What did and said Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit at Woodstock ’99? Netflix documentary examines the past
A documentary about the disastrous Woodstock 99 music festival in 1999, which was completely chaotic, has been released on Netflix. Limp Bizkit, a metal band, was held responsible.
The band and their violent music were blamed by the media for the festival’s chaos, deaths and property damage, and lead actor Fred Durst was portrayed as the villain. However, the real reality is quite different.
Let’s find out more about the band’s singer’s comments that infuriated the audience, the Netflix documentary, the mishaps and deaths during the concert, and where Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst is right now.
Fred Durst
What did and said Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit at Woodstock ’99?
Because he attempted to interact with and energize the audience during his performance, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became the butt of all the animosity and blame for the failed Woodstock 99 festival.
It’s 1999 and John Schler has made the decision to recreate the Woodstock 69 music festival thirty years later with Limp Bizkit as one of the bands playing at the event.
More than 200,000 people visited the Woodstock arts and music festival in the 1960s to evoke the same feeling of reminiscence. For an emerging band like Limp Bizkit, this was the gig of a lifetime.
However, it appeared that the public misinterpreted the circumstances as there were complaints of sexual and physical abuse among enraged festival goers.
The organizers of the Woodstock 99 festival blamed Fred for the failure of the event on his remark above. However, in truth, the chaos, where people set the venue on fire and destroyed property, happened the day after Limp Bizkit’s concert.
Netflix documentary reveals how Woodstock 99 really failed.
Trainwreck: Woodstock 99, a Netflix documentary that explored why the 1999 Woodstock festival was such a complete disaster, remembers the failures of that event.
The documentary showed that when event organizers chose to put financial gain ahead of safety and guest enjoyment, the reincarnation of the 1960s Woodstock festival was already doomed.
On the second day of Woodstock 99, attendees had to sift through trash in a hot and filthy environment while eating and drinking at inflated prices.
Due to loud music, alcohol, and narcotics that had enraged the audience, they were overburdened, abused, and quickly developed a mob mentality. On the third day of the event, which was the day after Limp Bizkit’s performance, chaos erupted.
The RHCP distributed candles to remember the Columbine school victims as a statement against gun violence, but the crowd took a different direction and a fight broke out.
Death at Woodstock Festival 99
Three people were killed during the unrest at Woodstock 99, which was not limited to the stage and the hall.
In addition to deaths, there were many injuries and instances of sexual assault during the chaos and devastation of the final day.
On the last day of the festival, the crowd erupted into an angry mob which rioted, destroyed property and engaged in interpersonal violence, leading to the arrest of over forty people.
Today, where is Fred Durst?
After all this turmoil, Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst decided to take a long hiatus from the band in an effort to change the perception of him in the public eye.
He then made a comeback as an actor and director, making guest appearances in hit movies like Fast Lane, Mostly 4 Millennials and House MD.
He also has over 40 directing credits, and some of the hits he has worked on include The Fanatic, The Longshots, as well as numerous music videos and documentary shots.
