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Dusting ‘Em Off: Woodstock 1999 – Volumes I & II. By Alex Young. On December 25. You should never let Woodstock 1999 collect too much dust. Video of Drake kissing and groping underage. To post suggestions, email me at Creepyladyrabbit@gmail.com Patreon: Twitter: @LadyWiteRabbit Facebook: www.facebook.

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We’ve all heard the stories. We know what happened with the rowdy and careless crowds at Woodstock ’99. A few bad seeds overshadowed the sounds and tarnished the Woodstock name forever.

Let us move on; this is about the music. I love live albums, no matter who the artist is. To me, seeing a band live or listening to their live album is hearing music how it was meant to be heard– it’s real. There are no over-dubs; the vocals are raw. It’s just the band playing and nothing else. The 1999 version of Woodstock had a great line up when you consider that Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Kid Rock were some of the biggest acts at the time. They all panned out really well.

Volume I of the Woodstock disc consists of the harder rock, as opposed to Volume II which highlights some of the lighter acts that also played the festival. Volume I opens with the head banging “Blind” from Korn. I remember watching this from home on MTV and Pay-Per-View and watching the crowd just turn into a sea of chaos when Korn opened with this track. I was very happy I was watching at home at that point and not in the middle of that mess (although I may or may not have started a mini mosh pit of my own in my living room).

My favorite track on Volume I is “Four” by Lit, from their debut A Place in the Sun. It is actually one of my favorite Lit songs, and to hear this live version, played with a little more tempo than the original, is a highlight for me. In fact, I only listen to the live version now. I always considered Lit a little underrated, and I was ecstatic when I heard they were going to play Woodstock. Ever since I heard the opening riff to that song, I was hooked.

Sometimes when I hear a live track, it can make me appreciate a song more than I might have before. This happened with “Lit Up Again” by Buckcherry. The guitar solo at the end of the song gets me about as jacked up as the high Buckcherry speaks of in the song. He certainly does enjoy his cocaine. I really could care less for Buckcherry on a normal basis, but when it comes to compilation albums like this, a single song can stick out above the rest. Although the vocals leave something to be desired, it really is a great party song.

“Bawitdaba” from Kid Rock and “Bulls on Parade” by Rage Against the Machine really sound great live. You can feel the energy that the crowd was experiencing during these bands. Say what you will about Kid Rock or Zack De La Rocha; they are incredible entertainers. They are oozing with talent and purify what being a frontman is all about. Charisma, poise, and presence are all qualities that are expressed on stage from both acts. To not be entertained by either is damn near impossible. Throw in the fact that guitar God Tom Morello is shredding next to De La Rocha, and try to keep your head and feet still during a performance (just go get a beer when Kid Rock starts playing “Picture”).

Closing out the first disc is Red Hot Chili Peppers version of “Fire” by Jimi Hendrix. Lead singer Anthony Kiedis claims they did not perform this song because of the rampant fires that were torching the festivals grounds, but because of a request from Hendrix’s daughter. You can hear Kiedis at the beginning of the song say “Do you wanna do it?” Flea replies, “Fuck yeah.” I can only imagine being the band, looking out into the blaze and for a split second thinking “Maybe we shouldn’t do this.” It proves to be a true rock moment, no matter the reason the song was played, and a great tribute to a Hendrix, a Woodstock legend.

Volume II shows the softer side of the festival with the opening track “Tripping Billies” by Dave Matthews Band. Eleven years in the future, Matthews and his band turned out to be one of most successful acts featured at the festival. If you enjoy violin, you can hear it loud and clear on this track. As one of the more eclectic acts on the bill back in 1999, I didn’t really see a reason for them to be performing at this show. I didn’t see them as “Woodstock Material”. Actually, I felt this way about many of the bands on the second disc back then; today I can see their relevance. This was a celebration of music, not just the top acts of yesteryear. Woodstock’s past had a lot of chiller, more acoustic-based acts. That is where Jewel, G. Love & The Special Sauce, Alanis Morrisette, and others came in. Time has opened both my eyes and my ears.

A very intimate version of “Alison” by Elvis Costello is my favorite part on the album. It was another track I wasn’t as familiar with, and it instantly became a favorite. The crowd sounds sparse during the performance, possibly due to being too young to know who Costello was, but you can hear those who were paying attention screaming Alison’s name.

Things do spice back up with a must-hear version of “Adrenaline” by The Roots from their dominating set on the West Stage. The Roots have completely mastered their craft if you look at them today. They can play just about any type of genre they choose, and they do it with ease. This track is raw hip-hop from back before they began getting the recognition they’ve earned. It’s fun to look back at a band coming up and see how far they’ve come.

It’s great to pop in these discs and look back at the positives of Woodstock ’99 and not focus on the negatives. Many of the bands and artists from then are still making music today, although many were in their primes around this time. When you listen to it top to bottom, you can relive the end of the century and see where rock music was at that point. You should never let Woodstock 1999 collect too much dust.

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Woodstock '99
Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machineburns the American flag onstage during 'Killing in the Name' at Woodstock '99
Genre	Rock, hip hop, nu metal, rap metal, big beat, techno, punk rock, pop punk
Dates	July 22–25, 1999
Location(s)	Rome, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	43°14′N75°25′W / 43.23°N 75.41°WCoordinates: 43°14′N75°25′W / 43.23°N 75.41°W
Attendance	400,000+
Website	Archive of the Woodstock 99 Experience

Location in the United States

Location in New York

Woodstock '99 (also called Woodstock 1999), held July 22–25, 1999,^[1]^[2] was the second large-scale music festival (after Woodstock '94) that attempted to emulate the original Woodstock festival of 1969. Like the previous Woodstock festivals, it was held in upstate New York, this time in Rome (roughly one hundred miles (160 km) from the site of the original event), and the attendance was approximately 400,000 over four days.

Cable network MTV covered the concert extensively and live coverage of the entire weekend was available on pay-per-view. Excerpts from the performances were later released on compact disc and DVD. Woodstock 1999 was marred by violence, sexual assault, allegations of rape, looting, and fires.^[2] Festival co-founder Michael Lang has referred to Woodstock 99 as MTVStock since the original founders had very little (if any) control.

3Controversy
6Event schedule
- 6.1July 22, 1999 (Thursday) (pre-show)
- 6.2July 23, 1999 (Friday)
- 6.3July 24, 1999 (Saturday)
- 6.4July 25, 1999 (Sunday)

Facilities[edit]

The concert was performed on the east side of Rome at the former Griffiss Air Force Base, a Superfund site.^[3] The U.S. Air Forceclosed the B-52 base four years earlier in 1995 and it was converted to a business and technology park.^[1]^[2]

Prior to the concert, the promoters of the event were determined to avoid the gate-crashing that had occurred at previous festivals. They characterized the site as 'defensible,' describing the 12-foot (3.7 m) plywood and steel fence intended to keep out those without tickets. Along with the fence, about 500 New York State Police troopers were hired for additional security.^[4] In addition to two main stages, secondary venues were available. These included several alternate stages, a night-time rave tent, and a film festival (sponsored by the Independent Film Channel) held in a former airplane hangar.

Woodstock '99 was conceived and executed as a commercial venture with dozens of corporate sponsors, and included the presence of vendor 'malls' and modern accoutrements such as ATMs and e-mail stations.^[5] Tickets for the event were priced at $150 (equivalent to $230 in 2018) plus service charges,^[6] at the time considered costly for a festival of this type.^[7] There were about 400,000 attendees.^[6]

The city of Rome itself, especially the downtown area and the commercial areas adjacent to the festival site, became a major draw for attendees, who patronized its bars, restaurants, and stores and stayed in its hotels and motels for the duration of the concert.

Reception[edit]

The festival featured a diverse assortment of acts, and early reviews for many of the acts were positive. Critics particularly praised performances by: George Clinton, Jamiroquai, James Brown, Limp Bizkit, Insane Clown Posse, Sevendust, DMX, Sheryl Crow, The Tragically Hip, and Rage Against the Machine.^[8]^[9] However, critical and public attention quickly turned to the deteriorating environment and crowd behavior.

Controversy[edit]

Environment[edit]

Oppressive heat—which reached above 100 °F (38 °C)—and difficult environmental conditions marred the festival from early on. Added to this was the fact that the site, a former air strip, had been cleared of many of its shade trees.^[10] The East and West stages were 2.3 miles (3.7 km) apart, forcing festival goers to walk across hot tarmac surfaces.

Participants were met with high prices once inside. They had to buy from onsite vendors whose merchandise was expensive – burritos sold for $10, hotdogs and sandwiches for $5, a 10' pizza was $12, and 20 US fl oz (590 ml) bottles of water and soda sold for $4 each (equivalent to $6 in 2018).^[1]^[11] If they wanted to visit regular stores, festival-goers faced a long trek, or cramped travel via looping buses, to Rome's modest shopping areas, where stores had long lines and low stock.^[11]^[12] People stood in long lines to access the free water fountains, until frustration led a few to break the pipes to provide water to those in the middle of the line, in turn creating many large mud pits.^[11] During his set, Kid Rock demanded that the kids pelt the stage with plastic water bottles, perhaps making a statement about the high price of hydration.^[13]

The number of toilets installed proved insufficient for the number of attendees. Within a short time, some facilities, notably the portable toilets and showers on site, were unusable and overflowing.^[11]

Violence[edit]

Violent actions occurred during and after the Saturday night performance by Limp Bizkit; they included fans tearing plywood from the walls during their performance of the song 'Break Stuff.' Several sexual assaults were also reported in the aftermath of the concert.^[10]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17] The band's vocalist, Fred Durst, stated during the concert, 'Don't let anybody get hurt. But I don't think you should mellow out. That's what Alanis Morissette had you motherfuckers do. If someone falls, pick 'em up.'^[14] Durst said during a performance of the band's hit song, 'Nookie', 'We already let all the negative energy out. It's time to reach down and bring that positive energy to this motherfucker. It's time to let yourself go right now, 'cause there are no motherfucking rules out there.' In contrast, partway through 'Break Stuff', Durst encouraged the crowd to be angry.^[18]

Durst later stated in an interview, 'I didn't see anybody getting hurt. You don't see that. When you're looking out on a sea of people and the stage is twenty feet [6 m] in the air and you're performing, and you're feeling your music, how do they expect us to see something bad going on?'^[14]Primus member Les Claypool told the San Francisco Examiner, 'Woodstock was just Durst being Durst. His attitude is 'no press is bad press', so he brings it on himself. He wallows in it. Still, he's a great guy.'^[14]

Violence escalated the next night during the final hours of the concert as Red Hot Chili Peppers performed on the east stage and Megadeth performed on the west stage. A group of peace promoters, led by the anti-gun violence organization Pax (later renamed the Center to Prevent Youth Violence), had distributed candles to those stopping at their booth during the day, intending them for a candlelight vigil to be held during the Chili Peppers' performance of the song 'Under the Bridge'.^[19] During the band's set, the crowd began to light the candles, with some also using candles and lighters to start bonfires. Hundreds of empty plastic water bottles that littered the lawn area were used as fuel for the fire, which had spread to both stages by the end of the performances.

After the Chili Peppers were finished with their main set, the audience was informed about 'a bit of a problem.' An audio tower had caught fire, and the fire department was called in to extinguish it.^[20]

Back onstage for an encore, the Chili Peppers' lead singer Anthony Kiedis remarked how amazing the fires looked from the stage, comparing them to the 1979 film Apocalypse Now.^[21] The band proceeded to play 'Sir Psycho Sexy', followed by their rendition of Jimi Hendrix's 'Fire'. Kiedis later stated in his autobiography, Scar Tissue, that Hendrix's sister had asked the Chili Peppers to play 'Fire' in honor of Jimi and his performance at the original Woodstock festival, and that they were not playing it to encourage the crowd.

Many large, high bonfires were burning before the band left the stage for the last time. Participants danced in circles around the fires. Looking for more fuel, some tore off panels of plywood from the supposedly inviolable security perimeter fence. ATMs were tipped over and broken into, trailers full of merchandise and equipment were forced open and burglarized, and abandoned vendor booths were turned over and set afire.^[22]

MTV, which had been providing live coverage, removed its entire crew. MTV host Kurt Loder described the scene in the July 27, 1999, issue of USA Today:

It was dangerous to be around. The whole scene was scary. There were just waves of hatred bouncing around the place, (...) It was clear we had to get out of there.... It was like a concentration camp. To get in, you get frisked to make sure you're not bringing in any water or food that would prevent you from buying from their outrageously priced booths. You wallow around in garbage and human waste. There was a palpable mood of anger.^[23]

After some time, a large force of New York State Troopers, local police, and various other law enforcement arrived.^[2] Most had crowd control gear and proceeded to form a riot-line that flushed the crowd to the northwest, away from the stage located at the eastern end of the airfield. Few of the crowd offered strong resistance and they dispersed quickly back toward the campground and out the main entrance.^[24]

Aftermath[edit]

Police investigated four alleged instances of rape that occurred during the concert.^[25] Eyewitnesses reported a crowd-surfing woman being pulled down into the crowd and gang-raped in the mosh pit during Limp Bizkit's set.^[26] A volunteer also reported seeing a gang-rape during the Korn performance.^[27] Approximately 12 trailers, a small bus, and a number of booths and portable toilets were burned in the fray. Six people were injured; there were no recorded deaths at the concert site.

One individual, David DeRosia, collapsed in the mosh pit during the Metallica performance.^[28]^[29] Concert medical staff initially tried to treat his symptoms, which were seizures, and what doctors suspected to be a drug overdose. DeRosia was transported to the Air Force base medical center and was then airlifted to University Hospital in Syracuse. A little more than an hour after he had collapsed, DeRosia's body temperature was 107 °F (42 °C). The following afternoon, he was in a coma and a doctor had diagnosed him with 'hyperthermia, probably secondary to heat stroke.' After being in a coma for another day, DeRosia died at 12:09 pm on Monday, July 26. The autopsy report ruled the death as accidental and listed the cause of death to be hyperthermia along with an enlarged heart and obesity. In 2001, DeRosia's mother filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against the promoters of Woodstock 1999 and six doctors who worked at the event; the lawsuit stated that DeRosia died because concert promoters were negligent by not providing enough fresh water and inadequate medical care for 400,000 attendees.

Members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) later protested outside the New York offices of one of the concert promoters.^[30] Several lawsuits by concert-goers against the promoters for dehydration and distress were announced.^[31]

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The New York Times solicited festival performers Rage Against the Machine for their opinion of the festival's controversy. Tom Morello, the band's guitarist, wrote on August 5, 1999, in Neil Strauss's Times column:

Hey man, leave the kids alone. I've had enough of the frenzied demonization of young people surrounding Woodstock '99.

Yes, Woodstock was filled with predators: the degenerate idiots who assaulted those women, the greedy promoters who wrung every cent out of thirsty concertgoers, and last but not least, the predator media that turned a blind eye to real violence and scapegoated the quarter of a million music fans at Woodstock '99, the vast majority of whom had the time of their lives.^[32]

Following the event, San Francisco Examiner journalist Jane Ganahl cast doubt on the ability to promote another high-profile Woodstock concert, and described the event as 'the day the music died.'^[33]

Vendor costs[edit]

Vendors paid $500 (equivalent to $750 in 2018) to sell at Woodstock during the 4-day festival. With attendance estimated at 400,000, there were many non-vendors who attempted to sell on a smaller scale on the paths to and from the concert and camping areas.^[34]

Performers[edit]

Many of the high profile acts such as Limp Bizkit, Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Creed were popular or rising artists of the era. While no groups that performed at the original Woodstock festival took the stage at Woodstock 1999, there were individuals who did. John Entwistle of The Who performed a solo set, and Mickey Hart, drummer of the Grateful Dead, played with his band Planet Drum. Jeff Beck was scheduled to perform, but had to cancel due to a 'scheduling conflict.' He was scheduled to perform at the original Woodstock festival, but his Jeff Beck Group broke up the week before.^[35]Sugar Ray was also slated to appear at Woodstock 1999, but had to cancel due to lead singer Mark McGrath's illness.^[36]Al Green was also slated to appear, but backed out following John F. Kennedy Jr.'s death in a plane crash.^[37]

Event schedule[edit]

During the four days of the festival various bands and artists^[38] performed on one of the three different stages: 'West Stage', 'East Stage', and 'Emerging Artists Stage'.

July 22, 1999 (Thursday) (pre-show)[edit]

West Stage[edit]

Frostbit Blue
K.J. James
Little Big Jam
Gridley Paige
Djoliba
Red Herring
Rattlebasket
In Bloom
3rd Bass^[39]
Vertical Horizon^[39]
Strangefolk^[39]
G. Love and Special Sauce^[40]
The String Cheese Incident^[39]
Bernie Worrell and the Woo Warriors^[41]
George Clinton & the P.Funk All-Stars^[41]

AMP3.com Emerging Artists Stage[edit]

Immoral Fibres
Simmi
Chris Glenn
Gary Durdin & The Clay Pinps
Johnny Rushmore

July 23, 1999 (Friday)[edit]

West Stage[edit]

Spitfire^[42]
The Umbilical Brothers^[43]
moe.^[44]
Lit^[40]
Buckcherry^[40]
The Roots^[40]
Insane Clown Posse^[45]
George Clinton & the P.Funk All-Stars^[8]

East Stage[edit]

James Brown^[8]
G. Love and Special Sauce^[40]
Jamiroquai^[40]
Live^[40]
Sheryl Crow^[40]
DMX^[40]
The Offspring^[40]
Korn^[40]
Bush^[40]

Emerging Artists Stage[edit]

F.o.N.^[46]
Linda Rutherford & Celtic Fire^[47]
Sugar Daddy^[39]
Sticky Pistil^[48]
Bijou Phillips^[39]
Mike Errico^[39]
King Konga^[39]
Ben Lee^[39]
Beth Hart Band^[39]
Liars Inc.^[39]
Chris Pérez Band^[39]
Sherri Jackson^[39]
Chris McDermott^[39]
Moby^[8]^[49]

July 24, 1999 (Saturday)[edit]

West Stage[edit]

Spitfire^[42]
Guster^[40]
Bruce Hornsby^[40]
Everclear^[40]
Ice Cube^[8]
Los Lobos^[50]
Mickey Hart/Planet Drum^[8]
The Chemical Brothers^[40]

East Stage[edit]

The Tragically Hip^[8]
Kid Rock^[40]
Wyclef Jean with the Refugee Allstars^[16]
Dave Matthews Band^[40]
Alanis Morissette^[40]
Limp Bizkit^[40]
Rage Against the Machine^[40]
Metallica^[40]

Emerging Artists Stage[edit]

Young & Fabulous!^[39]
Gargantua Soul^[39]
3^[39]
Serial Joe^[39]
American Pearl^[39]
Full Devil Jacket^[39]
Old Pike^[51]
DDT
2 Skinnee J's^[52]
Gigolo Aunts^[39]
Fatboy Slim^[8]^[53]

July 25, 1999 (Sunday)[edit]

West Stage[edit]

Spitfire^[42]
Mike Ness^[8]
Our Lady Peace^[40]
Rusted Root^[40]
Sevendust^[40]
Collective Soul^[8]
Godsmack^[40]
Megadeth^[40]

East Stage[edit]

Willie Nelson^[8]
The Brian Setzer Orchestra^[40]
Everlast^[40]
Elvis Costello^[40]
Jewel^[40]
Creed featuring Robby Krieger^[40]
Red Hot Chili Peppers^[40]

Emerging Artists Stage[edit]

Kirsti Gholson
Moe Loughran^[46]
The Scoldees
Stormy Mondays^[39]
Big Sugar^[8]
Muse^[54]
John Oszajca^[39]
Pound^[39]
Pushmonkey^[39]
Cyclefly^[39]
Indigenous^[39]
John Entwistle^[8]
Reveille^[55]

Recordings[edit]

Music from Woodstock 1999 was released on a two-disc compact disc set, Woodstock 1999. The album features 32 performing artists, and was released on Epic Records in October 1999.

Woodstock 1999 Cd

A DVD of concert highlights entitled Woodstock 99 was released in March 2000. It features one song each from 29 of the participating acts, along with interviews from the musicians and concert-goers.

Most of the Bush performance is available on the DVD of The Best Of: 1994–1999.

Documentary[edit]

The Ringer has produced an eight-part documentary podcast series on the Luminary hosting site. Entitled Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99, the show is a look back at the concert, the venue, the artists, the violence and the truths and misconceptions on what caused Woodstock '99 to be such a disaster.^[56]

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