The turn of the century was a crazy thing. We had Y2K and a presidential election looming, we had the Internet becoming a true force of nature, we had The Blair Witch Project scaring the shit out of millions.
We also had Woodstock ‘99, a music event that aimed to duplicate the peace and love vibe of the original 1969 festival but ended up being a disastrous mix of violence, capitalism, commercialism and Buckcherry.
The festival is going to be examined in a new Netflix docuseries that will follow the rise and fall of the 4-day event. Raw, the production company behind the popular Don’t F*ck With Cats, has already started work on the series, which will interview those involved with Woodstock ‘99 and will hopefully figure out how things went so horribly wrong.
A lot really did go off the rails with the festival. 400,000 people poured into the venue in upstate New York, hoping to listen to some great tunes and experience what their parents before them had: the power of a grand collective moment. But something went wrong and by the third night, Woodstock ‘99 collapsed into a mess of angry mobs, growing fires and a rash of sexual assaults and violence. It was really sad how much things fell apart.
Woodstock ‘99 has always been a big pop culture moment for me. It was around the time when I was really discovering my own taste in music and I remember being wildly excited for MTV’s coverage of the event. Sadly, I was just as disappointed when I saw what the festival became. I can’t wait to see what this Netflix documentary series reveals. You should expect violence, late 90s fashion and the philosophical views and opinions of Fred Durst.
