Rage Against the Machine

[FreedomWithin]

Hey, if anyone wants to talk about Rage at all, or any Revolutionary type of music, I wanna talk about it.

When ever I listen to Rage Against the Machine it makes me wanna get up and fuckin start somethin.

I don't know if anyone else feels the same way but...

talk about it

[Dooga Aetrus Blackrazor]

RATM is one of my favorite bands. I wish they hand't broke up because audioslave just isn't anything special. I think Zach made the band. I have yet to find a leftist political band that is even close to as good as Rage is to listen to. There are good bands that aren't political, but I don't know any bands with a sound like Rage.

[FreedomWithin]

yea i know, they are definately one of a kind.


R.I.P.

RATM

[FreedomWithin]

anybody like Operation Ivy?

they were one of a kind as well. Although less revolutionary music than the topic of RATM. but they were still great.
too bad they broke up after like 2 years...

why do all the best unique bands break up?

maybe it makes them even better because they will be well remembered that way. I don't really know. Let's talk about it.


(I also love bands like the Clash and Rancid)

[YSR]

anybody like Operation Ivy?

Word.

[FreedomWithin]

alright, nice



I dont know if anyon has heard of this band, but they're called Against All Authority.
They're punk/ska/hardcore
really good though, I think

look 'em up. :)

and even though I'm really only into punk, reggae, and ska, I also love and respect System of a Down because they have great messages in their songs.
Plus they are really creative

[ahab]

OI is awesome, but not as good as RATM. Yea i feel the same way, calm like a bomb, freedom, bulls on parade and wake up always get me pumped up, I usally listen to them before i go to a protest or anything really lol

[FreedomWithin]

Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2006, 05:46 AM
OI is awesome, but not as good as RATM. Yea i feel the same way, calm like a bomb, freedom, bulls on parade and wake up always get me pumped up, I usally listen to them before i go to a protest or anything really lol
Yea!
that's what I'm talkin about!
I love that feeling
And I especially love the end of Freedom
you know, that big build up
and then Zach is just like "FREEDOM!" :lol: screamin it over and over again
haha
it's awesome

[RebelDog]

When ever I listen to Rage Against the Machine it makes me wanna get up and fuckin start somethin.

Yeah Rage were special. Bulls on parade is my favourite. "weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes, not need, just feed the war canibal animal" that is poetry. A great band.

[Tommy-K]

Rage were the band that got me into Socialism in the first place. I'd heard of them so I decided to start listening to them. When I heard their message, that was it, I was a changed person :P

By the way, aren't RATM threads usually merged together because there's so many of them? Why not make it a sticky?

[FreedomWithin]

Originally posted by Tommy-[email protected] 9 2006, 08:02 AM
By the way, aren't RATM threads usually merged together because there's so many of them? Why not make it a sticky?
well, this isn't just a RATM thread, I kinda wanted it to be about revolutionary music in general but RATM as the main topic.

doesnt matter much to me

just wanna talk about it

[Viva Fidel!!]

RATM were the greatest. Zack has his own solo career going for him. He did a song with KRS-1 called CIA that I found to be great.

[FreedomWithin]

Originally posted by Viva Fidel!!@Sep 9 2006, 02:45 PM
RATM were the greatest. Zack has his own solo career going for him. He did a song with KRS-1 called CIA that I found to be great.
Oh yea, I love KRS-1 as well

anybody like Sublime?

[chimx]

i despise ratm.

[FreedomWithin]

Originally posted by [email protected] 9 2006, 03:40 PM
i despise ratm.
how come? I like to hear both points of view so I can understand why you despise them.

[FreedomWithin]

I like how sometimes when they play live, Tom Morello (the guitarist) uses an amp that is painted red with a big picture of Che's face on it

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10 2006, 04:45 AM
I like how sometimes when they play live, Tom Morello (the guitarist) uses an amp that is painted red with a big picture of Che's face on it
Morello's choice of guitars is also worth a mention

http://www.artistsnetwork.org/artists/tmorelloimages/tom3.jpg
being my personal favourite

as for Against All Authority, Freedom is a great song

[FreedomWithin]

right you are, my friend

[Pirate Utopian]

their best song was Guerrilla Radio

[FreedomWithin]

Originally posted by Big [email protected] 10 2006, 12:55 PM
their best song was Guerrilla Radio
I don't think that was the best song.
It was definately their most played song on the radio, but I don't think it's the best.
What about Bulls on Parade and Killing in the Name? And Sleep Now in the Fire?

I dont know, it's your opinion

and yes I do like Guerilla Radio too

Here's an interesting picture of Tom Morello...

[FreedomWithin]

can someone please get me a picture of Tom Morello's amp with Che's face on it?

I would really appreciate it.
I was searchin for it for like an hour but couldnt find it

[Little brother]

Sleep now in the Fire was my first taste of RATM two years back. Those opening riffs had me hooked.
Then everything else, man it's fucking mega.
I must say through them i was introduced to Socialism
haven't looked back

[FreedomWithin]

Originally posted by Little [email protected] 11 2006, 11:41 AM
Sleep now in the Fire was my first taste of RATM two years back. Those opening riffs had me hooked.
Then everything else, man it's fucking mega.
I must say through them i was introduced to Socialism
haven't looked back
yea man, they got me to get even farther into socialism than i already was


without Rage, a lot less people would be moved to think about socialism and shit

[Simotix]

I once listened to Rage Against the Machine and pee'd on a cop car at the same time.

But in all honestly, if you listen to ratm enough you really notice that something is not right.

[cccpcommie]

and that is?

[Iroquois Xavier]

RATM for me symbolises the word "REVOLUTIONARY"

[Sugar Hill Kevis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11 2006, 02:09 AM
can someone please get me a picture of Tom Morello's amp with Che's face on it?

I would really appreciate it.
I was searchin for it for like an hour but couldnt find it
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6130/amp10wo.jpg

it's amazing what happens when you type 'tom morello amp' into google images :P

[FreedomWithin]

haha, thanx alot Kevis.

i typed in something along the lines of those words but got some totally different stuff that wasnt relevent

but thanks, i appreciate it.

and Invader Zim, why the hell are you even on Revolutionary left if you're just going to insult people and act immature the whole time? please don't reply with another stupid comment unless it's about RATM or related to revolutionary music, or music in general

[Hierro]

I probably started looking into leftist ideas because of these guys. They were definately the people that opened the door for me and I think they are one of the best bands the world has seen.

Audioslave was a let down for me.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14 2006, 05:44 AM
I probably started looking into leftist ideas because of these guys. They were definately the people that opened the door for me and I think they are one of the best bands the world has seen.

Audioslave was a let down for me.



Audioslave was a let down for me.

I disagree, musically I thought that Chris Chris Cornell's voice really complimented the band.

Though, I have to say I prefer soundgarden to both bands.

[FreedomWithin]

yea i know, audioslave was a letdown.

with chris cornell, the singer of Soundgarden

hes a good singer and all, but he shouldnt have gotten together with Rage.

they play totally different music now than Rage.
Rage will live on as a band that could never be imitated.
I will always love 'em

[Invader Zim]

and Invader Zim, why the hell are you even on Revolutionary left if you're just going to insult people and act immature the whole time?

The whole time? I have near 7,000 posts and have been here for years, you have been here a few days, so how do you know what the majority of my posts are like?


unless it's about RATM or related to revolutionary music, or music in general

OK, which do you think is the best Rage album?

[Comrade C.A.]

Rage Against The Machine, Evil Empire, and Renegades are my favs, even though The Battle of Los Angeles has good songs, i think people tend to stick to it more because of the popularity of it instead of looking at the other albums.

I know someone here has to like Propaghandi too :P

[FreedomWithin]

Evil Empire is my personal favorite.

and yes, of the little Propaghandi i heard, i loved it

[Invader Zim]

Personally, the only Rage album I can deal with is the orgional, which has some good tracks on it.

Though I do like Bulls on parade.

[FreedomWithin]

alright then, that's fine

[FreedomWithin]

has anyone seen the DVD of RATM's last concert? It's amazing.

[Ze]

i saw them perform on tour with the wu-tang clan and at woodstock. i wish i knew more of what they were about back then, but that was my ignorance/bravado stage. they rocked regardless of understanding the message or not.

[YSR]

Originally posted by Comrade [email protected] 14 2006, 07:46 PM
I know someone here has to like Propaghandi too :P
Word.

[cb9's_unity]

RATM definatly took me out of main steem american politics. i was only in like seventh grade though when i started listening to them so i had no clue what marxism was.
i can only say that it was a damn plesent surprise to find out they were socialists when i started reading about them.

oh yah and all the other bands mentioned are phenominall, i highly suggest that everyone on this site listen to propagandhi(especially there old stuff).

[Exovedate]

Rage Against the Machine is without a doubt one of the greatest bands to ever play. It's too bad they broke up. They first opened my mind to the fact that there are choices other than capitalism.

If anyone like RATM they should check out this band from Vancouver. They're called Tons of Fun University (T.O.F.U.). Kind of an odd name but they have some great messages in their peices about the world capitalism has created. They do kind of a hip hop/spoken word thing. Definately a band worth checking out.
www.myspace.com/tonsoffununiversity

[igloo murphy]

Rage is perfect for what they do and is the best political band of all time!

They do what they do better then anyone else.

If they hadn't broken up im sure they would have started a revolution!

But they still opened many people's eye's with the balls to the wall, head banging, radical, power of their music!



REVOLT!

[Blue Collar Bohemian]

Rage's lyrics are far too often excessivly violent. I dig the music, but Zack de la Rocha needs chill out.

[RebelDog]

The only reason one could possibly have a dstaste of RATM is for reactionary reasons. They are one of us in music. "Weapons not food, not homes not shoes."

For me this includes all that has the audacity it deprive., Fuck scarcity, it should not exist l8ike the weapons made to enjforce scarcity. Fuck starvation.

[ComradeOm]

Originally posted by The [email protected] 11 2006, 09:26 PM
The only reason one could possibly have a dstaste of RATM is for reactionary reasons. They are one of us in music. "Weapons not food, not homes not shoes."
Or perhaps they don&#39;t like their music? <_<

[Don't Change Your Name]

Originally posted by The [email protected] 11 2006, 06:26 PM
The only reason one could possibly have a dstaste of RATM is for reactionary reasons.
Yes, a "reaction" to an overrated band 14 years old "rebels" with Che t-shirts worship...

[Political_Chucky]

Originally posted by FreedomWithin+September 09, 2006 09:52 am--> (FreedomWithin @ September 09, 2006 09:52 am)
Viva Fidel&#33;&#33;@Sep 9 2006, 02:45 PM
RATM were the greatest. Zack has his own solo career going for him. He did a song with KRS-1 called CIA that I found to be great.
Oh yea, I love KRS-1 as well

anybody like Sublime? [/b]
I have only barely been getting into RATM but I had Renegades and Battle of L.A. already in my collection just never heard them because I was more or less into Hip Hop and not much of rock. But I now wish I had listened to them b4 because they are truly inspirational.

And I LOVE Sublime&#33; First song I ever heard was Wrong Way in like 2nd grade. Bought every album ever since haha.

[socialistpunk]

yeah ratm own pretty much every other band in existance and my favourite song has to be, bullet in the head it owns. :D

[Adam Rand]

Rage Against The Machine are an amazing band. Each of their Albums is genius. They are just one of the best out there. And their political message, though I don&#39;t agree in an extreme measure, are very good in social areas. Great Band. Love them.

[Angry Young Man]

Who&#39;d&#39;ve guessed it? Another Rage thread. You know they&#39;re really not mentioned enough on this forum. Bully for you for bringing them to attention, cos thy&#39;re so rarely mentioned. /,,/ rockit&#33;

[OneBrickOneVoice]

They&#39;re having a show in July. I hope I&#39;m around.

[Angry Young Man]

OMFG Invader Zim likes Green Day and Audioslave?&#33; :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
There are too few emoticons to express my state of roflmao

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by Romantic [email protected] 17, 2007 05:17 pm
OMFG Invader Zim likes Green Day and Audioslave?&#33; :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
There are too few emoticons to express my state of roflmao

In addition to several hundred other bands which, probability dictates, you have never even listened too.

But that is beside the point, shouldn&#39;t you be out in a kiddies play park smoking weak cigarettes and sniffing poppers, with all the other wannabe rebel punk kids? As opposed to following me into various threads and trolling or have I unfortunatly mistaken you for one of those wannabe punk kids who actually have some form of a social life... if you can call it that.

[Political_Chucky]

Originally posted by [email protected] 14, 2007 03:09 pm
They&#39;re having a show in July. I hope I&#39;m around.
You talking about the Rock the Bells concert? I&#39;m gonna be there for sure with some VIP Tickets&#33; (Not the ones you are able to buy, but the backstage one) :D

[Blue Collar Bohemian]

I&#39;ve always been amused by the fact that RATM is on such a huge record label as Sony. Revolution has never been so profitable.

[Angry Young Man]

Originally posted by Invader Zim+March 17, 2007 05:44 pm--> (Invader Zim @ March 17, 2007 05:44 pm)
Romantic [email protected] 17, 2007 05:17 pm
OMFG Invader Zim likes Green Day and Audioslave?&#33; :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
There are too few emoticons to express my state of roflmao

In addition to several hundred other bands which, probability dictates, you have never even listened too.

But that is beside the point, shouldn&#39;t you be out in a kiddies play park smoking weak cigarettes and sniffing poppers, with all the other wannabe rebel punk kids? As opposed to following me into various threads and trolling or have I unfortunatly mistaken you for one of those wannabe punk kids who actually have some form of a social life... if you can call it that. [/b]
Err I don&#39;t proclaim myself punk. I like some punk bands. I also like some emo bands, but I&#39;m not a scene kid.
Also, I thought poppers was that stuff that widens your arsehole. And I smoke Drum, not weak cigs. Those (such as silk cuts) are for tarts.

[Invader Zim]

Me -
or have I unfortunatly mistaken you for one of those wannabe punk kids who actually have some form of a social life?

You -

Err I don&#39;t proclaim myself punk. I like some punk bands. I also like some emo bands, but I&#39;m not a scene kid.
Also, I thought poppers was that stuff that widens your arsehole. And I smoke Drum, not weak cigs. Those (such as silk cuts) are for tarts.

I will take that as a yes.


I also like some emo bands

Any right you had to slag of anyone elses taste in music can now be seen as truly hypocritical.

[Inithias]

Hey, if anyone wants to talk about Rage at all, or any Revolutionary type of music, I wanna talk about it.

When ever I listen to Rage Against the Machine it makes me wanna get up and fuckin start somethin.

I don&#39;t know if anyone else feels the same way but...

talk about it


it&#39;s the same with me...

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by Blue Collar [email protected] 20, 2007 04:11 pm
I&#39;ve always been amused by the fact that RATM is on such a huge record label as Sony. Revolution has never been so profitable.
Rage are a professional band who make a living of their work and their music contains revolutionary slogans and ideas. I think it&#39;s great that they&#39;re on a big label as this just means they reach more people.

By the by, what does the size of the record label matter? They&#39;re still capitalist enterprises...unless of course you identify with the "local businessman" (i.e smaller bourgeois) rather than the exploited worker.

[OneBrickOneVoice]

Originally posted by Political_Chucky+March 17, 2007 08:17 pm--> (Political_Chucky @ March 17, 2007 08:17 pm)
[email protected] 14, 2007 03:09 pm
They&#39;re having a show in July. I hope I&#39;m around.
You talking about the Rock the Bells concert? I&#39;m gonna be there for sure with some VIP Tickets&#33; (Not the ones you are able to buy, but the backstage one) :D [/b]
umm not sure. All I know is that one of my comrades from the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades mentioned that he had gotten a table there.

[Spike]

I never really cared for them. Their music is monotonous, repetitive, and politically immature. Their politics have too much of a petit-bourgeois liberal Michael Moorist character. Although their music was edgy, I found their vocals to be awful.