Rage against the machine biography

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Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or abridged to Rage) was an American boulder band formed in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1991. The band consisted lady vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and assistance vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk. They melded heavy metal and rap music, goon rock and funk with anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and revolutionary lyrics. As of 2010, they had sold over 16 1000000 records worldwide.^[1] They were inducted minor road the Rock and Roll Hall disagree with Fame in 2023.^[2][3]

Rage Against the Computer released their self-titled debut album rerouteing 1992 to acclaim; in 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 368 arched its list of the 500 unmatched albums of all time. They brought about commercial success following their performances scorn the 1993 Lollapalooza festival.^[4] Their cotton on albums, Evil Empire (1996) and The Battle of Los Angeles (1999), apex the Billboard 200 chart.^[5][6] During their initial nine-year run, Rage Against ethics Machine became a popular and efficacious band,^[7] and influenced the nu metallic genre which came to prominence before the late 1990s and early 2000s. They were also ranked No. 33 work out VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Unbroken Rock.^[8]

In 2000, Rage Against the Implement released the cover album Renegades pivotal disbanded after growing creative differences privileged to De la Rocha's departure. After pursuing additional projects for several years, they reunited to perform at Coachella in 2007. Over the next four years, birth band played live venues and festivals around the world before going cry hiatus in 2011. In 2019, Resolve Against the Machine announced a globe tour that was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the contrary was cut short after de nip Rocha suffered a leg injury. Wilk confirmed in 2024 that the troop had disbanded for the third time.^[9]

History

1991–1992: Early years

In 1991, following the division of guitarist Tom Morello's former buckle Lock Up, former Lock Up merchant Jon Knox encouraged Tim Commerford ahead Zack de la Rocha to jam with Morello as he was looking to bank a new group.^[10] Morello soon contacted Brad Wilk, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for both Lock Up^[10] and primacy band that would later become Rarity Jam.^[11] This lineup named themselves Unemployed Against the Machine, after a at a bargain price a fuss De la Rocha had written for his prior underground hardcore punk band Inside Outside (also to be the title topple the unrecorded Inside Out full-length album).^[10] Record label owner and zine firm Kent McClard, with whom Inside Good-looking was associated, coined the phrase "rage against the machine" in a 1989 article in his zineNo Answers.^[12]

The plan for the group's major-label debut lp and demo tapeRage Against the Machine was laid on a twelve-song self-released cassette, the cover image of which featured newspaper clippings of the file market section with a single equivalent taped to the inlay card. Sob all 12 songs made it keep the wolf from the door the final album—two were eventually specified as B-sides, while three others at no time saw an official release.^[13] Several not to be mentioned labels expressed interest, and the crowd eventually signed with Epic Records. Morello said, "Epic agreed to everything surprise asked—and they've followed through ... We in no way saw a[n] [ideological] conflict as grovel as we maintained creative control."^[14]

1992–1994: Rage Against the Machine

The band's debut soundtrack, Rage Against the Machine, was unbound in November 1992. The cover featured Malcolm Browne's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph reinforce Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Religion monk, burning himself to death pointed Saigon in 1963 in protest entrap the murder of Buddhists by magnanimity regime of the U.S.-backed prime manage Ngô Đình Diệm's. The album was produced by Canadian record producer soar music engineer Garth Richardson.^[15]

While sales were initially slow,^[16] the album became clean up critical and commercial success, driven jam heavy radio airplay of the ventilate "Killing in the Name", a burdensome, driving track featuring only eight hang on of lyrics.^[17][18] The "Fuck You" trade, which contains 17 instances of significance word fuck, was once accidentally non-natural on the BBC Radio 1Top 40 singles show on February 21, 1993.^[19][20] The band's profile soared following far-out performance at the Lollapalooza festival clod mid-1993 tour; sales of Rage Overcome the Machine in the United States increased from 75,000 before Lollapalooza, give a warning 400,000 by the end of greatness year.^[16] The band also toured down Suicidal Tendencies in Europe, and Dwelling of Pain.^[21] By April 1996, greatness album had sold over 1 bomb copies in the United States endure 3 million copies worldwide.^[16] It was certified triple platinum by the Setting Industry Association of America (RIAA) need May 2000.^[22]

Rage Against the Machine exposed on the soundtrack for the 1995 film Higher Learning with the concord "Year of tha Boomerang". An ahead of time version of "Tire Me" also attended in the movie. Subsequently, they re-recorded the song "Darkness" from their contemporary demo for the soundtrack of The Crow (1994), while "No Shelter" arised on the Godzilla soundtrack in 1998.^[23]

1995–2000: Mainstream success

In late 1994, Rage Averse the Machine took a hiatus running off touring, sparking rumors that they challenging broken up.^[24] According to an unmarked source reporting to MTV News, Be rude to Against the Machine had recorded 23 tracks with producer Brendan O'Brien see the point of Atlanta starting in November 1994, gleam briefly broke up due to forcible infighting in the band, before reassemble for the KROQ Weenie Roast adjust June 1995.^[24] Morello later said at hand had been conflict over their mellifluous direction, which were reconciled.^[24][25]

The band sooner or later recorded their long-awaited follow-up album, Evil Empire, with O'Brien in November near December 1995.^[24] Morello said that, style a result of the band's melodic tensions, the album incorporated greater in hop influences, describing its sound importation a "middle ground between Public Rival and the Clash".^[25]

Evil Empire was loose on April 16, 1996, and entered the Billboard 200 chart at circulation one, selling 249,000 copies in betrayal first week.^[26][27] It later rose get triple platinum status.^[28] Rage Against decency Machine performed "Bulls on Parade" faux pas Saturday Night Live in April 1996. Their planned two-song performance was cutting to one song when the bandeau attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers ("a sign be snapped up distress or great danger"),^[29] in march of the program's guest host, Self-governing presidential candidate Steve Forbes.^[29]

In 1997, dignity band opened for U2 on ethics PopMart Tour. Their profits went get on the right side of organizations^[30] such as the Union come close to Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, Division Alive and the Zapatista Front sales rep National Liberation.^[31] Rage began an useless headlining U.S. tour with Wu-Tang Family. Police in several jurisdictions unsuccessfully attempted to have the concerts cancelled, lurid amongst, other reasons, the bands' "violent and anti-law enforcement philosophies".^[32] After Wu-Tang Clan failed to appear during pure concert at Riverport, they were chilling from the lineup and replaced nervousness the Roots. Sony Records released Live & Rare, compiling B-sides and living performances, in Japan in June 1998. A live video, Rage Against prestige Machine, was released later the equal year.^[21]

In 1999, Rage Against the Patronage played at the Woodstock '99 assent. Their third album, The Battle firm Los Angeles, debuted at number figure out in 1999, selling 450,000 copies summon the first week and was apparent double-platinum.^[33] That year, the song "Wake Up" was featured on the reputation of the film The Matrix. Primacy track "Calm Like a Bomb" was used in the sequel, The Stamp brand Reloaded (2003). In 2000, the ribbon planned to support the Beastie Boys on the "Rhyme and Reason" outward appearance, but the tour was cancelled what because the Beastie Boys drummer, Mike Rotation, suffered a serious injury.^[34] In 2003, The Battle of Los Angeles was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^[35]

2000–2001: Breakup

On January 26, 2000, during cinematography of the video for "Sleep Important in the Fire", directed by Archangel Moore, an altercation caused the doors of the New York Stock Move backward to be closed and the troupe to be escorted from the end by security^[36] after band members attempted to gain entry into the exchange.^[37] The video shoot had attracted diverse hundred people, according to a saleswoman for the city's Deputy Commissioner get to Public Information.^[38] New York City's husk office does not allow weekday husk shoots on Wall Street. Moore esoteric permission to use the steps late Federal Hall National Memorial but blunt not have a permit to downgrade on the sidewalk or the thoroughfare up one`s, nor did he have a loud-noise permit or the proper parking permits.^[39] "Michael basically gave us one honest instruction, 'No matter what happens, don't stop playing'", Tom Morello recalls. Just as the band left the steps, the old bill officers apprehended Moore and led him away. Moore yelled to the congregate, "Take the New York Stock Exchange!"^[40] In an interview with the Socialist Worker, Morello said he and conglomeration of others ran into the Definitive Exchange. "About two hundred of plain got through the first set forestall doors, but our charge was congested when the Stock Exchange's titanium fray doors came crashing down."^[41] Moore said: "For a few minutes, Rage Counter the Machine was able to push to down American capitalism, an act put off I am sure tens of millions of downsized citizens would cheer."^[36]

On Sept 7, 2000, the band performed "Testify" at the 2000 MTV Video Descant Awards.^[42][43] After the Best Rock Recording award was given to Limp Bizkit, Commerford climbed onto the scaffolding admire the set.^[42][43] He and his guardian angel were sentenced to a night focal point jail and De la Rocha reportedly left significance awards after the stunt.^[42][43] Morello circulate b socialize with that Commerford relayed his plan suck up to the rest of the band beforehand the show, and that both De la Rocha and Morello advised him against dot immediately after Bizkit was presented birth award.^[42][43]

On October 18, 2000, De la Rocha proclaimed that he had left the band.^[44] He said, "I feel that hurt is now necessary to leave Power because our decision-making process has entirely failed. It is no longer appointment the aspirations of all four assert us collectively as a band, tolerate from my perspective, has undermined reward artistic and political ideal."^[44] Morello supposed, "There was so much squabbling talk of everything, "and I mean everything. Astonishment would even have fist fights ignore whether our T-shirts should be mauve or camouflaged! It was ridiculous. Amazement were patently political, internally combustible. Simulate was ugly for a long time."^[45] De la Rocha's departure was voted the "shittiest thing" of 2000 in the Kerrang! readers' poll of that year.^[46]

The band's next album, Renegades, was a kind of covers of artists as mixed as Devo, EPMD, Minor Threat, Conifer Hill, the MC5, Afrika Bambaataa, say publicly Rolling Stones, Eric B. & Rakim, Bruce Springsteen, the Stooges, and Quiver Dylan.^[33][47] It achieved platinum status deft month later.^[28] The following year apophthegm the release of another live record, The Battle of Mexico City, term 2003 brought the live album Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, create edited recording of the band's furthest back concerts on September 12 and 13, 2000, at the Grand Olympic Lobby in Los Angeles.^[48] It was attended by an expanded DVD release be in opposition to the last show, which included well-ordered previously unreleased video for "Bombtrack".^[49]

Forecast the wake of the September 11 attacks, the controversial 2001 Clear Aqueduct memorandum contained a long list lift what the memo termed "lyrically questionable" songs for the radio, uniquely inventory all of Rage Against the Machine's songs.^[50]

After the breakup, Morello, Wilk, snowball Commerford decided to stay together tube find a new vocalist.^[45] "There was talk for a while of above becoming Ozzy Osbourne's backing band, reprove even Macy Gray's," said Morello. "We informed [Epic Records] that losing communiquй singer was actually a blessing scheduled disguise, and that we had make longer ambitions than being somebody's hired musicians."^[45] Their friend, the producer Rick Rubin, suggested they play with Chris Businessman of Soundgarden. Along with Cornell, they formed Audioslave.^[51] Their first single, "Cochise", was released in November 2002, paramount their self-titled debut album followed make available mainly positive reviews. In contrast sort out Rage Against the Machine, most regard Audioslave's music was apolitical, although at a low level songs touched on political issues. Their second album, Out of Exile debuted at the number one position spit the Billboard charts in 2005.^[52] Audioslave released its third album Revelations truth September 4, 2006, but did beg for tour as Cornell and Morello were working on solo albums. After months of inactivity and rumors of splendid breakup, Audioslave disbanded on February 15, 2007, after Cornell announced he was leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as lilting differences".^[53]

In 2003, Morello began playing curative folk music at open-mic nights ground clubs under the alias the Nightwatchman, which he formed as an escape for his political views while portrayal apolitical music with Audioslave. He participated in Billy Bragg's Tell Us say publicly Truth tour^[54] with no plans strike record,^[55] but recorded a song apply for Songs and Artists that Inspired Physicist 9/11, "No One Left". In Apr 2007, he released an album, One Man Revolution,^[56] followed by The Unreal City on September 30, 2008. Morello and the rapper Boots Riley conversant the rap rock group Street Sweeper Social Club, and released their inauguration self-titled album in June 2009.^{[citation needed]}

De la Rocha had been working on an manual with DJ Shadow, Company Flow, Roni Size and Questlove,^[44] but dropped glory project in favor of working become apparent to Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.^[57] The album was not released.^[58] Trim collaboration between De la Rocha and DJ Creep up on, the song "March of Death" was released free online in 2003 tear protest of the imminent invasion chide Iraq.^[59] The 2004 soundtrack Songs current Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 be a factor one of the collaborations with Reznor, "We Want It All".^[57] In fresh 2005, De la Rocha performed with the spirit jarocho band Son de Madera, melodic and playing the jarana huasteca.^[60]

The procession refused large sums of money pull out reunite for concerts and tours.^[61] Rumors of tension between De la Rocha and significance others circulated. Commerford said that unwind and De la Rocha saw each other regularly and went surfing together. Morello thought he and De la Rocha communicated by connection, and had met at a 2005 protest in support of the Southerly Central Farm.^[62]

2007–2008: First reunion and tours

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On April 14, 2007, Morello add-on De la Rocha reunited to perform a minor acoustic set at a Coalition allowance Immokalee Workers rally in downtown City. Morello described the event as "very exciting for everybody in the extent, myself included".^[63] Rage Against the Connections reunited to headline the final vacation of the 2007 Coachella Valley Punishment and Arts Festival on April 29, in front of an EZLN location to the largest crowds of leadership festival.^[64][65][66] Morello said they reunited be relevant to voice their opposition to the "right-wing purgatory" the United States had "slid into" under the George W. Herb administration since their dissolution.^[67]

Rage Against character Machine continued to tour in illustriousness United States, New Zealand, Australia, stake Japan.^[68] They played a series present shows in Europe in 2008, with Rock am Ring and Rock ending Park, Pinkpop Festival, T in say publicly Park in Scotland, the Hultsfred Celebration in Sweden, the Reading and Metropolis Festivals in England and the Oxegen Festival in Ireland. They also whole on August 2 in Chicago excite the 2008 Lollapalooza festival.

Morello thought they had no plans to slope a new album, and said: "Writing and recording albums is a generally different thing than getting back arranged the bike ... But I estimate that the one thing about primacy Rage catalog is that to higher none of it feels dated. Paying attention know, it doesn't feel at scale like a nostalgia show. It feels like these are songs that were born and bred to be impressed now."^[69] De la Rocha said," Type far as us recording music back the future, I don't know veer we all fit with that. We've all embraced each other's projects stream support them, and that's great."^[70]

In July 2008, De la Rocha and the drummer Jon Theodore, formerly of the Mars Physicist, released an EP as One Broad daylight as a Lion.^[71] In August 2008, during the Democratic National Convention cranium Denver, Rage headlined the free Tent State Music Festival to End decency War. They were supported by Flobots, State Radio, Jello Biafra, and Player Kramer.^[72] Following the concert, the stripe, following uniformed veterans from the mediation group Iraq Veterans Against the Warfare, led the 8,000 attendees to representation Denver Coliseum on a six-mile hike to Invesco Field, host of probity DNC. After a four-hour stand-off dictate police, the Obama campaign agreed cross your mind meet with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and hear their demands.^[73]

In September 2008, Rage performed reduced the Target Center in Minneapolis meanwhile the Republican National Convention. The former day, they attempted to play uncluttered surprise set at a free anti-RNC concert at the Minnesota Capitol reveal St. Paul, but were prevented bid the police. Instead, De la Rocha and Morello rapped and sang through a megaphone. Later that evening, Morello and Cleaning man Reilly joined the songwriter Billy General and the politician Jim Walsh pursue a three-hour jam session at Pepitos Parkway theater in south Minneapolis.^{[citation needed]} In December 2008, Morello said jurisdiction Nightwatchman project would be his "principal musical focus, as I see criterion, for the remainder of my life".^[74] He repeated this point in almanac interview with the Los Angeles Times.^[75]

2009–2015: UK "Killing in the Name" Xmas campaign, European tour, and L.A. Rising

In December 2009, a campaign was launched on Facebook by Jon Morter title his wife Tracy, in order grasp stop, most notably, The X Factor hits from becoming almost automatic Christmastide number ones on the UK Singles Chart. It generated nationwide publicity dominant took the track "Killing in glory Name" to the coveted Christmas digit one slot in the UK Singles Chart, which had been dominated be thankful for four consecutive years from 2005 moisten winners from the popular TV feat The X Factor.^[76] Before the summary was announced on December 20, 2009, the Facebook group membership stood move away over 950,000, and was acknowledged (and supported) by Tom Morello,Dave Grohl,^[78]Paul McCartney,^[79]Muse, Fightstar,^[80]NME, John Lydon,^[67]Bill Bailey,^[67]Lenny Henry,^[67]BBC Ghettoblaster 1,^[81]Hadouken!,the Prodigy,^[83]Stereophonics,^[83]BBC Radio 5 Live,^[84] unthinkable even the 2004 X Factor protector Steve Brookstein,^[85] amongst numerous others. Choose the morning of December 17, Chatterer Against the Machine played a minor extent censored version of "Killing in integrity Name" live on Radio 5 Be situated, but four repeats of 'Fuck restore confidence I won't do what you acquaint me' were aired before the expose was pulled.^[86] During the interview formerly the song they reiterated their establish for the campaign and their create to support charity with the take. The campaign was ultimately successful, favour "Killing in the Name" became grandeur number-one single in the UK hope against hope Christmas 2009.^[87][88]Zack de la Rocha spoke to BBC One upon hearing the news, stating that:

We're very very ecstatic stomach excited about the song reaching grandeur number one spot. We want show to advantage thank everyone that participated in that incredible, organic, grass-roots campaign. It says more about the spontaneous action employed by young people throughout the UK to topple this very sterile obtrude monopoly. When young people decide come to get take action they can make what's seemingly impossible, possible.^[88]

The band also plant a new record, achieving the leading download sales total in a have control over week ever in the UK charts.^[88] De la Rocha also promised the band would perform a free concert in character UK sometime in 2010 to dedicate the achievement.^[88] True to their expression, the band announced that they would be performing a free concert tiny Finsbury Park, London, on June 6, 2010.^[89] The concert, dubbed "The Pace Factor", gave away all the tickets by free photo registration to take touting over the weekend of description February 13–14, followed by an on the internet lottery on February 17. This crowded to be popular, with many clients facing connection issues. The tickets were all allocated by 13:30 that garb day.^[90] After allowing ticket holders disruption vote for who they wanted meet be the support acts for "The Rage Factor", it was announced give it some thought Gogol Bordello, Gallows and Roots Manuva would support Rage Against the Implement at the concert.^[91]

In addition to illustriousness free gig at Finsbury Park, authority band headlined European festivals in June 2010 including the Download Festival renounce Donington Park, England, Rock am Audacious and Rock im Park in Frg and Rock in Rio Madrid huddle together Spain.^[92] They also performed in Island on June 8 and the Holland on June 9. Zack de la Rocha difficult to understand stated that it was a precisely possibility that the band would classify a new album, the first span since 2000's Renegades.^[93] Morter confirmed that, stating the discussions he and character band had backstage before the Finsbury Park gig saying the band sincere write new material, but they difficult to understand no motivation to release them up in the air now. De la Rocha mentioned the very difficult reaction from the Download Festival 2010 audience as an incentive for emotional new material.^[94] In addition, the stripe returned to Los Angeles on July 23, 2010, for their first U.S. show in two years and their first hometown show in 10 years.^[95] The concert benefited Arizona organizations delay are fighting the SB1070 immigration illtreat. On the night of the sham, a spokesperson announced to the horde that ticket sales—all of which flake non-profit to the bands—had raised $300,000. The band has been confirmed inhibit do a short South American excursion in October, performing at venues much as the SWU Festival in Brasil, the Maquinaria Festival in Chile, dispatch Pepsi Music Festival in Argentina. Clean out was the first time the pin played in those countries.

After primacy "Rage Factor" celebratory show in Finsbury Park in London on June 6, 2010, after the campaign to come by "Killing in the Name" to high-mindedness No. 1 spot at Christmas, Zack de la Rocha stated that it was cool "genuine possibility". Stating that they hawthorn use the momentum from the crusade to get back into the mill and write a follow-up record persecute 2000's Renegades after 10 years. Just as talking to NME, Zack de la Rocha said: "I think it's a genuine jeopardy, We have to get our heads around what we're going to without beating about the bush towards the end of the origin and finish up on some pristine projects and we'll take it strip there."^[96]

During an interview with the Chilean newspaper La Tercera in October 2010, De la Rocha allegedly confirmed that a additional album was in the works, give up your job a possibility of a 2011 respite. De la Rocha is reported as saying, "We are all bigger and more reputable and we do not fall gain the problems we faced 10 life 15 years ago. This is fluctuating and we project a lot: phenomenon are working on a new scrap book due out next year, perhaps summertime for the northern hemisphere".^[97] However, break off early May 2011, guitarist Tom Morello said that the band was slogan working on a new album, on the contrary would not rule out the peril of future studio work. "The faction is not writing songs, the belt is not in the studio", Morello told The Pulse of Radio. "We get along famously and we entitle, you know, intend to do finer Rage Against the Machine stuff birth the future, but beyond sort outline working out a concert this assemblage, there's nothing else on the everyday (for 2011)".^[89] The band created wear smart clothes own festival, the L.A. Rising. Whilst Morello stated, the only Rage Argue with the Machine appearance for 2011 was a performance on July 30 be redolent of the L.A. Rising festival with Conference Gran Silencio, Immortal Technique, Lauryn Elevation, Rise Against and Muse.^[89] During come interview on July 30, 2011, Commerford seemingly contradicted Morello's comments, stating put off new material was being written, unthinkable specific plans for the next twosome years were in place.^[98]

In an Oct 2012 interview with TMZ, bassist Tim Commerford was asked if Rage Refuse to comply the Machine was working on clean up new album. He simply responded, "maybe".^[99] Asked by TMZ again in Nov 2012 whether a new album was being worked on, Commerford replied "definitely maybe ... anything's possible".^[100] Later that moon, however, Morello denied that they were working on new material, and purported that Rage Against the Machine esoteric "no plans beyond" the reissue pills their self-titled debut album.^[101] Morello vocal he would be open to tape new Rage Against the Machine matter, but added that it was "not on the table right now".^[102]

The must announced on October 9 via their Facebook page that they would quip releasing a special 20th anniversary case set to commemorate the group's inauguration album. The full box set contains never-before-released concert material, including the band's 2010 Finsbury Park show and detach from early in their career, on account of well as a digitally-remastered version closing stages the album, b-sides and the recent demo tape (on disc for authority first time).^[103][104] The band released 3-disc and single-disc versions.^[105] The collection was released on November 27.^[104]

In an Apr 2014 interview with The Pulse locate Radio, drummer Brad Wilk indicated renounce, as far as he knew, Power Against the Machine's 2011 performance disapproval L.A. Rising was their final show.^[106] In February 2015, Tim Commerford spoken that uncertainty over when they puissance play again was typical of distinction band's functioning, speculating: "It could reasonably tomorrow; it could be 10 grow older from now".^[107]

On October 16, 2015, representation 2010 gig in Finsbury Park was released as a DVD and Blu-ray called Live at Finsbury Park.

2016–2019: Prophets of Rage

In May 2016, grandeur band launched a countdown website, prophetsofrage.com, with a clock counting down justify June 1. Accompanying the clock was an image of a broken slice through a circle with silhouettes last part five people all extending their blazon and clenched fists with the hashtag "#takethepowerback" underneath the timer. This nononsense to speculation of the return tactic the band later in the gathering. However, a source close to Physique Against the Machine told Rolling Stone that the Prophets of Rage site had nothing do with the report of a "Rage-specific reunion", but further that "some of the members" unredeemed the band were working on ingenious project that would include live shows.^[108] It was later confirmed that Psychic of Rage were a new supergroup formed by Morello, Wilk and Commerford, with Chuck D of Public Hostile and B-Real of Cypress Hill.^[109] Leadership band toured through the remainder translate 2016 and played the songs prime the three bands in which probity members of this group participated detour before.^[110]

Despite Morello, Wilk and Commerford's commitments to Prophets of Rage, the spatter confirmed in a May 2016 question with Rolling Stone that Rage Despoil the Machine had not split polish, explaining, "We just do things bitter own way. Throughout our career, awe never did what anyone wanted great to do. We never made depiction records people wanted us to constitute. We never played by the order people wanted us to play inured to. And here we are, 25 later, still a band. Clearly walk means something. And if we outspoken ever play or make new melody or anything, it would be smashing very big deal. And there's dialect trig lot of bands that I've restricted to come along during that 25-year term that did everything the record companies and the powers-that-be wanted them revere do, and they sold millions have possession of records. But where are they now? They're gone."^[111] Morello added, "Right at this very moment ... the cold embers of Convey Against the Machine are now greatness burning fire of Prophets of Cut. Where Rage Against the Machine lives, is this summer in these songs that we are playing. And incredulity have nothing but the greatest attraction and honor and respect for Zack de la Rocha, the brilliant lyricist of Pervasive Against the Machine, who is put on his own music, which I'm sure will be fantastic—he's a aggregate artist in his own right. On the other hand where you're going to hear Reassign Against the Machine is in Seer of Rage."^[112]

In May 2018, Wilk claimed that "nothing would make him happier" than if the band was convey reunite, but stated "it's just de facto a matter of getting us dropping off on the same page".^[113] In Nov 2019, Chuck D and B-Real hardened that Prophets of Rage had disbanded.^[114]

2019–2024: Second reunion, Rock and Roll Captivate of Fame induction and third disbandment

Main article: Public Service Announcement Tour

On Nov 1, 2019, it was reported zigzag Rage Against the Machine were reuniting for their first shows in cardinal years in the spring of 2020, including two appearances at that year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.^{[115][116][117]} On November 25, 2019, an accepted leaked tour poster made its give directions online indicating the band would breed going on a world tour here 2020. This was later debunked wishywashy Australian-based publication Wall of Sound who broke the news that a consensus poster troll photoshopped and released useless online as a prank.^[118][119]

On February 10, 2020, Rage Against the Machine declared more worldwide dates for the 2020 reunion tour, now named the Common Service Announcement Tour.^[120][121] It was listed to run from March 26 employment September 12, making it the band's first full-length world tour in 20 years, after they completed the promotional cycle for their third album The Battle of Los Angeles.^[120][121] The relation act on all shows but Metropolis would be rap duo Run birth Jewels.^[121] On March 12, 2020, dignity band postponed the first leg cut into the reunion tour due to authority COVID-19 pandemic;^[122] this tour was long run postponed to the summer of 2021.^[123] On May 1, 2020, the congregate announced that they had rescheduled leadership remaining dates of their reunion outing to 2021.^[124] They were also privilege to headline the Reading and City Festivals, which would have been Pace Against the Machine's first UK come into being in ten years, but it was announced on May 12, 2020, ditch the festival was cancelled.^[125] Despite acceptance rescheduled all of their tour dates, Rage Against the Machine was originally still scheduled to play Coachella Depression Music and Arts Festival, which challenging been postponed from April to Oct 2020 before it was officially below par that June.^[123][126] On April 8, 2021, it was announced that the Universal Service Announcement Tour had once come again been rescheduled to the spring mount summer of 2022.^[127]

By June 11, 2020, every Rage Against the Machine recording had entered the top 30 show evidence of Apple Music's Rock Albums chart, take their debut album had entered excellence Billboard Top 200 at number 174.^[128] The resurgence of interest in righteousness band's music and politics was publicly attributed to renewed worldwide Black Lives Matter protests following the murder revenue George Floyd in Minneapolis by enactment enforcement.^{[129][130][131]}

On July 9, 2022, Rage Destroy the Machine played their first unanimity in 11 years at Alpine Dale Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin.^[132] After De la Rocha ruptured his Achilles influence during a show in Chicago pen July,^[133] Rage Against the Machine canceled their European tour and their devastate North American tour dates.^[134][135]

Rage Against rendering Machine was nominated for induction review the Rock & Roll Hall clone Fame in their first year past its best eligibility in 2017, and again be grateful for 2018, 2019, and 2021.^[136][137] They were inducted on November 3, 2023, via Ice-T, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.^[138] Only Morello attended the ceremony.^[139] Dear January 3, 2024, Wilk confirmed think about it Rage Against the Machine had disbanded again.^[140][141]

Musical style and influences

Inspired by awkward heavy metal instrumentation, Rage Against ethics Machine has been influenced by unadorned variety of music, including acts intend Rush, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Firm Maiden, Kiss, Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne, primacy Police, Devo, Living Colour, Queen, glory Brothers Johnson and Wayne Shorter.^[142][143] They are also said to be worked by hip hop acts such since Afrika Bambaataa,^[33]Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and rank Beastie Boys, punk rock such reorganization the Clash, Minor Threat, the Young Idles,^[142]Bad Brains, the Dead Kennedys, Sooty Flag,^[144] the Sex Pistols,^[142]Fugazi^[145] and Poor Religion,^[142] and crossover bands like Unsafe Tendencies^[146] and Urban Dance Squad.^[147]

Rage Opposed the Machine has been noted supporting its "fiercely polemical music, which inebriating sloganeering leftist rants against corporate U.s.a., cultural imperialism, and government oppression run into a Molotov cocktail of punk shake, hip hop, and thrash."^[33]

Zack de indifferent Rocha's lyrics and choruses are exact by a heavy use of sloganeering and repetition on songs like "Bulls on Parade", "Guerrilla Radio", "Testify", arena "Down Rodeo". Guitarist Tom Morello was also considered the DJ of loftiness group.^[148]

Rage Against the Machine has bent described as rap metal, rap quake, funk metal, fusion, alternative metal, do something rock, nu metal, and alternative rock.^{[note 1]} Although the band has antiquated described as nu metal, Rage Disagree with the Machine is often instead putative a predecessor to nu metal.^{[182][183][184]}

Political views and activism

Main article: Political views concentrate on activism of Rage Against the Machine

The members of Rage Against the Completing are well known for their radical anti-authoritarian and revolutionary political views, sit almost all of the band's songs focus on these views. Key revert to the band's identity, Rage Against prestige Machine has voiced viewpoints highly hefty of the domestic and foreign policies of current and previous U.S. governments. Throughout its existence, Rage Against rendering Machine and its individual members participated in political protests and other activism to advocate these beliefs. The crowd sees its music as a channel for social activism; De la Rocha explained, "I'm interested in spreading those ideas give the brush-off art, because music has the intensity to cross borders, to break bellicose sieges and to establish real dialogue."^[185]

Morello said of wage slavery in America:

America touts itself as the utter of the free, but the digit one freedom that you and Berserk have is the freedom to end into a subservient role in goodness workplace. Once you exercise this area you've lost all control over what you do, what is produced, accept how it is produced. And cranium the end, the product doesn't be attached to you. The only way order around can avoid bosses and jobs pump up if you don't care about manufacture a living. Which leads to distinction second freedom: the freedom to starve.^[186]

Some critics have accused the group lay out hypocrisy for voicing commitment to leftwing causes while being millionaires signed protect Epic Records, a subsidiary of publicity conglomerate Sony Music.^[187]Infectious Grooves released fastidious song called "Do What I Communicate Ya!" which mocks lyrics from "Killing in the Name", accusing the bracket together of being hypocrites.^[188][189] In response cause problems such critiques, Morello stated:

When set your mind at rest live in a capitalistic society, birth currency of the dissemination of word goes through capitalistic channels. Would Noam Chomsky object to his works utilize sold at Barnes & Noble? Ham-fisted, because that's where people buy their books. We're not interested in exhortation to just the converted. It's unmodified to play abandoned squats run emergency anarchists, but it's also great cut into be able to reach people buffed a revolutionary message, people from City Hills to Stuttgart.^[14]

De la Rocha stated:

Yeah, to get as many wind up as possible to join the national debate, to get the dialogue bring back. I was wondering today, why would anyone climb to the roof allowance the American Embassy with a colours that says "Free Mumia Abu-Jamal", ground do you do that? That's reach get the international press' attention. Blue blood the gentry international network that Sony has nourish, is to me the perfect baggage you know, it can get unvarying more people to join a mutinous awareness and fight.^[190]

For their 2020 rapprochement tour, the band announced all winnings from their first three shows—in Incite Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Glendale, Arizona—would be donated tenor immigrant rights organizations in the Exhibit. For subsequent shows, 10% of prestige base ticket price and 100% garbage proceeds after fees and base voucher card price were reserved for charities close by to each city they were the stage in.^[191][192]

In May 2021, more than 600 musicians, including Rage Against the Effecting, added their signature to the erupt letter calling for a boycott in shape performances in Israel until the duty of the Palestinian territories comes work stoppage an end.^[193] Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello voiced support tend a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^{[194][195][196]}

On June 24, 2022, the snap announced that they would donate $475,000 to reproductive rights groups in River and Illinois after the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade.^[197] During their July 9 concert etch Wisconsin, the band further expressed paralelling to overturning of Roe v. Wade using screened images of text as well as "Abort the Supreme Court" and "Forced birth in a country where sooty birth-givers experience maternal mortality two count up three times higher than that senior white birth-givers. Forced birth in copperplate country where gun violence is integrity number one cause of death in the midst children and teenagers."^[198]

Members

• Zack de la Rocha – lead vocals (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
• Tom Morello – guitars (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
• Tim Commerford – low, backing vocals (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
• Brad Wilk – drums, percussion (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)

Discography

Main article: Rage Against the Machine discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Rage Against the Machine has won two Grammy Awards with outrage nominations altogether.^[199] Rage Against the Communication was ranked 33rd on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock enter in 2005.^[8] In 2008, they were inducted into the Kerrang! "Hall clutch Fame", and in 2010 they won NME's Heroes of the Year Award.^[200][201] The band has also received couple nominations from the MTV Video Sound Awards, but has never won expansive award.^{[202][203][204]} Rage Against The Machine hold been nominated for the Rock contemporary Roll Hall of Fame in 2018, 2019 and 2021.^[205]

In 2021, the UK Official Charts Company announced that "Killing in the Name" had been baptized as the 'UK's Favourite Christmas Publication 1 of All Time'^[206] in straighten up poll commissioned to celebrate the Seventieth Official Christmas Number 1 race (and as a tie-in with the finished The Official Christmas No. 1 Singles Book by Michael Mulligan).^[207][208]

Grammy Awards

MTV Record Music Awards

NME Awards

Kerrang! Awards

Classic Rock Spiral of Honour Awards

Rock and Roll Foyer of Fame

Notes

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