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by jbmny 1317 days ago
Caught them live a couple months ago at Madison Square Garden. I couldn't believe how good they sounded or how energetic they were. Zach had to sit down throughout the whole performance due to an injury, but it didn't bring down the intensity at all. And you'd have absolutely no idea Tom Morello was 58 years old. I found myself wondering how much better their shows could have been 30 years ago -- it didn't seem like they'd lost a single step.

Needless to say, it was well worth the price.

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Saw them at Lollapalooza in New Orleans in 1993. None of my group of friends had ever heard of them. We were there for Tool, Primus and Alice in Chains. The crisp guitar and overall energy of Rage was jaw-dropping. The next day all of us bought their CD and blasted it while driving around for the next year.
I flew from Melbourne, Australia to Buffalo, NY to see them. Worth the 27 hour flight each way.
I saw them in 1999 at Nassau Coliseum. Still to this day one of the best and most energetic shows I’ve ever been to.

This about sun up the evening: “groups of teenage boys took their own kind of mass action, rushing the barriers between the bleacher seats and the coliseum floor to overwhelm the outnumbered security guards. Half a dozen mosh pits held colliding bodies riding surges of adrenaline and testosterone during the set.”

https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/07/arts/rock-review-rock-reb...

I’ve never been able to see them live, but did see Prophets of Rage at a small local venue a few years ago. That was pretty sick.
Saw them as well in Canada this summer, same thing Zach was sitting but it quite literally the best show I've ever been to.
Tried to see them twice in the UK, which they have cancelled.

Hopefully, they will one day make it.