Description:Having successfully fused music and politics from their start, inspiring both moshing and young minds in the process, Rage Against the Machine emerge in peak form with merely their third album in seven years. Guitarist Tom Morello is one of the most distinctive and innovative players of his era, and his foil, vocalist/lyricist Zack DeHaving successfully fused music and politics from their start, inspiring both moshing and young minds in the process, Rage Against the Machine emerge in peak form with merely their third album in seven years. Guitarist Tom Morello is one of the most distinctive and innovative players of his era, and his foil, vocalist/lyricist Zack De La Rocha, is as unrelenting and inspiring as ever on The Battle of Los Angeles. Rage, whose past antics include performing naked with duct tape over their mouths to protest censorship, released Battle on Election Day in the US, but the politics of the group can be separated from the sounds. Indeed, the 45 minutes of mayhem heard here can be enjoyed solely as rousing aggro hip-hop rock. There's more variety found on Battle than on its predecessors, however. "Sleep Now In The Fire" is one of their most straight-ahead rock tunes, while the trippy guitar on "Calm Like A Bomb" is out there even for the adventurous Morello and "Born a Broken Man" serves up lovely musical interludes. Overall, the more finely honed Rage heard on Battle may not inspire a generation of young revolutionaries, but they still stir up more mutinous spirit than the rest of the current rock pack. --Katherine Turman... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Epic Release date : 26 October 1998 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 5099749199323
"9. A song that you can dance to.
Rage Against The Machine - Guerilla Radio
'Dance' is a strong word, but I've torn it up to this track on numerous occasions in any place I've been lucky enough to hear it played."
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""Some punk, lots of funk, plenty of metal and a mother lode of political fury - it all added up to Rage's loudest album, their last before the band fell apart in 2000. Tom Morello's boombastic guitar effects sounded even more pissed off than Zack de la Rocha's raps." "
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