Outside Mexico City's Sports Pavilion, hundreds of young Rage fans rattle metal fences and throw rocks at the increasingly nervous police. Inside, a seething crowd of 5,000 lucky ticket holders cram into the cavernous pavilion chanting anti-government slogans and poking their middle fingers into the thick, sweaty air while waiting for Rage Against The Machine to storm the stage.
Sound
Morello's guitar becomes siren, turntable, and machine gun.
Production
Captures 2000 Mexico City tension—cops outside, chaos inside.
Director
Joe DeMaio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1999 show happened months before the 2000 Mexican election ended 71 years of PRI rule—fans literally voted with their middle fingers.
The FBI's file on RATM cited their lyrics as 'seditious,' making this concert documentation of a band the government considered a threat.
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