The band performed a free concert outside of the Staples Center in L.A during the Democratic National Convention in August 2000 in protest of the two party system.
Tom Morello: We've been able to have our cake and eat it, too. Every song, every T-shirt, is absolutely a pure expression of what we want to do. And it connects.
Tom Morello: (when asked if Rage was writing a new album) There are no plans to do that… that's a whole other ball of wax right there. Writing and recording albums is a whole different thing than getting back on the bike, you know, and playing these songs. But I think that the one thing about the Rage catalog is that to me none of it feels dated. You know, it doesn't feel at all like a nostalgia show. It feels like these are songs that were born and bred to be played now.