This was their concert. It was also a free concert to repay fans who made Killing in the Name Christmas number one here in the UK.

I once saw Rage at a festival in NYC, they were the headliner (Rock the Bells). When they started playing the crowd was jumping around so much it felt like I was in the ocean. I would jump, and then get held up in the air by everyone else jumping up with me for like a whole bar, and then land like 20 or 30 feet away from where I had been when my feet last touched the ground.

I was near the front at the start of the song, thought I was gonna die. We saw a few people jumping the fence (it was a free gig to celebrate getting to #1 in the UK for XMAS) so it was probably busier than it was planned to be. It was utter madness, brilliant madness

Timmy C. is a fairly underrated bassist for his dope skills.

Story behind the free concert was every year around Christmas the winner of The X Factor show would be the number 1 downloaded or sold singles in the UK. So two fans started a campaign to Rage Against the X Factor and to get the song Killing in the Name to number 1 even though it was released in 1992. Rage members when they heard the story agreed to put on a free concert if the fans could make Rage # 1. The campaign worked! They then donated all the proceeds of the selling of Killing in the Name to the charities of the 2 fans that started the campaigns choice.

Yeah RATM were freakin awesome!!!! I saw them live way back in the day hahaha and it was one of the best shows I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot of concerts. I LOVE that new generations are discovering them. Their message is needed now more than ever! Great videos!

That’s Tom Morello on that guitar. Dude’s a legend.

That’s what it is, flawless rap-metal 🤘🔥

This was THEIR concert, you dont see crowds like that often

Tom Morello's guitar solo was done with the plug and a wah pedal, when a plug that's connected to an amp is placed against the skin it will respond with a hum as we have a mild electrical current running through our body.

He’s saying, you must speak up now “testify” because we’re in the present and the people that control the present control the past... which then leads to the future “who controls the past controls the future”. It’s your job in the present to speak up so that you can make your voice heard.

For the phrase "Who controls the Present, controls the past", you must read the book "1984" to fully understand it.

These guys had my age group pumped up and woke.

8:06 😂😂😂😂 That look 😂😂😂😂. Stop stop stop... I’m dyin. My sides are hurting😂😂😂 OMG... for real brah. Believe that message.

I have this entire concert and its all fkn sick, great energy and message by a fkn awesome band, appreciate your critiquing it,

The phrase is from the novel 1984. Basically it means that if you control the present you can alter everything about the past but the past is what we build upon so you alter the future

I think I love black reaction videos to the music I grew up with

Love that you reacted to this one!! Well done.

Mic Check by Rage Against the Machine

One thing about Rage was they brought the pain to their live shows...saw em a couple of times back in the day and the whole friggin arena would shake. I was always waiting for pieces of the roof to start falling, and the building to implode. Definitely in my top ten live shows I've seen... and I have a couple of hundred of em under my belt since my first one in '77... I also put Morello (sp?) in my top ten guitarists I've seen. Dude is sic. I could start listing the legends I've seen, from Ace Frehley, SRV, Clapton, Trower, and Travers to Zakk Wylde, Dave Mustaine, Malmsteen, Satriani, Vai, and everything in between (just too many great ones to list), so I kinda know what I'm talking about. Morello has his own sound and style...dude is just ridiculous

They started doing free shows in los angeles since 95 , native angelino so ive been to all of them

He played a "guitar" solo with his jack plug, can't say I've ever seen that before xD

Amazing that before smart phones, people actually listened, danced, and reacted, to the music at concerts.

Rap, amazing use of the guitar, and funky, my man. Rhythm is funky as hell! Rage is defined by that driving pocket! Thank you for the video!

Maybe the most energizing big stage live group ever

Rage = Pure Energy masters of the head rock!!!!

Reunion just announced!!!!! Like all the best rap, this reads like poetry

Rap, metal, funk, punk and politics.

The thing that makes touching the quarter inch jack to his hand so cool is it's still running through the wah-wah pedal and perhaps other effects

Tom is funk master , a DJ on guitar

Oooops...I was there! :P It was off the HOOK!!!!!

March 26th, El Paso, Tx FIRST SHOW OF THEIR 2020 TOUR with RUN THE JEWELS AS THE OPENER and I’LL BE THERE!!!!

I love your reaction bro, lyrics is a must!

The lyric means that we are always affected by our past and present. Nothing happens without consequences and if we don't take charge of our present we won't affect our future and as a result someone else will have the power to control our past, present, and future at their will for their own gains.

They are there just for them..They are Legendary Their song went #1 20 years after release ..Because they released a remastered album

. *_"Testify"_* UGH! The movie ran through me The glamour subdue me The tabloid untie me I'm empty please fill me Mister anchor assure me That Baghdad is burning Your voice it is so soothing That cunning mantra of killing I need you my witness To dress this up so bloodless To numb me and purge me now Of thoughts of blaming you Yes the car is our wheelchair My witness your coughing Oily silence mocks the legless Ones who travel now in coffins On the corner The jury's sleepless We found your weakness And it's right outside our door Now testify Now testify It's right outside our door Now testify Yes testify It's right outside our door With precision you feed me My witness I'm hungry Your temple it calms me So I can carry on My slaving sweating the skin right off my bones On a bed of fire I'm choking on the smoke that fills my home The wrecking ball is rushing Witness your blushing The pipeline is gushing While here we lie in tombs While on the corner The jury's sleepless We found your weakness And it's right outside our door Now testify Yeah testify It's right outside our door Now testify Now testify It's right outside our door Mass graves for the pump *_and the price is set_* Mass graves for the pump *_and the price is set_* Mass graves for the pump *_and the price is set_* Mass graves for the pump *_and the price is set_* Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now controls the past Who controls the past now controls the future Who controls the present now? Now testify Testify It's right outside our door Now testify Testify It's right outside our door! Sounds like biblical proohetic poetry in condemnation.

This is how we really listened to bands n artists back in the day... We had ALOT of fun😎

Rage in Bham Bama , I’ve never been so sore after any show!! Worth it all!!! Edit I was in football shape then plus the message Rage sent was the message the 60s missed !!!

This is some rock and roll bro

I know you don't take request off the comments section but If you see this you should react to there debut self titled album. It's a masterpiece straight fire from start to finish.

RATM-Bullet in the Head

I seen this them in 2008 I think it was down in Australia and it was so much fun.. I mean so much fun!

Awesome!

Rage Against The Machine is 💯Forreal

This is the result of no one seeing them for years. People love them and they beat Simon Cowell out for #1 Xmas song on the charts that year and he hated it. This song had already been a hit almost 20 yrs before. Yes, everyone here is there just for RATM! They are legends!!

MORE rage! they do some good covers to check em out good one bro!

Great breakdown, I felt much of the same way. Another great live show was "Fistful of Steel" at Pink Pop. I think by saying who controls the past now controls the future ,is like saying old money and people of power controls our future. And who controls the present controls the past, is like a one sided story, of the past from the point of view of the controller . Like when we learned Christopher Columbus discovered America. But native Americans were already here so how can you discover a place that was already settled.

Love them

Ultimately, those that are in power have the ability to rewrite history to make themselves look good, look like the heros, but if we forget the true history, we are doomed to repeat it again in the future.

I was at the Finsbury Park gig, I took my 16 year old daughter, it was the first time she'd been part of a crowd that size, we were near the front and the energy was intense. We had to drive 250 miles back to Liverpool after the gig, it was over an hour into the journey before she could speak. It kind of spoiled gig going for her because she uses it as the bench mark for every live act she 's seen.

Rage was a movement

My fave so much love this music

I first say these guys in about 1995 in Western Australia in a pub singing Killing in the name Of. There were only about 100 people there, probably less but it went off!!!

What makes ratm so great is that they bring that garage band attitude to a big stage.

Judging by the massive red stars on the stage, yep that's their gig. They reformed after about 15 years for that tour

Oh, no. Tim Commendford's (the bassist) tattoo is a single piece that covers his shoulders, upper arms and his back, and goes down his leg. Look it up, it's crazy.

LIT🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

You got to check out some shows from Wacken Open Air festival, it's the largest Heavy Metal fest in the world and takes place in Germany every year, some of the crowds look like a battlefield in the middle of wartime

Rage is considered one of the pioneers of “Nu” Metal. Pronounced (new). They’re truly one of the best! Tom Morello with his amazing riffs, and Zack’s energy on the mic is unmatched.

He who controls the past, controls the future, He who controls the present, controls the past.-George Orwell 1984 the book and movie is great! It’s scary too because those in power “The Machine” seems like their trying to do that. I like to think of RATM as political activists. It’s just after 8:00 in the morning, got my coffee and my headphones on. You Rock! 😊🎧🤘🏼

I was there!

The back piece , actually the rest of 5he tattoo on Tim's chest stretches over the shoulders to the bottom of the back. I don't think it goes farther than that but, it's badass

Best that ever did it! I saw them in '92 on a side stage at lollapalooza, Miami. Nobody's. But we knew they were the SHIT in less then one hour. I left the main stage for a beer and they started playing, stayed the whole set. Proud moment.

Some of the stuff Tom Morello does with his guitar gear is crazy, I think I remember reading once that he said he wanted to emulate some of the stuff you'd have a DJ doing with samples etc.

Do you wanna loose your shit? Listen to rage’s first public appearance. Unbelievable power energy and talent. no one was giving a fuck and slowly as the concert goes on the crowd got bigger and bigger.

DUDE! listen to Vietnow. It's been overlooked by almost every react channel

Zach is a dope rapper

Their concert. 🤘

it's reference to George Orwell's famous book 1984, which is also a film with jon hurt, about the future in a fascist dictatorship. also a comment about you are only as informed as the state media want you to be, molding your mind to an inevitable capitulation. hope this helps o and welcome to rage, my knees still remember this gig :)

The plug and a foot pedal called a wha wha

That main riff and tone really has a 70's quality to it somehow.

Who controls the past, controls the future, who controls the present, controls the past. George Orwell's book 1984 Another one from it is: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. The Parties slogan. Ever heard the term Orwellian future? The books a masterpiece, published in 1948.

Rage against the machine's first album is insane. Every song is great

Rage is big power machine only in los Angeles California nice very nice is America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪💪💪

When I finally saw them live I saw how Tom does that all that shit. And I realized I would have to quit both jobs to be able to duplicate that sound.

Zach De La Rocha is a good emcee. He's made collaborations with KRS One, RTJ, etc

Chuck D's favorite rock band!!

when you touch a guitar plug tip it makes a buzzing feedback noise, usually guitarists mute the sound before unplugging and switching guitars

Lol, always wondered how Randy Moss got his monster 'fro to fit up in his football helmet...

you have to see the concert in Chile, Tom Morello (guitarrist) said it's his favorite

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This crowd putting Vsauce's video to the test "What if everyone jumped at once?" lol

If RATM didn't invent the genre they sure as hell made it damn near perfect....!!! This band helped get through a whole lot pf shit growing up.

Utterly unique.

His quote is from the book 1984

ONE OFF THE BEST BANDS EVER :)

Morello described them as Punk, Rap, Metal.

One of the better gigs I went to. And it was free

They were their own entity

It's to reach all of us, Black & White together !!!

Dont matter festival or their's...Now it's theirs

They'll never let you down, bro

One of his first bands was Inside Out...look 'em up....hardcore history!!!!!! Still have the casette

I always wondered how Tom Morello was able to slide the guitar like that during the verse with his fist raised in the air...……..

Please react to "Pistol grip pump " by Rage against the Machine

In the solo, he's also using a wah pedal.

RATM is like Public Enemy lyrical content fused with metal. In fact, they are currently performing under the name Prophets of Rage with Chuck D and B-real on vocals. The old singer is no longer with the band. Every song almost is politically charged. I think at the end he's speaking toward the elites controlling the resources in the past and how that has carried into the future. The guitarist is Tom Morello, vocals - Zach de la Rocha, bass - Tim Commerford, drums - Brad Wilk. Tom Morello is known for his unique solos. They're a very unique band and one of my favorites. Live shows are the best. They have a live protest concert recorded in LA in 2000 outside the Staples Center when the Democratic National Convention was taking place. Glad you're enjoying them.

Love your vids my dude. React to RATM "Down Rodeo." And yes, Tom Morello does shit to a guitar that most of us never imagined!

STAND NOW IN THE FIRE . LISTEN TO THAT. YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE OFFICISL VUDEOS , TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THERE MESSAGE ,

I saw them and wutang clan in NJ in 99. Zack sprained his ankle but still want sitting down. 99 meadowlands