And it goes without saying, he knows his way around a chug-tastic riff.Ī reimagining of the Cypress Hill track from final album Renegades, Rage covered a series of anthems from across the music spectrum and gave them an anti-establishment makeover. Guitarist Tom Morello's playing style has made him one of contemporary rock music's most distinctive talents, experimenting with his wah-wah pedal to form some incomprehensible sounds. Straight from their faultless eponymous debut album, this track's opening (and now iconic) bass-line serves as the an ideal introduction to Rage's explosive mix of visceral lyrical subject matter and powerful rhythms.ĭespite some of their songs focusing on specific atrocities and regimes across North and South America in particular over recent decades, Zack De La Rocha's lyrics and Rage's overarching anti-establishment agenda remain as prevalent as ever. So, despite no news on whether new material is in the works, there's a wealth of caustic classics from their previous four albums to fill a headline set. What we can also expect from RatM's live set is unrelenting energy, earth-shattering riffs, and plenty of profanity there's seldom a track within their back catalogue that doesn't have an 'explicit' lyrical content warning. Remember their naked protest at Lollapalooza, anyone? The world's most trending festival offers unprecedented visibility, so a politically-charged, hyper-controversial statement from the rap-rock revolutionaries is most definitely on the cards. Never a band to veer away from controversial political sentiment exactly, the four-piece consider highlighting social injustices and addressing the power/wealth imbalance of a rigged capitalist system as their modus operandi, ever since their formation back in 1991. Evidently they still feel there's plenty to rage against, announcing a surprise second reunion after calling it quits in 2011 with an ever-growing tour schedule this year which includes a headline slot at Coachella. "Compromise! Conformity! Assimilation! Submission! Ignorance! Hypocrisy! Brutality! The elite! All of which are American dreams!" is the typically strong, scathing statement directed at the USA's governing elite from none other than caustic rap-rock pioneers Rage Against The Machine.
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