Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1

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Axis of Justice:
Concert Series Volume 1
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Live album including DVD by
Various Artists
ReleasedNovember 16, 2004
Length51:04
Label Columbia/Serjical Strike/Axis of Justice
Producer Serj Tankian, Tom Morello

Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 is a live CD/DVD by various artists in support of the Axis of Justice organization. [1]

Contents

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where the Streets Have No Name" U2 5:08
2."(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" Nick Lowe 2:16
3."Alice in My Fantasies"George Clinton Jr., Grace Cook3:37
4."Piano Improvisation" Serj Tankian 1:36
5."Charades"Tankian, Daron Malakian 3:36
6."Until the End" The Nightwatchman 4:16
7."I Feel Good Again" Junior Kimbrough 3:35
8."Get Up, Stand Up" Bob Marley, Peter Tosh 4:10
9."Union Song"The Nightwatchman2:58
10."(Free Jam)" Flea, Brad Wilk, Tankian2:14
11."What's Golden"Dante Givens, Mark Postic, Charles Stewart, Courtney Henderson, Lucas MacFadden, Marc Stuart3:05
12."Freedom"Givens, Postic, Stewart, Henderson, MacFadden, Stuart, Julius Brookington3:16
13."Speak on It" Knowledge, Tankian2:52
14."Chimes of Freedom" Bob Dylan 5:51
15."Jeffrey Are You Listening?"Tankian, Tom Morello, Wilk, Brian O'Connor 1:07
DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Airplane Skit"  
2."President Evil" (Iraq Poem)Knowledge 
3."Speak on It" (Armenian Genocide Poem)Knowledge, Tankian 
4."Until the End"The Nightwatchman 
5."The Road I Must Travel"The Nightwatchman 
6."Piano Improvisation"Tankian 
7."Charades"Tankian, Malakian 
8."(Free Jam)" (No Lyrics)Flea, Wilk, Tankian 
9."Chimes of Freedom"Dylan 
10."Alice in My Fantasies"Clinton Jr., Cook 
11."Where the Streets Have No Name"Bono, The Edge, U2 
Additional DVD Bonus Footage
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Bomb Day in Paris" Wayne Kramer  
13."5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO"Boots Riley 
14."Improvisational Noise"Tankian 
15."Get Up, Stand Up"Marley, Tosh 

Audio: (Excerpts from The Axis Of Justice radio network)

Personnel

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References

  1. James, Brian (January 30, 2005). "Various Artists: Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1". PopMatters . Retrieved November 25, 2020.