RATM, Philadelphia, Dec. 6th, 1999

Drove 3 1/2 hours to see Rage tonight...unbelievable show.� Rage came onstage around 10 and stood onstage while a woman (presumably one of the leaders of Friends and Family for Mumia) gave a speech regarding the nature of Mumia's case and what she thought of the band (never giving in, never being intimated, and so on).� Rage then proceeded to turn the place upside down.� Set list the same as New York 12/3, but during the encores, we were treated to a "reworking" of Roll Right.� It a groove laid down by ytimk and Brad with Tom adding some of his signature effects over it.� Zack whispered the "Lick off the shot my stories shock you like Ellison..." lyric but never went into the chorus, ending with the same phrase over and over.� Something about a shot, but at this hour my memory fails me.� Then he went into his speech about Mumia during the end of this "jam".� Interesting stuff.� Zack was not talkative, only talking once about Mumia and once about the cops following them around on tour.� I've never seen a crowd more into a show in my life...the whole place was in a collective groove.� The "mightiest band in rock" indeed.

In Solidarity,
Ashish Desai