Los Angeles Rave Scene: Save The Raves

Los Angeles - Los Angeles' rave scene has been taking heat, what with the recent injuries at the Electric Daisy Carnival and the death of a teen afterwards.

Tensions run deep as some clubbers blame intense media coverage for the rave scene's hard times right now.

Anthony:
"It's not fair to the rest of the teens and the youth out here. How could you just cancel something straight up it's not right.... it's un-American."

Thousands of ravers say to leave the raves alone.

For them, an event like the Electric Daisy Carnival is a kind of religious experience... an electronic congregation with DJs ministering the music.

A rave scene vet who spoke to us off camera told FOX 11 News that if the city tries to stop raves, they'll just go deep and under the radar, making it less safe for everyone.

Rave Vet:
"By banning these events, you're gonna be forcing these kids to do it more underground, more illegal, where there isn't security and proper policing and stuff like that. At least with these events, we're trying to supervise and make sure people are safe and people aren't doing drugs. We make sure to search every single person who goes in out and out of every event."

Even now, the shows go on in industrial areas and scaled-down venues.

Anthony:
"Not everybody's about drugs and stuff you know what I mean, there's a lot of kids who come here to dance and just do there own thing and get away and stay out of trouble."

Girl:
"It's about music dancing hanging out and your friends."

Some prefer the smaller, more intimate events.

Jessica:
"It's not really meant to be big. It's meant to be small like a community."

But many of these events are huge, and the peeps who go say they come to these parties to be immersed in what they love... the pulse of the music and the crowd.

They're convinced the rave experience may be tamed, but can't be crushed.