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band_name = Rage Against the Machine | image = | caption = Left to right: Brad Wilk, Zack de la Rocha, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello | years_active = 1991 – 2000 | music_genre = Alternative Rock Alternative Metal Rapcore | origin = Los Angeles, California | record_label = Epic Records | current_members = Zack De La Rocha - vocals Tom Morello - guitar Tim Commerford - bass Brad Wilk - drums| }} ''Rage Against the Machine'', also known as '''''Rage''''' or '''''RATM''''', was an American Rock / Rapcore band noted both for their diligent political conscience and for their pioneering blend of hard rock and rap which over time would come to be known variously as Rock , Rap Rock or Rap Metal (Both known under Rapcore ), Hard Rock , Funk Metal and Alternative Rock or Alternative Metal — as well as their vocal Militant Leftist beliefs. At the point of their break-up in 2000 , ''Rage Against the Machine'' had become one of the most popular political hard rock bands of all time, and certainly of the 1990s . Currently, three members of the band, Tom Morello , Tim Commerford , and Brad Wilk , are now members of Audioslave , featuring former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell . Widely regarded as the definitive originators of their genre, ''Rage'' drew inspiration from early Metallic instrumentation to create an almost totally new style of music. The coalescence of rhyming styles and vocals along with their sound, especially Tom Morello 's Guitar techniques, made ''RATM'' difficult to confine to any one particular Musical Genre , compelling a new classification. History from 1992. Thích Quảng Đức , a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Burns Himself To Death in Saigon in 1963 . Thích was protesting the oppression of Buddhists led by U.S. -installed Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem 's administration.]] Formation The duo of . Morello said, "Epic agreed to everything we asked--and they've followed through... we never saw a [ideological conflict as long as we maintained creative control." Their debut album, the self-titled '' Rage Against The Machine '' was released in late 1992. To promote the album and its core message of Social Justice and Equality , the band went on tour, playing at Lollapalooza II and as support for '' Suicidal Tendencies '' in Europe . Mainstream success Their second album, '' Evil Empire '' entered Billboard Top 200 chart at number one in 1996. A live video, also titled '' Rage Against The Machine '' followed in 1997. The following release, '' The Battle Of Los Angeles '' also debuted at number one in 1999, selling 450,000 copies the first week and then going Double-platinum . '' Renegades '', released shortly after the band's dissolution, was a 2000 collection of Covers of bands as diverse as Devo , Cypress Hill , Minor Threat , MC5 and even Bob Dylan . The following year saw the release of another live video, '' The Battle Of Mexico City ''. A Bootleg album of live and rare material fittingly titled '' Live & Rare '' from 1997, was followed up by a proper live release, '' Live At The Grand Olympic Auditorium '' in 2003, an edited recording of their last shows, September 12 and 13, 2000 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles . It was accompanied with an expanded DVD release of the concerts. Political Beliefs at the to Rage's music was later used in the completed "Sleep Now In The Fire" video. The band primarily saw its music as a vehicle for Social Activism . Tom Morello, in a February 1997 interview with Guitar World , said, America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn't belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don't care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve. Meanwhile, detractors on the Radical Left pointed out the tension between voicing commitment to leftist causes while being signed to Epic Records , a Subsidiary of media conglomerate Sony Records . In response, Morello pointed out, When you live in a Capitalistic society, the currency of the dissemination of information goes through capitalistic channels. Would Noam Chomsky object to his works being sold at Barnes & Noble ? No, because that's where people buy their books. We're not interested in preaching to just the converted. It's great to play abandoned squats run by anarchists, but it's also great to be able to reach people with a revolutionary message, people from Granada Hills to Stuttgart . .]] Some controversial stands taken by the group include tireless advocacy for the releases of former Black Panther Death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal and life-sentenced political activist Leonard Peltier . The band were also supporters of the Zapatistas , especially de la Rocha, who has taken several trips to the Mexican state of Chiapas to aid their efforts, and whose travels were soon documented, in part, in one of the band's concert videos. The song Bulls On Parade was performed on Saturday Night Live in April of 1996 . Their two-song performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers, a protest to having presidential candidate Steve Forbes as guest host on the program that night. At a Lollapalooza appearance in 1993 in Philadelphia , the band stood onstage naked with duct-tape on their mouths and the letters "PMRC" painted on their chests for 15 minutes in protest against Censorship by the Parents Music Resource Center . The only sound emitted was Audio Feedback from Morello and Commerford's guitars. Break-up '', RATM's last studio album.]] On October 18, 2000, de la Rocha released the following statement : I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and from my perspective, has undermined our artistic and political ideal. I am extremely proud of our work, both as activists and musicians, as well as indebted and grateful to every person who has expressed solidarity and shared this incredible experience with us. After the group's breakup, Morello, Wilk, and Commerford briefly tried to replace de la Rocha in RATM. Rumoured vocalists at the time included Rey Oropeza of Downset. , Chuck D of Public Enemy , and B-Real of Cypress Hill . However, the band teamed up with ex- Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell to form a new band, Audioslave . The first Audioslave single, " Cochise ", was released in early November 2002, and the First Album followed to mainly positive reviews. Their second album '' Out Of Exile '' debuted at the number one position on the Billboard charts in 2005. The band are currently recording a third one, stated for a summer 2006 release and has vowed to have "one-album-per-year" schedule. In September 2004, de la Rocha released a song called "We Want It All", produced by Trent Reznor , on the '' Songs And Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 '' soundtrack. Tom Morello, credited as "The Nightwatchman," also contributed a song entitled "No One Left" to this compilation. De la Rocha was also featured on the song "Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)" on Saul Williams ' Self-titled Album . According to a '' Spin Magazine '' interview, de la Rocha has recorded several tracks with various artists, among them Reprazent and DJ Shadow intended for a solo album. In 2003 a song called "March of Death" that he recorded with DJ Shadow was released in protest of the War On Iraq . References in popular culture
Discography Albums
Singles
U.K. Chart History (Singles and Albums) ''Highest Chart Positions'' Killing In The Name: #25 Bullet In The Head: #16 BombTrack: #37 Bulls On Parade: #8 People Of The Sun: #26 Guerilla Radio: #32 Sleep Now In The Fire: #43 Rage Against The Machine: #17 Evil Empire: #4 ''The Battle Of Los Angeles: #23 Renegades: #71 Live albums
A collection of live performences from all over and two newly recorded songs, never released anywhere else. Music videos
DVDs
Contains footage of concerts in Irvine, CA, at the Rock Am Ring Festival 1996, and at the Pink Pop Festival 1994. It also features music videos for five Rage songs from their first two albums. Also contains a poem by Zack de la Rocha entitled "Memory of the Dead" and the song, "The Ghost of Tom Joad".
This unauthorized DVD contains the biographies of the band members and interviews with Tom Morello and music journalists, but does not contain any live video clips, nor actual Rage Against the Machine music.
Rage's first concert in Mexico. Features songs from Rage's first three albums and a cover of "Zapata's Blood".
RATM's last performance at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA on September 13, 2000. It features long-time friends B-Real and Sen Dog for a cover of Cypress Hill's "How I Could Just Kill A Man". The DVD also contains the music videos "Bombtrack" (previously unreleased) and "How I Could Just Kill A Man" (by way of a career spanning video and photo montage,) footage from the band's free Democratic National Convention concert on August 14th, 2000, as well as two bonus concert performances of "People of the Sun" and "Know Your Enemy". Awards
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