Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I'm assuming because of the riots? They don't really address the shortages, toilets etc. except to say they had plenty. We planned well.
The $4 water would be $6 in today's money. I think I've paid $5 for water at many recent events. So thats not such an outrageously priced water that you should riot.
It was just a bad combination of the poor conditions, the heat and the types of bands they programmed. Perfect storm of events that made kids go nuts.
But yea, those prices were not too outrageous. I’m sure the tickets were expensive with all the big name acts. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
It was just a bad combination of the poor conditions, the heat and the types of bands they programmed. Perfect storm of events that made kids go nuts.
But yea, those prices were not too outrageous. I’m sure the tickets were expensive with all the big name acts.
This was a for profit event. You chose to go knowing its going to be expensive to attend. Expecting free water for 300K fans was and is never going to happen. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
This was a for profit event. You chose to go knowing its going to be expensive to attend. Expecting free water for 300K fans was and is never going to happen.
Wut? Last few huge festivals I've been to made sure water was plenty accessible. They had refill stations. It's a recipe for disaster not to. Granted these guys back then may have created the awareness that water is necessary. Why would any festival want to be liable for getting people sick, not to mention that dehydration just makes people drunker, to make a few bucks. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
It was just a bad combination of the poor conditions, the heat and the types of bands they programmed. Perfect storm of events that made kids go nuts.
But yea, those prices were not too outrageous. I’m sure the tickets were expensive with all the big name acts.
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Man, the conditions were disgusting. Overflowing port o potty’s, filth, urine, trash and sh*t everywhere. How did the promoters get away with that?
A LOT of people without tickets just crashed the place so they were dealing with a much larger capacity than expected.
I had a friend there that called me and told me to "come on up, you don't need tickets".
I don't do concerts w/o box seats unless it's something mellow like Jimmy Buffet or Nicki Bluhm (voice of an angel if you never heard) after a couple bad experiences. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Otter:
A LOT of people without tickets just crashed the place so they were dealing with a much larger capacity than expected.
I had a friend there that called me and told me to "come on up, you don't need tickets".
I don't do concerts w/o box seats unless it's something mellow like Jimmy Buffet or Nicki Bluhm (voice of an angel if you never heard) after a couple bad experiences.
Yea. That was another issue. They mentioned in the doc how security guys basically said “*uck it” and walked off the job. [Reply]
I enjoy how in this doc it repeatedly keeps going back to Korn and Limp Bizkit bring agressive...putting 400 k people in 100 degree heat on asphalt with crappy supplies is a recipe for disaster regardless of who's on stage. [Reply]
My favorite part was the promoter asshole dude shedding any responsibility on his or his company's part at every turn. "Oh it was MTV's fault, oh it was Fred Durst's fault, oh it was the kids' fault, oh it was Anthony Kiedis' fault". Like dude own your shitty promotion of putting this festival on in subpar infrastructure and not having adequate sources of water and food to offset that.
Most bizarre thing was Robby Kreager being invited on stage with Creed lol. I remember back in the 90s The Doors were not exactly a band that most teenagers were into, they were seen as the bad music that their dad listened to. Couple that with performing with Creed, who even in 1999 were something of a joke. [Reply]
