New Netflix documentary explores how 1999 festival Woodstock descended into violence, with numerous reports of sexual assaults and deaths.
In the original Woodstock festival, three people also died: two from drug overdoses and a third, who was aged 17, was run over and killed while sleeping in a sleeping bag, by a tractor that was collecting rubbish. The official synopsis of Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 reads: ‘Woodstock ‘99 was supposed to be a millennium-defining celebration of peace, love and great music. A 24-year-old man died from a heat-related illness, while one woman, 28, was hit by a car when she left the concert, and a 44-year-old man with a pre-existing heart condition died of cardiac arrest in a Woodstock camping site. Bonfires were set off after candles were given out during the Red Hot Chili Peppers set, and on the final night of the festival, a car went up in flames. While there were very few female performers over the weekend, with the line-up including the likes of Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, sexism was particularly rife. In 1999, 30 years after the original festival and five years after a revived festival, Woodstock festival took place in New York, with more than 400,000 people buying tickets.
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It’s reported Woodstock 99 lead to the deaths of three people. Woodstock 99 has gone down in history as one of the biggest festival disasters there has ever been. Netflix has just released a three-part documentary series on the music festival Woodstock 99.
In 1999 400,000 people descended on an airfield in New York state to celebrate “peace, love and great music”. Instead what happened was a weekend of violence ...
During Limp Bizkit it was reported that people were tearing wooden boards off the walls. Violence was present in many forms, and during several sets the crowd started rioting. MTV also reported that two women were allegedly gang-raped during Limp Bizkit and Korn’s sets. Very few women performed over the weekend. - Spitfire “Instead, the festival degenerated into an epic trainwreck of fires, riots and destruction.
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I was 12 when it happened and remember seeing the reports on #MTV but had no idea." Viewers took to Twitter to express their shock at the horrifying yet intriguing documentary, with one person writing: "Just finished watching #TrainwreckWoodstock99 on Netflix and it is crazy! Like this story?
Fatboy Slim has recalled the "terrifying" moment a van drove into the audience during his DJ set at Woodstock 1999.
“I did exactly what I was told and ran,” he said. Fatboy Slim said: “That’s just hideous to think that in the midst of all those people having fun and me wanting to make everybody love each other… Shit’s kicking off and it’s kind of not safe.” The vehicle had been stolen by a gang and was travelling through the rave hangar crowd towards the stage. He then recalled how some people began “throwing things” at him. “I’d been closeted in my dressing room all afternoon with people just going, ‘Oh it’s a bit chaotic out there’,” Cook remembered.
On the final night of the festival, state troopers and local New York police forces were called to help end the mass rioting.
Speaking on the documentary, he said: "That was literally the moment when everything started to look a bit less fun. In an interview as part of the documentary Trainwreck: Woodstock 99, Cook described the moment he was forced to flee for his life when things got out of control. Cook then spent the night at an airport until his flight the next day. "Then I got the tap on the shoulder, and it's like: 'We gotta stop the music. Brighton DJ Norman Cook was forced to run for his life after playing the terrifying Woodstock 99 concert. The festival was infamous for being a total abject failure.
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Pitchfork (opens in new tab) reports that there were 1,200 admission to the onsite medical facilities during Woodstock 99. He also claimed that the medical tents were not well equipped to treat heat stroke patients. According to Syracuse, her lawyer, Joseph Cote said that organisers did not provide enough water and had inadequate medical supplies for the 400,000 fans who attended. Esquire (opens in new tab) reports that access to water was another concern, with 25 minute queues forming around water fountains. Yet sadly this didn't turn out to be the case for Woodstock's third and final outing - Woodstock 99 - taking place during a now infamous July weekend at a former air force base in Rome, New York. Sign up to the GoodTo Newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Jonathan Davis, who's interviewed, remembers being nervous and excited beforehand, feeling like, "This was massive." Then when he came out onstage, he was blown ...
Korn's stunning 13-song set culminated in a no-hold-barred performance of "My Gift to You," which they opened with the intro to Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss" and ended with Davis collapsed on the stage, having given his all but still roaring. As all the talking heads in Netflix's new docuseries Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 agree, Korn was the band that the majority of the estimated 400,000 festivalgoers were most stoked to see. In 1999, Korn were on top of the world.
Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has opened up on witnessing first-hand the chaos of Woodstock '99, one of the most infamous music festivals of all time.
By the time Korn hit the stage, tensions were already rising across the festival, and one of the weekend's biggest crowds had gathered to see the nu metal giants. New Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 delves into the problems that faced the festival from early on, attempting to unwrap the issue of how things got so bad in the first place. Taking place over four days in July 1999, the event was put on to mark the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock and featured a stacked bill that included Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Red Hot Chili Peppers and many more.