WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE A CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL MUSIC FESTIVAL ON THE FARM IN WOODSTOCK NEW YORK, WOODSTOCK 99 BEGAN ON THIS DATE 25 YEARS AGO, BUT THIS ONE MISSED THE MARK. THE DIFFERENCES INCLUDED… THE ORIGINAL LEGENDARY FESTIVAL WAS HELD ON A DAIRY FARM, WOODSTOCK 99 AT AN ABANDONED MILITARY BASE…FREE FOOD AT THE OG AND THE 99 VERSION THEY SOLD WATER FOR $4! BETWEEN EXTREME HEAT, VANDALISM FROM FEST GOERS, RIOTS, ALLEGED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND A COUPLE OF BANDS NOT HELPING MATTERS…COUGH-COUGH – LIMP BIZKIT…WOODSTOCK 99 WAS SO POORLY EXECUTED 25 YEARS LATER IS SPAWNED A NETFLIX 3 PART DOCUMENTARY THAT WOULD CURL THE TOES OF EVEN THE MOST HARDENED HEART. I HAVE HEARD A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF WOODSTOCK 99 FROM A MENTOR AND FRIEND OF MINE, MARC, THAT WAS THERE AS TOUR MANAGER FOR FAT BOY SLIM…HE IS IN THE DOCUMENTARY TOO…HE SAID IN SHORT AND I PARAPHRASE, THAT IT WAS WILD! FAT BOY SLIM’S SET WAS CUT SHORT WHEN A VAN LITERALLY ROLLED THROUGH THE CROWD! BEFORE THAT THOUGH THE ICONIC DJ ROCKED IT OUT WITH THE ROCKAFELLER SKANK…AND THAT IS TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND IN THE 5 OCLOCK FREAKOUT ON 105.7 THE X