Even as Rage Against the Machine was winning fans throughout the Los Angeles live music scene, the band felt it was unlikely that they’d sign a record deal based on the subject matter alone. “We began with zero commercial ambition,” Morello told Metal Hammer.“I didn’t think we’d ...
When Rage Against the Machine took to the Lollapalooza stage, they did so completely naked. Initially, the musicians held their instruments, but they soon put them down, purposely causing feedback from the speakers. Each of the men had tape across their mouth, with the letters P-M-R-C pai...
Ahead of Rage Against the Machine's long-awaited reunion tour, we count down their 25 greatest songs.
The Bloods gang was formed initially to compete against the influence of the Crips in Los Angeles. The rivalry originated in the late 1960s when Raymond Washington and other Crips attacked Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens, two students at Centennial High School in Compton, California. As a ...