Rage Against the Machine
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Biography
When an Essex DJ launched a Facebook campaign to keep 2009's X Factor winner from its accustomed Christmas Number 1 slot, nobody thought he had much chance of success. When they heard the brutal mix of punk, heavy metal and hip-hop he'd selected for the battle, they thought he had NO chance. Yet the torrential protest song Killing In The Name ended up as Christmas Number 1 and LA's impassioned Rage Against The Machine made chart history. The controversial track originally appeared on their 1992 self-titled debut album (one recorded version featured 17 repetitions of the F-word!), helping to establish their reputation as one of rock's angriest bands. Sticking closely to their political ideals and anti-establishment stance, they built a fanatical following, but split in 2000 after internal disputes, with Zack de la Rocha working on a solo album and the other three forming Audioslave. However, they reunited in 2007 with spectacular results...
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- Track Popularity
- Killing In The Name
- Guerrilla Radio
- Renegades Of Funk
- Bulls On Parade
- Sleep Now In The Fire
- Testify
- How I Could Just Kill A Man
- Bombtrack
- People Of The Sun
- Freedom
- Take The Power Back
- Know Your Enemy
- Year Of Tha Boomerang
- No Shelter
- Street Fighting Man
- Bullet In The Head
- Down Rodeo
- The Ghost Of Tom Joad
- Zapata's Blood
- Down On The Street
- Maggie's Farm
- Year of the Boomerang
- Darkness
- Beautiful World
