was just a giant cluster f*ck of people and it was scary. Glad I didn’t take that route, VIP was a breeze, got in @ about 20−30minutes. Parking will be insane, but what did you expect?
The single lane ramp turn off didn’t help either.

MONSTER MASSIVE CHANGED MY LIFE! I love you, Armin.
Horrible, horrible line though.

Each year somehow they manage to make this event more crowded and nauseating than the previous. The last year I went was in 2007, and it was then that I decided I really couldn’t handle any more of the visible sweat blanket that takes over the entirety of the Sports Arena.
When making the transition from outside to inside, it literally feels like I’ve been thrown into a dark pit of heat and moisture from 50,000 cracked out, sweaty, nasty bodies. Once inside, it is impossible to get to any said location.
I’ve never been able to find a water fountain, and the water line resembles a fast food restaurant in China: whoever pushes the hardest gets what they want the fastest. Not to mention, on one occasion some guy went into a daze and literally whipped out his you-​know-​what and started masturbating. In the water line. Next to me. No joke. True story.
If you are separated from anyone you came with, don’t bother trying to find them. Cell phone reception is nada, so chances are at 4am you’ll find a voicemail from your friend saying he somehow ended up by LAX with two random chicks. Also true story.
Digital camera are supposedly forbidden, and there are metal detector wands at the entrance. This is what led me to leave the line I was in to skimper into the parking lot so I could pull my camera out of my crotch and stuff it into a wallet, covering it with bills to hide it and finally making it back in line only to found out I’m missing half my group.
To top it all off, ticket prices get jacked up every year and the crowd is a bizarre mixture ranging from middle schoolers to über creepy old dudes.

It was okay. Crowd control sucked balls. To get into the arena, we literally had to squeeze in through this 5 feet gateway… imagine 500 people trying to squeeze in… horrible. It was hard trying to go travel between the dance floor and the bleachers in the arena. It would have been better if crowd control was better organized. Otherwise, it was alright. Music was good, good vibes. but I wouldn’t go to this again. I would rather go to Hard Haunted Mansion or better yet, just wait til EDC, which was a much better rave than this.

Even if you’re not into the «rave scene» or the swallowing/​smoking/​snorting/​etc. of illicit substances, you should go to a massive — if only for the experience!
The lines are horrendously long, the crowd is replete with underage wannabe prostitutes (the first two adjectives are completely interchangeable tho ;)), sketchy pseudo-​drug dealers, sweaty sloppy e-​tards and uncouth ghettos but with PLUR (HAHAHA!), you’ll put all of that aside (at least for a psychoactive 4 – 6 hours ;)) and enjoy the music and «good vibes».
These events will leave you drained and exhausted the day (s) after so I only go to 2 – 3 per year (EDC, Monster Massive & Together As One).
My friends and I were in line for an hour-​and-​a-​half before we finally got in, b/​c (and I don’t know whose GENIUS idea this was) there was only ONE line for 70,000+ people.
It’s VERY fun — but expensive, far and exhausting but well-​worth the experience.

Monster Massive 2009.
You KILLED massives for me. Seriously.
Whomever is reading a review on MM should kind of know what it’s about already so I won’t go into all the detail of what a massive is about.
MM ’09 was a HUGE disappointment!!! The organization was… Nevermind. I should just say the organization wasn’t. There wasn’t any!!! I, CJ, ME, I actually hopped gates!!! I DO NOT DO THAT!!! Well I did! On the last gate thing I hopped I ripped part of my legging and I was about to go ape shit on someone but ummm NO ONE COULD MOVE.
Enough about the 2, almost 3 hour line I stood in where I developed claustrophia. The music SUCKED BIG DONKEY! SUCKED! If it wasn’t for all of my friends I seriously would have just left. Some of my friends didn’t even get in until midnight.
HORRIBLE!!!
HOR
RI
BLE!!!

Monster Massive 2009 = no organization what-​so-​ever!!! I went the previous year so I know they lines could have been set up a lot better but I don’t know what the hell they were thinking this year?! People were practically getting trampled left and right!!! I know raves are supposed to be packed but getting around here was just frustrating and totally ruined your mood. This was my second monster massive and I think it will be my last.

I went to Monster Massive for the first time this year, and although I love the music, I couldn’t give it more than 3 stars.
The reasons:
1. Let’s start with the tickets… way too pricey. $ 50 is bad enough, but what’s the deal with paying $ 60, $ 70 or even $ 80 during the last days before the event? I would understand the prices if there was seating arrangements and the like. But no, this is an outdoor area, where the stoner who paid $ 50 stands in the same area as the stoner who paid $ 70. Absolutely NO difference… you will buy the same expensive crappy domestic beer, take a dump in the same horrible porter potty, etc.
2. Parking and traffic.
Traffic on both street and freeway was horrible. And if you don’t mind paying an extra $ 20 – 50 for parking, this is the place for you.
Me, boyfriend, and friends decided to leave the car at my boyfriend’s job (which is about 10 mins from the arena) and from there took a taxi. We got there around 8:30, almost an hour stuck in traffic.
3. Waiting in line…
This was the most hated moment of monster massive. I couldn’t believe that the wait in line was over 2 hours! What the hell???
We did not pay over $ 50 to stand in a long and crowded line with hundreds of angry people, where the rails were being removed and thrown over your head. Everything was a mess. Security was not letting people in. Everything was so unorganized… simply put, what a piece of Sh*t.
3. Overpriced water, food, beer.
I was there for 6 hours and did not bother to buy anything due to the prices. $ 5 for water, $ 10 for domestic beer. You would think the drinks contained LSD. If you have to, buy one water bottle per person and try to save as long as possible. Trust me, you don’t want to use the portable toilets. Which brings me to #4…
4. Portable toilets… HELL NO
Putrid smell, poop stains on the walls and over toilet. This is a crackhead’s wish come true.
5. Too crowded
Make sure everyone in your group has a cellphone, because you will lose someone. Wear anything that will make you stand out (to your friends) so that you don’t lose each other walking through the large crowds of stoners who don’t like to make room for those who want to escape their smelly stench of sweat and ass.
The music is however great, which why I will most likely attend another monster massive. However, it’s in need of improvement.

This was the most disorganized, poorly planned out, nightmare of an event. Go Ventures should be ashamed of themselves for charging $ 50+ per ticket and then having people wait in line for OVER 2 HOURS!!! People were packed like sardines in a mass that was NOT a line of any kind and fencing was being thrown over people’s heads in the crowd! Your customers were angry and violent and there was no way to get assistance from any emergency service people in because of the crowded conditions. I will make sure to tell everyone I know to boycott this ridiculous excuse of a promotions company (Go Ventures) and all of your future events.
Completely unacceptable.
This is the THIRD and FINAL year that I suffered at Go Ventures events. The last 2 Monster Massives I attended were over crowded and a waste of money just like this one. I know you oversell these events beyond legal capacity. Why would people not be allowed into the Sports Arena building unless you had oversold the space?
I usually attend these events at the behest of my 20+ friends. Not anymore. I will not attend any more of these disgusting events and neither will they. And I will tell everyone I know about the misery your events cause, and have them blog it so it can reach as many people as possible. There’s no way you should profit from heaping abuse upon paying consumers.

I went before it was fun just a lot of F***** up people around u bobbling their heads to music which they obviously cant hear… dont get me wrong i had a great time just isnt my scene i feel as if people just find excuses to get hammered but why not do it in a safe environment like at a house party or w family members, COMMON RULE: If you cant do it in front of your mom it must be wrong! But nothing beats house music!!! this year its on Halloween loll watch out!!!
TFR

TIPS:
COME HERE EARLY!
COME HERE READY!
COME HERE DRUNK!
COME HERE ROLLING!
COME HERE TOTALLY F’d UP!
COME HERE AFTER DRINKING 6 CANS OF MONSTER/​REDBULL/​ROCKSTAR!
COME HERE WELL HYDRATED!
And Hold on to that water…
Seriously you need something to get yourself ready for the sheez that you are getting into!!!
You like classical, opera, jazz… mellow music…
STAY HOME!!!
This is not for you!!!
Bring you glow sticks! put on some costume… you don’t wanna come here wearing your plain shirt and jeans. c’mon where’s the fun! what’s the point… if your gonna do that put on your ipod play tiesto and stay home then get drunk…
Seriously you have to let loose in this place… this place don’t give a fck about what you do… as long as you don’t smoke in the hall way and bring drugs inside…
Lets talk about the music… shiz the line up is always awesome!
Note: When i was here i was mistaken for a drug dealer so many times… damn… do i look like one??? i can’t even count how many people asked for some E if i’m selling some…
Don’t open your pack of cigarette before coming in…

To be honest, I remember little from my first (and last) Monster Massive except for the crazy beginning. It was 2001… maybe 2002 and became the last rave I ever went to.
Went for a friend’s 18^th birthday with 20 other people. Took a limo. DJ Irene, AK 2000, some other big names that I have long since forgotten. Planned on being the only «sober» one that night. Next thing I know there was a little pill sliding down my throat. The adrenaline from anticipation made the wait to get in seem like forever, which it was. Think we smoked a couple joints in line. Immediately became popular with the surrounding crowd.
Once inside I realized this was going to be, by far, the biggest, craziest rave I had ever been to. What came next confirmed my suspicions.
45 minutes, some exploring, a $ 5 bottle of water, and another pill later some friends found me and explained in a panic that another of their friends had been caught by Cops doing illegal things and that they couldn’t release him to fellow minors. Being 19 and feeling strangely sober at the time, I felt it was my responsibility to go help said troubled youth. After being escorted by security to a back area full of med-​techs and cops I quickly realized what a bad idea this was. Too late!
As I tried to explain to the med-​tech that I was going to take the kid out and send him home, I felt pill #1 suddenly kick in, full steam ahead! The med-​tech was about to release the kid to me when she hesitated. Looking directly into my eyes, she asked if I was «on» anything.
SHIT! Abort mission! Abort! Panic and sweat consumed my body.
«Nah!» I lied. «Why do you ask?» trying to hide the sheer terror behind a complacent mask.
«Your pupils just suddenly became the size of saucers,» responded the authoritative woman «and I don’t feel comfortable releasing this guy to you in your state. In fact, I’m thinking of calling over those two police officers and having them question you.» she quickly and angrily added.
My eyes went wide as she said this and when she turned away from me to look at the cops so as to get their attention, I bolted! Running as quickly as my pulsing muscles could move me, I soon found myself barreling down the hallways of the L.A. Sports Arena and soon burst into a huge room where all-​sonic-​hell was breaking loose. I spent the rest of the night separated from my friends with a sneaking suspicion that I had mistakingly entered the gates of Hell. This thought may have been amplified by the fact that there were countless people in costumes covered in blood. Or maybe it was just the drugs.
Afterwards, when I met up with everyone back at the limo we found a used condom inside. None of us had gone back to the limo until just then so it was assumed that the limo driver had been up to some interesting mischief whilst we blew our minds.
Disturbing night to say the least.