RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Live At The Grand Olympic Auditorium DVD (2003)

September 12, 2000. The Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Rage Against the Machine played what turned out to be their last show before the original lineup dissolved, and the crowd knew something final was in the air.

This DVD captures that night, the full fury of Zack de la Rocha's delivery and Tom Morello's guitar work that still sounds like nothing else in rock, metal, or whatever box you want to put them in. Rage sat at the intersection of hip-hop, punk aggression, and hard funk in a way that made them genuinely threatening to people who needed threatening. As a document of a band at their peak, playing a city that felt like their spiritual home, it holds up completely. Essential for anyone who takes politically charged metal and alternative music seriously, and a piece of history for the Australian underground scene that absorbed their influence deeply.

DVD, 2003 release. Recorded live September 2000, Los Angeles. Region information: check player compatibility. Running time varies by pressing.

Fans of: FAITH NO MORE, AUDIOSLAVE, PROPHETS OF RAGE