Woodstock '99. All hell breaks loose
Woodstock '99 was supposed to be a millennial celebration of peace, love and great music. Instead, the festival degenerated into an epic train wreck of fires, riots and destruction. Using rare insider footage and eyewitness interviews with an impressive roster of festival staff, artists and attendees, this behind-the-scenes docuseries goes to reveal the egos, greed, and music that ignited three days of utter chaos.
The start of this miniseries immediately sets the tone: the local mayor gets the champagne bottle to dedicate the stage but not smashed, opening act James Brown only wants to perform when he gets (more) money and his female colleague Sheryl Crow then gets to hear every time that she needs to show her tits. In short, the atmosphere is right in it and then leaves it to hyperaggressive nu-metal bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit to get the quarter of a million visitors completely over the floss.
Meredith Curly Hunter, Jr. (October 24, 1951 — December 6, 1969) was an 18-year-old African-American man who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During The Rolling Stones' performance, Hunter approached the stage and was forcibly driven away by members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club who had been contracted to serve as guards. He then returned to the stage, pulled a revolver and was stabbed and beaten to death by Hell's Angel Alan Passaro. BB
Gimme Shelter Like the Devil playing with it This classic pop docu from 1970 starts with the almost demonic classic Jumpin' Jack Flash, recorded at a Rolling Stones concert in New York. After an absolute killer riff by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger fleets the world-famous opening lines into the microphone: 'I was born in a cossfire hurricane and I howled at my ma in the driving rain.’
