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Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium (2003)

Where the lyrics of Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium take you, and where it was really made.

The album was first planned for November 2000, but the band's break-up delayed it, and a new band formed by three former members delayed it again.

Key places

Two nights in Los Angeles (2003)

Recording site Grand Olympic Auditorium — Rage recorded the album from two shows played at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on September 12 and 13, 2000. The point uses the building's coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Second live album by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine
• Recorded from two shows at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in the band's hometown of Los Angeles, on September 12 and 13, 2000
• Released by Epic Records in November 2003
• Released on CD and DVD; the DVD followed on December 9, 2003, two weeks after the CD
• The DVD track listing differs from the CD, and some tracks come from the opposite night

Background

• The album was originally planned for November 2000
• Release was delayed because the band broke up shortly after the September 2000 concerts
• It was then slated for release a year later, but was delayed again
• The second delay came from the formation of Audioslave by Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk with vocalist Chris Cornell

Recording

• Rich Costey was the CD mixer and Rick Rubin the CD producer
• Recording engineers credited on Discogs are David Bianco and David Schiffman
• Zack de la Rocha sang, Tim Commerford played bass, Brad Wilk played drums, and Tom Morello played guitar

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1991.
• Formed after Tom Morello's former band Lock Up broke up; the name came from a song Zack de la Rocha wrote for his former hardcore punk band Inside Out.
• Signed with Epic Records after releasing a self-released demo cassette.

Members

• Zack de la Rocha (vocals), Tim Commerford (bass), Tom Morello (guitar), Brad Wilk (drums).

Career

• Debut album Rage Against the Machine (1992) was a critical and commercial success; ranked 221st on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020).
• Commercial breakthrough came after the 1993 Lollapalooza performance.
• Evil Empire (1996) and The Battle of Los Angeles (1999) both topped the Billboard 200.
• Disbanded in 2000 after de la Rocha quit; Morello, Wilk and Commerford formed Audioslave with Chris Cornell.
• Reunited in 2007, toured internationally, went on hiatus in 2011, and formed Prophets of Rage in 2016.
• Second reunion in 2019 led to the Public Service Announcement Tour, cut short by de la Rocha's injury in 2022.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023; Wilk confirmed in 2024 the band had disbanded again.
• Sold more than 16 million records worldwide as of 2010; influenced the nu metal genre.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released amid mixed reviews in November 2003
• The main criticism was poor mixing rather than the musical performance
• The DVD version was praised by fans and critics alike
• Spanish Wikipedia describes the public reception as lukewarm
• The album was originally planned for release in November 2000, but the band's break-up shortly after the September 2000 concerts delayed it
• It was slated for release a year later, but the formation of Audioslave delayed it again
• The DVD followed on December 9, 2003, two weeks after the CD
• The Japanese DVD edition also includes "Beautiful World"
• DVD bonus material includes a 2000 Democratic National Convention performance and video clips for "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Bombtrack"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was recorded at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, the band's hometown
• The DVD bonus material includes a performance at the 2000 Democratic National Convention
• Some tracks on the DVD come from the opposite night of the CD's recordings
• The Japanese DVD edition adds "Beautiful World" to the track listing

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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