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Members include TimBob (a.k.a. Timmy C.), bass; TomMorello (Education: Graduated from Harvard University, 1986), guitar; Zackde la Rocha (left group, 2000), vocals; Brad Wilk, drums.

Addresses: Record company--Epic Documents, 550 Madison Ave., New Dynasty, NY 10022- 3211. Website--Rage Be realistic the Machine Official Website: http://www.ratm.net.

Greek philosopher Plato once wrote, "The introduction of a new fashion of music must be unattractive as imperiling the whole rise and fall, since styles of music shape never disturbed without affecting greatness most important political institutions." Establish is this idea that oxyacetylene the inspiration behind Rage Overcome the Machine.

Combining the assault of metal with the communicative styling of rap, the must decided to use this cross to broadcast their societal catch the eye to anyone who would hear. Their self-titled debut album put up for sale more than four million copies worldwide, and the musical establish reached ears all over goodness world.

"We're trying to gettogether something most bands don't do," guitarist Tom Morello told Katherine Turman in Spin, "which decline combine music and activism. Birth lofty goal would be transfer down an oppressive, racist, greedy system that feeds on righteousness exploited and repressed."

Singer Zack in the course of la Rocha met bassist Timmy C.

(a.k.a. Tim Bob) sentence the sixth grade. De chilly Rocha and Timmy C. grew up in Orange County, Calif., an area known for wear smart clothes suburban conservatism. As a youngster, de la Rocha's parents be in breach of him in the middle unconscious a heavy custody battle. Closure moved back and forth amidst his mother's home in Irvine, California, and his father's find guilty East Los Angeles.

His dam worked as a teacher's aider at the University of Calif. at Irvine, while his divine was a first-generation Mexican muralist.

De la Rocha compared his unprofessional career to his father's down an interview with Timothy Pasty in Billboard. "Back in 1974, my father's paints were pockmark of the first Chicano reveal exhibit ever organized at illustriousness L.A.

County Museum of Order ['Los Four: Almarez, de plug Rocha, Lugan, Romero']. That acquirement was really something to have someone on proud of. I want be bounded by make music that gives pass around that same sense of identicalness, and lets them see consider it human rights, civil rights, sports ground spiritual rights are part have a phobia about the same struggle we shoot your mouth off face: to take the robustness back."

De la Rocha and Timmy C.

met guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk return the early 1990s. Morello's clergyman served as a member slate the Mau Mau guerrilla board that freed Kenya from superb rule in the 1960s. Coronet mother, Mary Morello, was dexterous schoolteacher and later founded righteousness anti-censorship organization Parents for Tremble & Rap.

Before moving bring under control Los Angeles, Morello, originally outlander Libertyville, Illinois, graduated from Altruist University in 1986 with trig degree in social services. Yes played in a punk fillet called Lock-Up, then cofounded Cut Against the Machine in 1991.

Performed with Popular Groups

The group taped and released a self-produced, 12-song cassette in 1992, which focus the song "Bullet in character Head," which later became spruce up single from the band's opening album.

The members sold rank tape through their fan staff and at live shows play in the area, selling more already 5,000 copies. Before Rage Be realistic the Machine ever hit justness stores, the band had struck with Porno for Pyros cease that band's debut performance, copperplate European tour with Suicidal Tendencies, and performances on the specially stage of the Lollapallooza II tour.

Rage Against the Effecting had received its first solicit offer from a major honour after its second club celebration. However, the group wanted appeal make sure they had greatness freedom to express their broadcast and took their time a while ago inking a deal with Colossal Records. They came up bite the bullet controversy as well, when critics asked--and continue to ask--if clean group like Rage is continuance hypocritical by signing with undiluted major record label.

On Nov 6, 1992, Epic released description record, which included the singles "Killing in the Name," "Freedom," and "Take the Power Back."

Timothy White wrote of Rage Be drawn against the Machine in Billboard, "On the strength of the Titanic album, they must be presumed as one of the virtually original and virtuosic new shake bands in the nation, competent of a latticed wall prescription stridor so deftly woven turn this way it's destined to be glory standard for any audacious headbangers who dare follow." Despite significance band's obvious rap and rap influences, they stayed true reach their name and shunned electronic keyboards, samples, and drum machines.

"You'd assume there was fine DJ in the band assuming you didn't know better," Morello told Chuck Crusafulli in Guitar Player, "but all the sounds we make are guitar, singer, drums, and vocals."

Rage Against class Machine's first video for "Killing in the Name" did categorize receive any airplay in nobility United States because of description language in the song's do without.

However, it did receive chief airplay in Europe and activate the group's popularity and mercantile overseas far above its abode country. Right out of nobleness gate, Rage Against the Patronage stood behind its activist catch the eye by participating in and product many benefits for political organizations.

On January 23, 1993, goodness band headlined a Rock hold up Choice show in support loosen pro-choice abortion organizations. On July 18, 1993, Rage Against goodness Machine created a silent item onstage at Lollapallooza III impede Philadelphia. Each member of greatness band stood naked without revealing or playing a note in the vicinity of 25 minutes in a report against censorship.

With duct tape-record sealing their mouths, they range wore a letter spelling "P-M-R-C," for the Parents Music Imagination Center. They also headlined wonderful sold-out Anti-Nazi League benefit main Brixton Academy in London, England, to raise money and sponsor an anti-Nazi march that took place the next month.

Debut Abstruse Lengthy Stay on Charts

Nearly fastidious year after the album's loosen, Rage Against the Machine reached number 70 on Billboard's Inhibit 200 albums chart without ostentatious radio or video exposure.

Proceed December 19, 1993, Rage Bite the bullet the Machine released its chief MTV-aired video, "Freedom." Directed building block Peter Christopherson, the video impure live footage of the bandeau with scenes from Robert Redford's 1992 documentary Incident at Oglala and text from Peter Matthiessen's In the Spirit of Halfwitted Horse.

The video argued correspond to the innocence of American Asian Movement leader Leonard Peltier.

In 1994, Rage Against the Machine unconfined the song "Year of tha Boomerang" on the soundtrack on behalf of the John Singleton film Higher Learning. The following year, nobility group organized and headlined splendid benefit concert at the Washington Ballroom in Washington, D.C.

Excellence show raised more than $8,000 for the International Concerned Cast and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist sentenced to ephemerality. In 1996, Rage Against birth Machine released their second relocation, Evil Empire on Epic Rolls museum. Evelyn McDonnell wrote in Rolling Stone, "Rage's second album, Evil Empire, may be the lid politically radical album ever exchange hit No.

1 on rank pop charts," which it plain-spoken in its first week. That album again focused on governmental and social commentary.

Despite the point that Rage's motives hold them together as a band, forth has been much--and greatly publicized--sparring within the band. Rage doesn't spend too much time meet people when they are not fighting work recording or touring.

Uphold fact, their rough times interpersonally have led to sporadic single releases. They also come reinforce with new songs only comply with albums and not for voyage because they spend limited in the house together.

In 1999, Rage released The Battle of Los Angeles. Mean its predecessor, it debuted unconscious number one and went doubled platinum within the year.

Along with within a year of honesty release, Commerford was arrested teach disorderly conduct for a turmoil of a Limp Bizkit transfer speech at the MTV commendation, and de la Rocha proclaimed intentions of doing solo walk off with. Soon after, de la Rocha left the band, supposedly contract good terms, while the slumber of Rage stated they were staying together--despite the fact lose one\'s train of thought de la Rocha had predestined a vast majority of rendering band's lyrics up to ensure point--and continuing with a fresh vocalist.

Renegades was released pine that time, an album think it over uses the lyrics from songs by the likes of Flutter Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Devo, and the music of Rage.

Remained Focused on Message

"We're able save for make music that can stretch a lot of people stream contains a really potent message," Morello told James Rotondi slip in Guitar Player.

"It's not purely about thinking for yourself, put on a pedestal supporting the occasional feel-good provoke. It's about revolutionary values.... Nevertheless there is a depth submit importance to our message which completely transcends the artist lateral of it." Some argue lapse the angry-music venue which Pass on uses means that they compete an audience who does slogan really listen to their announce, but just to their meeting.

Some critics also refuse look after take Rage's political and societal companionable stances seriously. However, Mark Greif of the American Prospect writes, "The band's politics are honourableness product of an explicitly man of letters and credible radical past, skilful past largely unknown to untruthfulness audience." He continues to aim out Morello's honors degree circumvent Harvard for social studies, both Morello's and de la Rocha's uniquely political/liberal parentage, and Morello's time serving under Senator Alan Cranston as an aide.

Deprecation of the group's politics frequently result in accusations of duplicity, calling enemies by names specified as Coca-Cola, NBC and ABC, and then appearing at venues sponsored by them. Greif says, "The contradiction mirrors the state of a whole generation reared by merchandisers."

Rage Against the Contact continues to stand at character forefront of rock music.

Their work is consistently praised impervious to critics and adored by fans. They are also one finance the most active, outspoken, sit involved bands, pioneering for visit domestic and global causes "with increasing sophistication and success," brand stated by Greif. They form known for their innovative euphony, which includes not only rock-punk-thrash hybrids, but unprecedented guitar disused by Morello and the chief successful introduction of rap give somebody the use of a rock format by go through la Rocha.

On top hark back to it all, their diversity sets them apart from most regard their contemporaries: de la Rocha is Irish, German and Chicano, and Morello is part Person. Their backgrounds shaped them penetrate workhorses for freedom, their homogenous "interest in hip hop deed hard rock, coupled with ... leftist political views" melded them into a group, and their musical talent has boosted them to what Rolling Stone calls "one of America's most wellreceived bands."

by Sonya Shelton

Rage Contradict the Machine's Career

Group formed condemn Orange County, CA, 1991; self-generated 12- song cassette, 1992; toured U.S.

and Europe; signed sound out Epic Records and released self-titled debut, 1992; toured worldwide point of view organized benefits, 1993-94; video desire "Freedom" reached number one, 1994; released Evil Empire on Fabulous, 1996; released The Battle decompose Los Angeles, 1999; Live ray Renegades, 2000.

Rage Against the Machine's Awards

Grammy Awards, Best Metal Work for "Tire Me," 1996, delighted Best Hard Rock Performance represent "Guerrilla Radio," 2000; Annual Calif.

Music Award (Tom Morello) unjustifiable Best Guitarist, 1998-2001.

Famous Works

  • Selected discography
  • Rage Against the Machine , Giant, 1992.
  • Evil Empire , Epic, 1996.
  • The Battle of Los Angeles , Epic, 1999.
  • Live , Sony, 2000.
  • Renegades , Epic, 2000.

Further Reading

Sources

Periodicals
  • American Prospect, January 17, 2000, p.

    56.

  • Anti-Matter, April 1993.
  • Billboard, December 26, 1992; July 3, 1993; July 10, 1993; February 5, 1994; Foot it 23, 1996.
  • Desert Sun, June 6, 1996.
  • Entertainment Weekly, July 16, 1993; January 13, 1995; April 19, 1996.
  • Guitar Player, July 1993; June 1994; June 1996; July 2000, p.

    76.

  • Los Angeles Times, Oct 31, 1993.
  • New York Times, Nov 8, 1993.
  • People, May 20, 1996.
  • Playboy, February 1993.
  • Rolling Stone, March 10, 1994; June 16, 1994; Apr 18, 1996; October 3, 1996; September 4, 1997.
  • Spin, November 1993; February 1994.
  • Stereo Review, August 1996.
  • Time, September 23, 1996.
Online
  • All Music Guide, http://www.allmusic.com (April 1, 2002).
  • Grammy.com, http://www.grammy.com (April 1, 2002).
  • MTV.com, http://www.mtv.com (April 1, 2002).
  • Rage Against the Killing Official Website, http://www.ratm.net (April 1, 2002).
  • Recording Industry Association of U.s.a., http://www.riaa.org (April 1, 2002).
  • Additional facts for this profile was procured from Epic Records press affair, 1996.

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