The Battle of Mexico City
by Rage Against the Machine
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 February 2001
- Label: Epic
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:34:34
- Community rating: 3.86/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: John Harris, Jeremy Simer, Guillermo Beltran, Brad Wilk, Louis Marciano, Mike Fisher, Brendan O'Brien, Sue Pelino, Wilson Van Law, Lily Neumeyer, Tim Commerford, Heather Parry, Dave Gioiella, Scott Sady, Emilia Sparagna, Tom Morello, Aim茅e Macauley, Zack de la Rocha
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'The Battle of Mexico City' documents Rage Against the Machine's first concert in Mexico, performed in support of the Zapatista movement the band championed. The set channels the 'Battle of Los Angeles' material into an explicitly political occasion.
Genres
Descriptors: political, protest, live, rap, guitars
Tracklist
- Program Start (0:25)
- Testify (4:00)
- Guerilla Radio (3:30)
- Documentary Part I (1:48)
- People Of The Sun (2:28)
- Documentary Part II (0:39)
- Calm Like A Bomb (4:41)
- Documentary Part III (1:02)
- Sleep Now In The Fire (3:33)
- Born Of A Broken Man (4:30)
- Bombtrack (4:03)
- Know Your Enemy (4:54)
- Documentary Part IV (1:00)
- No Shelter (3:56)
- War Within A Breath (3:27)
- Documentary Part V (2:14)
- Bulls On Parade (3:55)
- Killing In The Name (5:10)
- Zapata's Blood (3:20)
- Freedom (8:42)
- End Credits (1:10)
- Interview With Noam Chomsky (11:41)
- Interview With Marcos (9:25)
- Pre Show Segment (3:08)
- Tom Morello's Tour Of Mexico City (1:53)
Credits
- David Alfaro Siqueiros - cover [cover mural]
- Michael Sellers - edited by [assistant]
- Shelagh Byrne - edited by [assistant]
- Joe DeMaio - film director
- Bill Richmond - other [camera operator]
- Charlie Huntley - other [camera operators]
- John Atkinson - other [camera operators]
- Manny Rodriques - other [camera operators]
- Lily Neumeyer - film producer, producer [segment]
- Aim茅e Macauley - art direction
- Dave Gioiella - edited by
- Guillermo Beltran - edited by
- Louis Marciano - edited by
- Mike Fisher - edited by
- Sue Pelino - edited by
- Wilson Van Law - edited by
- Heather Parry - film producer
- Liane Su - film producer [associate]
- Dave Sirulnick - film producer [executive]
- Lorraine Coyle - film producer [line]
- Brendan O'Brien - mixed by
- Bob Peterson - other [lighting designers]
- Doug Brandt - other [lighting designers]
- Emilia Sparagna - photography by
- Jeremy Simer - photography by
- Scott Sady - photography by
- John Harris - recorded by