Rage Against The Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (CD, Epic Records, 1999) ****
Genre: They put rap, metal, and funk in a blender
Places I remember: Marbecks Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Wake Up (RATM)
Gear costume: Killing in the Name (RATM); Guerrilla Radio (Battle of Los Angeles)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Wake Up (RATM)
Gear costume: Killing in the Name (RATM); Guerrilla Radio (Battle of Los Angeles)
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Active compensatory factors: A real one off, like Hendrix, like Miles, like Coltrane, like the Stones, and The Beatles, Rage Against The Machine are a unique explosion of talent.
Active compensatory factors: A real one off, like Hendrix, like Miles, like Coltrane, like the Stones, and The Beatles, Rage Against The Machine are a unique explosion of talent.
They are a visionary band and like that cover image - confronting, violent, political, revolutionary, graphic - RATM make sure you can't ignore them. Everything about them is extraordinary: Zach de la Rocha's committed delivery; Tom Morello's freakish guitar effects; Timmy C and Brad Wilk's singular styles on bass and drums respectively.
The debut album is one long HOWL - glorious in its intention and its execution (wake up). All killer!
Album number 3 - The Battle of Los Angeles is another coherent venting of emotions by the guys. This is a further fiery blast. Guerrilla Radio was a brilliant single that encapsulated the album's strengths.
Where do they all belong? I had their other two albums but decided to sell them and keep what to me are the two peaks in their catalogue.
Where do they all belong? I had their other two albums but decided to sell them and keep what to me are the two peaks in their catalogue.
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