RATM

rage against the machine - full show 3/29/92

tommullen — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:31:55 -0500

rage against the machine - full show 3/29/92

Ghost of Tom Joad - Junip Cover

letterstomoses — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:54:07 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0msMvP5lDA&list=UUXu9qHeLJRn45wibaXuntmQ&index=1

Flashback: Rage Against the Machine at Coachella 2007

tommullen — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:38:23 -0500

Flashback: Rage Against the Machine at Coachella 2007

From the debut to the grave…thank you RATM

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:24:47 -0500

From the debut to the grave…thank you RATM

Immediate Rage Fan

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:12:52 -0500

In April of 1993 I was getting my 4th tattoo and the tattoo artist was playing this amazing heavy music with a vocalist that had an energy and a rage in his voice that I had never heard before. The Band was Rage Against the Machine. I immediately went to purchase the album once I left the tattoo parlor. My friends and I had already purchased tickets to Lollapalooza at Buckeye Lake in 1993. Rage was the opening band and everything that came after their set was good but none had the energy that Rage portrayed that day. I have seen Rage play many times and they never fail to put on a great, powerful show that leaves the audience in awe.

RATM sketches during a show

mad-guru — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:13:00 -0500

I first heard Rage Against the Machine on bootleg tapes in Pakistan. It wasn’t until I came back to the States that I got their cds and waited for the chance to see them live. That came at an incredible Rock the Bells hip hop show in San Bernadino. A who’s who of the hip hop world past and present, but it was Rage that really stole the show. Late into the night, the band took the stage. People in the back had all jumped the gates and come forward. There was a sea of bonfires and madness all around. The aisles were packed with people that had surged forward. I had to stand on a rickety folding chair, packed in, ready to fall over. When the lights came up and the band exploded on the stage, I had to pull out my paper and watercolors, and get some sketches in the moment without tumbling over.

Photo

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:34:00 -0500

RATM - How it all began...for me.

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:48:36 -0500

Not to start a riot but a movement

drukqx — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:12:36 -0500

I was 16 and visiting a friends brother who must have been 18 or 19 back then and just moved out on his own and to the center of the city. He had an awesome record collection, not huge but great stuff. Good taste. (He had Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps but also Danzig’s III How the Gods Kill.)

I always remember that moment, I think it was the first time I was at his little one room apartment and the TV was on and blasting “Killing in the name was of…”!!! What the!!!! I didnt know what to say about that first. So angry, so simple but on the point, the message was clear: We’re full of it! Sick of it all! Let’s kill those who let others kill in the name of….

We were all angry back then. Oh yeah! Biohazard was supporting Kreator those days and their song “Punishment” impressed us in the same way like RATM did to be honest. (btw also “Only” was the new single of Anthrax with John Bush as their new singer. I remember it was all on the same day in this apartment that I heard these bands for the first time. Good times most definitely!)

All of my best friends were high on these tracks. Thats where we come from in a way so to speak. What was the name of that we asked ourselves, we had to know: Hardcore music? Ok. We dived deep onto that sh*t. NYHC, Boston HC, DCHC, LAHC, Hardcore worldwide, Street music, it all made sence and paved our ways but in fact for me & most of us it all started with RATM’s “Killing in the Name of” and Biohazard “Punishment” that particular day. We didnt form a band but something like that, maybe a gang of brothers, of likeminded people that share the same dream.

We are all still best friends, even after 20 years. One of these friends still has a huge A0 RATM poster from back than that always used to hang and still hangs on one of his walls. Every day for 20 years now, thats more than 7300 days OMG. We all love that music, the energy, the honesty in it and the remembrance of all of that, you know. It’s good stuff! Oh yeah. Love, in a way, but withoutthose rosy red glasses but lots of anger. And that anger has no means to destroy as an end, the force of this anger pushes to achieve something true, to build something up, to push forward with everything you got. Not to start a riot but a movement.

In this way, it is true: anger is a gift. And it still resonates. (btw check out Downset’s Anger and Boo-Yaa Tribe on their record “Angry Samoans” that came out a few years later. Some of the best!!!)

Cheers from good old Germany

Thank you Rage Against The Machine, for all your music!

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:24:35 -0500

Thank you Rage Against The Machine, for all your music!

https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/274379876247683073

tommullen — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:30:21 -0500

https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/274379876247683073

I was 14 in Brazil

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:24:41 -0500

When I first heard of RATM I was 14 years old back in 1996. I had friends that were very active in our local city hard core scene and I saw a video by RATM (bulls on parade) at their place. By that time i was starting to read left literature. Being south americans it was very enthusiastic for us to hear a band from the USA openly criticizing capitalism.

Entrada RATM en el Festival Pepsi Music

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:36:55 -0500

Entrada RATM en el Festival Pepsi Music

One of the best albums of all time.

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:48:33 -0500

RATM’s self-titled album is, arguably, in the top ten albums of all time. It’s pissed off, it’s emotional, and it’s damn good. The riffs are among the best ever written. You can’t deny how damn catchy songs like “Take The Power Back” and “Bombtrack” are. And “Killing In The Name” will always be a classic. I can’t believe it’s 20 years old. Damn. If you’ve never experienced RATM - even if you hate the genre - give this a chance. You’ll thank me. I promise.

i was that kid back in high school..

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:12:57 -0500

that had all the rage shirts. had one for every day of the week! great band. hope they continue on and perhaps make new records. stoked.

souvenir..

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:24:36 -0500

Un son différent, un chant différent, des paroles percutantes et criantes de vérités.. J’étais au lycée et “Bombtrack” et RATM sont entrées dans ma vie.. Aujourd’hui encore, j’écoute cette album du début à la fin….

E = RATM

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:36:29 -0500

Vi ho scoperti all’età di soli 3 anni, mio padre ha coltivato la mia infazia innaffiandomi con le vostre canzoni, ricordo che tutti i giorni mettevo uno dei vostri dischi nello stereo e cominciavo a saltare e a gridare per tutta la casa, crescendo non ho mai smesso di farlo. Questo perche voi mi trasmettete un energia tale che è impossibile contenere. Mi chiamo Enrico Corsi ho 17 anni e amo la musica, il mio sogno è quello di vedere un vostro concerto, per potere apprezzare dal vivo quello che siete veramente, ed essere inondato da quell’ondata di vibrazioni, da quella potenza di suoni, da quel groove unico che solo voi sapete trasmettere. Spero che un giorno partirete nuovamente per un tour cosi che tutti quelli come me che vi apprezzano e vi rispettano possano esaudire il loro sogno!!!

20 anni di ENERGIA ALLO STATO PURO!!!

Tribute

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:48:33 -0500

Hearing RATM since more than 15 years, now we try to make them a tribute.

We hope someone will appreciate.

https://www.facebook.com/BrainAgainstTheMachine

At Hollywood Palladium

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:12:54 -0500

Tim & Irvine Meadows

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:24:39 -0500

The sole reason I picked up a bass guitar is because tim made it look so damn cool, plus who has enough sack to interrupt the VMA’s. Saw you guys at the Coliseum for the first time, what a treat that was. I wish I was old enough to see you during a show @ Irvine Meadows, I would have actually paid to see that instead of sneaking in!