


He doesn’t understand how the song is happening. The look on his face is one of religious terror. And then he unplugs Timmy’s bass and takes Brad’s drumsticks. And then he unplugs my guitar, and the riff keeps playing. The cop vein in his neck begins to pulse. I’m going to keep playing.’ And then he’s like, ‘Get back on the fucking steps right now.” And then he says, ‘OK, now we’re going to play on the sidewalk, the un-permitted sidewalk.’ And so, we get down on the sidewalk, and the police sergeant comes up to me and he’s like, ‘You guys got to get back up on the steps.’ I remember what Mike said, so I’m like, ‘Something’s happening. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine recalls the events, stating: “So we’re on the steps, and we’re performing, and it’s going well. For a few minutes, Rage Against the Machine was able to shut down American capitalism-an act that I am sure tens of thousands of downsized citizens would cheer.” Director Moore said of the events later: “We decided to shoot this video in the belly of the beast.
