Horrific footage from new Woodstock '99 documentary shows how the music festival erupted into chaos - Daily Mail

Woodstock '99 is the subject of a new documentary exploring how the music festival modeled after the original in 1969 erupted into chaos that led to riots, fans rolling around puddles of human feces, mosh pit rapes, and deaths.  .

Premiering on Friday, HBO's Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage takes an in-depth look at the carnage from the three-day event that was arguably more disastrous than the infamous Fyre Festival that made headlines in 2017. .

'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,' director Garret Price said in his introduction of the documentary.

Trailer: Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage.

HBO's new documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage takes an in-depth look at the carnage from the three-day music festival with interviews and archival footage.

The music festival was an attempt to pay homage to the counterculture idealism that made the original Woodstock in 1969 a pivotal moment in musical history.

The nightmarish musical festival kicked off on July 22, 1999, with about 220,000 music fans arriving at a former Air Force base outside of Rome, New York, which was roughly 100 miles from the site of the original Woodstock

Woodstock '99 was an attempt to pay homage to the counterculture idealism that made the 1969 festival a pivotal moment in musical history

Held 30 years later, it was billed as another three days of peace, love, and music — it was anything but. 

Approximately 220,000 people attended Woodstock '99, but there weren't enough toilets, showers, or security for the crowds 

Concertgoers are pictured washing up at one of the few locations with running water at Woodstock '99

Injured people were carried out of the mosh pit in makeshift stretchers

Injured people were carried out of the mosh pit in makeshift stretchers.   

An anti-gun violence group known as PAX handed out 'peace candles' to people with the intention of them being lit during the Red Hot Chili Peppers' performance of the song 'Under the Bridge.' 

On the last night of the festival, the crowds used 'peace candles' they were given to light bonfires that grew out of control

Two people are pictured looting an ATM machine after the chaos ensued 

A man is pictured standing in front of an out-of-control bonfire at the festival

Roughly 10,000 people needed medical treatment, 44 were arrested, and two concertgoers died at Woodstock '99

Roughly 10,000 people needed medical treatment, 44 were arrested, and two concertgoers died at Woodstock '99