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Live At the Grand Olympic Auditorium

Rage Against the Machine

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Album Review

Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium documents the last two shows from Rage Against the Machine, recorded in September 2000 for a planned November release, but canceled when the band broke up, and postponed for the second time one year later after three-fourths of the band formed Audioslave with Chris Cornell. Featuring highlights from the two shows, recorded September 12th and 13th, this delayed version of Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium also downplays the cover material that comprised the band's last studio album, Renegades, which is a good thing for the fans who agree that Rage performed better with originals than covers. Early on, the band storms through three of its career highlights — "Killing in the Name," "Bulls on Parade," and "Bullet in the Head" — with intense performances that capture its combination of heavy metal strut and punk rock disdain.

Customer Reviews

We want a reunion!

To me, since this album is SO good, it functions more as a "Greatest Hits" collection than a live album. They manage to stay true to their trademark studio sound, while still providing a fresh twist to some of the songs (the revised 2nd verse of "Killing in the Name" and the added lyrics in "Freedom" come to mind). If you ever thought anything that RATM did lacked effort or energy, then just take a listen to this. Energy will seeth through your speakers, just like the raw, unabashed anger of Zack's rhymes. Because of this album, I am truly sad that RATM is only a memory now, and even sadder that I couldn't be in the Grand Olympic Auditorium on the magical night. That doesn't stop me, however, from enjoying this incredible CD, one of the best live albums of all time. Easily worthy of five stars.

The Definitive RAGE

Simply put - this is the best Rage album ever. A lot of their greatest songs are performed live in front of a frenzied crowd with in powerful intensity, adding an energy to those songs that the studio versions simply did not have. Each song here has a few new tweaks, improvements (trust me - I wouldn't believe it was possible to improve these songs if someone on the internet had told me either, but think about it - if anyone can do it, it’s these guys), and Tom even brings a few completely new, incredible, mind-blowing guitar solos into a handful of the songs. All these changes will surprise and delight even the most familiar of fans and make it feel like you're hearing the songs again for the first time. It’s like going from decaf to espresso. If it sounds like I'm gushing, I apologize, I can't help it. This album is simply amazing and one of my top favorites of all time. If you even are a slight fan of Rage, you own it to yourself to get this album. It's that damn good.

WOW

This band is unbelievable when they are live. I've never heard such energy. Buy this if your a fan, its amazing!

Biography

Formed: 1991 in Los Angeles, CA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Rage Against the Machine earned acclaim from disenfranchised fans (and not insignificant derision from critics) for their bombastic, fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering leftist rants against corporate America, cultural imperialism, and government oppression into a Molotov cocktail of punk, hip-hop, and thrash. Rage formed in Los Angeles in the early '90s out of the wreckage of a number of local groups: vocalist Zack de la Rocha (the son of Chicano political artist Beto) emerged from...
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