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Rage Against The Machine, I Was There 1992
When I was a teen in the early 90's I was really into the hardcore scene. One of our favorite bands was Rage Against the Machine because they were doing shit no one had thought of, or at least been able to pull off. 

Anyway, Peter McCormack of the What Bitcoin Did podcast brought up their debut album, Rage Against The Machine in a post today, https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1230552842303197196?s=20 
He claimed it is the best album of all time. I don't agree at all, but it was a good album. It made me remember that I was at one of Rage's first shows back in 1992. It was held at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA February 8, 1992. So I went to youtube to see if by chance someone had posted it, and they did. Even better, I am in it quite a bit! LOL. 

Before I post the video, a little back story. So me and my friends were pretty hardcore into the scene. We went all over Southern California to shows, punk, ska, etc. It was a fairly small scene, you would usually see several of the same faces at each show and many of us knew one another. Many of us were also in bands. My buddy Mike, his cousin Jeff, me and one other guy were in a band too. We only got a few songs done before we called it quits, but we still all went to shows with each other. 

At this show Mike and I are on stage behind Tom Morello. I am filming with someone's video camera. Could have been my parent's camera or Mike's. I really can't remember. I've got the hat with the "M" on it and Mike is next to me with the Vans shirt on. Many of our friends are in the audience. I remember there was a Chinese girl I had a crush on there. She can be seen crowd surfing at one point.

We all bought Rage's demo tape there and heard they were off to Canada the following week to record their debut album which launched them to superstar status. Fun times.

Anyway, enjoy the show. 
https://youtu.be/xk02MEkXYwU
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@oryans.belt ·
So awesome! Great band, great memories. Gorilla Radio was the first track I heard from them.
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@rt395 ·
Crazy how long ago this was. While I don't share their politics, they were good artists.
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@ugochill ·
Awesome band and people.
I had privilege to meet them and spend some time with them those years in Amsterdam.Unfortunately no easy maintaining contacts like it is case today and when they got too big did not know how to approach them anymore.
They have (had) photos with me.Oh I wish so much if it was other way around. :) Kudos for post.!
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@rt395 ·
Never knew them even though I grew up in the city next to Zack's and was in the scene when he was in his earlier bands. Even though the scene was small, it was still big enough for hardcore bands to not know the majority of their audience. 411, NFA, Chain of Strength, Gorilla Biscuits, etc. 
Thanks for the reply!
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