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It was 1994, 25 years had gone by since the original Woodstock in 1969. Organizers wanted to create the magic of those three iconic days. Woodstock '94 took place August 12-14 at Winston Farm in Saugerties.
The lineup covered almost the entire spectrum of music, blending folk, rock, heavy metal and hip hop.
Bands for the time included Blues Traveler, Sheryl Crow, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day. Iconic groups like Aerosmith and the Allman Brothers were part of the festivities. Other artists included Peter Gabriel, Collective Soul and Melissa Etheridge.
Originals from Woodstock in 1969 were also there, Crosby Stills & Nash, Santana and The Band.
Probably what makes it most memorable was not the music, but the mud. Friday started off dry, but storms moved in on Saturday and Sunday saturating the ground. It didn't stop the party as festival goers took right to the mud as if jumping in their backyard pool.
About 350,000 people are estimated to have been part of the festival, though less than 200,000 tickets were sold.
Here's a look back at that legendary weekend.
- Victoria Rose, 17, of Bayport, Long Island, New York, enjoys a ride across the crowd in front of the main stage at Woodstock '94, August 12.
- Fans at Woodstock '94 revel in a huge mud pit in front of the main stage late in the first day of the festival August 12.
- A couple at Woodstock '94 revel in a mud pit in front of the main stage late in the first day of the festival August 12.
- A woman gets passed across a sea of hands in a "mosh pit" near the North stage at the Woodstock '94 festival in Saugerties, NY.
- David Crosby (L) points to Graham Nash (R) with Stephen Stills looking on, during a press conference at Woodstock '94 August 12.
- Concert goers from Portland Oregon, at the Woodstock 94 Festival, look through "Synchro Energizers," a machine that emits specific light and sound through goggles, in the "Surreal Field" area at the Woodstock festival in Saugerties New York August 12
- Crowd and support operations surround the main stage at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY. August 13.
- A group of young people play in the mud at the Woodstock '94 music festival in Saugerties August 13
- Groom Maurice Methot of Providence, RI kisses bride Victoria Sukhanov, formerly of Moscow, during their wedding ceremony at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY. Best man Ivano Leoncacallo is at center, Jennifer Demille is at right, and minis
- Danny Koshinsky (L) and Rachael Kashner enjoy an early morning kiss in the mud as the second day of Woodstock '94 dawned August 13
- Stephen Stills of the group Crosby, Stills, and Nash plays at the Woodstock '94 music festival in Saugerties August 13.
- People attending the Woodstock '94 music festival in Saugerties slide down a muddy slope there August 13
- Promoter Michael Lang (R) and his bodyguard Lee Blumer watch from backstage at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, N.Y. August 13. Lang was an organizer of the original Woodstock concert of 1969
- Legendary singer and Woodstock '69 veteran Joe Cocker, and his band kick off the Woodstock '94 festival August 13
- A group from Farmington, Connecticut, carries a shopping cart full of beer past tents at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY. August 13
- Three security workers watch the crowd from the main stage at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY. August 13.
- A beverage stand is overrun at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY. August 13.
- Mud covered concert goers drag behind a golf cart as it passed throught the sea of mud near the stage at the Woodstock 94' music festival August 14. Heavy rains Saturday caused a massive amount of mud at the site where more than 350,000 people gathered fo
- Linda Latzlsberger and Kyle Keyser of Baltimore, Md. relax in a lounge chair in a huge mud lake created by heavy rains at the last day of the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY
- Kyle Keyser and Linda Latzlberger of Baltimore Md., dance in a mud lake near the north stage at the Woodstock 94' music festival August 14
- Linda Latzlsberger of Baltimore, Md., throws back her soaked August 14 while playing in one of the muddy ponds created by heavy rains at the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY
- The lead singer of hip-hop musical group Arrested Development sings at the last day of the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties, NY. Aug 14
- Peter Gabriel, the last official act to perform at Woodstock '94, is surrounded in a cloud as he performs his current hit "Steam" late August 14
- Thousands of concert goers wait in line for bus transport from the Woodstock 94 music festival in Saugerties August 14. Some said they had spent four hours waiting for rides to their cars in remote parking areas
- Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis (L) appears on stage with guitarist "Flea" in one of the final performances at Woodstock 94 in Saugerties August 14. The band removed their light bulb outfits after a few songs
- Guitarist Carlos Santana performs with his group "Santana" at the Woodstock 94' music festival in Saugerties August 14. Santana was also a performer at the original Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, in 1969
- A giant peace sign made of bottles and cans lies in the mud near the north stage at the Woodstock 94' music festival August 14. Heavy rains that created a sea of mud at the site, caused many to leave the three day concert early
- Concert goers Patricia Rench of Penn. and Rob Firewater of Wisconsin are wrapped in a blanket against the morning chill as the sun rises early Aug 15, at rear is a field of campers and tents near the North stage area. The pair met during the three day Woo
- Revelers play in the mud at the Woodstock 94' music festival in Saugerties, New York, Aug 12, 1994.
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