Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 reveals shocking new footage and interviews never-before-seen by audiences, sparking outrage toward the organizers.

The following article contains discussions of sexual assault.

Netflix's new music documentary, Trainwreck: Woodstock '99, is causing strong reactions from viewers. Featuring new footage and interviews with former staff, Peace Patrol, and attendees, audiences are shocked to learn of the behavior exhibited by both organizers and concertgoers.

With a strong line-up of popular rock bands, Woodstock '99 is nothing like the Woodstock of '69 or '94. Overpriced drinks and unusable lavatories are a mere blip on the radar compared to the sexual assault, destructive behavior, and drug use that happened during the festival and viewers cannot believe their eyes.

Viewers such as @HUncaring are outraged that the festival organizers didn't listen to the one staff member who questioned the musical lineup. Lee Rosenblatt was the Assistant Site Manager at the festival when he was only 22 years old. He recounts attempting to make the organizers aware of the bands being booked for the festival and the atmosphere it may cause.

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Unfortunately, Rosenblatt was ignored. He was the target age for the festival, but his concerns weren't taken seriously and chaos ensued while he had to sit back and watch the fires and destruction. The festival could have happened differently if someone heard his concerns and made changes.

The sanitation department was ill-prepared for 400,000 festival goers. Attendees claim the portable restrooms were destroyed and unusable after the first day, with waste flowing freely. The communal showers were unsafe with a piece of plastic separating men from women, so people were bathing in the water available for hand washing and drinking.

Trash cans were emptied onto the ground and turned into drums. Shocking footage shows attendees sleeping on used pizza boxes and trash almost completely covering the ground as one staff member attempts to hand out trash bags to encourage people to clean up after themselves. These conditions were present prior to the destruction on the final day of the festival, leading to a meme presented by @SteamBake.

Throughout the shocking music documentary, viewers like @lilylangtonx are outraged by the victim-blaming committed by founder Michael Lang and promoter John Scher. The security or "Peace Patrol" hired were teenagers who attended a three-hour class and were given all the answers to pass the test. Interviews with former staff claim they became security just to get into the festival and didn't help anyone.

The security team was not equipped to properly handle the number of attendees, especially when alcohol and drugs are readily available. No amount of sexual assault at a music festival is acceptable. Lang and Scher dropped the ball and refuse to take responsibility for the safety of festival goers. Scher states in episode 2, "I'm not sure I could have done anything."

Viewers like @aslivedbyBria have noticed the overwhelming majority of attendees were white. While there were a few Black performers, including D.M.X., Ice Cube, and The Roots, the organizers clearly marketed to a particular demographic. Many of the interviewees describe the atmosphere as being full of "frat boys" and footage shows very few people of color in the crowds.

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Woodstock '99 was essentially a grunge rock and roll festival catered toward those who were young, angry, and white. Though the included Black performers were popular, it is entirely possible, considering John Scher's greed, they were invited to attract more Black attendees.

Viewers cannot help but swoon over a young Gavin Rossdale at the festival. As the lead singer of Bush, the band performed on the first day of Woodstock '99 after Korn whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Rossdale looks unsettled, though, even recounting his nerves from the experience years later.

Shirtless and sweaty with his hair in his face like a '90s heartthrob, Rossdale crooned to the crowd and successfully brought down the energy of the crowd. He promoted peace and love compared to the raging chaos that happened during Korn's performance. Viewers like @LaurissaRai are enjoying the look back at '90s Gavin Rossdale.

During Limp Bizkit's performancem on the second day of the festival, the crowd became more aggressive and destructive. While the band cannot be held completely responsible for the destruction of the sound stage in the middle of the crowd, Fred Durst did little to prevent the chaos or help the situation, as noticed by @Isabelle_Geneva.

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In fact, Durst proceeded to crowd-surf on one of the torn-down pieces of plywood and sing their song "Break Stuff." Durst was in a position to notice concertgoers tearing down wood and scaling the sound stage, and he encouraged the behavior instead of condemning them to keep everyone safe. Many clearly felt that Limp Bizkit was part of the problem on day 2.

Woodstock '99 was not remotely similar to the original Woodstock festival in 1969. Though Lang claims he wanted to promote an end to gun violence after the Columbine shooting, no part of the festival, including the performers, encourage peace and love of the Woodstock spirit. With popular rock bands including Korn, Insane Clown Posse, Kid Rock, and Metallica, the festival was never going to be a peaceful weekend as @yung_garce points out.

With the addition of failing infrastructure, trash galore, and overpriced food and beverages in extreme heat with virtually no shade, it's natural the attendees were going to become disgruntled by the end of the weekend. The festival became a protest, but it was a protest against the corporate greed of the event organizers set to rock music and will likely become the backdrop of a future rock and roll biopic.

Interviews claim Lang and Scher were promising "something big" to mark the end of the festival. Attendees thought the surprise would be a famous band. Unfortunately, the surprise was handing out candles to end the festival with a candlelight vigil with @Liberty_Memes finds ridiculous. At that point, fans are upset there was no extra unannounced band. The entire weekend was a bust. Everyone was dirty, hot, and thirsty, with enough drug use to rival popular movies.

It only takes one upset attendee to start a fire and put the idea in the thoughts of hundreds of others. The fire department didn't feel safe going into the crowd to put out the fires. Meanwhile, Red Hot Chili Peppers were playing "Fire" in honor of Jimi Hendrix.

As pointed out by @Shaniente12, John Scher places the blame on everyone but himself. Throughout the entire festival, he and Michael Lang answered questions during press conferences explaining how well things were going when, in fact, it was a nightmare. The festival could have been done better to provide facilities and safety for the guests.

From blaming sexual assault on women for being topless and the extreme weather temperatures to saying MTV created a hostile environment, Scher never accepts responsibility for his part in the organization of the festival, nor does Lang. The rage and destruction are a direct result of their carelessness.

Fatboy Slim began his DJ set in the "Rave Hangar" on day 2 of the festival. It was during his set that a stolen van was driven into the hangar and when he was told he needed to end the party, Slim was disappointed and eager to keep playing. He remembers that it was after he told the crowd he had to end things that they began to turn on him, throwing bottles.

Staff discovered an undressed underaged girl in the back of the truck, prompting the party to be shut down. As @FishGirlFit points out, there was rampant child abuse and pedophilia. Plenty of attendees were underage, including one interviewee who said she was 14 years old at the festival. These were literal children, and many expressed that they were not protected at the festival.

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