Rage Against The Machine?

[Judge Dred]

Anyone like them? I absolutely love them. You can't imagine how pissed I was when I heard the first Audioslave single, expecting to hear a badass rap by Zach, and instead hearing Chris Cornell's voice. uke:

I love all of their albums, Evil Empire being my favorite. They brought extreme poltical music to the mainstream, which was a good and bad thing. It woke people up, but eventually it turned into just another fad. I love the fact that they were political, it gave a lot of power to their songs.

It got a little out of hand though. Anyone hear the rumors of the band starting a guerrila army? A couple of idiots launched a politically inspired riot, and claimed "they did it for rage." The media ate it up, and thereafter you got in trouble for liking RATM. My friends and I got to experience this firsthand. We were walking through L.A. looking for a place to eat. Now, keep in mind that we were all hispanic, and three of the five of us had Rage shirts on. A store owner came out and confronted us, saying that we were hindering the operationg of his store. A couple squad cars showed up, and interrogated us. Sure, we didn't get in trouble, but damn! Ever since then my friends and I always joke that "we got arrested for being brown on a saturday afternoon." (right on to anyone who gets that joke...."don't be a menace")

 

[borninblood]

Great band.

 

[Connacht]

My personal opinion:

Rage Against The Machine: outstanding. Not other words can describe it.

Evil Empire: among a good album, but inferior to the self-titled.

The battle of Los Angeles: another good work that isn't so good than the first album.

However Tom Morello is a nice guitarist and De La Rocha a great frontman, I also like something of Audioslave (but not all).

 

[unknown]

I thought they were a pretty solid band. Inspired teenagers to be angry

 

[Hatebreeder]

I like their s/t, but I never dug any deeper into their discography.

 

[WNxScythe]

Great band, one of the only two rock bands I consistently like (the other being Led Zeppelin)

The way I see it:

s/t: The most 'traditional' of the Rage albums, more standard (though beautiful) solos, and less angry than the following album.
Evil Empire: Very angry, abrasive, more simplistic and rythmic than s/t, hard hitting and uses more dissonance
The Battle of L.A.: Extensive use of interesting lead work and 'weird' sounds, a bit more 'out there' than s/t and more melodic than EE.

All great albums, they also have the best lyrics of any rock band period.

 

[Satanstoenail]

They were a great band, Evil Empire is prob my fave album of theirs. Not to be taken to seriously with their 'political message' though, they were signed to Sony after all. Audioslave suck amazing amounts.

 

[Dän]

Ive always been a pretty big fan, politcalli i despise them for being huge hypocrites, and left cunts, but i love the music. Their self titled release is by far their best imo

 

[SoundMaster]

Ive always been a pretty big fan, politcalli i despise them for being huge hypocrites, and left cunts, but i love the music. Their self titled release is by far their best imo

Decent music, great lyrics.

 

[Seance]

pretty good

 

[Hatebreeder]

I recently borrowed Evil Empire from a friend, and it's a fucking heavy album. I love it.

 

[hibernal_dream]

[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Hey, man, I've come up with a great line for a song. Do you think we can do anything with it?"[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I'm not sure. Do you have more than just the one line?"[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"No, just the one."[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Hmmmm... Well, I have six minutes of guitar written. Do you think you could just repeat that line over and over for that long?"[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"You, my friend, are a damn genius!"[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Killing in the name of!
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Huh![/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Killing in the name of!
Killing in the name of[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
But now you do what they told ya
Well now you do what they told ya[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Uggh![/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Killing in the name of!
Killing in the name of![/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control (7 times)
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control
And now you do what they told ya![/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Come on![/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Yeah! Come on![/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!
Motherfucker!
Uggh![/FONT]