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Wed 09/04/03 at 21:04
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Hi.

I'd like to introduce everybody (Who hasn't yet heard of them) to an old band. Admittedly they did split up a few years ago, but they were a fantastic band. They were called Rage Against The Machine and they ROCKED!!!! The music was rock/metal, but the lyrics were rapped over the top of it. The drummer was Brad Wilk, the bassist was Tim Commerford, the vocalist was Zack de la Rocha, and the guitarist was the amazing Tom Morrello. All of them were amazingly talented, especially Zack and Tom. Zack was not only the singer, but also the main song writer for the band, and he could also play guitar, drums and bass. Tom Morrello was, and still is, probably one of the greatest guitarists ever. He was not only renound for his amazing speed and fantastic solos, but also his extensive use to effects, including phaser, whammy and harmoniser. Above all though was his unique understanding and application of the advanced techniques of playing guitar which are normally used sparingly in solos by other guitarists. He could hit a pinched or tapped harmonic perfectly, 10 times out of 10, at any position on the fret board, and use a combination of effects and the pick-up selector switch to make his guitar mimick turn-tables by playing dead notes. He has been voted Best Guitarist 4 times in a row, and is down as on of Total Guitar magazine's "Guitar Gods". A trademark of Rage was never using synthesisers, sampling, or any other kind of effects in their music, only the instruments. Their main focus point was that Rage were an extremly political band. The took part in countless protests on and off stage, and the lyrics to nearly all of their song were political. They have won numerous music awards and done several Tours. They have many albumbs out including Evil Empire, Best of Rage, The Battle Of Los Angoles, Rage Against The Machine, and Renegades. All of these have gone at least single platinum, most double. Recently Zack de la Rocha left the band to go solo, and the 3 remaining band members recruited singer Chris Cornell, and became Audioslave. The official Rage Against The Machine website is simply http://www.ratm.com . It contains far more additional information on the band than i currently have the time or the patients to dig up and include in this message. I don't really know that much about the band (Say's he who's just written 400 words on them!) but I know that they were a truly amazing (and one of the most influential) rock bands ever. If you like rock music, you'll LOVE Rage Against The Machine, trust me.

Thanks for reading!

Rattle snake3
Wed 09/04/03 at 21:04
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"This one goes to 11"
Posts: 1,212
Hi.

I'd like to introduce everybody (Who hasn't yet heard of them) to an old band. Admittedly they did split up a few years ago, but they were a fantastic band. They were called Rage Against The Machine and they ROCKED!!!! The music was rock/metal, but the lyrics were rapped over the top of it. The drummer was Brad Wilk, the bassist was Tim Commerford, the vocalist was Zack de la Rocha, and the guitarist was the amazing Tom Morrello. All of them were amazingly talented, especially Zack and Tom. Zack was not only the singer, but also the main song writer for the band, and he could also play guitar, drums and bass. Tom Morrello was, and still is, probably one of the greatest guitarists ever. He was not only renound for his amazing speed and fantastic solos, but also his extensive use to effects, including phaser, whammy and harmoniser. Above all though was his unique understanding and application of the advanced techniques of playing guitar which are normally used sparingly in solos by other guitarists. He could hit a pinched or tapped harmonic perfectly, 10 times out of 10, at any position on the fret board, and use a combination of effects and the pick-up selector switch to make his guitar mimick turn-tables by playing dead notes. He has been voted Best Guitarist 4 times in a row, and is down as on of Total Guitar magazine's "Guitar Gods". A trademark of Rage was never using synthesisers, sampling, or any other kind of effects in their music, only the instruments. Their main focus point was that Rage were an extremly political band. The took part in countless protests on and off stage, and the lyrics to nearly all of their song were political. They have won numerous music awards and done several Tours. They have many albumbs out including Evil Empire, Best of Rage, The Battle Of Los Angoles, Rage Against The Machine, and Renegades. All of these have gone at least single platinum, most double. Recently Zack de la Rocha left the band to go solo, and the 3 remaining band members recruited singer Chris Cornell, and became Audioslave. The official Rage Against The Machine website is simply http://www.ratm.com . It contains far more additional information on the band than i currently have the time or the patients to dig up and include in this message. I don't really know that much about the band (Say's he who's just written 400 words on them!) but I know that they were a truly amazing (and one of the most influential) rock bands ever. If you like rock music, you'll LOVE Rage Against The Machine, trust me.

Thanks for reading!

Rattle snake3
Wed 09/04/03 at 21:07
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They split last year, and who hasnt heard of them
Wed 09/04/03 at 21:23
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LAST YEAR!!!! Really? I thought it was earlier than that. Thanks Odin! The truth is I'm only just getting into the band! I really love their music. Does everybody here know who they were then? If so....dammit! You lot probably know more about them than i do! Oh well...
Wed 09/04/03 at 21:24
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"This one goes to 11"
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LAST YEAR!!!! Really? I thought it was earlier than that. Thanks Odin! The truth is I'm only just getting into the band! I really love their music. Does everybody here know who they were then? If so....dammit! You lot probably know more about them than i do! Oh well...
Wed 09/04/03 at 21:27
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"This one goes to 11"
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Y did that get posted twice? Weird. Probably coz i just changed my name while i woz writing the message! I'm rattlesnake3 if u hadn't guessed. Anyway....
Wed 09/04/03 at 21:54
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yeah they're a class band one of my favourite. get one of their DVDs too. my favourite song's prolly take the power back or bulls on parade
Thu 10/04/03 at 23:00
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Yeah take the power back rocks! My favourite's probably know your enemy...or wake up...or killin in the name....or bullet in the head....or freedom...or trak..or, forget it! ANY SONG from the RATM album (Which i now have the official correct tab for!). That's definatly my favourite Rage album.
Mon 14/04/03 at 16:30
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I didn't know about rage against the machine, for you see I have been on mars for the past ten years, in a cave, with my fingers in my ears and my eyes shut.

;o)

I would have liked to have gone to one of their concerts had I been so into them back then.
Mon 14/04/03 at 20:00
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"This one goes to 11"
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Wow. You can quote side-show Bob from the Simpsons. How very very sad.
Mon 14/04/03 at 20:18
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"gsybe you!"
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If I had got inot music about 2 years earlier, I would be a very happy chappy.

Rage rule.

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