Rage Against the Machine
The Worcester Centrum
November 30, 1999

Instead of rattling on about my experience at the show and how great it was, I thought I would put together some interesting tidbits that I�observed tuesday night.� Sitting behind the stage is what enabled me to see some of these things.

• Brad was wearing a hat that had a feather attached to a circular piece of paper around his head, �which looked like something you might make in first grade.
• Between almost every song Zach would turn around and spray some kind of product in his mouth, �maybe due to the fact that he smokes American Spirits now.� I also saw Tim use this product a �few times.� It looked like those things people use for bad breath, sorry I don't know the name.
• Tim fucked up on the intro to Calm Like A Bomb, and simply made a small grunt and started �it over.� Zach was laughing in the background.
• During Bullet in the Head, when they reached the quiet bass and drums part, the crowd started �saying "bullet in the head" over and over again.� Zach just let us say that for a while and then �as the crowd continued he went into the "Standing in line..." part.� Everything just fit together. �I had never heard anyone do that on any bootleg before.
• During Born of a Broken Man, Zach took his mike stand and placed it right next to Brad's ride �symble, facing behind the stage, and just held it the whole time while screaming his balls off.
• Zach did the Maynard part in Know Your Enemy.
• Before playing Bulls On Parade,�Tom did those chords that he usually plays before Freedom, �like he did at Woodstock.� Zach also kept yelling out "Check out my DJ ya'll" during the solo.
• Before playing Freedom, Brad busted this phat drum beat that Tom started doing weird wammy/ �delay noises to that I have never heard him do before.� Tim then came along with the bass and �Zach made a long speech.� The�parts I remember were:� "Before the show we saw some police �officers standing outside the venue with signs that said 'Rage Against The Machine supports cop �killers.'"� He then went on about this and gave his thoughts on the topic.� I also remember him �saying:� "They're afraid of you getting involved...Please check out our stands after the show... �This song is for Mumia."� Freedom then followed.� The whole "jam/speech" was about four �minutes long.
• Setlist: �Testify, Guerilla Radio, People of the Sun, Calm Like a Bomb, Bullet in the Head, Sleep Now in �the Fire, Born of a Broken Man, The Ghoast of Tom Joad, No Shelter, Know Your Enemy, Bulls �On Parade, Jam Session, Freedom, Killing in the Name.
• I think the banner said "The Battle of Boston" instead of Worcester