Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

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Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium is the second live album by the American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released on November 25, 2003 by Epic Records. It is a recording of two shows Rage played at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in their hometown of Los Angeles on September 12 and 13, 2000. The album was originally planned to be released in November 2000, but was delayed due to the break-up of the band shortly after the September concerts. It was then slated for release a year later, but was again delayed due to the formation of Audioslave by the remaining three members of Rage (Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk) with vocalist Chris Cornell. The album was released amid mixed reviews in November 2003, mainly due to poor mixing rather than musical performance, where on the other hand the DVD version was praised by fans and critics alike.

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Track listing

1. "Bulls on Parade" – 5:17
2. "Bullet in the Head" – 5:29
3. "Born of a Broken Man" – 4:20
4. "Killing in the Name" – 5:03
5. "Calm Like a Bomb" – 4:50
6. "Testify" – 3:22
7. "Bombtrack" – 4:06
8. "War Within a Breath" – 3:22
9. "I'm Housin'" – 4:47
10. "Sleep Now in the Fire" – 4:11
11. "People of the Sun" – 2:27
12. "Guerrilla Radio" – 3:54
13. "Kick Out the Jams" – 3:21
14. "Know Your Enemy" – 5:18
15. "No Shelter" – 3:59
16. "Freedom" – 7:05
17. "Microphone Fiend" – 5:04 [Japan only bonus track]
18. "Beautiful World" – 2:47 [Japan only bonus track]

DVD release

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Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium was also released on DVD on December 9, 2003, two weeks after the CD release. The track listing varies from the CD and some tracks are recordings of the opposite night.

Track listing

1. "Bulls on Parade"
2. "Bombtrack"
3. "Calm Like a Bomb"
4. "Bullet in the Head"
5. "Sleep Now in the Fire"
6. "War Within a Breath"
7. "I'm Housin'"
8. "Killing in the Name"
9. "Born of a Broken Man"
10. "No Shelter"
11. "Guerrilla Radio"
12. "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
13. "Kick Out the Jams"
14. "Testify"
15. "Freedom"

• "Beautiful World" was included as well in the Japanese release of the DVD.

Bonus material

• "People of the Sun" and "Know Your Enemy"
• 2000 Democratic National Convention performance, featuring:

1. "Bulls on Parade"
2. "Testify"
3. "Guerrilla Radio"
4. "Sleep Now in the Fire"
5. "Freedom"
6. "Killing In The Name"

• Video clips for "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Bombtrack"

Personnel

• Zack de la Rocha – Vocals
• Tim Commerford – Bass
• Brad Wilk – Drums
• Tom Morello – Guitar
• Rick Rubin – CD producer
• Rich Costey – CD mixer
• Jeff Richter – DVD director
• Chris Palladino – DVD producer
• Aimee Macauley – Art Director

Chart positions

• 2003 – The Billboard 200 (#94)

External links

• Official Website
• Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium at AllMusic