iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
1999 I was 34 years old, at the time I didn't even know it was going on.
But I certainly remember the newsreels of the aftermath, the disaster that it was - and the amazingly inept producer/organizer throughout the whole event basically being "Baghdad Bob" - in denial that this was going to be the biggest promotional failure in history.
3 part series that examines the beginning, the event and the aftermath of the rapes/explosions/trampling/heat strokes and on and on of the disaster that was Woodstock '99.
1) Teenagers of 1999 - are nothing like teenagers of 1969.
2) The original Woodstock - the food was free. The water stations were free. And the venue was in a park-like setting.
3) Woodstock 99 was on an abandoned military complex. Flat as a pancake, no trees anywhere and almost all tarmac. Concrete. No where to hide from the heat, and the concrete acted like a sauna reflecting the midday sun and roasting kids alive.
4) The food was oppressively expensive. A taco - $7. In 1999. Water was $4 a bottle. In 1999.
5) Security was basically non existent. Trash everywhere. Porta pottys were not kept in order.
And then you invited two bands known for inciting their audience to mayhem - Korn and Limp Bizcit. Especially Limp Bizcit. Who should have went to jail for encouraging kids to to become animals.
But I certainly remember the newsreels of the aftermath, the disaster that it was - and the amazingly inept producer/organizer throughout the whole event basically being "Baghdad Bob" - in denial that this was going to be the biggest promotional failure in history.
3 part series that examines the beginning, the event and the aftermath of the rapes/explosions/trampling/heat strokes and on and on of the disaster that was Woodstock '99.
1) Teenagers of 1999 - are nothing like teenagers of 1969.
2) The original Woodstock - the food was free. The water stations were free. And the venue was in a park-like setting.
3) Woodstock 99 was on an abandoned military complex. Flat as a pancake, no trees anywhere and almost all tarmac. Concrete. No where to hide from the heat, and the concrete acted like a sauna reflecting the midday sun and roasting kids alive.
4) The food was oppressively expensive. A taco - $7. In 1999. Water was $4 a bottle. In 1999.
5) Security was basically non existent. Trash everywhere. Porta pottys were not kept in order.
And then you invited two bands known for inciting their audience to mayhem - Korn and Limp Bizcit. Especially Limp Bizcit. Who should have went to jail for encouraging kids to to become animals.