History Music / RageAgainstTheMachine

-->-- "Killing in the Name", from their self-titled debut[[note]]The last line is an ad-lib Zack occasionally sings live instead of repeating the second line, as he does in the recorded version.[[/note]]

'''Rage Against the Machine''' was a RapMetal[=/=]FunkMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991.

The band was on hiatus from 2000 to 2007, during which time the band members sans singer Zack De La Rocha formed the band Music/{{Audioslave}} with Music/{{Soundgarden}} vocalist Chris Cornell. Audioslave disbanded in 2007, and RATM reunited for a show in Coachella festival, and have since toured to some extent.

!!"Guilty Parties":
* Zack De La Rocha - vocals

!!Discography:

* ''The Battle Of Los Angeles'' (1999)

!!Troping in the Name:

* BadassBeard: Zack De La Rocha.

* BigWordShout: '''"FREE-DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!"'''

* DarkerAndEdgier: The band's cover of Devo's "Beautiful World" takes a song that, although light-hearted musically, is quite dark lyrically, and makes its tone even darker, with a vastly-simplified and toned-down musical arrangement.
* FunkMetal: TropeCodifier.

* IsntItIronic: "No Shelter" was used on the Godzilla soundtrack because Sony noticed that they mention the great lizard by name. What Sony failed to notice is that they call it "pure motherfucking filler" (''immediately'' after mentioning Godzilla, no less!) and that the whole song was about slick American advertising disguising real suffering. Furthermore, "No Shelter" has the line "Make you think what you need is what they sellin'/Make you think that buyin' is rebellin'"

'''Rage Against the Machine''' was a RapMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991.

* FunkMetal

* CoverVersion: An entire album of them. ''Renegades'' is a collection of covers. They have also covered [[Music/{{NWA}} "Fuck tha Police"]], [[Music/PublicEnemy "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"]] and [[Music/BruceSpringsteen "The Ghost of Tom Joad"]] (the latter of which is in ''Renegades'', and for which, incidentally, Morello guested when Springsteen re-recorded it in ''High Hopes''). At live shows they sometimes play White Riot by Music/TheClash.

** Also, in the 2009 U.K Xmas No.1 race, when Rage's "Killing In The Name" went up against ''The X Factor'''s Joe's, "The Climb", there was quite a bit of {{Irony}} as there was a successful Internet campaign instructing anti-''X Factor'' fans to buy the song. In addition to the above anti-consumerism lyric from "No Shelter", "Killing In The Name" clearly has the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"

* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney: Tom Morello once supported himself by dancing. Exotically.

'''Rage Against The Machine''' was a RapMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991.

* IsntItIronic:
** "No Shelter" was used on the Godzilla soundtrack because Sony noticed that they mention the great lizard by name. What Sony failed to notice is that they call it "pure motherfucking filler" (''immediately'' after mentioning Godzilla, no less!) and that the whole song was about slick American advertising disguising real suffering. Furthermore, "No Shelter" has the line "Make you think what you need is what they sellin'/Make you think that buyin' is rebellin'"

** In addition, RushLimbaugh played "Sleep Now in the Fire" on his radio show once. Tom Morello was not pleased.

The band was well known for political activism, and the liner notes usually include contact information to various organizations the band supports. They have also played at large protests, and once, when playing on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (in an episode hosted by buttoned-down Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes), displayed the American flag upside down, until stagehands came and pulled them down.

* ''Renegades'' (2000) a collection of cover versions of other bands' songs.

!! ''''Troping in the Name'''':

* BrokenRecord: "Killing in the Name", as detailed below. Also "Know Your Enemy", which ends with eight instances of "All of which are American dreams!"
* ClusterFBomb: "Killing in the Name": ''Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me'' x 16 (first 4 murmuring, next 4 in a crescendo, and the last 8 shouting out loud)

* PerformanceVideo: Several include snippets, but "Sleep Now In The Fire" deserves an honorary mention, with the band playing on the steps of Federal Hall. Without a permit. It's directed by Creator/MichaelMoore.

* BrokenRecord: See below.

* ConspiracyTheorist: The "machine" you should be raging against. They do specifically refer to the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.

!!Tropes:

* ClusterFBomb: "Killing in the Name":
-->''Fuck you I won't do what you tell me'' x 16 (first 4x murmuring, next 4x in a crescendo, and the last 8x shouting out loud)
-->''[[AtomicFBomb Motherfuckaaaaaaaaa]]!!!''

'''Rage Against The Machine''' is a RapMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991.

The band is well known for political activism, and the liner notes usually include contact information to various organizations the band supports. They have also played at large protests, and once, when playing on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (in an episode hosted by buttoned-down Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes), displayed the American flag upside down, until stagehands came and pulled them down.

"Guilty Parties":

Rage Against The Machine has released four albums:

* TakeThat: Infectious Grooves did a good one towards RATM, called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8l2UtJ83I4 Do What I Tell Ya]]".

* PerformanceVideo: Several include snippets, but "Sleep Now In The Fire" deserves an honorary mention, with the band playing on the steps of Federal Hall. Without a permit. Said music video, incidentally, was directed by MichaelMoore.

* IsntItIronic: "No Shelter" was used on the Godzilla soundtrack because Sony noticed that they mention the great lizard by name. What Sony failed to notice is that they call it "pure motherfucking filler" (''immediately'' after mentioning Godzilla, no less!) and that the whole song was about slick American advertising disguising real suffering. Furthermore, "No Shelter" has the line "Make you think what you need is what they sellin'/Make you think that buyin' is rebellin'"
** Also, in the 2009 U.K Xmas No.1 race, when Rage's "Killing In The Name" went up against ''The X Factor'''s Joe's, "The Climb", there was qute a bit of {{Irony}} as there was a successful Internet campaign instructing anti-''X Factor'' fans to buy the song. In addition to the above anti-consumerism lyric from "No Shelter", "Killing In The Name" clearly has the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"

* MaleFrontalNudity: (In)Famously at Lollapalooza to protest the [[MoralGuardians PMRC]]. You can see them [[http://www.velvetland.org/music/MUSES/Rage_Against_The_Machine/lollapalooza.jpg here]].

'''Rage Against The Machine''' is a staunchly left-wing RapMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991. Despite the band's anti-corporate viewpoint, they are [[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan signed to]] Creator/EpicRecords, a major label owned by Creator/{{Sony}}. According to the band, it was a way to get the message out to a larger audience. Of course, considering the band's wide variety of appearances in corporate media, [[TwoFacedAside like the MTV Awards, and collaborations with]] {{Glam Rap}}pers, it doesn't really help their case very much.

* CoverVersion: An entire album of them. ''Renegades'' is a collection of covers. They have also covered [[Music/{{NWA}} "Fuck tha Police"]], [[Music/PublicEnemy "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"]] and [[Music/BruceSpringsteen "The Ghost of Tom Joad"]]. At live shows they sometimes play White Riot by Music/TheClash.

The band is well known for the political activism, and the liner notes usually include contact information to various organizations the band supports. They have also played at large protests, and once, when playing on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (in an episode hosted by buttoned-down Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes), displayed the American flag upside down, until stagehands came and pulled them down.

'''Rage Against The Machine''' is a staunchly left-wing RapMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991. Despite the band's anti-corporate viewpoint, they are [[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan signed to Epic Records]], a major label owned by Sony. According to the band, it was a way to get the message out to a larger audience. Of course, considering the band's wide variety of appearances in corporate media, [[TwoFacedAside like the MTV Awards, and collaborations with]] {{Glam Rap}}pers, it doesn't really help their case very much.

-->-- "Killing in the Name", from their self-titled debut

The band is well known for the political activism, and the liner notes usually include contact information to various organizations the band supports. They have also played at large protests, and once, when playing on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (in an episode hosted by buttoned-down Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes), displayed the American Flag upside down, until stagehands came and pulled them down.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Music/{{Audioslave}}. Kind-of.

* IsntItIronic: "No Shelter" was used on the Godzilla soundtrack because Sony noticed that they mention the great lizard by name. What Sony failed to notice is that they call it "pure motherfucking filler" and that the whole song was about slick American advertising disguising real suffering. Furthermore, "No Shelter" has the line "Make you think what you need is what they sellin'/Make you think that buyin' is rebellin'"

* MaleFrontalNudity: (In)Famously at Lollapalooza to protest the [[MoralGuardians PMRC]], you can see them [[http://www.velvetland.org/music/MUSES/Rage_Against_The_Machine/lollapalooza.jpg here]].
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: An anti-corporate band signed to Epic Records.

* OneOfUs: Tom Morello is a fan of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and even made a cameo appearance in an episode of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. And again in ''IronMan'' when he raged against Stark's Mark 1 suit. He's also an avid DungeonsAndDragons player.

'''Rage Against The Machine''' is a staunchly left-wing RapMetal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991. Despite the band's anti-corporate viewpoint, they are [[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan signed to Epic Records]], a major label owned by Sony. According to the band, it was a way to get the message out to a larger audience. Of course, considering the band's wide variety of appearances in corporate media, [[TwoFacedAside like the MTV Awards, and collaborations with]] [[GlamRap Glam Rappers]], it doesn't really help their case very much.

* RapMetal[=/=]RapRock[=/=]PunkRap: TropeCodifier alongside Music/LimpBizkit.

* RapMetal[=/=]RapRock[=/=]PunkRap

->''"Some of those that work forces''
->''Are the same that burn crosses''
->''Some of those that burn crosses''
->''Are the same that hold office"''

The band was on hiatus from 2000 to 2007, during which time the band members sans singer Zack De La Rocha formed the band Music/{{Audioslave}} with the Music/{{Soundgarden}} vocalist Chris Cornell. Audioslave disbanded in 2007, and RATM reunited for a show in Coachella festival, and have since toured to some extent.

* AbusiveParents: Zack de la Rocha, after his father's mental breakdown.

* AuthorTract: The liner notes. Zach de la Rocha's lyrics.

** Also, in the 2009 U.K Xmas No.1 race, when Rage's "Killing In The Name" went up against ''The X Factor'''s Joe's, "The Climb", there was qute a bit of {{Irony}} as there was a successful internet campaign instructing anti-''X Factor'' fans to buy the song. In addition to the above anti-consumerism lyric from "No Shelter", "Killing In The Name" clearly has the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"

* LaResistance: Many songs were dedicated to various leftist guerilla groups in Latin America, most notably EZNL, aka. the Zapatistas, whose red-star-on-black-background logo can be found on the arm of Zach in the article image.

* PerformanceVideo: Several include snippets, but "Sleep Now In The Fire" deserves an honorary mention, with the band playing on the steps of Federal Hall. Without a permit.

* RapMetal / RapRock / PunkRap
* SanitySlippageSong: Possibly "Settle for Nothing", judging by the lyrics.

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Settle for Nothing", "Born of a Broken Man".

'''Rage Against The Machine''' is a staunchly left-wing RapRock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1991. Despite the band's anti-corporate viewpoint, they are [[TheManIsStickingItToTheMan signed to Epic Records]], a major label owned by Sony. According to the band, it was a way to get the message out to a larger audience. Of course, considering the band's wide variety of appearances in corporate media, [[TwoFacedAside like the MTV Awards, and collaborations with]] [[GlamRap Glam Rappers]], it doesn't really help their case very much.

* RapRock / PunkRap

* AbusiveParents -- Zack de la Rocha, after his father's mental breakdown.
* {{Angrish}} -- The language most songs are performed in.
* AudienceParticipationSong -- Arguably "Killing in the Name".
* AuthorTract -- The liner notes. Zach de la Rocha's lyrics.

* TheBandMinusTheFace -- Music/{{Audioslave}}. Kind-of.
* BrokenRecord -- See below.
* ClusterFBomb -- "Killing in the Name":

* ConspiracyTheorist - The "machine" you should be raging against. They do specifically refer to the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
* CoverVersion - An entire album of them. ''Renegades'' is a collection of covers. They have also covered [[Music/{{NWA}} "Fuck tha Police"]], [[Music/PublicEnemy "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"]] and [[Music/BruceSpringsteen "The Ghost of Tom Joad"]]. At live shows they sometimes play White Riot by Music/TheClash.
* CursedWithAwesome -- One of the reasons that their music is so good is because of how seriously they take it, and how seriously they took their music was one of the things that caused their breakup.
* HotBlooded -- They are a very, very passionate band.
* IsntItIronic -- "No Shelter" was used on the Godzilla soundtrack because Sony noticed that they mention the great lizard by name. What Sony failed to notice is that they call it "pure motherfucking filler" and that the whole song was about slick American advertising disguising real suffering. Furthermore, "No Shelter" has the line "Make you think what you need is what they sellin'/Make you think that buyin' is rebellin'"

* IvyLeagueForEveryone -- Tom Morello is a Harvard graduate with a Political Science degree.
* IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney -- Tom Morello once supported himself by dancing. Exotically.
* LaResistance -- many songs were dedicated to various leftist guerilla groups in Latin America, most motably EZNL aka. the Zapatistas, whose red-star-on-black-background logo can be found on the arm of Zach in the article image.

* MaleFrontalNudity -- (In)Famously at Lollapalooza to protest the [[MoralGuardians PMRC]], you can see them [[http://www.velvetland.org/music/MUSES/Rage_Against_The_Machine/lollapalooza.jpg here]].

* MetalScream -- When Zack de la Rocha isn't rapping. Generally happens towards the end of songs, when a single line is repeated over and over again. Examples, aside from "Killing in the Name", include "Wake Up", "Freedom", "Down Rodeo" and "Bullet in the Head".
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness -- 6-7
* OneOfUs - Tom Morello is a fan of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and even made a cameo appearance in an episode of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. And again in ''IronMan'' when he raged against Stark's Mark 1 suit. He's also an avid DungeonsAndDragons player.
* PoliticalRap - Zack De La Rocha's rapping.
* PerformanceVideo -- Several include snippets, but "Sleep Now In The Fire" deserves an honorary mention, with the band playing on the steps of Federal Hall. Without a permit.
* ProtestSong -- The whole discography, to varying degrees of specificity.

* SanitySlippageSong -- Possibly "Settle for Nothing", judging by the lyrics.
* ShoutOut -- Several, perhaps most obviously to Creator/GeorgeOrwell. "Testify", for example, lifts the famous quote "Who controls the past now controls the future; who controls the present now controls the past" from ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* SpellingSong -- "Know Your Enemy", "Mic Check". Also arguably "Microphone Fiend", however this is a cover song so it doesn't truly count.
* SpokenWordInMusic -- "Settle for Nothing", "Born of a Broken Man".
* SubduedSection - In a couple of songs.
* TakeThat - Infectious Grooves did a good one towards RATM, called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8l2UtJ83I4 Do What I Tell Ya]]".
* TitleOnlyChorus - "Know Your Enemy". Although most of the chorus is taken up by Morello's admittedly awesome riff, the actual vocal bits just consist of the one line from de la Rocha, which is of course...
* TitledAfterTheSong - "Rage Against the Machine" was the name of a song (and EP) by Zack de la Rocha's previous band, the punk outfit Inside Out.
* TropeNamer - Rage Against The X is a popular trope name on this wiki.