Introducing the film, director Garret Price says, “In telling the story of Woodstock ’99, it would have been really easy to structure this as a comedy, poking fun at all things late 1990s - the way people dressed, the music they listened to. “Woodstock 99” shows organizers either being unable or unwilling to deal with the mounting issues over the course of the weekend and refusing to take responsibility for the madness and the mess - sentiments some of them STILL express in present-day interviews.

While they couldn’t control the 100-degree temperatures, they WERE responsible for the $4 price for a bottle of water (that’s $6.50 in today’s dollars), the $12 slices of pizza, the overflowing portable toilets, the paucity of water fountains and the lax security. To say the organizers fell short of that goal is an understatement. If they watch this documentary, will they shake their heads at their behavior, or crack open a brewski and toast the good times?Īs we see in the journalistically sound and historically valuable HBO documentary “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage” the organizers of this festival marking the 30 th anniversary of the original “Three Days of Peace and Music” mass gathering wanted to duplicate that ’69 vibe when they secured a former Air Force base in Rome, N.Y., circled it with a 12-foot fence and welcomed some 200,000 concertgoers to a weekend-long event featuring Wyclef Jean, Dave Matthews Band, Counting Crows, Jewel - and a plethora of rock and heavy metal acts, including Korn, Bush, Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Megadeth and Godsmack. Where are these guys today? Most of them would be in their early to mid-40s, many of them presumably married with children. Friday on HBO and available Saturday on HBO Max. HBO Documentary Films presents a documentary directed by Garret Price.

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