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Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything

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Re: Rage Against The Machine’s explosive debut album changed everything

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Post by tomxor »

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…

In a way that means it hasn't dated much at all when you listen to the lyrics.

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Post by bentt »

Sporktacular wrote: post #53

Great band but these articles always need to talk up the originality or uniqueness of a given band when they just don't need to. Rage against the machine came at the right time, had/have great energy, technical skill, an important message etc. all of which make for a great piece. But mixing metal and hip hop in some new way? There were a dozen big name acts at the time doing exactly that.

In 1991? Who?

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Post by andrewinardeer »

jbmny wrote: post #34

Caught them live a couple months ago at Madison Square Garden. I couldn't believe how good they sounded or how energetic they were. Zach had to sit down throughout the whole performance due to an injury, but it didn't bring down the intensity at all. And you'd have absolutely no idea Tom Morello was 58 years old. I found myself wondering how much better their shows could have been 30 years ago -- it didn't seem like…

I flew from Melbourne, Australia to Buffalo, NY to see them. Worth the 27 hour flight each way.

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Post by soulofmischief »

nailer wrote: post #49
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…

NOFX had their politically awakening during the Bush years and produced their best work with War on Errrorism during this time.

One of the sharpest punk records ever cut. This album was a wake-up call.

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Post by konfusinomicon »

vondur wrote: post #11
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.

anger, hostility toward the opposition!

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Post by maxerickson »

KBeyo wrote: post #21

So, I’m sitting here in a small town in Uruguay on the coast. I’m American and I’m thinking about this third world country (please, this is how they refer to themselves - not as a developing nation, so just hard stop right there) and I’m thinking about where we are as humans, are heading. Well, as my father said tonight, history doesn’t repeat, it rhymes…here we are. What is going on??? I try and try as someone who g…

We've made lots of progress on problems like hunger. Despite there being far more people now than 30 years ago, a smaller number have less food than they need (not a smaller percentage, fewer people). To cast that as decline or things going in the wrong direction is bizarre.

And we have probably made net progress on people being closer. Bigotry has likely declined (even if there are still many noisy bigots out there).

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Post by soulofmischief »

beenBoutIT wrote: post #4

And then Rage Against the Machine's sound in the GTA San Andreas soundtrack changed everything again. Combining an open world game and a flight-simulator together with baked-in FM radio stations was literally the best thing to ever happen to gaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLGuDj2oGLU

The San Andreas FM station wasn't baked in, unlike its predecessors.

It featured dynamic playlists, randomized commercials, news and interview segments which reflected the progression of the game's arching plot and more.

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/allan-walker-craig-conno...

> In all the previous titles, each radio station was a loop of about an hour and a half with the adverts and the DJs all mixed in, so I could just EQ the whole thing the way I wanted. This time the tracks are selected randomly from each station's playlist and there are three different DJ intros and outros for each track. Most of the ads appear on several different stations too. We wanted people to be able to play the game for a long time before hearing anything repeated.

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Post by anderber »

mikehotel wrote: post #57
type0 wrote: post #10

Here's: "Killing In The Name" performed by The North Korean Military Chorus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAcYS-_8L2s

This cover by Denzel Curry is also worth checking out. https://yewtu.be/ZY4ywyFXdik

That was incredible, thanks for sharing
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