RAGE AT THE RNC
September 10, 2008
From my filmmaker friend Hank...
"...some pictures from this past Tuesday night, less than a mile from the Republican National Convention. We were asked to come up and shoot an unannounced surprise show by our friends Rage Against the Machine on the lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol. And it would have been a cool show in front of about 7500 young surprised fans. Except the second the band got out of their van to walk to the stage, the Minn. State Police confronted them and told them they would not be going on stage, not to try it, and if they did the power would be cut. Then suddenly there were about 300+ Riot Police, in full gear, circling the Lawn. And then they cut the power. With the fans going nuts, and the Troopers not budging, the band were brilliant. Zack, Tom, Tim and Brad, walked around to the crowd in front of the stage, and led the audience in an unplugged Rage protest set through just a megaphone."
September 10, 2008 , 2:30 AM
