Yeah, that was in 2001, nowadays nobody would do it, first of all because nobody have the balls to do it and people is distracted with their fucking phones like retards, and second, because Limp Bizkit it's not that popular anymore and they are now nothing more than some old dudes doing their best, nothing lasts forever you know
@@deangelobayley7079 Yea, until you actually go to a Limp Bizkit concert, shits wild. And I'm a huge metal head! Close second would be A7X, another "no way" band.
I was there that night as a 22 year old. Honestly, the energy in the crowd was unbelievable! We loved their album, but it was what we loved on steroids in terms of hearing and feeling it live!
Yeah it kinda ruined festivals for me - at the time I figured this is what they must be like. This was the first thing I ever saw as a 13 yo kid, QOTSA, At the Drive In, Rammstein then Limp Bizkit. I've never been as excited at any gig since then.
I was almost at the front of the mosh during that fateful concert right in the thick of it, and to those that think slam dancing or moshing had anything to do with this death is a load of bullshit. For those of you that have been in the front of a really heavy mosh such as this was, you would know that there is barely enough room to move your arms up, let alone control where you are going. I am solid guy over 6ft 2 ex rugby player and I would have to say this was the heaviest & scariest mosh I had ever been in. From the moment the guys came on stage, if you could imagine a football field filled with people to capacity all surging forward with the first 20 rows or so of people taking the full brunt of the force then this is what it was like. You can't control where you go in a crowd that large, you basically go with the flow - being pushed from side to side or forward and back and so forth. To make matters worse there were kids that I could see as young as 12 or 13 years old or so getting crushed in this mosh not to mention loads of girls. I'm not saying anyone expected the mosh to go this crazy - usually this is limited to the first 20 rows or so starting this kind of thing, but this time it was literally the whole field of people. I must have pulled at least a dozen young kids or girls out of the mosh that day - most of their heads barely reaching my chest and I could see the pain in their faces to this day of either not being able to breath properly or they were simply getting crushed. Most of them I tried shielding myself around them to stop them from getting crushed, some I lifted over the crowd so they could surf to safety. There was something in the air that night, there was alot of anger being released and you could almost sense something significant was about to happen even before the first notes rang out. There was just this expectation this was going to be once angry set, which it was. I think a few words were said before they played this song, something about trying to get the crowd to settle down a bit, and I am not saying anyone was to blame, but they basically turned around and played one of their angriest songs right after this. I was saddened to hear later about what happened but it really didn't surprise me. Alot has changed since then like the introduction of the D barrier, but even still, you never know what can happen when thousands of people mass together to form a giant wave. Moshers - be safe and always lookout for one another (which we always tend to do anyway - give or take the odd boot in the head!), and guys, girls, little people - please think twice about getting amongst it in huge crowds, you may think it's fun at first - but things can get pretty heavy very quickly out there like in a rough sea, and sometimes people don't always see or hear you if you are crying for help!! In memory of Jessica RIP little mosher girl!!!
I was around 3 people from the front in sydney man, 16 year old me, it was so insane I could only last a few songs till I had to bail, such an intense experience!
+Chukka Choong Man I was 13 at the time so I was tiny and at the melb bdo so there was no limp to my utter disappoinment. But I remember 28 days opened the day and I was at the front for that mosh. As small as it was in comparison to the massive ones, I felt like I was gonna die and possibly could have had I not escaped halfway. The 40 degree heat plus body crush was just mental. Not to mention the heat of the bodies and lack of air when everyone's taller than you. Also when you're up front and the crowd is that tight it's fucking hard to get out! I didn't go right up the front again until Slipknot years later. As crazy as that was I didn't feel like my life was in danger. The D barrier was to thank for that I guess. Dickheads should have employed it years ago though.
There's a 12 minute audio clip on RU-vid of Limp Bizkit performing Break Stuff and My Generation at BDO 2001. I've had that clip on my computer for years. In that audio clip, there's a long break between the 2 songs because somebody (I suppose the stage manager) took over Durst his microphone and asked the crowd to mellow out, and after that you can actually hear Durst saying things like "mellow out", "get everybody out of the crowd" and "if you see someone fall down, pick 'em up, okay?". There's not a single moment in that 12 minute clip where he says something negative about security.
*It was Fred Dursts fault. He totally went against what the security was saying and even dissed them making them look like the bad guys when in reality they were heros*
Otto's beat allows you to release all your anger in a violent and musical ritual. I love LB and i also understand those who hate them , but they were right there. when people wanted to express all that energy anger and wanted to have extreme fun. Its just one of those days......
Otto is such an under-rated drummer. It happens when you are in a band that is branded as shit, then you don't get the kudos you deserve as a player Otto and Sam are brilliant at their instruments, world-class masters of groove.
cool man! followed the site since the beginning! I actually helped out with ideas to one of the guys that worked with armpit once, a Swedish guy named Niklas or something, anyways - LB for Life :)
same lol, i would tell them "these are my favorite songs when i was a child." :), i would also introduce three dollar bill, and a few songs from results may vary and gold cobra
These "break your fucking face tonight" and "give me something to break, how about your face?" lyrics become pretty fucking morbid considering someone literally got crushed to death in that crowd.
Fake Law Ino that he sounds bad but really a girl her age should’ve stayed away from the mosh pits even tho it’s sad that she died but still also looked like a good concert to be at considering ppl got hurt aswell as Jessica
Regardless of the incident, the energy of the crowd was awesome. You can call fred durst a doucebag all you want, but in Live Concerts he feeds the crowd his energy. RIP Jessica.
George Esteban completely agree, went on the Korn/Limp Bizkit co headline tour and both bands were fucking awesome, still know how to put on a good show.
Jesus the first 10 seconds I was like that's one fucking brutal crowd I can't imagine what must of happened to some people that got injured and when I later found at that girl Jessica died I honestly can't say I was surprised
I'm kind of sadden to see that even with the heaviest of metal bands these days, you rarely ever see the same kind of energy in the crowd like in this video.
joshnc101 was lucky to be there for this. Been in some intense crowds before and everyone knew it was gonna be mental for Bizkit at that time but it was just beyond anything we could have imagined. My best mate and I were just about the biggest guys in the mosh and it was fucking brutal for us absolutely brutal
It's because of the smartphones. People are too caught up in filming or checking their social media to actually enjoy the moment. I've watched many concerts and it's impossible to not notice the difference between crowds pre-2008 and after.
Idiot. People got crushed, idiots was jumping on young girls and boys backs who was on the ground, people pushing from the back and people fell, etc. Many injuries, many traumas for life, and one girl dead.
I saw them back in the day for dysfunctional family picnic. You see the way them heads going up and down? The audience was like a human equalizers. One of the best shows I've ever been.
For me this MoshPit takes the cake. Even though someone didn’t need to lose their life, when people are pulled out unconscious you have to give this number one. Have to
Somehow, out of all the death metal music, with lyrics about death, blood, and agony, this song managed to cause more damage and destruction than any other. Not even just here too, Woodstock 99' formed riots, and created anarchy because of break stuff. Truly an angry song, by angry people.
That's because the average limp bizkit fan is an alcoholic woman beater with a knack for violence. Metalheads are a bit more subdued and much less retarded.
This was a moment that defined my youth , made things real , I’d have “died to go to that show” or so I thought back in grade 10 , I WAS at the first Aus show after a loooong Limp Bizkit break from the world , they deserved it , I heard the truth I needed from the brands mouth at the Tribute to Jessica in 2012 ~Bris Soundwave , they paid respect to her beautiful soul lost that night at Big Day Out , I can testify from the front row , the crowd raged up in brizvegas , it was expected , the electricity in the air of a decades burning youth from Chocolate Sea creatures and Hotdog Soup 🦓🍫🔥, anybody who fell , had a hand to lift them right back up, we learned from the past in profound ways and loved the music together , it was Inspirational and I thank Fred and the boys for that crazy day
I was at the show a few days before this at Gold Coast. Crowd was similar. It was huge and intense. Don't get atmosphere like this with barriers anymore. R.I.P. huge moshes
Fuck me. There's a cumulative effect here, though. The band was in it's zenith in 2001. Now they've ALWAYS written angry music, and they have (post 1999) usually always ended a set with Break Stuff. The thousands of fans flocking to see the biggest band in the world (at that time), the heat, the anger; somethings going to happen. It's such a shame that the worst thing did happen. It brings to mind the Rolling Stones Altamont concert. People who organise such events simply cannot legislate for a combination of factors such as this. People are so repressed that given an opportunity, they're gonna fucking unleash their anger. And when that's shared with 10,000 other people, it's scary. If Fred Durst has witnessed what the other fella has mentioned below, then he should have stopped. Absolutely. I went to Chilli Peppers gig in Manchester. The fucking RHCP. Not heavy or aggressive music at all, but people had been boozing all day, it was summer and the front of THAT gig was horrible. I saw a blokes leg get completely snapped, people passing out, fighting. It ended up a horrible mess. Are they cramming too many people in the "mosh pits"? Maybe so. I went to a LB only last year, and it was fucking intense. But not like this. Bless the kids in that pit looking for a good time. It offers some perspective.
it isnt about cramming too many people into the pit area.. the entire main stage field was full, anywhere between 10-15k people, ALL moshing and surging. you cant really account for something like that in a safety brief. having said that though, they obviously did no research on limp bizkits live set beforehand, or at least put the D barricade in, BDO organisers were definitely to blame
That moshpit had nothing over the Soundwave pits this year. Crowd barriers were broken, Metal poles were brought down, flying wheelchairs, punch ons with security, the works. Crazy stuff.
@@yomahmaful People got crushed, idiots was jumping on young girls and boys backs who was on the ground, people pushing from the back and people fell, etc. Many injuries, many traumas for life, and one girl dead.
Since Jessica died music festivals have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on risk management,Things are a lot better than they were back then,although serious injuries still occur especially during wall of death and circle of death.
i was there all those years ago that crowd was intense. i seen Limp Bizkit in brisbane soundwave good to see them back..... that crowd was unbelievable it looks bad on video it was worse being in the middle of it... just happy festivals have now put barriers around...
the power of this music & crowd --- is beautiful but all the while deadly. RIP for the girl who lost her life -- get to the edge folks if you aren't thick.
When I heard about what happened to that girl, and then saw how the crowd was going during just the first verse, I was excited and scared for the "GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BREAK!" part.
Soundwave Sydney was the only LB show ever since the song's release that they didn't play Break Stuff, out of respect to Jessica and her father who was invited to the show.
I once got into a small sized mosh and was almost losing my balance and falling, if I hadn't grabbed on to a friend's arm. He later told me that he was grabbing on to me so that he didn't fall. Till today we have no idea what happened, but it was scary as fuck. When the crowd's outta control, you just gotta pray to God and go with the flow. Even if I had felt someone under my feet that day, there was no way for me to stop and help him up. I am never going to the front in a live rock concert again, maybe Coldplay one day, or Stereophonics.
God dang I just wanna know Wes Borland a set up bc that guitar was fucking on point. He plays well but with the moogerfooger banging on one amp and the guitar on the other gosh it's just incredible when you listen closely to all the different sounds coming from his set up.
