Rage Against the Machine tour

WhiteEagle · Post by **WhiteEagle** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:14 am

Direktor wrote:"Whiny, politically-charged punk try hards", were his words.

That's what I was thinking, thanks for the info dude.

gnat wrote:white eagle, anti flag sounds like poo to me. rather drink beers. hehehehe

Sounds like a solid plan to me.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:17 am

so is anti-flag supporting? ho hum.

planning to get there around 9, but maybe we'll stop for beer.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:20 am

Cheers gnat!

3 options for main meals Vs proximity to venue... hmmmm! Maybe we'll see you there.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:21 am

i'll let all the younguns get there at doors open and secure their up front possies

defo not up for being in the thick of the mosh

saw some dude on youtube say he waited at the front of BDO stage from 10am to secure his position! what's that, like 10-11 hours?!!

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:57 am

gnat wrote:i'll let all the younguns get there at doors open and secure their up front possies

defo not up for being in the thick of the mosh

saw some dude on youtube say he waited at the front of BDO stage from 10am to secure his position! what's that, like 10-11 hours?!!

It would have been worth it.

You guys are going to exploded tonight.. seriously... they delivered at BDO

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:13 pm

Yeah - imagine the goodtimes he would have had when Rage hit stage and he was front and centre....

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:23 pm

PS:

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:26 pm

Direktor wrote:Yeah - imagine the goodtimes he would have had when Rage hit stage and he was front and centre....

Imagine the 10 hours before it when he really needed to take a piss

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:05 pm

getting pumped now.. BRING THAT SHIT IN!!

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:24 pm

i keep getting flutters of excitement.

not long to go now!

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:41 pm

Oh yeah

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:49 pm

Direktor wrote:My mate heard Anti-Flag at the BDO - and said they sucked major balls... "Whiny, politically-charged punk try hards", were his words.

I won't be busting my ass to catch their set.

As oposed to whiney, politically charged metal?

thfc · Post by **thfc** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:22 pm

The dude who sold me my ticket just rang me to say that he has lost his and a mates ticket, poor bastard, i think he was hoping i may offer to give him mine

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:33 pm

black star wrote:
Direktor wrote:My mate heard Anti-Flag at the BDO - and said they sucked major balls... "Whiny, politically-charged punk try hards", were his words.

I won't be busting my ass to catch their set.
As oposed to whiney, politically charged metal?

Zach ain't whiney dude. And Rage ain't try hards.

So the only comparisson you're drawing on is the "politically charged" bit.... c'mon BS, you can do better than that mate

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:29 pm

PS: did someone say Rage Against The Machine?

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:54 pm

i'm off home to prep

see you kids tonight

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:00 pm

Gnat what are you up to tonight?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:11 pm

Just rang Festie Hall - and for what it's worth, I've been told Rage hit the stage at "around 9pm"... which probably means 9.30pm.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:13 pm

earlier than i thought.

thanks direkt.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:15 pm

The pleasure is all mine...

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:25 pm

i am mildly excited for this.

mildly.

Post by **Friday** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:42 pm

more tickets on sale on ticketmaster now....

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:45 pm

You're shitting me?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:45 pm

what? omfg.

Post by **Friday** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:49 pm

nope. 'side view'.... but still tix to see them non the less.

they always do it a festival hall. they're called 'promoter holds' that the promoter is required to set aside in leiu of guestlist submission.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:51 pm

I couldn't see any... granted there was a new section "Side View" - but there was nothing available that I could see.

Post by **Friday** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:52 pm

there were when i just looked! maybe they went in that time already...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:54 pm

Maybe... or maybe I am looking in all the wrong places (no fine girls, just ugly faces).

Post by **Friday** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:57 pm

i just checked back and they've already sold out.

other people must know about the festival hall thing and be onto it pretty quick...

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:57 pm

and may be impeded? no good.

Post by **Friday** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:01 pm

nah it's not that bad. i know the seats. your're basically on the raised level, almost parallel to the stage. there's nothing blocking the view - it's just side on rather than front on...

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:02 pm

have fun tonight guys...

fists in the air!!!

oh yeah.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:03 pm

oh right! sounds pretty good!

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:03 pm

that's shit practise, considering ppl like me paid a 400% markup to see rage.

whatever.. it's gonna be awesome

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:05 pm

Sustain wrote:that's shit practise, considering ppl like me paid a 400% markup to see rage.

whatever.. it's gonna be awesome

Certainly does suck for you man.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:11 pm

PS: apparently Festie Hall are pretty good with their time estimations, so it may be a safe bet to turn up before 9pm.

Scotrod · Post by **Scotrod** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:00 pm

Can't wait.....and Festival Hall kicks ass as a venue I reckon. Full of character.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:20 pm

leaving in t-minus 10 minutes. FUCK YES!!! starting to get amped. been under the pump all day at work.

thfc · Post by **thfc** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:29 am

what a fucking great gig! it will take a lot to top that, i think i may have lost about 5 kilos after sweating so much but i think i can now die a happy man after witnessing that

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:40 am

Rage

fricken awesome and then some!!! I couldn't handle the heat in the middle so i moved over to the side and got heaps of space to rock out and watch the man in action. Best view!

wish i had my camera, there was a moment where security were pulling a guy out of the mosh pit, Zack was tearing it up at the front and there was a family sitting at the side of the stage and the little kid was covering his ears, gold.

expensive sauna though lol

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:53 am

yep.. looks sold out

http://www.flickr.com/photos/explode/2231689068/

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:29 am

Finally, I have seen the mighty RATM juggernaught in the flesh!

Zach was fucking awesome - seemed to be really enjoying himself up there. As was Morello.

Timmy C, whilst a little reserved perhaps, was tight as fuck - the definite rhythym backbone of funk.

Brad Wilk - all over the shop at times... well, all over the shop for a band of Rage's calibre, and also from what I've seen of him on DVD's (and heard on live recordings).
His timing was out at times, and I'm not overly sure if some of the time changes/tempo changes between verse to chorus were deliberate - or the result of excitement...

Regardless... wicked, wicked gig. Sweat fest 2000 though - I think I ended up with more people's sweat on me than my own sweat - t-shirts off brigade were definately in effect (and no, I wasn't part of that posse, I was their towel).

Bigups to Rage - and bigups to MB.C crew inside!

Please o' please do another album now - and then tour it!

almax · Post by **almax** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:16 pm

my mate at work just told me that he jumped on ebay last night at 8:50pm and there was 4 tickets to RATM going for $300 total!
I wonder why they had to sell

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:19 pm

Fucking Dope!!!!

What a night, fucking went off, so glad i got the oppertunity to go.

Funniest thing of the night was standing next to a partner from my firm watching him sing the lyrics and nodding his head. Who ever said you cant reach the top of the corporate ladder and still be able to party?

Rocking out at workshop after was not good for getting to work on time. 10:15 is not a good time to rock into the office with a hangover but arh FUCK IT!

I must say a special Big Ups to Witty for the ticket.

Scotrod · Post by **Scotrod** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:28 am

That was insane!!
I've never sweated my ass off around smelly people like that and still had so much fun before.
Shouts to the people dancing on the roof next to the balcony and the hippy in front of me, who didn't understand the irony every time he lifted his Pepsi cup to salute Zach's Globalisation comments. ha!
Good to see you Glenn BRB.
After witnessing countless dodgy cover bands in the nineties finish their night with "Killing in the name" it was awesome to see the originators do it properly!

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:40 am

what a fucking gig that was! i think i lost half my body weight in sweat and then regained it with beer and dodgy burger after (which rendered me incapacitated yesterday with head in the can. blugh.)

they didn't play a couple of tunes i want to hear, like know your enemy, but they saw that at BDO, so i was lucky enough to get the balance.

The atmosphere in there was fucking electric. I think the heat added to in some grimey sort of way.

mental. want to do it all again.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:42 am

what a mental fucking gig

they were on fire. zach was having an absolute BALL up there

tom morello is a freak of nature- wtf was he doing to his guitar to get that violin type sound for the intro to justify?? amazing amazing amazing

can't believe we got so close! were only about 15 feet back from the stage right in the thick of it. got headbutted during the first song but the offending fella was very apologetic. got a mad egg on head. hurts when i brush my hair. lol

mad old skool fun. pissed up, jumping about like loons, hotties with shirts of and inked up backs and arms everywhere. we gave away so many virtual dollars i zero'ed my account!

the heat. the sweat! fark me- i was saturated. BrB wrung about a litre out of his t at the end. good times good times

massive BU to panik for tix. massive BU to the pre and post gig crew. i had a sickie yesterday to recover. needed more hydraulics in legs

arggggghhhh! can go to grave sated

rage against the fucking machine indeed

dengelman · Post by **dengelman** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:01 am

gnat wrote:i had a sickie yesterday to recover.

soft. i was up at 6 for work. 'twas nasty indeed.

great gig. electric atmosphere. when not screaming i was pretty tom obsessed....

nice post-drinks tambien.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:16 am

rofl... up at 5.

Post by **huge** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:41 am

fuck you all in the goat arse.