Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99

Sep 05 2024 30 mins 123
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In 1999, a music festival took place in upstate New York that became a social experiment. There were riots, looting, and numerous assaults. And it was set to a soundtrack of the era’s most aggressive rock bands. Incredibly, it was the third iteration of Woodstock, a festival known for peace, love, and hippie idealism. But Woodstock ’99 revealed some hard truths behind the myths of the 1960s, and the danger that nostalgia can engender. Listen to the entire season here.

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4. Friday

Sep 05 2024 35 mins  
The first official day of Woodstock ’99 included performances by bands such as Korn, the Offspring, and Insane Clown Posse, who remember the festival as a harmless but crazy experience. But that didn’t always translate to the people in the audience, some of whom were already succumbing to the festival’s dark undercurrents. Host: Steven Hyden Producers: Noah Malale, Isaac Lee,

3. When in Rome

Sep 03 2024 37 mins  
The planning of Woodstock ’99 was rife with tensions between the promoters and local officials in the small town of Rome, New York. But potential red flags portending trouble were overlooked in favor of the hope for what Woodstock could do for a community that was down on its luck. Host: Steven Hyden Producers: Noah Malale, Isaac Lee, Bobby Wagner, Jonathan Hirsch, Catherine St.

2. Woodstock’s Willy Wonka

Aug 29 2024 39 mins  
No one person embodies the Woodstock brand more than Michael Lang, the cherubic-faced concert promoter who came to fame as one of the stars of Michael Wadleigh’s 1970 documentary ‘Woodstock.’ He’s also a symbol of how the counterculture has been commodified as a reliable cash cow selling hippie nostalgia. It’s time to separate fact from mythology, and explore how the orig

1. Just One of Those Days

Aug 27 2024 37 mins  
It’s the one thing people think they know about Woodstock ’99—Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit encouraged shirtless hooligans to “break stuff.” But is it possible that Limp Bizkit shoulders too much of the blame for the riots, violence, and mayhem at this misbegotten festival? It’s time to break down the band’s notorious performance as if it were a nu-metal Zapruder film. Ho

Introducing ‘Break Stuff’

Aug 22 2024 1 mins  
In 1999, a music festival took place in upstate New York that became a social experiment. There were riots, looting, and numerous assaults. And it was set to a soundtrack of the era’s most aggressive rock bands. Incredibly, it was the third iteration of Woodstock, a festival known for peace, love, and hippie idealism. But Woodstock ’99 revealed some hard truths behind the myths