Any of you attend Woodstock '99??

Cropduster-80

deadendp said:

tempo_n_groove said:

deadendp said:

tempo_n_groove said:

CantKeepmedown said:

I remember debating with friends on whether or not to go and waiting to see if PJ would ever be confirmed. They didn't have a lot going on in 1999 but probably a wise decision to not play that gig. 

Doc was a fun, fascinating watch.  What a piece of shit Fred Durst was.  Fans literally drinking, bathing, brushing their teeth, and rolling around in shit-water. Promoters not willing to take one ounce of responsibility. No trash pick up. Thinking it was a good idea to hand out candles to everyone lol. It's a miracle nobody died.  

I thought then and still do now, that the Limp Bizkit performance was the best of the 3 days.  I don't listen to them much anymore but that Faith song and the plywood.?  That is great stage performing.

My husband had gone to a festival that LB played in 98. He said it was the same show, the same things said and, "We didn't tear the place apart." 

If they wanted people to sit back on the ground swaying and hugging each other, why did they book bands with big energy? 

Ha, they touch on that in the doc.  They had zero clue who these bands were and only that they were big draws at that time.

We laughed about that. The doc was COVID watching for me, so I watched it a few times. Now I have my husband watching it. 😁

I’ll admit, I missed the days of no hygiene when you could roll around in mud which was really human poop and drink it in the water and no one cared (or at least no one knew)

all I could think today was superspreader event 

dankind

LaFleur said:

Cropduster-80 said:

LaFleur said:

I haven't watched the doc, but I was there - and only have good memories.  I remember after getting home and hearing about all the issues and was a bit surprised since that wasn't my experience at all.  The exodus of Canadians from the camping area to the main stage on the Saturday morning to see the Hip was amazing.  

That’s really interesting 

Based on the doc, this surprises me the most. Goes to show experience isn’t universal 

Yeah - and we had a pretty good group, 3 car loads drove down from Toronto if I remember right.  There were issues getting in and out of town/parking, and yeah it was hot and things were expensive.  But we brought most of what we needed in coolers (this must have been against the rules, but we had no hassle).  

We were there entire weekend...saw opening (James Brown!) and closing acts (RHCP) and most in between, bouncing around the stages depending.  Right up front for several bands....pretty much rail during the Hip and most of that afternoon.

I remember everyone being pretty chill and friendly.  

I remember the mud people, constant bucket drum session - we even hit the "rave" warehouse first night.  

Crowd reaction at end of RATM's set with the flag was something - pretty tense and remember people around us being pissed.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think we did luck into a good spot to camp being there pretty early.  We were near showers etc.  Lines were long, but didn't experience any overflowing crappers or any of that. 

After RHCP we walked back to camp, packed up and left (took most of the night to get out of town).  Think we saw a bit fire in the distance but honestly can't recall making too much of it.   Until got home and everyone was asking about the chaos...

I somehow made to my afternoon shift at work that Monday

What a boring fucking movie this would've been, huh.

CantKeepmedown

darthvedder said:

CantKeepmedown said:

I remember debating with friends on whether or not to go and waiting to see if PJ would ever be confirmed. They didn't have a lot going on in 1999 but probably a wise decision to not play that gig. 

Doc was a fun, fascinating watch.  What a piece of shit Fred Durst was.  Fans literally drinking, bathing, brushing their teeth, and rolling around in shit-water. Promoters not willing to take one ounce of responsibility. No trash pick up. Thinking it was a good idea to hand out candles to everyone lol. It's a miracle nobody died.  

If you mean nobody died in the fires, sure. But three people died, as explained a few posts up.

Shit, I had no idea. I should have read more carefully. The Netflix doc mentioned nothing about them.  

darthvedder

LaFleur said:

Cropduster-80 said:

LaFleur said:

I haven't watched the doc, but I was there - and only have good memories.  I remember after getting home and hearing about all the issues and was a bit surprised since that wasn't my experience at all.  The exodus of Canadians from the camping area to the main stage on the Saturday morning to see the Hip was amazing.  

That’s really interesting 

Based on the doc, this surprises me the most. Goes to show experience isn’t universal 

Yeah - and we had a pretty good group, 3 car loads drove down from Toronto if I remember right.  There were issues getting in and out of town/parking, and yeah it was hot and things were expensive.  But we brought most of what we needed in coolers (this must have been against the rules, but we had no hassle).  

We were there entire weekend...saw opening (James Brown!) and closing acts (RHCP) and most in between, bouncing around the stages depending.  Right up front for several bands....pretty much rail during the Hip and most of that afternoon.

I remember everyone being pretty chill and friendly.  

I remember the mud people, constant bucket drum session - we even hit the "rave" warehouse first night.  

Crowd reaction at end of RATM's set with the flag was something - pretty tense and remember people around us being pissed.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think we did luck into a good spot to camp being there pretty early.  We were near showers etc.  Lines were long, but didn't experience any overflowing crappers or any of that. 

After RHCP we walked back to camp, packed up and left (took most of the night to get out of town).  Think we saw a bit fire in the distance but honestly can't recall making too much of it.   Until got home and everyone was asking about the chaos...

I somehow made to my afternoon shift at work that Monday

I think this is what's largely absent from both the HBO and Netflix docs...people who had a good experience that weekend. It would be nice if there was more balance in the documentaries. I do think there's some credence to what Lang said at the press conference the morning after...that only a few assholes spoiled it (although from the footage, it seemed like it was more than just a few).

LaFleur

HughFreakingDillon said:

yes, the Hip went on in the afternoon. 

it was pretty much right at noon, first act of the Saturday.  I remember that morning all the Canadians getting hyped in the camping area and then walking over to the stage on mass.  I got all they way up front.  Fun day. 

eddiec

I have a bunch of concert stubs from the '90's with 'John Scher presents...' on them. Never really knew who he was, but he wins the award for the cringiest moment in the doc- when he tries to downplay the rape and sexual assault that took place. Like he almost tried to justify it.

HughFreakingDillon

eddiec said:

I have a bunch of concert stubs from the '90's with 'John Scher presents...' on them. Never really knew who he was, but he wins the award for the cringiest moment in the doc- when he tries to downplay the rape and sexual assault that took place. Like he almost tried to justify it.

that was a really freaking bad take on it. I couldn't barely believe what i was watching. 

eddiec

HughFreakingDillon said:

eddiec said:

I have a bunch of concert stubs from the '90's with 'John Scher presents...' on them. Never really knew who he was, but he wins the award for the cringiest moment in the doc- when he tries to downplay the rape and sexual assault that took place. Like he almost tried to justify it.

that was a really freaking bad take on it. I couldn't barely believe what i was watching. 

Yeah, just say you're horrified that certain individuals behaved like that when it was supposed to be a festival of peace. Even if there are pending lawsuits and you can't admit the lack of security and crowd protection were your own fault, at least say something to condemn it. Watching him make up some rape per capita nonsense was pretty disgusting.

ikiT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMKfIXdxh-U