Coachella/Rage reviews?

JOEJOEJOE

merkinball wrote:

Videos are starting to get posted up on youtube. Here's the opener, Testify:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4bxPbIgeDg

Not a great shot of the stage, but you can definitely get the crowds energy.

And here's Down Rodeo, looks to be a better shot of the side stage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyvrJBplzw

Harsh Realization: We left before Rage to get back to L.A. to see Travis,and since Rage broke up, I have since moved 3 blocks away from the Rodeo Drive of which he sings!

I am against elitism, but I have less rage then when I was younger.

decides2dream

was just randomly reading posts from that link to the coachella site, and this caught my eye:

"i lost a shoe and it was one of the greatest concert experiences ever."




that just says it all.
haha!

my husband and i have VIP tix to rock the bells on randall's island, the first night. i toughed out 5 nights on the rail for pj in italy, and the italians are pretty intense, but dunno about rage. i am sooo psyched i finally get to see em live, but yea, just hope we're not too 'old' and can handle the crowd!

pr4mojo1

I was at the show and the energy before they came on and right when they did come on was something I'll never forget.

They had huge video screens on each side of the stage. Before they came on they cut to the back and showed Zack jumping up and down getting ready to come on. This got the crowd even more pumped, something that wasn't really necessary or needed.

They opened with Testify and they place goes absoultely nuts. I was about 200 people back and was 30-40 people back within minutes. Partially trying to get up there and partially for survival. Tons of people were heading the other way trying to escape the madness.

I've never felt for people that say STUPID SHIT like, "I waited since 1pm to get a good spot". You morons, have you never been to a show before? Unless you're on the rail your spot is going to be done instantly. Everybody goes nuts like this at a show of this size, especially for a band like Rage.

Back to the show, the mix/sound was terrible for the first few songs but it got cleaned up eventually. Highlights for me were "Down Rodeo" and "Calm Like A Bomb" (one of the best riffs ever in a song imo).

Here's some really good videos of the madness and the show:

http://musicplustv.com/26790

http://www.guerrillaradio.net/media/index3.php?dir=Coachella%202007/&PHPSESSID=88eff6ee7220fa58b95a1c6fd394f32c

That's all I got. Trying to pretend like I'm working right now...

Bangers_n_mash

Does anyone know of an audio boot of this show?

Regardless of the quality it would something wonderful.

pr4mojo1

Bangers'n'mash wrote:

Does anyone know of an audio boot of this show?

Regardless of the quality it would something wonderful.

http://www.vietnow.org

Bremerton

pr4mojo1 wrote:

They had huge video screens on each side of the stage. Before they came on they cut to the back and showed Zack jumping up and down getting ready to come on. This got the crowd even more pumped, something that wasn't really necessary or needed.

That was definitely the best part. That and..."We are Rage Against the Machine from Los Angeles, California."

I thought the show was amazing, but the sound wasn't right, and energy wise they are definitely not the Rage of 94', but the Rage of 07 is good enough. The set length was little disappointing, but they played what I wanted to hear. It was definitely worth the $400 trip to see them for that show.