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Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band, from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1991. The band's lineup, unchanged since formation, consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk. Rage Against the Machine is noted for its innovative blend of alternative rock, rap, heavy metal and funk as well as its revolutionary politics and lyrics. Rage Against the Machine drew inspiration from early heavy metal instrumentation, as well as rap acts such as Public Enemy, Urban Dance Squad, and Afrika Bambaataa. The group's music is distinguished primarily by their powerful stage energy, de la Rocha's rhyming styles and Morello's unorthodox guitar techniques.

 

 

must hear tracks...

 

Killing In The Name

 

 

Freedom

 

 

Bulls On parade

 

 

 

must have album:

 

Rage Against The Machine

 

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Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released November 11, 1992. The songs on Rage Against the Machine tend to feature political mantras with the vocals rapped. The album peaked at #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, and at #45 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

 

Tom Morello's solo guitar technique is relatively traditional on RATM relative to later albums; it generally tends to feature more influence from metal, as opposed to the more experimental techniques Morello uses on later albums, which feature more emulation of DJ and turntablism-influenced sounds.

 

tracklisting (key tracks in bold):

 

1. "Bombtrack" – 4:05

2. "Killing in the Name" – 5:14

3. "Take the Power Back" – 5:37

4. "Settle for Nothing" – 4:48

5. "Bullet in the Head" – 5:09

6. "Know Your Enemy" – 4:55

7. "Wake Up" – 6:04

8. "Fistful of Steel" – 5:31

9. "Township Rebellion" – 5:24

10. "Freedom" – 6:06

 

 

what are your thoughts on Rage Against The Machine? what are your favourite tracks/albums? Do you think it's a bit hypocritical for a highly anti-capitalist band to charge $1 million to play a festival?

Self-titled is brilliant, actually just ripping it to my computer again as we speak - I've had it for a while but my old hard-drive fried, unfortunately. Not as keen on their later work though.