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Woodstock '94 was a Music Festival organized in order to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969 . It was promoted as "2 More Days of Peace and Music." The famous poster used to promote the first concert was revised to feature two birds perched on a guitar (instead of one). The concert was scheduled for August 13, 1994 and August 14, but a third day (August 12) was added. The concert was also dubbed "Mudstock" due to a downpour on August 13; band Green Day saw its set turn into an enormous mud fight between the band and fans, and even got Wavy Gravy to participate in the fight. Eventually, the band's Bassist , Mike Dirnt , was mistaken for a stage-crashing fan by a bouncer, and in the ensuing fight he was tackled on stage and ended up losing several of his front teeth. The mud fight was reportedly such that the band had to be carried out by a helicopter. When Primus took the stage, to play their song " My Name Is Mud " bassist/singer Les Claypool commented that though the song's name is "My Name is Mud" he himself prefers not to be covered in mud. When fans did not comply he announced that throwing things on stage was a sign of "small and insignificant genitalia." When Nine Inch Nails took the stage they were already covered completely in mud, as to avoid any further mud fights. The event took place on a large field in Saugerties, New York , about 100 miles north of New York City. The site is only 10 miles from Woodstock, New York and it was originally proposed as an ideal location for the 1969 concert. But permission to use the property was not granted the first time around, so the first concert was instead held in Sullivan County, much further from the namesake town of Woodstock. The festival was followed by Woodstock 1999 . TRIVIA
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