mosh pit

Somers smiles in agreement, and adds, “It was shocking. It scared the mainstream a little bit. You see a mosh pit and you watch it and go, ‘Is that supposed to be fun?’”

The group’s eclectic version of cumbia punk prompted a mosh pit.

On tours for her previous albums “Modus Vivendi” and “You Can’t Kill Me,” she took more of “a rock star approach” where things were artfully careless — like when the singer, dressed in a suit and tie, would crowd surf atop a mosh pit every night.

After each game, they wade into the crowd in a mosh pit of high-fives and hugs.

L.A.’s Zulu is one of the fiercest live bands around, but its members aspire to generate more than just a roiling mosh pit: ‘The point is to build a community.’