Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
While Rage Against the Machine s albums are intense listening experiences, its concerts were even more powerful, with the band's relentless rhythms and Zack de la Rocha s agitprop raps and chants echoed by audiences that slam-danced and shouted along. This was as true of Rage s final show, at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000, as it had been during the previous eight years of the group's existence. And that power is captured here on a 75-minute video of the show, plus an additional eight minutes of "bonus concert performances" that should have been edited into the concert proper. (A CD version is drawn from the previous night's performance as well as this one. It is sequenced differently and contains one less track.) The band runs through what amounts to its greatest hits: "Bulls on Parade," "No Shelter," "Guerrilla Radio," "Sleep Now in the Fire," "Testify," and more. On each song, the trio of musicians sets up an underlying rhythm track dominated by Tom Morello s fierce guitar riffs, over which de la Rocha bellows his caustic, politically oriented phrases, often repeated over and over: "They say jump, you say how high" ("Bullet in the Head" , "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" ("Killing in the Name" . The fans mirror de la Rocha s rage, defiantly thrusting their middle fingers into the cameras and reciting along with the rapper. For its cover of Cypress Hill s "How I Could Just Kill a Man," the band introduces Cypress Hill itself to join in. This is followed by a cover of the MC5 s "Kick Out the Jams," which demonstrates that de la Rocha should stick to rapping; his singing voice is underdeveloped. The show occurred a month after the 2000 Democratic National Convention was held in Los Angeles, and de la Rocha refers to the event in his stage remarks. The bonus material fleshes out those comments, presenting a half-hour film of the band's appearance outside the convention site and the political demonstrations, including scuffles with the police, that preceded and followed it. Music videos for "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Bombtrack" complete the two-hour-plus package. Of course, this was already a historical (or at least a period) document by the time of its 2003 release, and Rage Against the Machine s combination of heavy metal rap and political commentary may be viewed as an anomaly or a precursor, depending on musical trends of the future. Either way, this video gives a good sense of what the band was about. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
- UPC:
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- Label:
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Epic
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12/9/2003
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1
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| 10 | Born Of A Broken Man | 4:38 |
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Credits »
David Schiffman - Engineer
Aimee MacAuley - Art Direction
Greg Harrington - Camera Operator
Chris Palladino - Producer
Albert Cueller - Art Direction
Carlos Alvarado - Photography
Danny Clinch - Photography
Daniel Wyatt - Camera Operator
Gail Thomas - Camera Operator
Derek Sample - Mixing
Rick Rubin - Producer
Rick Rubin - Programming
Andrew Levy - Production Assistant
Frank Kahlson - Editing Assistant
Dan Klipp - Production Assistant
Justin Kohler - Assistant
Harri Kristin - Director
Lisa Johnson - Photography
Peter Christopherson - Director
David Bianco - Engineer
Rage Against the Machine - Arranger
Asaf Eisenberg - Editing
Franck Khalfoun - Video Editor
The Jeremy Richter Effort - Camera Operator
The Jeremy Richter Effort - Editing
The Jeremy Richter Effort - Executive Producer
The Jeremy Richter Effort - Producer
The Jeremy Richter Effort - Director
Chris Poppe - Project Coordinator
Vlado Meller - Mastering
Greg Rogers - Video Editor
Greg Rogers - Editing
Chris Osterhus - Editing
Cal Aurand - Coordination
Cal Aurand - Assistant
Bob Benevides - Camera Operator
Bob Engelsepan - Titles
Mike Estrella - Production Assistant
Brett Etre - Camera Operator
Jarrett Fijal - Camera Operator
Bruce Green - Camera Operator
Peter Hutchinson - Camera Operator
Modi - Camera Operator
Alex Poppas - Camera Operator
Clark Moffat - Production Coordination
Mohammed Motlagh - Production Assistant
Monte Osterhus - Editing Assistant
Jared Oswald - Camera Operator
David Palmer - Camera Operator
Chris Paolo - Camera Operator
Aristotle Lim - Camera Operator
Josh Lingenfelter - Titles
Brett Marx - Producer
Brett Marx - Camera Operator
Lee Matson - Camera Operator
Elston Ridgle - Camera Operator
Dave Rudd - Photography Director
Dave Rudd - Camera Operator
Eli Scaar - Camera Operator
Rabin Yomtov - Camera Operator
Robert Yomtubi - Camera Operator
Leonard Shields - Camera Operator
Don Souza - Camera Operator
Alan Sova - Editing Assistant
Alan Sovaalan - Video Editor
Alan Sovaalan - Camera Operator
Scott Spanjich - Project Coordinator
Jimmy Sprague - Production Coordination
D.J. Tedesco - Camera Operator
Eric Topp - Production Assistant
Bela Trutz - Camera Operator
Steven Kadison - Mastering Assistant
Jean Pellerin - Camera Operator
Lindsay Chase - Music Coordinator
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