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Rage Against the Machine   07/18/1993

Former Site Of JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Media audio/FLAC   1 disc
Notes Lollapalooza, PMRC protest
Tech Notes Rage Against The Machine
Lollapalooza 1993
Former site of JFK Stadium
Philadelphia, PA
July 18, 1993

Source: Aiwa Condenser Microphone > Aiwa Cassette Recorder > Cassette Master

Transfer/Editing/Encoding: Sharp RT-W800 Cassette Deck (Playback) > Monster
Cable > Audio Hijack (Capture) > Adobe Audition (Pitch adjustment) > Audacity 1.3.2 (Editing) > xACT 1.59 (FLAC encoding)

This is an audience document of Rage Against The Machine's entire performance during the Philadelphia stop of the 1993 edition of Lollapalooza. The Wikipedia entry describes it best:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_against_the_machine#PMRC_protest

At a 1993 Lollapalooza appearance in Philadelphia, the band stood onstage naked for 15 minutes with duct tape on their mouths and the letters PMRC painted on their chests in protest against censorship by the Parents Music Resource Center. The only sound emitted was audio feedback from Morello and Commerford's guitars. Regarding this event, Wilk said "The first ten minutes they were going nuts, but after ten minutes they were getting pissed." The band later played a free show for disappointed fans.

ÒWant me to be perfectly frank? The size of my penis Ñ that's what was going through my mind in Philadelphia. It looked like I'd just stepped out of the ocean. I swear to God, it's bigger than that. So I was thinking: I wish I'd worn boxer shorts before instead of briefs, because briefs kinda like constrict me. I took them off and it was this ... half-roll of nickels.Ó Ñ Tim Commerford

ÒI was thinking about how the wind felt underneath my scrotum, what the people in the front were thinking, and all the cameras flashing and what they were going to be thinking as they developed their film. Actually, doing that was no big deal. It didn't freak me out. That's how we all came into the world. It's a liberating thing.Ó Ñ Brad Wilk, Modern Drummer
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