Rage Against The Machine:
 A Time Line

1991

First public performance, somebody's living room, Orange County, CA.

1992

Self-produced 12-song cassette released. Includes "Bullet In The Head"-this original version is later included on Epic debut album. Through fan club and at live shows, tape sells over 5,000 copies.

0713/92

Rage supports Porno For Pyros on the latter's debut performance, Los Angeles, CA.

09/11/92

First of two shows on the second stage of Lollapalooza II, Irvine Meadows, Los Angeles, CA

10/01/92

Begin first European tour, supporting Suicidal Tendencies (through 10/24/92).

11/06/92

Rage Against The Machine released on Epic Records.

12/26/92

"On the strength of the album, they must be viewed as one of the most original and virtuosic new rock bands in the nation"-Timothy White, Billboard.

01/23/94

Rage headlines Rock For Choice benefit, The Palladium, Hollywood, CA. Also appearing: Screaming Trees, Eddie Vedder, Mary's Danish, 7 Year Bitch, Green Apple Quick Step, Exene Cervenka

03/08/93

Rage begins US tour with House Of Pain.

07/18/93

Appearing at Lollapalooza III in Philadelphia, Rage creates silent protest against censorship by standing naked on stage for 25 minutes without singing or playing a note. Each band member has duct tape across his mouth and a letter scrawled on his chest, spelling out "P-M-R-C."

09/11/93

Rage headlines sold-out Anti-Nazi League benefit, Brixton Academy, London, England. Supporting acts include Lush, Senser, Headswim and Green Apple Quickstep. Show raises money for League activities publicizes 10/16/93 anti-Nazi march.

10/14/93

Rage begins headlining US tour with "Rock For Choice" benefit at The Palladium,

Hollywood, CA.

11/04/93

Sold-out headlining show, Roseland, New York City.

12/19/93

Rage begins US tour with Cypress Hill in Denver, CO.

02/01/94

MTV 120 Minutes premiere of "Freedom" video, directed by Peter Christopherson. Combines live performance footage with scenes from 1992 documentary Incident At Oglala and text from Peter Matthiessen's In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse.

02/01/94

"Freedom" is #1 video in the country, according to CVC Broadcast & Cable Top 50 chart.

04/28/94

Rage organize benefit concert "For The Freedom Of Leonard Peltier," California State: University, Dominguez Hills, CA. Rage headlines bill including Cypress Hill, Quicksand, Mother Tongue, X and Stanford Prison Experiment, with guest appearance by the Beastie Boys. Check for $75,235.91 is later presented to the Leonard Peltier Defense Fund.

10/22/94

Rage plays "Latinpalooza," a joint benefit for Leonard Peltier Defense Fund United Farm Workers, and Para Los Ninos, at Grand Olympic Grounds, Los Angeles, CA. Cypress FIill, Ligher Shade Of Brown, Fobia, Little Joe Y La Familia, and Thee Midnighters share the bill.

12/30/94

Higher Learning, with music from film directed by John Singleton, is released on Epic Soundtrax. Includes new Rage track, "Year Of The Boomerang."

08/17/94

Rage Against The Machine certified platinum for sales of 1 million copies. Album also certified platinum in Canada, UK, France, Belgium, and Chile, double platinum in New Zealand; and gold in Germany, Denmark, Holland, Norway Sweden, Switzerland, Australia.

08/13/95

Rage organize and headline benefit concert, Capitol Ballroom, Washington, D.C. Show raises more than $8,000 for the International Concerned Friends And Family Of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Also appearing: Handsome, Sullivan Brothers, Girls Against Boys, Chuck D. of Public Enemy, and Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill.

04/13/96

Rage appears on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Their two-song performance is cut to one song when the band attempts to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers.

04/14/96

Rage video for "Bulls On Parade," directed by Peter Christopherson, premieres on MTV's 120 Minutes.

04/16/96

Evil Empire released on Epic Records.

04/20/96

Rage plays free concert, the Velodrome at California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA.

05/03/96

Rage begins headlining European tour in Madrid.

05/04/96

Evil Empire enters Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #1*.

06/16/96

Rage plays the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The two-day event draws a sell-out crowd of over 100,000 making it the largest US benefit concert since Live Aid in 1985, according to event producers Bill Graham Presents. Proceeds go to the Milarepa Fund, a San Francisco non-profit group working for the cultural survival of Tibet. Also appearing: the Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Fugees, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Lee Hooker, Beck, Sonic Youth, Yoko Ono, De La Soul, Richie Havens.

07/16/96

Rage begins a headlining US tour in Atlanta, GA, including five nights at Roseland in New York City; four shows at the Hollywood Palladium, and three performances as the special guest band on the main stage of Lollapalooza.

0731/96

(1)Rage's "Bulls On Parade," directed by Peter Christopherson, is nominated for Best Hard Rock Video in the MTV Video Music Awards. (2) Evil Empire certified platinum for US sales of more than 1 million copies.

09/04/96

Rage begins a West Coast headlining tour in San Jose, CA, with dates through 10/10/96.

01/04/97

Two songs from Evil Empire, "Bulls On Parade" and "Tire Me," are nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance respectively in the 38th Annual Grammy Awards sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

01/08/97

Evil Empire certified double platinum for US sales of more than 2 million copies.

02/26/97

"Tire Me" wins Best Metal Performance in the Grammy Awards ceremonies held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

01/20/97

More than 50 US commercial radio stations carry the two-hour debut of "Radio Free L.A." The broadcast includes two live sets by a band comprised of Tom Morello (guitar), Zack de la Rocha (vocal), Flea (bass, of Red Hot Chili Peppers), and Steven Perkins (drums, of Porno For Pyros), including versions of "Down Rodeo," "Vietnow," "Tire Me," "People Of The Sun," "Bulls On Parade," and "Year Of Tha Boomerang." Also featured are live performances by Beck and Cypress Hill, and commentary by Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), and Chuck D (Public Enemy).

04/25/97

At Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Rage Against The Machine begin a series of stadium concerts supporting U2. Rage's net eam~ings from these performances are donated to a group of activist organizations, including Friends & Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal; FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting); the National Commisson for Democracy in Mexico; FZLN (Zapatista Front For National Liberation); and Women Alive.

06/21/97

Rage plays their last show with U2 at the L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles.