The crowd just survived the 80s, they had no idea what the hell this was. Reminds me of that scene in back to the future where marty goes back and plays the chuck berry riff...
So what. It's not as though songs written prior to fame default to being sucky. And there are a lot of bands who's biggest hits are on their first album or two
The fact that half of these never made it onto an album (as far as I know) is mind-blowing. I thought I was a pretty big Rage fan, but I don't know half of these.
@@donethat8761 by who? You sound like a dick. Don't judge that guy by how he dances. Its a sign you are not a fighter. Never underestimate your opponent.
@@ophiolatreia93 no that's not what I meant by the comment. I was talking about how silly he was dancing. The moshing and thrashing around was cool but, at times he was dancing kind of silly. I've been to nine of their concerts and I've fought in the pits every time, the whole time. I have no issues throwing nuckles and skull fuking anyone at the drop of a hat.
So badass seeing how a huge band like this starts out just like any other garage band, but you can always tell which bands have that IT factor haha that energy
0:04 Killing in the name of (intro) 2:21 Take the Power Back 8:52 Autologic 13:09 Bullet in the Head 18:59 Hit The Deck 23:23 Township Rebellion 28:47 Darkness 32:57 Clear the Lane 37:15 Clampdown (Clash Cover) 41:08 Know Your Enemy (Early Version + interlude) 46:13 Freedom
That's exactly how a time traveler would do it. The only one in the whole place who knows he's watching Rage Against The Machine's first ever performance lol.
For some context, Smells Like Teen Spirit was released one month before this, and had just started it's rise to the top. What a great time to be a pup full of energy...
I still say Janes Addiction helped usher in that wave of high energy rock with Nothing Shocking coming out in 88 and then Ritual De Lo Habitual coming out in 90. I was born in 86 but I have been a fan since I was five or six. I remember having to sneak and watch MTV. My first ever favorite song was Under the bridge by Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I heard it on the radio and instantly loved it. I didn't know the meaning of the song but I felt the lonely sad hopeless emotion of it. If that makes any sense. My journey through music started the day I heard that song. Music meant something back then. You had to be a real fan to know anything besides their music. Some of it total bullshit told to you by a friend that you later learned was bullshit but it was all part of the process of being a fan.
Yeah, but a few years before you had Jane’s addiction and Primus, red hot chili peppers and Mr. bungle. It was already set in motion, especially in LA San Francisco where all those grunge bands would travel to play shows. San Francisco bands were going to Seattle and LA and LA bands were going to San Francisco and Seattle. There’s a lot of cross pollination in the mid 80s. There are a few documentaries at the time and all those bands talk about traveling up and down the West Coast and getting into stuff like the Melvins, etc.
@@Defensive_Wounds TBH, more likely that lyrics weren't yet written and the band needed a good soundcheck w/o vocals. I'd also put my money on them trying to attract metal and hard rock fans over before Zack started rapping. Remember, rap/rock was still (popularly) artist collaborations at this point, where established rock bands and established hip hop bands would work together on one or a few songs. Rage came up in the first wave of rap rock bands in the US.
They have harder songs if you actually listen to them but yes I do too! Before it over played, i don’t really listen to it but I do listen to ( Know your enemy, Freedom, Bombtrack, Fist full of steel & etc
I love how the crowd just gradually grows. People just walk by and stop like "shit these guys are good, I gotta stay and listen." The power Rage holds is crazy, even back then.
1991: Kids walking by in their backpacks. "Who's that?" "Dunno. Some stupid Rage band." 10 years later: "Dude, I saw Rage before they became big man. I was there."
I'm 60 and this is the first time I've seen this. I looked at the band and the crowd and thought that nobody knew what they were to become, at the time of the first gig. The only thing that really changed by much later gigs sound, is the quality of the sound system. They were pretty much fully formed when they played this, it's just mind-blowing.
I have seen a lot and I mean A LOT of new and upcoming bands booking for a couple of festivals where I live, but I have never heard anyone sound so good in their first attempt as RATM does in this video. It's crazy. I would have hired them after 30 seconds.
@Wuffaj00 thats not crap gear at all. that marshall cabinet and amp are expensive as fuck. and its amazing for small gigs. and the sound engineer did an amazing job for sure.
@Wuffaj00 also look that drum setup. those cymbals are super expensive. the were professionals just before their first gig. they knew where they want to be and they invested a lot of money.
? That makes no sense. I was 14yrs old during this performance. This was at a college. WE LOVED it immediately bye end 1992. RATM I had the cd bye 15yrs old. Saw them in 1993. GenX teens & Early-mid 20 somethings.
These where the days mighty mighty bostones and skank punk was popular. Skanking is what crowd killing is now . On a newer level. Bit these guys were a dime a dozen at live shows. Ahhh the 90s
0:23 The girl dancing with the white shirt will forever go out as the first person to dance at Rage's first live performance...kinda legendary in itself
I wouldn't be surprised if it was Rage themselves who set up a camera to film, to send in along with their demo or maybe to show venues hoping to get booked down the line. I doubt some random hero in the audience just stuck around and filmed the entire thing with a home video camera just on a whim. I think they probably recorded it themselves.
I played in 5 different bands in college. The fact these 4 guys found each other in college and created legendary songs is insane (the first album might be one of the greatest debuts ever).
It’s really incredible, but as much as I’m a huge fan of RATM this is pure luck these guys played together, here, for the very first time and hit it out of the park. Even the best of bands in any genre have not seen this.
I started playing guitar and writing songs and all that when I was around 14... I never had the luck to meet the right people... Either everyone wanted to do Metallica covers or were too stoned for practice... One can safely say, stuff like this is a very rare occasion.
Props to the guy with the long hair and wearing his snapback backwards dude was watching rage almost their whole set not knowing he was witnessing the greatness that was about to unfold onto the world.
@@tammyedwards4635 he was one of the only people in the crowd who was actually into the music. Shit I would have given anything to have been in that crowd and be a teen in the 90's.
It's even more wild when you learn by this point they had finish recording their demo tape in August and only been a band for almost -three- four months.
They had all been in bands before. It's no surprise that they were used to playing on-stage to a small crowd. Still, there's definitely some chemistry among them that a lot of bands, even well into their careers, lack...*cough*G&R*cough* They absolutely killed it!
I was thinking the same thing I'm like whoever recorded this did a damn good job they must have had a really good recording setup with the band of course, and they kept this thing preserved really well whoever cleaned it up deserves a damn metal also. I mean this camera is probably positioned by somebody with the band and they knew they were going to record this since they knew it was their first real public gig. What a great job by everybody
The cool thing about rage imo is that they didnt have to make a bunch of albums to find their style. Literally the 1st album they hit it in the right spot perfectly.
18:46 the girl in the crowd singing “you got a Bullet in your head” and the other guy next to here saying “yeah, in did” after the band playing that song for the first time to the world is history in the making and the revolution starting in that moment. Beautiful….. bloody legend👉😎
This actually brings tears to my eyes, how they can be so good, so mesmerising, so powerful in their first gig is beyond me. Undeniable greatness, imagine being there and hearing this for the first time in the early 90s, mind-blowing
For any aspiring musicians, this is a MUST. It really sets the bands standards, no matter how many people are there. People who enjoy it will also then begin to spread through word of mouth. There also might only be few people there, but one of them could be very important. The British band Oasis got their breakthrough playing at tiny venue with a handful of people, but one of those was the top dog of one of the biggest record labels in the country - and he signed them there and then.
I remember that weird reggae song by Living Color Love rears its ugly head that pretty much sums up those L A. Riots with the crappy rap music..Kris's Kross make you take a big dump
Time to scream is to day "I don't like it no gotta drop logic " "killing in the name of" " just victims of the in-house drive by " prophetic so amazing WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA These are words of a Prophet
Hehe he loves interpretive dancing we should find out who that is... I recall times when dancing and in your head your thinking am i about to levitate or simply this is awesome...
It’s the fall of 1991, you’re young and in college in California and you’re about to experience a musical revolution in Seattle happen BUT also witnessing musical history happening on campus one day right in front of you. What a time to have been alive.
@@bulletprooftiger1879 yeah but they all made trash music. There’s a reason you’ll never hear it, even the more popular Black Flag, on any radio airplay. Then you got Nirvana still playing 30 years strong
I listened to a couple of RATM songs earlier today on Spotify and this got recommended on RUclips just a few hours later. Kind of creepy but what the heck...
And the old guy standing in front of the speakers on the right wearing the blue baseball cap at 19:00 is Tom Morello, who has also traveled back to revisit the beginning.
Reminds me of that Henry Rollins quote, "It doesn't matter how many people come to see you, if two people come to see specifically you, you give them the best fucking show of their life."
Your're stupid for judging the crowd as if you were there to witness them yourself. You're probably one of those "lol this crowd is so wack" commenters.
Do you have autism and can’t read body language. It has nothing to do with that, the beam was blocking Tom and he’s the only person playing so they’re leaning around the beam to watch him
@@smoke4824 Using a combination of a kill switch on the guitar and a Whammy Pedal to create that sound. Unique idea at the time (hard for people to make sounds like this now without people thinking you're just trying to copy Tom).
They say jump you say how high....probably my favorite...the In-house drive by...they say jump you say how high...check the song out live on this video...half way through....kick major ass bolodna
"Rage Against The Machine sounded just like Rage Against The Machine from our very first rehearsals. It's simply a matter of chemistry and the way those four musicians play together instinctively." Tom Morello (taken from his Reddit AMA)
@Common Sense singing takes skill and experience to perform well, has room for individual stylistic choices, contributes the the melodic/harmonic/rhythmic/textural sum total of the music, as well requires upkeep and maintenance. Sure sounds like an instrument to me
I was 11, and living in South Africa. When they started singing Township rebellion I had one mind blowing experience. Only now I get the song 😢😢 Long live Rage!!! Long live Nelson Mandela!!!
48:50 Zach gets his foot caught, falls, takes a few to get unstuck and proceeds to flip off the stage. Fucking love his energy, man always owned the stage, physically and figuratively
The stage got its revenge two years ago when he broke his ankle in Chicago. I saw them in Cleveland and he performed seated the entire time. I swear there was a stagehand behind him with his hand around Zach's belt holding him down because he REALLY wanted to be moving.
@@refluxcatalyst7190Thanks to that their concerts in Germany got cancelled 😢😢. I bought a ticket too, my only chance to see them live. It sucked so much. Still cannot get over it.
I love at minute 45, where the old, hunched guy walks by, throws a peace sign, and the sole guy in the front, dancing, throws a peace sign right back. The 90's were great.
Imagine the hangover after a really good party that got crashed by the cops way too early.. The 90's in a nutshell. Musically garbage, except for maybe AIC and Rage. It was like an entire decade of future Nickelback sperm cells spreading their mancreme into the water supply. Christ even Metallica sucked ass back then.
@@raven7389 wow. Fraud. You were absent from the 90's. Rage, NIN, White Zombie, Pantera, Tool, Helmet, Ministry, Corrosion of Conformity, Prong, Alice in Chains, Butthole Surfers, STP, Pearl Jam, Primus, Type O Negative, Marylyn Manson, Primer 55, System of a Down, Smashing Pumkins, Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc... etc... etc...
Tracklist: Killing In The Name (02:21) Take The Power Back (08:55) Auto Logic (13:09) Bullet In The Head (18:57) Hit The Deck (23:24) Township Rebellion (28:57) Darkness Of Greed (32:56) Clear The Lane (37:16) Clampdown (41:05) Know Your Enemy (46:08) Freedom
Like Tool. Both bands started around the same time and together. They fucking clearly heard each other and saw they needed to outdo each other and be flawless day 1. No matter how small the crowd. Both bands showed this. Every show was full on.
00:00 Killing In The Name (Instrumental) 02:21 Take the Power Back 08:58 Autologic 13:09 Bullet in the Head 18:58 Hit the Deck 23:26 Township Rebellion 28:58 Darkness of Greed 32:58 Clear the Lane 37:17 Clampdown (The Clash cover) 41:05 Know Your Enemy (Different Version) 46:09 Freedom
Good sound engineer. Not muddy sounding like most live gigs end up sounding, but it's an outdoor gig, so there would be no acoustic issues. And whoever filmed probably had a semi decent mic and an adjustable input.
Thank you! thank you! thank you! For posting this. This is an amazing look at the very beginning of Rage! The energy they brought to the stage was legendary!
Them and Tool were tight from the start. They all had to gain experience elsewhere so once they came together and clicked, it was history after that. Happened to Tool as well. Maynard was almost chosen as the vocalist for RATM back when Brad and Tom rehearsed with both Zach and Maynard.
Being in a couple small bands myself, I'm just impressed that they played on a stage like this for their "first" show. Mine was just a typical open-mic night 😂😂😂 I didn't get the chance to perform in front of people like this at an outdoor venue for probably a year or so, but our area's scene is a little different than this, and playing music like this rarely lands you gigs such as this.
Well, the Beatles have supposedly sold approx. 800 million albums so that means at least 6.2 billion people alive on earth today haven't bothered buying one of their albums (that is assuming that those 800 million albums sold were all sold to different individuals, which isn't true obvs i know i have 23 of those lol, and we forget about the people who have died since the sixties) so even tho they are stadium fillers its still a relatively small percentage of the world that really gives as much of a fuck to buy one of their albums but whatevs. :-)
@@fumbleify Nobody buys albums anymore anyhow. Also you don't need a album for every person listening in the room. Also they can be shared. I don't get the point of what you are saying, lol.
@@juanmanuelcorrea7673 I understand that repeating the same sentence over and over is supposed to be some kind of statement on how "powerful" those words are, but for songwriting it's fucking lazy. Plus coming from a millionaire straight white male it's laughable.
Not really. Jane’s Addiction, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and don’t forget Nirvana was the new band so Soundgarden and Meat Puppets and all those other guys already existed and travel to LA all the time. Nirvana and rage were kind of new pups on the scene.
The guy who recorded this deserves a medal
Ranand Sharma agreed! thankfully someone had the sense to bring a camera
It was probably one of their moms or something
this was my favorite band when I was 17 cuz it was ALL ABOUT THE RAGE!!
A tripod with VHS recorder this shit. Not a man lol
true story...
The guy dancing will forever go out as the first person to dance at Rage’s first live performance…kinda legendary in itself
I absolutely loved that guys' energy! I wish I was there to join him.
@@LSR303 Yeah, that dude had great energy and epic moves. ... I also appreciate his shirt tucking skillset. That shirt stayed in.
@@williamsherman6995 las dos manos en la espalda para corregir los desajustes Épico!
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@@williamsherman6995 :D
The crowd just survived the 80s, they had no idea what the hell this was. Reminds me of that scene in back to the future where marty goes back and plays the chuck berry riff...
Yo Canadian Prepper!!! Greetings from the South brother.
Canadian Prepper Yes!
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... But your kids are gonna love it".
Couldnt have said it better!!
Canadian Prepper except for that dude dancing in the front. He knew what's up
Jason Heard dude with the tie dye shirt must have been to a few Primus concerts,seems to know the deal.
Imagine not being famous yet and having at least 5 legendaries songs in your setlist that will forever remain in rock History. Imagine being THAT good
So what. It's not as though songs written prior to fame default to being sucky. And there are a lot of bands who's biggest hits are on their first album or two
@chickmagnet1497 😒😒😒😒
Zack “"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it!”
Unfortunately their kids probably wont understant their dads work. And maybe even they are BTS fan already😂
Hehehe, the debut album was released only a year or so later and went triple plat in the States. :p I guess they were ready for it after all. ;)
@@wesibrahimov7440 ok lol not all kids like music made just for money
Looking back now... most of their kids become an overly sensitive snowflakes who need some save space.
You said that cause you saw that other person’s commet lol
The fact that a lot of their legendary songs were fully formed in their first ever concert is mind blowing
Fr bro wtf? All these hits were their FIRST songs?? Lmaooo
The fact that half of these never made it onto an album (as far as I know) is mind-blowing. I thought I was a pretty big Rage fan, but I don't know half of these.
Except, Killing The Name... Here has not any lyrics.
Industry plant
yep all the ingredients of a legendary band are there.
1,5 years later they HEADLINED every major European festival. Absolute legends.
Ehhh
@@Tupadre8976 What?
@Pedro-0839 🚮
MTV was the artificial producer
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Props to the dude with the long hair and ball cap. He was rockin from start to finish
This guy knew he was witnessing History.
He just needed a few to join him.
20 people in 1991: look at that idiot in the red shirt dancing.
2.5 million people in 2020: look at legend in the red shirt dancing.
@@donethat8761 hell no, solidarity forever!
@@profquad Yea you right Playa!!!
2022: censored for being racist
@@donethat8761 by who? You sound like a dick.
Don't judge that guy by how he dances. Its a sign you are not a fighter. Never underestimate your opponent.
@@ophiolatreia93 no that's not what I meant by the comment. I was talking about how silly he was dancing. The moshing and thrashing around was cool but, at times he was dancing kind of silly. I've been to nine of their concerts and I've fought in the pits every time, the whole time. I have no issues throwing nuckles and skull fuking anyone at the drop of a hat.
This is the first time "Recommended for you" has been even remotely correct.
cool
This video is one of the best things on RUclips.
Shit yeah!
DaytonaDayz ...same weirdly, I’ve just been listening to Rage after a couple of years off. They are listening.
@@thefeelcompany the all seeing eye is watching....🙌
Who else clicked planning to listen for a few seconds out of curiosity and ended up watching and loving the whole thing?
🙋♂️ guilty...
Me too... been alit better than expected
same here🤘🤘🤘
Yeah but then an hour later here I am still jamming
So badass seeing how a huge band like this starts out just like any other garage band, but you can always tell which bands have that IT factor haha that energy
0:04 Killing in the name of (intro)
2:21 Take the Power Back
8:52 Autologic
13:09 Bullet in the Head
18:59 Hit The Deck
23:23 Township Rebellion
28:47 Darkness
32:57 Clear the Lane
37:15 Clampdown (Clash Cover)
41:08 Know Your Enemy (Early Version + interlude)
46:13 Freedom
The guy who comes in right after 19:30 and dances for the rest of the set is the first hardcore rage fan. Nobody needs to tell that guy what's good.
That's exactly how a time traveler would do it. The only one in the whole place who knows he's watching Rage Against The Machine's first ever performance lol.
@@Troy5150 "this was how we did it, in '47!" (2047)
XD
maybe that guy was a time traveler
The guy at 51:56 is definitely a time traveler, lol 😂
Same dude sorry lol
Person: I've been a big fan of RATM for a long time.
Red shirt guy: Oh really?
That red shirt guy goes down in history. Supporting a band while everyone else didn't know what they were watching
Where is the red shirt guy? Is that the dude with WB logo in the back?
@@macroftStudio No, wait for it and watch the Whole set
On the reunion if we attend the gig.. EVERYONE WEARS A RED SHIRT TO HONOR THE LEGEND!! 🤘🤙⚡️💯⚡️🤙🤘
19:33
For some context, Smells Like Teen Spirit was released one month before this, and had just started it's rise to the top. What a great time to be a pup full of energy...
I still say Janes Addiction helped usher in that wave of high energy rock with Nothing Shocking coming out in 88 and then Ritual De Lo Habitual coming out in 90. I was born in 86 but I have been a fan since I was five or six. I remember having to sneak and watch MTV. My first ever favorite song was Under the bridge by Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I heard it on the radio and instantly loved it. I didn't know the meaning of the song but I felt the lonely sad hopeless emotion of it. If that makes any sense. My journey through music started the day I heard that song.
Music meant something back then. You had to be a real fan to know anything besides their music. Some of it total bullshit told to you by a friend that you later learned was bullshit but it was all part of the process of being a fan.
Definitely
I can testify the truth in your words sir
I was born in 1974 so I lived thru a lot of music and to me late 80's to early 90's was definitely the best time for music in my lifetime
Yeah, but a few years before you had Jane’s addiction and Primus, red hot chili peppers and Mr. bungle. It was already set in motion, especially in LA San Francisco where all those grunge bands would travel to play shows. San Francisco bands were going to Seattle and LA and LA bands were going to San Francisco and Seattle. There’s a lot of cross pollination in the mid 80s. There are a few documentaries at the time and all those bands talk about traveling up and down the West Coast and getting into stuff like the Melvins, etc.
8:12 someone yells "Maynard! Adam!" Pretty sure that's the members of Tool. I believe Maynard and Tom Morello were roommates at this time.
love how they open with probably their most well known song even before it was finished
Probably because it was the best they had at the time....they were right!! You gotta open hard to catch their attention my man!!
@@Defensive_Wounds No way! Bullet in the head rocked, even back then!
@@Defensive_Wounds TBH, more likely that lyrics weren't yet written and the band needed a good soundcheck w/o vocals. I'd also put my money on them trying to attract metal and hard rock fans over before Zack started rapping. Remember, rap/rock was still (popularly) artist collaborations at this point, where established rock bands and established hip hop bands would work together on one or a few songs. Rage came up in the first wave of rap rock bands in the US.
@@bengibson3955 100%
They have harder songs if you actually listen to them but yes I do too! Before it over played, i don’t really listen to it but I do listen to ( Know your enemy, Freedom, Bombtrack, Fist full of steel & etc
I love how the crowd just gradually grows. People just walk by and stop like "shit these guys are good, I gotta stay and listen." The power Rage holds is crazy, even back then.
Just saw them live a
Couple weeks ago. Incredible
@@joshe465 saw them at msg were incredible
44:46 Zach still couldn’t command a crowd yet but the point that they were still attracting people to stop and watch was cool
They so funky, yet I can hear all the metal rock too
Then he starts rapping, he sounds friggin awesome
Great voice, so much pent up energy
Love it
Slowly draws crowd crowd starts moshing
1991: Kids walking by in their backpacks.
"Who's that?"
"Dunno. Some stupid Rage band."
10 years later:
"Dude, I saw Rage before they became big man. I was there."
I concur
Everything famous:
generic comment: something: and something else::
everybody: omg !! loldsflds kkf
@@tingtang9302 ironic comments:
everyone: lmao wtf
Clamp down cover of the clash they did was epic ..
I'm 60 and this is the first time I've seen this. I looked at the band and the crowd and thought that nobody knew what they were to become, at the time of the first gig. The only thing that really changed by much later gigs sound, is the quality of the sound system. They were pretty much fully formed when they played this, it's just mind-blowing.
i was shocked by the audio quality too its perfect
I hope the "Red Shirt" guy (probably ~50yrs-old now) is still enjoying the music with the same excitement and freedom. Cheers to him.
He died
:/@@sandrosarunic9486
@@sandrosarunic9486 What’s your source on that?
@@BrooklynBallaMe. I am the red shirt guy and I can confirm that I died.
@@gitarkatililmao
The fact that they sounded this good in the beginning blows my mind.
I have seen a lot and I mean A LOT of new and upcoming bands booking for a couple of festivals where I live, but I have never heard anyone sound so good in their first attempt as RATM does in this video. It's crazy. I would have hired them after 30 seconds.
Ikr. That performance was awesome!
@Wuffaj00 thats not crap gear at all. that marshall cabinet and amp are expensive as fuck. and its amazing for small gigs. and the sound engineer did an amazing job for sure.
@Wuffaj00 also look that drum setup. those cymbals are super expensive. the were professionals just before their first gig. they knew where they want to be and they invested a lot of money.
Wuffaj00 sounds like pasties
Red shirt dude also probably bought Microsoft stock when it was $3 a share
Hahaha good one. Wish I would have done that as well
Best comment.. bar none.
What a legendary guy!
We must locate red shirt man. We must reward him.
Red Shirt guy was Jeff Besoz
This is like one of those Back to the Future moments.
"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it!"
lol love it. so true. kids, go watch Back to the Future all of them
This is the real life version 😂
That scene in Back to the future is a classic!
Good one!
? That makes no sense.
I was 14yrs old during this performance.
This was at a college.
WE LOVED it immediately bye end 1992. RATM
I had the cd bye 15yrs old.
Saw them in 1993.
GenX teens & Early-mid 20 somethings.
My god. That has to be the tightest first show in history.
ATTACKslip Led Zeppelin, their first TV appearance was godly
ATTACKslip besides Zeppelin, nah, ur right
@@theycallmethehunter5096 but they had already played tons of shows before they went on tv. This is rages FIRST show. Its incredible.
Word.
No your mom
Tom Morello was ready for stadiums even then. Jesus that man is a force!
Playing like a seasoned vet at the campus debut. Really impressive.
Undoubtable
Totally agree, my first thought !!!❤
Solo mosher is a time traveler....he knew exactly where he was and what he’s witnessing!
Patrick Wilburn why was he late then?
I'm still looking for that person in the crowd recording on a mobile phone, that adds to the proof of 1991 being a time traveler's destination
These where the days mighty mighty bostones and skank punk was popular. Skanking is what crowd killing is now . On a newer level. Bit these guys were a dime a dozen at live shows. Ahhh the 90s
Beastie boys sparked the great nu metal wave of the 90's. Damn good time to be around and independent.
Proof there were time travelers present, at 1851 dude totally shouts 'GG'! lol
0:23 The girl dancing with the white shirt will forever go out as the first person to dance at Rage's first live performance...kinda legendary in itself
This is an absolute masterpiece. To whoever recorded this, I am VERY thankful!
Yeah - thanks, Zack's mom!
think about the large handycam they had to carry
Yeah thank you this is a piece of rock history
Yes, we are so fortunate for this!
I wouldn't be surprised if it was Rage themselves who set up a camera to film, to send in along with their demo or maybe to show venues hoping to get booked down the line. I doubt some random hero in the audience just stuck around and filmed the entire thing with a home video camera just on a whim. I think they probably recorded it themselves.
I played in 5 different bands in college. The fact these 4 guys found each other in college and created legendary songs is insane (the first album might be one of the greatest debuts ever).
It’s really incredible, but as much as I’m a huge fan of RATM this is pure luck these guys played together, here, for the very first time and hit it out of the park. Even the best of bands in any genre have not seen this.
I started playing guitar and writing songs and all that when I was around 14... I never had the luck to meet the right people...
Either everyone wanted to do Metallica covers or were too stoned for practice... One can safely say, stuff like this is a very rare occasion.
@@RSProduxx Absolutely yes!
The biggest bands are always industry plants. There’s no coincidences. They are sent to send messages to the youth
ever heard of boston?💀
watching the start like ..."ki...dammit"......"killi...dammit"......"ki...dammit, where they taking this"
same story
@@eomer_eadig song didnt have words yet @stumpydino
Smells like teen spirit came out 1 month before this
Gold 90's!
This is way more punk and brutal
I was not aware of this. Thanks a lot
@@etienneamiennah nevermind was way more punk
@@not-pedka. @etienneamien I was today years old when I learned this contest is a thing 😂
Props to the guy with the long hair and wearing his snapback backwards dude was watching rage almost their whole set not knowing he was witnessing the greatness that was about to unfold onto the world.
Probably the greatest show of his life.
@@bradapotamus dude I so agree!
Amen! Dude knows good music!
@@tammyedwards4635 he was one of the only people in the crowd who was actually into the music. Shit I would have given anything to have been in that crowd and be a teen in the 90's.
That guy probably tells somebody “I saw Rage Against the Machine’s first performance” dozens of times a year. I know I sure as hell would lol.
What's amazing about this is how confident and assured they are for a first public performance
Agree, you either have it it you don't, they knew they had it..
I agree with Jack they just tore it up they all are on the same page. The bass player and the drummer. Reminds me of a band that started in 1968
It's even more wild when you learn by this point they had finish recording their demo tape in August and only been a band for almost -three- four months.
They had all been in bands before. It's no surprise that they were used to playing on-stage to a small crowd. Still, there's definitely some chemistry among them that a lot of bands, even well into their careers, lack...*cough*G&R*cough* They absolutely killed it!
Because they were already a legend where Zach de la Rocha was the singer of the band „Inside Out“.
Love the way the crowd just keeps growing and growing as more and more people realize "hey wait these guys are really really good"
lol
The instant stage precence and energy is unreal!
This video is literally history. How do they already sound so good??
I was thinking the same thing I'm like whoever recorded this did a damn good job they must have had a really good recording setup with the band of course, and they kept this thing preserved really well whoever cleaned it up deserves a damn metal also. I mean this camera is probably positioned by somebody with the band and they knew they were going to record this since they knew it was their first real public gig. What a great job by everybody
The cool thing about rage imo is that they didnt have to make a bunch of albums to find their style. Literally the 1st album they hit it in the right spot perfectly.
You can tell they already had the blueprints for what they wanted to build
Couse they are relly good, mate.
exactly like wtf..the audio is also incredible quality
17:48 Zac jumping around like a maniac and screaming “BULLET IN THE HEAD!” kills me everytime.
Check this out 27:13
afterwards the woman who says "more like a ringing in the ears" lol.
"You got a fu**ing bullet in ur head" became later "you got a bullet in ur fu**ing head"
@@PawelsYTsounds so much better that way lol
Wow that is some rage against the machine.
The dude at the front with long hair - first official RATM fan
Only RATM fan at the time.
@@vaclavhamacek114 red shirt guy was giving his all
the red t shirt guy
Red shirt Dude's dancing like he knows shit from the future that the rest of them can't fathom LoL 😂
Red shirt guy invented the mosh pit
Man in red button up shirt was a time traveler and new the exact moment in time to travel back to.
Every now and then, you find gold on RUclips. This is one of them! 🥇
▶️🎧🎸🙋♂️ 🇫🇷
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They sound fucking incredible for a first gig. Totally deserved the fame
As a group they were tight as hell then. Man Zach's voice was so raw while being delivered clearly.
Never heard someone sing and hear the true anger behind every word.
Not anger. Rage and you can see it in Tom's Playing too. Wonder why...
Agreed. These guys really had a whole world to move.
Ash Mofo these people had no idea what they were witnessing. They had to have been like whoa man what the fuck was that.
THIS VIDEO IS A NATIONAL TREASURE
Alexander Howlett luv your comment
lol, I love how contradictory this comment is. Made me lol pretty hard.
fuck u, this is world heritage
understatement!!
Alexander Howlett I totally agree. The people there haven't a clue what they're a part of
18:46 the girl in the crowd singing “you got a Bullet in your head” and the other guy next to here saying “yeah, in did” after the band playing that song for the first time to the world is history in the making and the revolution starting in that moment. Beautiful….. bloody legend👉😎
This actually brings tears to my eyes, how they can be so good, so mesmerising, so powerful in their first gig is beyond me. Undeniable greatness, imagine being there and hearing this for the first time in the early 90s, mind-blowing
It really is incredible on many levels... 🎉
Agreed 100%. Their rise to the top was inevitable.
emotional bro
That was 1991 though! Music changed dramatically and very quickly. Nirvana and Pearl Jam opened the flood gates
Same.
Zach performed like he was in front of 20000 people his very first show.
I read an interview a long time ago where Morello says Zach had that same energy on their first rehearsal.
Great point. Would be great advice for any young band too.
He was in hardcore bands Hardstance and Inside Out before this, so he had a lot of stage experience by this point.
For any aspiring musicians, this is a MUST. It really sets the bands standards, no matter how many people are there. People who enjoy it will also then begin to spread through word of mouth.
There also might only be few people there, but one of them could be very important. The British band Oasis got their breakthrough playing at tiny venue with a handful of people, but one of those was the top dog of one of the biggest record labels in the country - and he signed them there and then.
@Tom Henesey dude yeah, back in my hardcore days our 6 person show was the same as a 1000 person show. Go hard or not at all.
How I wish I can go back in time and screams "KILLING IN THE NAME OF!"
I remember that weird reggae song by Living Color Love rears its ugly head that pretty much sums up those L A. Riots with the crappy rap music..Kris's Kross make you take a big dump
@Donald Allen you're gross goofy
@@carlbutler2212 dude lol your making fun of Kriss Kross? They were kids and they were solid rappers . That song still holds up
Kriss kross was huge when i was 9. They had skill
Time to scream is to day "I don't like it no gotta drop logic " "killing in the name of"
" just victims of the in-house drive by " prophetic so amazing
WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA
These are words of a Prophet
This is 1991 - 33 years ago . Today in 2024 , now ... the first song is the most relevant advice we need to listen to today .
I can't believe how good they sound live at a college outside. Its inane!!! They put as much energy into 20people as 200k
First UK tour the played Edwards Birmingham to a crowd of 50 the best gig I have ever been to
More like they put as much energy into one guy with a red plaid shirt as 200k people
That is something in common with every great band in its infancy.
Sgt. Slaughter inane? Wtf...
doo 'n dwee be doo shwah I assume he meant insane
Red shirt guy is now a legend forever... He lives forever dancing at any great shows
Their very first fan!
Best dancer ever! I fell in love since the first moment I saw him!
The time when people didnt had mobilphones and didnt give a fnk shit about what others think.
Just having fun
The coolest dude ever.
The ONLY dude who showed up!
There should've been a mad moshpit!
The guy down the front was effectively the first ever RATM moshpit.
Abrax 23 A true legend. You'd think there would be tons of chicks around that guy but... no
@@douglang5568 I'm sure after they were swarming
Looks like Krist Nvoselic
Hehe he loves interpretive dancing we should find out who that is... I recall times when dancing and in your head your thinking am i about to levitate or simply this is awesome...
Carlos Folconious Ask Reddit. They’ll find out for you.
What an honor to see the beginnings: they already so good and the crowd don't know how good this band is at the time!!!
That long hair guy n the front made the best decision of his life...
It’s the fall of 1991, you’re young and in college in California and you’re about to experience a musical revolution in Seattle happen BUT also witnessing musical history happening on campus one day right in front of you. What a time to have been alive.
Sad I missed it
@@colelikeinminecraft sad I was only 4 and was too young to understand the importance of that
California had sooo many punk rock bands that influenced the world before nirvana. This took place by Los Angeles
@@bulletprooftiger1879 yeah but they all made trash music. There’s a reason you’ll never hear it, even the more popular Black Flag, on any radio airplay. Then you got Nirvana still playing 30 years strong
@@la213blanco nirvana doesn’t exist without cobain, they just keep releasing old stuff remastered deluxe pro 10 year 20 year 30 year anniversary
Dude I looked it up and the band formed the same year as this concert... That's some crazy talent
and then released a multi-platinum album the following year
Just 3 or 4 months prior actually... they came out fully formed
This is epic. Thank you for posting this. They literally were playing arena performance status from day one. ❤❤❤
RUclips Algorithm: Hey you want to see a 5 year old video that was taped 30 years ago of a cool rock band?
Me: Okay
same here... haha
Watched it from start to finish
I listened to a couple of RATM songs earlier today on Spotify and this got recommended on RUclips just a few hours later. Kind of creepy but what the heck...
Same here
Lol
The dude that filmed this deserves the Nobel peace prize!
@Gnome Trumpsky 😂😂😂 it would be more worthy of one than Obamas
😂
@Smoky Donuts :) Yes sir
For real, this is a legit fucking treasure
The Nobel practice for recording a back yard barbecue mini concert? Fool.
The guy in the front is a time traveler. Destination: First RATM concert! He was instructed not to disrupt the timeline, but broke all the rules.
he said fuck you I won't do what you tell me
Where? Second?
Had to check it wasn't me. Definitely a stop I would make if I ever got access to time travel
And the old guy standing in front of the speakers on the right wearing the blue baseball cap at 19:00 is Tom Morello, who has also traveled back to revisit the beginning.
Best thing I have ever seen on RUclips.
It’s insane how tight they played and how many classic hits they’d already had written by this point. Such an amazing band.
I thought that, too, but also how many first albums are like that. The first Korn, Weezer, AIC, Soundgarden, only to name a few.
the bass in the first track is definitely not in time lol
red shirt guy: imagine having the evidence that you're a fan since day 1.
Reminds me of that Henry Rollins quote, "It doesn't matter how many people come to see you, if two people come to see specifically you, you give them the best fucking show of their life."
❤
What has changed is only the size of the public and stage. The guys are all the same :) I love it!
So many of these people are not realizing how dope this set is, red shirt guy is a wolf among sheep and a god damn hero
Your're stupid for judging the crowd as if you were there to witness them yourself. You're probably one of those "lol this crowd is so wack" commenters.
@GihKaL Seeing by how triggered by that comment you got im willing to bet you ARE one of those people he was talking about lmao
RLX okay boomer
It's RATM's first concert, they don't know any song and probably never heard of the band before. Imo it actually was quite an awesome ground
Long hair Hat guy feels it
Zach giving 110% of himself from day one!
I know, right? His energy is amazing here. Adds so much to the performance.
I thought he may have had stage freight or was just was really shy when they played killing in the name 😂 boy was i wrong 😂🤘
I'm glad he dropped a lot of the hip hop moves later on.
Morello too. All of them, really.
That's why so many of us enjoyed the 90's music: there was no cheating or fake BS
Everyone watching this on their computers who tried to sing along in the beginning got faked out about a dozen times
Hahaha so much!
I thought Zach was letting audience sing like karaoke track
llllmmmmaaaaaoooo
they probably hadn't written the lyrics for that song yet
ChazWick4 ZACK IS SO FUCKEN BAD ASS SINGER!!! BEYOND INCREDIBLY AMAZING BAND!! SOOOOOOO OUT OF THERE TIME!! EPIC TALENT!! SO RARE THESE DAYS!!🔥🔥🔥😈😈😈
There's something brilliant about watching this and knowing the Zach were watching hadn't decided what to do with Killing in the Name yet.
The fact that this was recorded is a miracle in of itself. This goes down as one of the best first public performance ever.
I love how when Know Your Enemy starts at 41:00 everyone leans in to see how Tom is making that sound. They were so cutting edge.
they were the edge
LOVED this bit haha
Do you have autism and can’t read body language.
It has nothing to do with that, the beam was blocking Tom and he’s the only person playing so they’re leaning around the beam to watch him
I dont play can u explain what he did?
@@smoke4824 Using a combination of a kill switch on the guitar and a Whammy Pedal to create that sound. Unique idea at the time (hard for people to make sounds like this now without people thinking you're just trying to copy Tom).
crowd has no idea about how huge this band is about to be!!
the crowd here just survived the 80's
they have no idea what they are listening to
@@spatrk6634 that part
And they sounded God damn good too...just a raw garage bad...AMAZING
They say jump you say how high....probably my favorite...the In-house drive by...they say jump you say how high...check the song out live on this video...half way through....kick major ass bolodna
Dude in the red has got the rock and roll holy ghost
Legends say Rage was so impressed by red shirt man's dancing skills, they featured his likeness on their second album cover, Evil Empire.
hahaha
for real
It’s absolutely insane that this was their first show. They’re tight already. Incredible.
HelloThere no surprise they blew up
@Common Sense First performances can still be rough, all sorts of things can go wrong. Sound issues, nerves, etc...
"Rage Against The Machine sounded just like Rage Against The Machine from our very first rehearsals. It's simply a matter of chemistry and the way those four musicians play together instinctively." Tom Morello (taken from his Reddit AMA)
@Common Sense think about it this way: would RATM sound the same without Zach? I think not.
@Common Sense singing takes skill and experience to perform well, has room for individual stylistic choices, contributes the the melodic/harmonic/rhythmic/textural sum total of the music, as well requires upkeep and maintenance. Sure sounds like an instrument to me
damn zack, wrote those lyrics while so damn young... hes a kid here.
they all are, and the talent is amazing.
MORELLLOOOOOOOO
I was 11, and living in South Africa. When they started singing Township rebellion I had one mind blowing experience. Only now I get the song 😢😢 Long live Rage!!! Long live Nelson Mandela!!!
48:50 Zach gets his foot caught, falls, takes a few to get unstuck and proceeds to flip off the stage. Fucking love his energy, man always owned the stage, physically and figuratively
The stage got its revenge two years ago when he broke his ankle in Chicago. I saw them in Cleveland and he performed seated the entire time. I swear there was a stagehand behind him with his hand around Zach's belt holding him down because he REALLY wanted to be moving.
@@refluxcatalyst7190Thanks to that their concerts in Germany got cancelled 😢😢. I bought a ticket too, my only chance to see them live. It sucked so much. Still cannot get over it.
I spent way too long watching, rewinding, and waiting for him to flip off the stage and then i realized my error. 💀
if the people in the crowd only knew they were witnessing history...
Jack Bradley I was thinking the same thing. So much talent. Wow. The passion is insane. Best video on YT I’ve seen in a long time.
Everyone everywhere is always witnessing history.
SERIOUSLY
Some of them did!
Exactly
That guy in the red shirt dancing alone in front is a legend, the first guy ever to dance in RATM gig
RFTM : They changed their name to "Rage For The Machine"
Uh, there's a chick in white shirt grooving from the start.
@@justinturner4681 your original 😂
Hit the deck
Vandien siiiiiiii 💪
It’s been quite a fuucckking long time I’ve been impressed like this. This band… fan since the mid 90s 😎 gonne watch this again tomorrie
I love at minute 45, where the old, hunched guy walks by, throws a peace sign, and the sole guy in the front, dancing, throws a peace sign right back. The 90's were great.
Imagine the hangover after a really good party that got crashed by the cops way too early.. The 90's in a nutshell. Musically garbage, except for maybe AIC and Rage. It was like an entire decade of future Nickelback sperm cells spreading their mancreme into the water supply. Christ even Metallica sucked ass back then.
@@raven7389 You don't have a clue...
@@raven7389 wow. Fraud. You were absent from the 90's. Rage, NIN, White Zombie, Pantera, Tool, Helmet, Ministry, Corrosion of Conformity, Prong, Alice in Chains, Butthole Surfers, STP, Pearl Jam, Primus, Type O Negative, Marylyn Manson, Primer 55, System of a Down, Smashing Pumkins, Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc... etc... etc...
@@raquelitahinkerstoodle8672 Lies. You forgot Eminem.
@@raven7389 wrong genre.
It's awesome not only because of the quality of their songs and performance, but because the confidence they show even for a first concert
It is like they knew they were good ;)
Well zack was in inside out who were one of the biggest post hardcore bands around, it’s not like it’s his first time on stage.
That's what happens when artists are born to be great.
I mean....the know they're good and they know they're right.
If only someone could go back in time and tell these people that they witnessed the first concert of one of the greatest bands ever
I would've known that if I was there at the time.
I would travle back in time just to see them live
I met Zach and half of the people at a yuppie coffee shop didn’t know who he was. I was like really?
Someone did it at 19:30 wearing a red shirt
Red shirt guy.
This is pure gold 🤩🤘
The crowd was empty in the beginning, full at the end... sign of a LEGENDARY band
Tracklist: Killing In The Name
(02:21) Take The Power Back
(08:55) Auto Logic
(13:09) Bullet In The Head
(18:57) Hit The Deck
(23:24) Township Rebellion
(28:57) Darkness Of Greed
(32:56) Clear The Lane
(37:16) Clampdown
(41:05) Know Your Enemy
(46:08) Freedom
You forgot the most important timestamp of all:
(19:32) Red plaid appears front and center
Thank you
Your work is very appreciated.
Auto Logic is such a good song... except the chorus
Peter McCormick he’s throwing down! But still makes sure his shirt is properly tucked.
I love how the crowd gradually builds up as the gig goes on. As if they're hearing something new and fresh they've never heard before
They were. Their sound was something completely new.
I remember Rage blowing my mind when I first heard them … and they already had arrived!
That chick and dude with jello shirt had every one lit lol
Them and Nirvana changed music
First time seeing this video and loved every second of it 🔥 the crowd really had no idea they were witnessing history🔥 Amazing Video
So basically they never sucked. First show fire!
Never sucked, like my wife 😒
@@ironmantooltime that really sucks bruh
@ironman tooltime rip
@@ironmantooltime based
Like Tool. Both bands started around the same time and together. They fucking clearly heard each other and saw they needed to outdo each other and be flawless day 1. No matter how small the crowd. Both bands showed this. Every show was full on.
Damn I love Red Shirt Guy's energy. Hope he's having a great life, wherever he is.
He brought his A game that's for sure. Red shirt guy hells ya.
00:00 Killing In The Name (Instrumental)
02:21 Take the Power Back
08:58 Autologic
13:09 Bullet in the Head
18:58 Hit the Deck
23:26 Township Rebellion
28:58 Darkness of Greed
32:58 Clear the Lane
37:17 Clampdown (The Clash cover)
41:05 Know Your Enemy (Different Version)
46:09 Freedom
Thank you! The Clampdown is wicked in their version
Edu Oliveira they never recorded the 3erd song?
You are doing Gods work my man
Tku
there s a demo version recorded. but nothing well-produced
God I wish they were still performing. So good
WTF? I was expecting the sound to be terrible on this camera. This is like super clear
Dude right? If I hadn’t known this was from 1991, my guess would have been like 2007 at least
That's how you know you have a great sounding band. And possibly a great sound guy too
These digital recorders had better mic than today's phone. And idiots still insist to film a show on their ishit instead of enjoying the moment
Good sound engineer. Not muddy sounding like most live gigs end up sounding, but it's an outdoor gig, so there would be no acoustic issues. And whoever filmed probably had a semi decent mic and an adjustable input.
Sounds like shit bois
That instrumental at the beggining sounded really good they should have extended that into a full song
@Gupster 23 ? Isn't that by soundgarden?
@@TheMACnator This is a Nirvana´s song (smell like teen spirit).This intro I think that was killing in the name.
@@Summeru30 nirvana's is like an indian thing. we're talking about music so idk where you're coming from with that
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Thank you! thank you! thank you!
For posting this.
This is an amazing look at the very beginning of Rage!
The energy they brought to the stage was legendary!
I have NEVER seen a band perform such a musically, tight show, SO EARLY ON......this is insane. easy to see how they got signed and blew up.....
Them and Tool were tight from the start. They all had to gain experience elsewhere so once they came together and clicked, it was history after that. Happened to Tool as well. Maynard was almost chosen as the vocalist for RATM back when Brad and Tom rehearsed with both Zach and Maynard.
Check out no doubt playing like 92 on Fullerton college campus.so tight and pro. That's when I realized u either have it or u don't
Yeah I’m not even a fan of this band...I’m a metal core kinda guy...but this shit is good...and for a first show?! Amazing
Same thing I thought! They sounded ready to record right off the bat.
Being in a couple small bands myself, I'm just impressed that they played on a stage like this for their "first" show. Mine was just a typical open-mic night 😂😂😂 I didn't get the chance to perform in front of people like this at an outdoor venue for probably a year or so, but our area's scene is a little different than this, and playing music like this rarely lands you gigs such as this.
Good to remember that all bands start with patches of empty grass and people passing by without looking
Well, the Beatles have supposedly sold approx. 800 million albums so that means at least 6.2 billion people alive on earth today haven't bothered buying one of their albums (that is assuming that those 800 million albums sold were all sold to different individuals, which isn't true obvs i know i have 23 of those lol, and we forget about the people who have died since the sixties) so even tho they are stadium fillers its still a relatively small percentage of the world that really gives as much of a fuck to buy one of their albums but whatevs. :-)
Yup
@@fumbleify Nobody buys albums anymore anyhow. Also you don't need a album for every person listening in the room. Also they can be shared. I don't get the point of what you are saying, lol.
@@MrStronglime wrong! I do buy the actual cds of bands I like mate 🙂
@@irobot2258 If I report him, is it Minority Report?
Back then when killing in the name was just an intro
It's still an intro
Now it makes sense why the lyrics are so lazily written.
@@The__Leo not lazily written. it’s an opener for a reason. gets u going
@@The__Leo Lazily written? Wut? Do all songs have to be some kind of pseudo-shakesperian poetry? Get the fuck outta here.
@@juanmanuelcorrea7673 I understand that repeating the same sentence over and over is supposed to be some kind of statement on how "powerful" those words are, but for songwriting it's fucking lazy. Plus coming from a millionaire straight white male it's laughable.
It is amazing how they built a crowd during a set. It is a testament to their talent.
clarity 🎶
so good
Didn't think you would be here.
These people witnessed the creation of an entire new genre of music and didn't even know it. Incredible footage of history being made.
Not really. Jane’s Addiction, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and don’t forget Nirvana was the new band so Soundgarden and Meat Puppets and all those other guys already existed and travel to LA all the time. Nirvana and rage were kind of new pups on the scene.