RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

1996-08-15
Roseland Ballroom
New York City, NY USA
Evil Empire - 1996 July/August North America Tour
Previous Show:
1996-08-13 - Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA USA
Next Show:
1996-08-16 - Roseland Ballroom New York City, NY USA

Setlist

    Check 1 2. Good evening we're Rage Against the Machine from Los Angeles California.
  • 1. People Of The Sun
  • 2. Know Your Enemy
  • 3. Bulls On Parade
    • The programs of Vietnow. C'mon!
  • 4. Vietnow
  • 5. Without A Face
  • 6. Fistful Of Steel
  • 7. Snakecharmer
  • 8. Bombtrack
  • 9. Down Rodeo
    • This next song is called a Bullet In Your Head.
  • 10. Bullet In The Head
    • The media here in the US has an interesting way of turning war criminals into heroes. So we wrote this song to celebrate the death of Richard Nixcon.
  • Encore Break
  • 11. Tire Me
  • 12. Killing In The Name
  • Encore Break
  • 13. Zapata's Blood
    In-Song Dialogue: Yeah. Check it out. On January 1st, of 1994, the indigenous farmers of southern Mexico declared war on the Mexican government. Because people were dying. One hundred and fifty thousand in the last ten years [??]. The Mexican government has done nothing to assist these people and their crisis. They die of starvation every year. The movement that originated from this poverty and this suffering they're called the Zapatista Army of Liberation. They're back over here, we have some pamphlets and information come check it out. [??] right now to take a stand. Against the new Vietnam that the US government is supporting [??] the Zapatistas in Mexico. We got to stand up and demand that the US government stop sending weaponry, militart aid, financial assistance to the Mexican government. So on our way out check that shit out. This next song is called Freedom.
  • 14. Freedom

Show Notes

  • The first night in a run of five nights at the Roseland Ballroom.
  • Zack speaks before Tire Me and during Zapata's Blood

Recordings

Source 1

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Notes

A huge, huge, HUGE thanks to Chris for reaching out to me with this recording! Chris and his three fiends snuck in a DAT recorder into this show as 14 year olds. I thought I was cool at 14, sneaking in a DAT recorder at that age into a Rage Against the Machine show definitely is next level cool. This is actually the same source that we have but the master version of it. Check out the "AW YEAH" during the chanting of "Rage Rage Rage" right before People of the Sun and notice the same glitching during People of the Sun and Bullet in the Head. Here's some notes from Christopher: "So I went with two pals from high school. Two of us had tickets, the third didn't. We got to Roseland and it was a total mele - my friend without a ticket bought a fake one from a scalper, and we chased the scalper down, had to buy another one, etc. I brought in a sony d8 saran wrapped to my inner thigh just next to my junk. Walking normally was tough, but the crowd was slow going in. Security was always super tight at roseland, and especially for these shows. When the first few notes started playing, the entire floor opened up and turned into a massive pit. It was like nothing I'd ever seen. I was so exhausted after the first show, emotionally and otherwise, we didn't even think to go to the other shows, but I had friends that did.".

Stats

Location Stats
  • Venue:
    This is one of 8 times Rage Against The Machine played at Roseland Ballroom
  • City:
    This is one of 22 times Rage Against The Machine played in New York City
  • State/Province:
    This is one of 28 times Rage Against The Machine played in NY
  • Country:
    This is one of 339 times Rage Against The Machine played in USA
Song/Album Stats
Evil Empire (7 songs)
50.0%
Rage Against The Machine (6 songs)
42.9%
Live & Rare (1 song)
7.1%