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Huge huge HUGE thanks to Tex for hooking me up with this one! I've been searching for this show for YEARS and it is great to finally have a copy! This is an incredibly elusive, hard to find tape of Rage playing one of their few (many only?) indoor show of 1994. During this year Rage primarily played festivals and benefit concerts, so it makes this one incredibly special. This is the longest set they played in 1994, clocking in at 12 songs and I think encapsulates every song that they performed that year. I'd love to know what Rage's inspiration was to play the Le Zenith. It seems like this venue must have been a favorite of theirs as they played there each tour prior to their breakup. A few Evil Empire songs were performed this night in their early forms as well as an unreleased song titled "Producer" that has never seen an official release. "Township Rebellion" was also given its last full performance before Rage brought it back in 2010 in its complete form. This is definitely a highlight in their 1994 run of shows and I'm glad a copy is now finally preserved!
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A huge, huge, HUGE thanks to TM for sending this over my way. This is a real treat - I had no idea this existed till very recently! This is one of the earliest audio recordings we have of Rage Against the Machine and it is the only known full recording of them on their 1992 tour where they opened for Suicidal Tendencies. I have no idea if the taper knew who they were prior to taping them or if they were there to only record ST but holy shit I'm so glad they got there early to record Rage. The recording sounds great, sounds like there might have been a minor level adjustment during Bombtrack but otherwise things are very consistent. Huge thanks again!