Though we may have called throwing things onstage a new trend in a recent story about Steve Lacy, apparently projectile objects have been landing artists into some shitty situations for decades — literally.
On a recent episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade's podcast Fly on the Wall, Sheryl Crow detailed her experience at the notoriously messy Woodstock '99, which she called "awful," "disgusting," and "so bad." Beyond the documentary-inspiring chaos of the festival, Crow's experience was likely tainted by having poop thrown at her while performing.
"It was debauched from the beginning because we were on the first day," Crow lamented. "You could look out and see girls who were topless on guys' shoulders, trying to get the MTV camera to sweep around in front of them and get on TV."
According to Crow, people were "already throwing shit from the outhouses" on that first day. "At one point, some landed on my hand while I was playing bass during 'My Favorite Mistake.' That's when we stopped. We played about four songs, and I remember saying, 'Nah, not gonna do it.'"
Crow isn't the only artist who has spoken out about Woodstock '99 following both the HBO and Netflix documentaries on the infamously disastrous festival. While Sook-Yin Lee has detailed her chaotic experience there for the Exclaim! Questionnaire, Anthony Kiedis has said the Netflix doc missed a key detail about why Red Hot Chili Peppers covered "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix for the occasion.
Crow was the subject of her own documentary in this year's Sheryl.
On a recent episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade's podcast Fly on the Wall, Sheryl Crow detailed her experience at the notoriously messy Woodstock '99, which she called "awful," "disgusting," and "so bad." Beyond the documentary-inspiring chaos of the festival, Crow's experience was likely tainted by having poop thrown at her while performing.
"It was debauched from the beginning because we were on the first day," Crow lamented. "You could look out and see girls who were topless on guys' shoulders, trying to get the MTV camera to sweep around in front of them and get on TV."
According to Crow, people were "already throwing shit from the outhouses" on that first day. "At one point, some landed on my hand while I was playing bass during 'My Favorite Mistake.' That's when we stopped. We played about four songs, and I remember saying, 'Nah, not gonna do it.'"
Crow isn't the only artist who has spoken out about Woodstock '99 following both the HBO and Netflix documentaries on the infamously disastrous festival. While Sook-Yin Lee has detailed her chaotic experience there for the Exclaim! Questionnaire, Anthony Kiedis has said the Netflix doc missed a key detail about why Red Hot Chili Peppers covered "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix for the occasion.
Crow was the subject of her own documentary in this year's Sheryl.
