We don't need the key, we'll break in.
At number 6 is Rage Against the Machine. I really found it weird when I had to pencil this band just out of the top 5, since I've always said that they were in my top 5, as recently as a year ago.
Wiki - Rage Against the Machine is an American Rap metal band, formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. The band's line-up comprises vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Critics have noted Rage Against the Machine for its "fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering leftist rants against corporate America, cultural imperialism, and government oppression into a Molotov cocktail of punk, hip-hop, and thrash." Rage Against the Machine drew inspiration from early heavy metal instrumentation, as well as rap acts such as Afrika Bambaataa, Public Enemy and Urban Dance Squad.
In 1992, the band released its self-titled debut album, which became a commercial success, leading to a slot in the 1993 Lollapalooza. The band did not release a follow-up record until 1996, with Evil Empire. The band's third album The Battle of Los Angeles was released in 1999. During their initial nine year run, they became one of the most popular and influential political bands in contemporary music.[3]
Shortly after breaking up in 2000, the band released the cover album Renegades. De la Rocha started a low-key solo career in One Day as a Lion; the rest of the band formed the rock supergroup Audioslave with Chris Cornell, then-former frontman of Soundgarden, which disbanded in 2007, and in April of that year, Rage Against the Machine performed together for the first time in seven years at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The band has continued to perform at many live venues and festivals around the world since 2007 but have not recorded any new studio material, as of yet.
Discography -
Rage Against the Machine (1992)*
Evil Empire (1996)
The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
Renegades (2000)
*-best album
Top 20 best Rage songs:
20 Down Rodeo
19 No Shelter
18 Kick Out the Jams (cover)
17 War Within a Breath
16 Pistol Grip Pump (cover)
15 Voice of the Voiceless
14 Vietnow
13 Sleep Now in the Fire
12 Mic Check
11 Bulls on Parade
10 Take the Power Back
9 Testify
8 I'm Housin' (cover)
7 Microphone Fiend (cover)
6 Killing in the Name
5 Renegades of Funk (cover)
4 People of the Sun
3 Guerilla Radio
2 Know Your Enemy
1 Bullet in the Head
Rage are the last band on this countdown that I haven't seen in concert.
"And now the greatest band in the f*cking universe!"
next up: 5 awesome bands! (hint to come)
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