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Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything

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blindriver wrote: post #3

I've been a huge fan of RATM since the early 90s, but I don't think that "A brand new band mixing metal and hip hop like no one had done before" is quite true. My understanding is that the music scene in LA had a lot of bands like this. I believe the band Downset pre-dates them, and they had a big hit called "Anger". I only wish they had a bigger impact in politics. For all of their incredible songs, almost nothing c…

Downset was heavily influenced by Zach’s old band Inside Out. I was in an old hardcore band from that era and know Ray and played with shows with Inside Out. Updated for autocorrected error.

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Post by ThePinion »

blindriver wrote: post #3

I've been a huge fan of RATM since the early 90s, but I don't think that "A brand new band mixing metal and hip hop like no one had done before" is quite true. My understanding is that the music scene in LA had a lot of bands like this. I believe the band Downset pre-dates them, and they had a big hit called "Anger". I only wish they had a bigger impact in politics. For all of their incredible songs, almost nothing c…

These days they're doing what a lot of those 90s bands ended up doing: raging with the machine.

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Post by angrycontrarian »

MisterBastahrd wrote: post #14
hansjorg wrote: post #5

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They've ALWAYS been political. The lyric "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" wasn't about your mom or your teacher or your swim coach.

Except then it became "Fuck you, do what they tell you."
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