The Battle of Mexico City

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The Battle for Mexico City
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Video by
Rage Against the Machine
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2001
RecordedOctober 28, 1999, Mexico City, Mexico
Genre Rap metal
Length68:00
Label Sony
Rage Against the Machine chronology
Rage Against the Machine
(1997)		The Battle for Mexico City
(2001)		 Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
(2003)

The Battle of Mexico City is the second video release by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. The concert was recorded in Mexico City's MX Palacio de los Deportes in 1999 as part of their The Battle of Los Angeles Tour. [1] The concert was the band's first in Mexico City, [2] which was chosen as the band had been longtime supporters of various political causes in Mexico.

The VHS was released in 2001 and later released on DVD in 2001, including a one-on-one interview with Noam Chomsky and a message from Subcomandante Marcos. [2]

On July 21, 2020, it was released on vinyl as a Record Store Day exclusive, [3] and it was released for streaming services on October 29. [1]

DVD track listing

  1. Program start – 0:25
  2. "Testify" – 4:00
  3. "Guerrilla Radio" – 3:30
  4. Documentary part I – 1:48
  5. "People of the Sun" – 2:28
  6. Documentary part II – 0:39
  7. "Calm Like a Bomb" – 4:41
  8. Documentary part III – 1:02
  9. "Sleep Now in the Fire" – 3:33
  10. "Born of a Broken Man" – 4:30
  11. "Bombtrack" – 4:03
  12. "Know Your Enemy" – 4:54
  13. Documentary part IV – 1:00
  14. "No Shelter" – 3:56
  15. "War Within a Breath" – 3:27
  16. Documentary part V – 2:14
  17. "Bulls on Parade" – 3:55
  18. "Killing in the Name" – 5:10
  19. "Zapata's Blood" – 3:20
  20. "Freedom" – 8:42
  21. "Outro" – 1:10

Bonus

  1. "Interview with Noam Chomsky" – 11:41
  2. "Interview with Marcos" – 9:25
  3. "Pre-Show Segment" – 3:08
  4. "Tom Morello's Tour of Mexico City" – 1:53

References

  1. 1 2 "Rage Against The Machine's The Battle Of Mexico City Set Hits…". Kerrang!. October 29, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  2. 1 2 McIver, Joel (March 17, 2014). Know Your Enemy: The Story of Rage Against the Machine. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-1-78323-034-1.
  3. ↑ Goodwin, Victoria (April 14, 2021). "Record Store Day announces 2021 releases » // MELODIC Magazine". www.melodicmag.com. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
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