A documentary about the disastrous Woodstock 99 music festival in 1999, which was completely chaotic, premiered on Netflix. Limp Bizkit, a metal band, was held responsible.
The media blamed the band and their violent music for the festival’s chaos, deaths, and property damage, with lead actor Fred Durst painted as the villain. However, the actual reality is very different.
Let’s find out more about the band’s singer’s comments that angered the audience, the Netflix documentary, the mishaps and fatality during the concert, and where Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst is right now.
Because he attempted to engage and energize the audience during his performance, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became the target of all the animosity and blame for the flop that turned out to be Woodstock 99.
The year is 1999 and John Schler made the decision to recreate the Woodstock 69 music festival thirty years later with Limp Bizkit as one of the bands that would perform at the event.
More than 200,000 people visited the Woodstock music and arts festival in the 1960s to evoke the same feeling of reminiscence. For an emerging band like Limp Bizkit, it was the concert of a lifetime. However, it seemed that the audience misunderstood the circumstances as there were allegations of sexual and physical abuse among angry festivalgoers.
Woodstock 99 festival organizers blamed Fred for the event’s failure in his earlier comment. However, in truth, the chaos, where people set fire to the venue and destroyed property, occurred the day after the Limp Bizkit concert.
Trainwreck: Woodstock 99, a Netflix documentary that explored why the 1999 Woodstock festival was such a complete catastrophe, looks back on the failures of that event.
The documentary showed that when event organizers chose to put financial gains before the safety and enjoyment of guests, the Woodstock festival’s reincarnation of the 1960s was already doomed for disaster. On the second day of Woodstock 99, attendees had to sift through trash in a hot, dirty environment while eating and drinking at inflated prices.
As a result of the loud music, alcohol, and narcotics that infuriated the audience, they were overcharged, mistreated, and soon developed a mob mentality. On the third day of the event, which was the day after Limp Bizkit’s performance, chaos ensued.
RHCP distributed candles to remember the victims of the Columbine school shooting as a statement against gun violence, but the crowd took a different direction and fighting broke out.
Three people were killed during the riots at Woodstock 99, which weren’t just limited to the stage and arena. Along with the deaths, there were many injuries and cases of sexual assault during the chaos and devastation of the last day. On the last day of the festival, the crowd erupted into an angry mob that started riots, destroyed property, and engaged in interpersonal violence, leading to the arrest of over forty people.
After all the commotion, Limp Bizkit’s lead vocalist Fred Durst decided to take an extended break from the band in an effort to change the public’s perception of him. He then returned as an actor and director, making cameo appearances in such blockbuster films as Fast Lane, Mostly 4 Millennials, and House MD.
He also has over 40 directing credits, and some of the hits he’s worked on include The Fanatic, The Longshots, as well as numerous music videos and documentary shots.