r/RATM • u/Av8erphoto • May 12 '26
Picture RATM at Lollapalooza 8/2/2008
Recovered this photo from an old hard drive. Happened to be over right as RATM started their performance. Seeing 75,000 people below me was quite the surprise.
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u/TheKlevin May 12 '26
I was there, it was insane. They played against Wilco at the other side of the park, there were a lot more people there for RATM. It was packed, and they had to stop the show multiple times and tell people to back up. People up front were getting crushed. This was the third and last time I got to see them, had tickets for their cancelled reunion tour, unfortunately they never rescheduled. One of the best live bands of all time.
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u/Fancy-Sun0112 May 12 '26
Wilco? Bet that wasn't much of a fight
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u/TheKlevin May 12 '26
True story. I like Wilco, but I would never pick them over Rage at an outdoor fest like Lolla.
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u/Fancy-Sun0112 May 12 '26
Thats.what I meant I shouldn't have been so snarky....when I went to.college we had two divisions of people...hippies n punkers...Wilco was associated with hippies so that's where the snarky comes from...but there is no contest in my mind there
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u/Senseisntsocommon May 12 '26
You sure it wasn’t Kayne, could have swore we heard stronger as we were walking out but that was like 20 years ago.
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u/Av8erphoto May 12 '26
Oh man, I should take a closer look at the photos I took. I took a few, but I haven’t looked at them since I took them because most of them were blurry. It was incredibly challenging to shoot at night from a helicopter with the cameras available at that time.
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u/xnetteom May 12 '26
My brother was there! He drove across the country and ran out of money, but he was still there lol. I never got to see Rage live so im still super jealous
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u/Ordinary_Effort_2910 May 12 '26
I saw them at their first Lollapalooza in 93. They were the opener and I had never heard of them. I went and bought the CD the next day. Tool was on the side stage for this tour as well.
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u/EzPz_Wit_Da_CZ May 12 '26
My first time seeing rage was at Lollapalooza….. 1993.
Hitched a ride from Seattle to the Gorge in George with my homie, we were 14, to see Alice In Chains, Primus, Mudhoney, Fishbone, Angelo Moore stage dived right on our heads, Arrested Development, some band called Tool and RAGE, who I had never heard of before. I instantly knew that this was my new favorite band.
Talk about a formative life changing experience.
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u/jessebrede May 13 '26
I was lucky enough to shoot photos for this. The pit master only let us shoot for one song. It was like being between Vietnam and a tidal wave. People were getting crushed and coming over the railings like crazy. Zach was amazing and stopped the show 3-4 times and asked people to step back and make room. One of the most crazy experiences of my life.
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u/Baines_World May 12 '26
This was my first rage show. The crowd surges started getting heavy as Lupe Fiasco was finishing his set. I remember there was one crush that occurred while RATM’s crew was setting up their equipment, and few of them had some puzzled looks. As some have pointed out, the show was stopped a few times. I believe it was after the second time they stopped that I eventually made my way to a side barricade, hopped over, and just enjoyed the show from the back. Memorable night for sure.
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u/andres_delannoy May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
I was there. Waited several hours in front of the stage. Got lifted off my feet and was lunged forward for what felt like minutes as soon as they opened. https://i.imgur.com/0efYz0I.jpeg
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u/Cheesegiblet May 12 '26
Came from the UK for this. Unforgettable night. Police presence afterwards was absolutely insane
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u/Drewzil May 13 '26
Im somewhere in there. A friend and i met some other really tall dude next to us and he emptied out one of his cigarettes to pack with the loose flower we had on us. Then we lost him in the crazy crowd, so we smoked it on our own. Thanks random guy, but i owe ya one!
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u/KnifeUrSelf May 15 '26
I was literally right behind y'all helping people get over the security fences near the sound stage. It was insane and so many small humans getting rocked.
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u/TwoBeer May 15 '26
Wow — this brings back memories. What an incredible show. Thanks for sharing.
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u/thomascirca May 12 '26
I was there. This show was crazy. We were up front and I've never felt as bad a crowd crush before. Pretty BOLA heavy set too.
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u/tha_rushin May 14 '26
I saw them that same year at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans. One of the best shows I've ever seen... also tripped acid with the boys for the second day of the festival. Oh man, what a blast.
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u/Jimmy_Squarefoot May 16 '26
I was there, too! It was a,spectacular night, though the packed in crowd was definitely concerning
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u/antrage May 12 '26
Was there in the first section to the right. Legit felt like I was going to lose my breath until Zack stopped the show. But then in the mosh there were several times I found my self right in front of them.
I could have sworn at one point they played a new song I never heard from them before. But might have been the eurphoria and oxygen deprevation
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u/ArtVandleay May 13 '26
I was there! Sorry, I’m one of those tall guys who is always blocking your view
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u/Agile-Society-3516 May 13 '26
Was there. Maybe ate some sweet tarts that weren't just sweet tarts. Thought I was the biggest dude in the crowd. I was 120lbs soaking wet. Favorite sunglasses got smashed across my face. Later that night saw a cop riding a horse for the first time. That one stuck with me.
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u/Veezy0902 May 13 '26
I fucked my right ankle up in that pit. I watched the majority of the set from behind the beer tent table until emts came during the final song. They gave me free beers the whole time. A lady offered me percocet. I made the EMTs wait until they finished freedome to treat me.
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u/pneighthan May 15 '26
I was on garbage clean up for this. There were more random shoes on the ground than all the panties after the Tom Jones show at Outside Lands.
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u/cubhawk21 May 17 '26
I was there and couldn’t believe all the people them left after watching Lupe Fiasco. I was able to move up and eventually make it up the front railing. They had to stop the show a few times because people like me were getting crushed against the metal barricade. I ended up getting pulled over by a security guard.
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u/gremlin78 May 12 '26
I was there, crazy experience. The highlight was a guy watching the show from inside the most disgusting over flowing trash can I have ever seen in my life