Evil Empire was released on April 16, 1996, and entered the Billboard 200 chart at number one, selling 249,000 copies in its first week. It later rose to triple platinum status. Rage Against the Machine performed ” Bulls on Parade ” on Saturday Night Live in April 1996. Their planned two-song performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers (“a sign of distress or great danger”), in protest of the program’s guest host, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes .
released Evil Empire and performed on Saturday Night Live
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