Agree. But was that the documentary's conclusion, or just social media's reaction to this documentary? That was a problem with this film, it had great footage but really wasn't focused and let journalists with agendas spout off. They really had it out for Nu Metal scene and young white men. There was festivals all over America celebrating Nu Metal in the form of Family Values Tour, OzzFest, Projekt Revolution, etc... all of them with large and aggressive crowds and none becoming the massive clusterfuck that was Woodstock 99.
edit: Also, wish Moby would stop speaking on these things. I like his music and he has good taste in music, but he comes off so damn desperate for attention.
The bands were being blamed way before this documentary. This doc goes full on and it just bullshit. The people behind the event booked these bands. They knew very well the type of energy their music has. This was not the soft rock music of 1969. To be honest, I think MTV has a huge part of the blame for the behavior of people at this event. The whole sexualization and objectification of women began with MTV's college Spring Break events. It was all that drunk white frat boy party vibe and having girls in skimpy outfits. It's as if MTV forgot they did all that and put that on TV and celebrated the drunken buffoonery. Every spring, it would be a huge event on MTV to celebrate drunken college kids going crazy. The generation of "white kids" they keep trying to blame were the very same kids MTV catered to here in the US. Hell, Limp Bizkit even performed at one of MTV Spring Break fashion events. I could only imagine the stuff swept under the rug at these MTV events. Every year, those Spring Break weeks got worse. But this kind of partying behavior, gawking at half naked women all stemmed from these college Spring Break events MTV went to, set up, and celebrated. Woodstock was a generation raised on that crap. I'm not sure this Spring Break stuff was a thing overseas.
Yeah, Moby is just so full of shit. "I knew something was wrong." What nonsense. He made sure to perform though so he could get paid. Perhaps if he really was so worried and knew what was wrong,he should've just said he was not performing. But he loves to set himself up after the fact as the wise one who knew there was an issue before everyone else. I can't stand him.
Also, from someone watching Woodstock 99 live on Pay Per View, people were breaking stuff before Limp Bizkit even started. Even before they played Break Stuff, people were already ripping the boards off the towers. Also, Limp made sure to take some breaks in between songs so the crowd could chill/calm down, even played some chiller songs throughout the set so it wasn't all just heavy stuff. Fred even said, "If you see someone fall, help pick them up." They made it like he commanded the audience to smash stuff when the audience were already doing it on their own.
There are only two sides to blame...
The organizers who put it all badly together, letting their greed win out. They should've booked more light, hippy bands if that's what they wanted. But we all know that wouldn't have sold as many tickets. Plus it doesn't seem like they did a good job with the security.
MTV, for celebrating and promoting the exact behavior seen at Woodstock all the years leading up to it. These drunken young people are the audience MTV helped create and catered to. Own up to it.
The bands were just doing what they do, performing the music they're all known for making. Nothing more. They're the least of that festival's issues.