I play guitar and bass in a little band, and am into programming in my spare time.
I play guitar and bass in a little band, and am into programming in my spare time.
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There's a war being fought even as I type this. It's a war of the people against the powerful. The only problem is, it's being covered up. By the media, by governments, by companies. With comments like "Anarchists are mindless thugs" and "Smashing McDonalds is wrong" the cover up is deployed. In fact, the real mindless thugs on May 1st each year are the police, and there is one band who are not afraid to openly say it. That band is composed of Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Timmy C (or Y Tim K or Tim Bob)and Brad Wilk. That band is Rage Against the Machine.
Rage Against the machine are a politically active band. They champion such causes as the Free Mumia Abu Jamal and Free Peltier movements, they promote freedom and an end to the capitalist regime. Well, someone had to.
Rage Against the Machine (also known as Self Titled Album)was their first album. It's been followed up by Evil Empire, Live and Rare and the battle of Los Angeles, and now Renegades is with us. Rage Against the Machine is my favourite of the widely available albums (Live and Rare has to be imported from Japan)as it features a real mixture of rock and hip hop.
Rage Against the Machine support Napster, so why not listen to some of the tracks before you buy. Here are some of the tracks
Take the Power Back Bullet in the Head Know Your Enemy Fist Full of Steel Wake Up (theme from The Matrix) Freedom Bombtrack
I bought the CD despite having all of the tracks from it on MP3, partly because it was so goo, partly because Rage Against the Machine put a lot of money into good causes like the campaign to end the death penalty, anti-sweatshop organisations etc.
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Hi Chaotic1! If you are interested in subversion/down with capitalism and that sort of stuff then you might be interested in this site:
http://www.adbusters.org .
Regarding this album, I'm glad you've written a review on it - it was a hugely influential album marrying metal and rap in a way not previously explored so fully. It was also a landmark album for me in terms of my guitar playing - I realised how versatile the guitar is if you are a little bit creative. A superb album that no doubt has provided many an outlet to an angry teenager.
Nik Ammar, Category Manager, Music