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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!

(tv series) Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 shows the disaster of this festival up and close

Although I have already seen a full length documentary about this disaster of a festival, my friend recommended me this three part tv documentary series about debacle called Woodstock in 1999.

Thirty years after original Woodstock which happened in 1969, original promotor Michael Lang wanted to revive the feeling of peace, love, unity and positive energy, found sponsors and decided to make Woodstock happen again. The line-up was totally great featuring Metallica, RHCP, RATM, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Kid Rock, Offspring, but also Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson and James Brown as a kind of bridge between old and new generations. It was all well imagined, 250 000 crowd on former abandoned airfield and airbase in upstate New York with three days of superb music, fun and feelgood. What could go wrong? Well, everything! My personal opinion that the main idea and engine of promotors for this festival was greed and not original Woodstock ideas and their fault is equal that crowd of rowdy assholes raped, pillaged, burned and destroyed everything beyond imagining. I have never seen something like that. It also confirmed to me that Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit it total redneck asshole, what I have known before. If you watch it you will know why. I also blame main sponsor and I can’t let in my head thought of water denial to crowd in Summer heat and putting such prices to bottle of water. This is a great documentary and I think Woodstock brand is buried and gone. Good riddance to it as well.

(music news) German hardcore veterans Ryker’s released video for Blast From The Past

photo credit: Sonja Leonhard

Kassel crew hardcore legends Ryker’s released new video taken during Summer tour with Scheisse Minelli.

The future is unwritten’! Do these words sound familiar? So many memories, so much has happened and this is far from the end! Keep it going – keep things going – no matter what obstacles life brings you! Always carry on… it’s not over until… but never forget where you are comin‘ from!

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(music news) Finnish thrashers Hexing released video for Burn This City!

‘Burn This City’ is a track taken from Hexing’s album SALEM, out via Wormholedeath.

Finnish Thrash Metal quintet HEXING blend the energy and rawness of many old school thrash metal bands such as Exodus, Stone and Megadeth, with influences from various metal subgenres, such as death metal.

Buy/stream “Welcome to Salem” HERE

Hexing online

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