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  • @rnrtruestories
    @rnrtruestories Рік тому +183

    RATM? Great band or greatest band?

    • @luciensanchez1200
      @luciensanchez1200 Рік тому +84

      Rage for the machine!

    • @ronaldnoble9694
      @ronaldnoble9694 Рік тому +35

      Great band no doubt. I don't agree with their politics at all, but, I don't discriminate when it comes to good music. That Morello solo on "Born Without a Face" still to this day blows my mind and makes my skull move to and fro.

    • @remowhat3879
      @remowhat3879 Рік тому +11

      Great band. I laugh when people say they should be on an independent label, they treat their artists way worse most of the time.

    • @gunslinger2566
      @gunslinger2566 Рік тому +52

      Neither.

    • @davenobody26
      @davenobody26 Рік тому +53

      I can't stand Rage Against the Machine.

  • @timwhite5562
    @timwhite5562 Рік тому +742

    My understanding was that Muir was originally angered by Morello's unwillingness to give him a Pepsi. All he wanted was a Pepsi. He wasn't on drugs, all he wanted was a f'cking Pepsi!

    • @brianpinion5844
      @brianpinion5844 Рік тому +5

      only thing on my mind is a pepsi rite now ! i know the feeling !

    • @Gwmcmi02
      @Gwmcmi02 Рік тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @swedishbutcher
      @swedishbutcher Рік тому +27

      And he wouldnt give it to him!

    • @reedturner9574
      @reedturner9574 Рік тому +20

      Far from suicidal, still I get these tendencies rocking BACK in the 80S LIVE!

    • @timwhite5562
      @timwhite5562 Рік тому +2

      @AlbertaStrength 😠😡🤬🤯

  • @patrickolson8558
    @patrickolson8558 Рік тому +128

    I work at a restaurant. People who come in think they're the shit. They're not. No one customer is above another paying customer. What am I going to do? Kick out a paying customer to accommodate you? No. I will not. Sorry, it's Friday or Saturday night. Wait like the rest of people.

    • @latentsea
      @latentsea Рік тому +2

      But But what if one customer will pay more than the other? rockstar tips yo! Give them a special soup.

    • @patrickolson8558
      @patrickolson8558 Рік тому

      @@latentsea They can go F themselves. Odds are they won't tip as much on a $500 tab as someone would on a $100 tab.

    • @rine413
      @rine413 8 місяців тому +2

      @@latentseaall of rage for the machine would get a special soup if I worked there.

  • @Jasonlimitless
    @Jasonlimitless 11 місяців тому +14

    What a child Morello is telling everyone to ‘spread the word’ about a small business he couldn’t get into.

  • @marqryan5218
    @marqryan5218 Рік тому +336

    The only bone of contention that anyone seems to have with anyone not named Tom Morello in Rage is the fact that they are signed to a major label. There have been rumors about "tensions," in the band from virtually its inception, and I believe that has been code for Zack and Tom don't see eye to eye. If Tom hadn't met Zack, he would have an entirely different artistic identity. He grew up worshipping 80s hair bands. He and De La Rocha could not be more diametrically opposed when it comes to their influences. In fact, Zack would probably make the collective Rock subculture gasp, when he decreed that "he doesn't really care for Black Sabbath."
    As for Tim and Brad, I think they just wanted to be in a Successful band. It gets a little more complicated when you want to do this for a living. If you want to play for massive audiences, and make the highest quality albums possible. I think Zack just threw up his hands when dealing with Tom and that's why he eventually left the band. Tom wanted Rage to become even more of a juggernaut. If you listen to Zack's solo stuff, you'd realize this guy doesn't have a mainstream bone in his body.

    • @psychicramps
      @psychicramps Рік тому +27

      Yeah inside out and lock up are quite different lol. But they both grew up similar racially, politically and both loved public enemy and Cypress hill.

    • @IceKoldKilla
      @IceKoldKilla Рік тому +22

      Maynard James Keenan nearly became the vocalist of RATM. Imagine if that happened. Tom and Tim had a long talk on the phone eventually deciding to go with Zach as it made more sense for where the band was trying to go to.
      It would've meant no Tool and a different path for RATM.

    • @Nick-xh6of
      @Nick-xh6of Рік тому +27

      And boy…. Did Brad and Tim lay down some of the heaviest grooves in history… there better not be any argument with that sentiment. You cannot take that away from Rage.

    • @marqryan5218
      @marqryan5218 Рік тому +14

      @@Nick-xh6of No argument from me. Tim might be one of the all time Great Bassists in Rock History.

    • @cmeza1985
      @cmeza1985 Рік тому +3

      ​@@IceKoldKilla Tom and Tim? Zack brought in his childhood friend into the band, Tim.

  • @SerenityNow331
    @SerenityNow331 Рік тому +533

    "The worst part about RATM is the hypocrisy"
    -Norm MacDonald

    • @dale5454
      @dale5454 Рік тому +19

      Underrated comment. "You don't meet a lot of guys that go 'I like to rage, I don't give a fuck'."

    • @Lovelockmm
      @Lovelockmm Рік тому +65

      Should've named themselves Paid By The Machine. I understand their first album being on a major label and getting to a bigger audience. After that they've could've went to an Indie label and made the same if not even more money and helped out a smaller company and other struggling bands. If Tom is so $15 minimum wage then he should do something about their ticket prices too. Cap them at $15. I saw Fugazi for $5 back in 1998 and RATM for $40. It's easy to scream about spreading the wealth when it doesn't affect your own pockets. I never understood these Millionaire Socialists. Only in a Capitalist country could Millionaire Socialists even exist.

    • @Myytzlplk
      @Myytzlplk Рік тому +13

      ​​@Jarifman X wish I could pin this comment to the very fkn top. Fk yea dude. RATM's 1st album was the 1st I learned to play on guitar all the way thru after RHCPs BloodSugar... So Tom's a hypocrite, and Kiedis is on Epstein's list wtf happened to my idols?????

    • @modernSoundGear
      @modernSoundGear Рік тому +2

      @@Myytzlplkreally?

    • @modernSoundGear
      @modernSoundGear Рік тому +5

      I miss Norm so much

  • @joshuaarmand5236
    @joshuaarmand5236 Рік тому +851

    The cafe owner skinned Tom M’s ass alive 😂

    • @senzomdhluli203
      @senzomdhluli203 Рік тому +11

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @electricsuitbatman
      @electricsuitbatman Рік тому

      No one say no to these adult children when they're famous.
      Then when someone does, they have a temper tantrum.
      Fuck we are weak little cowards in the west. 1/10 ppl would stand up for your rights while they watch you lose them.

    • @JaMeshuggah
      @JaMeshuggah Рік тому +18

      Ya love to see it

    • @Delilah70
      @Delilah70 Рік тому

      He deserved it.

    • @FURTHER_ADO
      @FURTHER_ADO Рік тому

      Tss oh you fawkin buried this cawksucka tss take us out ERock

  • @dandy269
    @dandy269 Рік тому +153

    That five point restaurant incident is pathetic

  • @deansmith6593
    @deansmith6593 Рік тому +450

    Good on the Five Points Cafe. Very entitled of Morello and glad they stood up to him.

    • @EmmyV2002
      @EmmyV2002 Рік тому

      That feud was like a male rockstar version of demi Lovato attacking a small frozen yogurt business. What a rude, childish, leftist male Karen Morello is.

    • @tripwire-nt7wt
      @tripwire-nt7wt Рік тому +52

      Tom grew up rich, it's just his nature to be entitled.

    • @swarth8632
      @swarth8632 Рік тому

      Sounds like a Republican cafe owner

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 Рік тому

      @@swarth8632 did you even watch the video or your brain instantly melts and goes “durrr they don’t agree with rage they right wing durrr nazi”

    • @Eagle-eye-pie
      @Eagle-eye-pie Рік тому +17

      @@swarth8632 sounds like the least important or interesting detail in the situation.

  • @inphanta
    @inphanta Рік тому +677

    Learning that Tom Morello is friends with Ted Nugent was completely unexpected. 😳

    • @livingstone8347
      @livingstone8347 Рік тому +62

      It's a big club.

    • @arianprofit
      @arianprofit Рік тому +39

      Not politically. Musically. He’s also friends with Chuck D and B Real. With Chuck it’s Politically and Musically

    • @jasonwilliams7454
      @jasonwilliams7454 Рік тому +23

      Like a creepy uncle sort of relationship. I’m guessing Tom knows Ted’s parole officer.

    • @isaiahanderson720
      @isaiahanderson720 Рік тому

      At least Nugent is AntiVax, RAGTM isn’t 💉

    • @lannyfromcanada3485
      @lannyfromcanada3485 Рік тому +19

      It's a guitar bond I'm guessing, can't deny the riffs from both.

  • @thoughtfuldevil6069
    @thoughtfuldevil6069 Рік тому +229

    It reminds me of a Bill Hicks quote:
    "Woohoo! Government-approved rock n' roll! We're partying now, right?"

    • @kellysue8597
      @kellysue8597 Рік тому

      🤣🤣🤣 Debbie Gibson has bigger balls than RATM! 🤣🤣🤣
      Honestly, not sure of her stances on anything, but, I stand by my comment! Lol!

    • @whitelikejesus
      @whitelikejesus Рік тому +6

      I mean, it's a bit different having RATM on a major label than it is seeing an 80s popstar hawking Diet Coke.

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 Рік тому +8

      "Oh I see what they're doing, they're going for that Anti-Capitalism dollar. They're smart to do that. Huge market. We've done research."

    • @whitelikejesus
      @whitelikejesus Рік тому +2

      @@edlawn5481 Maybe they should just renounce their success and live in a specific income bracket and only sign to an obscure label just so they have a more authentic image since no one can make money doing what they love and have that kind of a message without being hypocrites.

    • @Bogeyman19Was4BraindeadPeople
      @Bogeyman19Was4BraindeadPeople 9 місяців тому

      @@whitelikejesusor quit pushing vaxx to go to their shitty shows. I’m glad they’re done for good.

  • @brianstiles1701
    @brianstiles1701 Рік тому +404

    Tom never recovered from his cafe embarrassment in my eyes. He didn't even apologize or admit wrongdoing.

    • @palehorse1111
      @palehorse1111 Рік тому +89

      Kommunists never apologize...

    • @lvmonkey77
      @lvmonkey77 Рік тому +40

      @@palehorse1111 he's a self proclaimed socialist, not communist.
      they are different things. ...it only takes a minute or two of googling to know what that difference is...

    • @BasementPepperoni
      @BasementPepperoni Рік тому

      @@lvmonkey77 Yea, 1 is responsible for more genocide than all wars combined, and the other is supported by frauds and stupid rich kids who think they're the next Stephen hawking just because they skimmed 2 chapters from a Karl Marx book.

    • @Haynombredisponible
      @Haynombredisponible Рік тому +5

      @@palehorse1111 You misspelled your own name, dude. It's PaleOhorse1111.

    • @palehorse1111
      @palehorse1111 Рік тому +6

      @@Haynombredisponible I don't get it.

  • @FrankDrive
    @FrankDrive Рік тому +260

    Rage on behalf of the machine

    • @wrallpaul66
      @wrallpaul66 Рік тому +6

      OOOOH you beat me to it. DAMN!!!

    • @markymark3668
      @markymark3668 Рік тому +6

      Came here to say this 😂😂😂

    • @tylervachon2439
      @tylervachon2439 Рік тому

      @@WomanRespectorAndBeliever And?? Do you have a problem with Jewish people?

    • @willowandluka5302
      @willowandluka5302 Рік тому +4

      Rage in Accordance With the Machine

  • @VanillaMacaron551
    @VanillaMacaron551 Рік тому +576

    I love that cafe owner's comeback at the end.

    • @nn647
      @nn647 Рік тому +8

      It actually wasn't very funny/ witty at all.
      Maybe with a smooth brain, it could be..... 🤷‍♂️

    • @BuJammy
      @BuJammy Рік тому

      @@nn647 2017 called, they want their sick burn back.
      It wasn't meant to be funny or witty.
      What an autistic and doltish take.

    • @nn647
      @nn647 Рік тому +14

      @@BuJammy you would know, wouldn't you?! 😉

    • @wymanmore3982
      @wymanmore3982 Рік тому

      Ya, because Seattle is now currently in such a great state of "liberal leftist utopia". 🤡

    • @Afurthyclays
      @Afurthyclays Рік тому

      @@nn647

  • @EMarrs42
    @EMarrs42 Рік тому +60

    Fugazi stands as the ONLY band that really dared to Rage Against the Machine, and did right to the mutual ending to the band. Had their own label, $5 all ages shows, set prices for their releases, still to this day. And they never had t shirts, minimal marketing, they made bands that dared to call themselves punk or hardcore PALE in comparison.

    • @kevinmartin7354
      @kevinmartin7354 Рік тому +13

      I used to have a tshirt back in the early ‘90’s that said “ This is not a Fugazi shirt” and it wasn’t.

    • @EMarrs42
      @EMarrs42 Рік тому +7

      @kevinmartin7354 Lol! Yep, that was the unofficial official NOT Fugazi shirt. Awesome ya had that. I remember seeing people with that shirt. Always wondered where people got that. And of course, that was totally pre-internet.

    • @olle12
      @olle12 10 місяців тому

      Fugazi sucks ass, it got nothing against RATM. Rage makes good music, Fugazi makes sh*t. And thats why noone ever heard of them and their message, because they are f*cking dumb, their message is like what? 20 miles wide, RATM is worldwide, and people join up for them because of SONY.

    • @hybridmoments82
      @hybridmoments82 9 місяців тому +6

      Apples and oranges.
      Fugazi's goal as a band was simply to write genuine music they liked. RATM's goal as a band was to sound the alarm about social, political and economic injustice. As noble as Fugazi's cause may be, minimal marketing and DIY doesn't reach the maximum amount of listeners.

    • @chrisbelford1531
      @chrisbelford1531 9 місяців тому +1

      If someone has something amazing to say but no one hears it...

  • @skylar5257
    @skylar5257 Рік тому +25

    Tom do be the kind of guy to say “Oh you don’t wanna give me special treatment, okay you anti-worker, anti charity, dog kicker, cat strangler.”

  • @MP-po4fp
    @MP-po4fp Рік тому +160

    Forget politics. Tom is an amazing effect pedalist. When you only know 3 notes on the guitar, gotta be super good with that pedal.

    • @daniellonghorn4612
      @daniellonghorn4612 Рік тому +14

      😂

    • @vertyisprobablydead
      @vertyisprobablydead Рік тому +6

      Doesn't Zack have a petal that turns singing into rap?

    • @Neelo5000
      @Neelo5000 Рік тому +50

      @@vertyisprobablydead He has a pedal that turns lyrics into a banal political soapbox

    • @lvmonkey77
      @lvmonkey77 Рік тому +11

      i play guitar. as a consequence i was curious about his signature pedal.
      when it was announced on social media, almost none of the comments had anything to do with the pedal... like these comments, there were all about his politics. even then the comments were generally the sort where you could tell the person was angry but didn't really understand what they were talking about. They would toss out terms like communist and socialist, but clearly did not know what they meant, or how they were different things.
      Music like all art, is subjective. And thats what the RATM/Morello thing is to me. A lesson on how passionately people get about things they clearly don't put any effort into understanding at any reasonable level to be so passionate and opinionated about.

    • @nwerd7584
      @nwerd7584 Рік тому

      im glad people realize hes not the guitar god anymore, which people did genuinely believe and compared him to untouchable actual gods.. For all the shit buckethead gets for using effects and consumer add ons, Tom should get 10x that and instead he usually receives in the negative levels. Its not shocking when people suck your ass all day, you begin to believe its worth sucking.

  • @vestaxwax
    @vestaxwax Рік тому +102

    Rage should play a benefit concert to help Bernie Sanders buy another house.

    • @imalwaysright
      @imalwaysright Рік тому +4

      Like MAGA Nungent

    • @archstanton4365
      @archstanton4365 Рік тому +17

      Or to buy AOC another designer dress for next year's snooty gala banquet.

    • @lvmonkey77
      @lvmonkey77 Рік тому

      @@imalwaysright is nugget still a pedo?
      he has songs about wanting to bang young teenagers (jail bait), and was in a relationship with a young teenager for a while, that he adopted, for that purpose, supposedly... oh, the irony.

    • @comkver
      @comkver Рік тому +1

      ​@@archstanton4365 they renting to promote their brand. The companies get a tax write off because charity.

    • @vestaxwax
      @vestaxwax Рік тому +1

      @Fresh Dindu Muffins Typical NPC outs themselves with more simple-minded assumptions.

  • @54Carlops
    @54Carlops Рік тому +77

    Now do what they told you

    • @BasementPepperoni
      @BasementPepperoni Рік тому +9

      "EF YOU! BETTER RESPECT MY PRO-NOUNS!"

    • @thedrinkinggamemaker9749
      @thedrinkinggamemaker9749 Рік тому +3

      "Now you're under control"

    • @raingirlcat2245
      @raingirlcat2245 8 місяців тому

      @@BasementPepperoniwoke.

    • @ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec
      @ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 6 місяців тому +1

      Bringing attention to social justice and fighting for causes, spreading consciousness, is doing what they told you sure

    • @ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec
      @ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 6 місяців тому

      @@BasementPepperoniwhat gender do you identify? We will have everyone else calling you something other than what you identify. And maybe a middle age white dude will acquire empathy although
      I doubt it

  • @thorthorenson4296
    @thorthorenson4296 Рік тому +66

    Rage For The Regime

  • @bushinforthepushin
    @bushinforthepushin Рік тому +33

    was at coachella when they got back together. morello had a solo table signing nightwatchmen shit. the dude in front of us, one of the first people in line, had a rage tattoo up his whole side, but morello wouldn't sign anything for him because he wasn't carrying a copy of the nightwatchman album. this was at rage's first show in years, they were back together, but tom's security just pushed the dude away til he left.

  • @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
    @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Рік тому +83

    Somebody get Mike a Pepsi already

    • @akfreed6949
      @akfreed6949 Рік тому +5

      Crystal Pepsi . Have him listen to Journey 2.0/Van Hagar's Right Now while he drinks it .

    • @TempoDrift1480
      @TempoDrift1480 Рік тому

      ​@@akfreed6949 Soon as I saw Crystal Pepsi I thought of that song. Good song!

    • @BasementPepperoni
      @BasementPepperoni Рік тому +8

      The fact that nobody has gotten Mike a fuckin Pepsi after all of these years, is about as crazy as seeing Charles Manson eating Fruit Loops on your front porch.

    • @andrewzadel3527
      @andrewzadel3527 Рік тому +2

      This is the deepest comment on all of UA-cam. So few people can truly appreciate this.

  • @FURTHER_ADO
    @FURTHER_ADO Рік тому +125

    Now they Rage Against those who Rage Against The Machine

    • @johnnyfatsacks5209
      @johnnyfatsacks5209 Рік тому +11

      Rage For The Machine

    • @hwogrillo
      @hwogrillo Рік тому

      🎵Fuck you, you better do what they tell you🎵

    • @imalwaysright
      @imalwaysright Рік тому

      the people "raging against the machine" now are basically nutters and terrorists

    • @teejay5157
      @teejay5157 Рік тому +14

      Classic fake 90s rebellion

    • @anthonyconnell6575
      @anthonyconnell6575 Рік тому

      Right wingers are still raging for the machine, theve just been duped into thinking theyre the oppressed. Theyre all weasels.

  • @Flickawho
    @Flickawho Рік тому +63

    The cafe was the turn. That was the moment when the wool was honestly uncovered from my eyes. I love (mostly) what they stood/stand for, but like, paying $300 bucks to see a band comprised of rich members shit on capitalism is too ironic even for me.

    • @vertyisprobablydead
      @vertyisprobablydead Рік тому +10

      That's what they charge? What a joke.

    • @ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec
      @ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 6 місяців тому

      people don’t buy records anymore. How are they supposed to make a living! Wash dishes! Everyone charged hundreds of dollars for tickets now, that’s how the industry is now days. If you don’t want to pay $200 for a concert then stop stealing music/streaming and buy records again.
      The idea that you can’t criticize capitalism if you participate in it is patently absurd. We live in a capitalist system. It is impossible to even have a voice in our society without participating in capitalism.

  • @Chef_Jeff69
    @Chef_Jeff69 Рік тому +19

    I’m from Seattle. I’ve been going to the 5-Point since 1990. It’s an old school Seattle institution. I also know Dave Meinert. He was one of the founders of the Capitol Hill Block Party. He’s involved in local politics and is definitely a supporter of the “little guy” and workers rights. Morello was coming out of his ass regarding this. Sounds like he got butt hurt because a killer dive bar was already full when he arrived. Petulant baby.

  • @marklechman2225
    @marklechman2225 Рік тому +49

    People that attack capitalism while massively profiting from it are the absolute worst.

  • @IvoryPagoda
    @IvoryPagoda Рік тому +79

    SHILLING IN THE NAME OF!!!!

  • @alexkail3
    @alexkail3 Рік тому +69

    How about starting a new RATM? Rage Against Tom Morello.

  • @loslobos786
    @loslobos786 Рік тому +148

    My Grandfather use to say that sometimes a Hero can fight so long and so hard that he eventually becomes the villain in his own story. This for me is the embodiment of what Rage against the Machine is. They have quite literally lived to long. I can't even listening to their music I just feel so disgusted by being fooled by their hypocrisy in my youth.

    • @xR0N1Nx
      @xR0N1Nx Рік тому +36

      You mean you heard from a batman movie, your grandpa didn't say that

    • @loslobos786
      @loslobos786 Рік тому

      @@xR0N1Nx Geeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz you uneducated product of the public school system 🤦‍♂️ Yes Harvey Dent said something similar in fact his whole story in the Dark Knight is the embodiment of what Frederick Nietzsche the famous 19th century philosopher said “he who fights monsters should take care that in so doing he not become one because as you stare into that abyss it stares back into you and changes you". If you had done just a modicum of research you would know that
      What Nietzsche meant by this is that as you the Hero fight your Villain in your violence you become upon vanquishing the villain some elses villain. Thus you have lived to long, this is why Nietzsche said it's better for Heroes to die young and thus always be a Hero and not grow old and jaded becoming the villain for the next generations Heros. He called this the cycle of society as each new generation needs Heros and villains….. SOUNDS REALLY SIMILAR TO YOUR BATMAN MOVIE DON'T IT!!!!!! BUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTT who cares cause you watched a Batman movie with it's bastardization of knowledge while I talked to my Grandfather who actually read Nietzsche….you probably don't even know who your Grandfather is 🤦‍♂️ Geeeeez.

    • @gregshanahan6766
      @gregshanahan6766 Рік тому +3

      Shit man I feel ya on that one

    • @ThatCaymanGuy
      @ThatCaymanGuy Рік тому +10

      i totally feel the same way. im like ashamed i was duped into liking their music and message.

    • @rigortortoise522
      @rigortortoise522 Рік тому +6

      things his grandfather didn't say for $500, alex

  • @lemurdream
    @lemurdream Рік тому +26

    ratm : down with cApiTaLisM
    Also ratm: This t-shirt costs $45

    • @lvmonkey77
      @lvmonkey77 Рік тому +1

      i don't think they are making their own tshirts. i doubt they are all that involved in the selling of them, either.

    • @lemurdream
      @lemurdream Рік тому

      @@lvmonkey77 Are you retarded?

    • @misteroughtright5557
      @misteroughtright5557 Рік тому +6

      @@lvmonkey77 I am sure that they get a cut of the merch

    • @MrBannystar
      @MrBannystar Рік тому

      @@lvmonkey77 Even if they weren't, if they had even an ounce of integrity then they'd either have fought back against such profiteering or spoken out against it. To my knowledge, they did neither, but then again, champagne socialists tend to complain a lot less when they're making money.

    • @andygluehere8266
      @andygluehere8266 Рік тому

      ​@@lvmonkey77they 100% are , you have no clue how the merch works

  • @pdgoblue2518
    @pdgoblue2518 Рік тому +70

    The machine must have been really tough for Morello while he was at Harvard

    • @gmar7836
      @gmar7836 Рік тому +1

      Or not

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Рік тому

      Just because someone gets accepted into a big league university doesn't mean that they aren't anti authoritarian, same as just because someone has money doesn't mean they aren't anti authoritarian or against the larger structure as a whole. This isn't a kids game.
      I'd say Tom Morello is serious as a heart attack considering his father was literally a guerilla in the Mau Mau uprising and a cabinet minister in Patrice Lamumbas government, obviously before Lumumba got assassinated (everyone suspects CIA).

    • @tylervachon2439
      @tylervachon2439 Рік тому +10

      So he’s not allowed to get an education?

    • @arnelinsomniac
      @arnelinsomniac Рік тому +8

      Tf does that have to do with anything

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Рік тому

      @@arnelinsomniac
      We're turning the right left

  • @theamazing5047
    @theamazing5047 Рік тому +94

    That cafe owner is a legend lmao. W guy

  • @morgellon7877
    @morgellon7877 Рік тому +136

    Fugazi is proof you don't need a major corporation backing you to become huge, and people will take you more seriously if your message is largely an opposition to corporate capitalism. Fugazi didn't give interviews to media outlets that advertise alcohol and cigarettes; you don't even need to do that, so your reach can be wider. RATM was always corporate rock. They had good music, but the rest is like a gimmick; there's a million legit punk bands who have the same kind of message, and I'd rather listen to them where the message is concerned.

    • @wannabescrapper72
      @wannabescrapper72 Рік тому +7

      I always liked RATM's songs but never looked into anything about them. I guess because I don't care what rock stars think. I will have to look up this Fugazi band. I have heard the name before but don't think I know any of their stuff. Thanks.

    • @palehorse1111
      @palehorse1111 Рік тому +6

      I don't agree with much of Fugazi's politics but they atleast stayed true to their beliefs.

    • @leoncorbett4553
      @leoncorbett4553 Рік тому +4

      @@wannabescrapper72their song blueprint is a recommend

    • @wannabescrapper72
      @wannabescrapper72 Рік тому +3

      @Leon Corbett just checked it out. Pretty solid.

    • @vertyisprobablydead
      @vertyisprobablydead Рік тому +4

      Glad I never listened to Fugazi. What a bunch of babies.

  • @kron520
    @kron520 Рік тому +50

    "Why Rockstars & People Can't Stand Rage Against the Machine & Tom Morello".
    Hmm, it's a complete mystery.

    • @RoguSpanish
      @RoguSpanish Рік тому

      Mostly cause they're butthurt conservative snowflakes who disagree with their message.

  • @johnnystulic42
    @johnnystulic42 Рік тому +8

    "Really came off as a jerk"
    Quote in the article: "didn't come off as a jerk"

    • @alijoy1721
      @alijoy1721 Рік тому +1

      This confused me so much. So disingenuous

  • @fatboymalone
    @fatboymalone Рік тому +76

    RATM played Coachella that’s all you need to know

    • @sole__doubt
      @sole__doubt Рік тому +3

      💯

    • @fredtello
      @fredtello Рік тому

      The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.

  • @RetroBerner
    @RetroBerner Рік тому +182

    The owner should start his own band, he sounds badass

    • @VayaconChupacabra
      @VayaconChupacabra Рік тому +27

      He could name that bad Rage Against Rage Against The Machine

    • @latentsea
      @latentsea Рік тому +4

      The Jackman Five

    • @jasonwilliams7454
      @jasonwilliams7454 Рік тому +2

      I’m thinking “Boo Boo Feelings Against The Machine”…

    • @dashingeduardosuarez
      @dashingeduardosuarez Рік тому +4

      Wage Against The Machine

    • @414deathmetalist
      @414deathmetalist Рік тому +3

      @@VayaconChupacabra what if an angered Tom Morello formed Rage Against the Machine that Raged Against the Machine that Raged Against the Machine in response?

  • @TapeCollageForEloise
    @TapeCollageForEloise Рік тому +7

    lol, why anyone would ever give a single shit what the singer of Skillet thinks is beyond me

  • @jay4778
    @jay4778 Рік тому +13

    "Cruising down Rodeo with a shotgun" lol a few years later him and the entire band live less than 30 miles away from Rodeo Drive and shop there often 😆

  • @hisdudeness09
    @hisdudeness09 Рік тому +115

    I think it’s very telling that De La Rocha took off on the band. Support their politics or not, I respect Zack for actually sticking to his beliefs and moving on when it became apparent that Tom’s ego and fake “working man” persona was the only agenda he was pushing. Also, on a purely artistic point, Tom Morello’s guitar tricks are cool when you’re 14. I find them to be repetitive and gimmicky now and really don’t think he’s that great of a guitarist. Oh well. Zack is still the man.

    • @iaincowell9747
      @iaincowell9747 Рік тому +42

      Zack De Le Rocha is just as much a hypocrite as Tom Morello is

    • @peteywheatstraws4909
      @peteywheatstraws4909 Рік тому +26

      Yeah, Zach Roach is a puke for many reasons in my book.

    • @heavyippo4544
      @heavyippo4544 Рік тому +9

      @@peteywheatstraws4909 could I know why?

    • @tylervachon2439
      @tylervachon2439 Рік тому +7

      I’ve honestly always found them extremely gimicky, his solos were so random and took away from the energy of the buildups and the chorus

    • @hisdudeness09
      @hisdudeness09 Рік тому +6

      @@tylervachon2439 In hindsight, I think as a highschooler I found them to be a lot better of a band than they were because I was angsty and wanted to "stick it to the man." As I grew up I realized that Tom Morello in particular was definitely part of "the man." And frankly the gimmick of the scratchy DJ guitar man shit started wearing pretty thin. When he actually plays more traditional solos they are shockingly amateur sounding.

  • @EbonKim
    @EbonKim Рік тому +4

    From... "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!" To... "Fuck yeah, I'll do what you tell me!"

  • @aurejones9546
    @aurejones9546 Рік тому +54

    RATM Schilling in the name of

    • @lee-daniels
      @lee-daniels Рік тому +1

      good one

    • @palehorse1111
      @palehorse1111 Рік тому +3

      dadah...dadah...yeah you schill what they tell ya...dadah...dadah

    • @lvmonkey77
      @lvmonkey77 Рік тому

      sounds like you just realised what the lyrics meant... what more than 20 years after they came out?

    • @latentsea
      @latentsea Рік тому +3

      This message brought to you by fiighzer.

  • @paincalledliving
    @paincalledliving Рік тому +77

    2000: Rage Against The Machine
    2020: Rage Of The Machine

    • @a.d.4536
      @a.d.4536 Рік тому +21

      2023: Rage on behalf of Big Pharma and global elites

    • @bgvo4373
      @bgvo4373 Рік тому

      @@a.d.4536 you’re so delusional. Conservatives support big pharma.

    • @bgvo4373
      @bgvo4373 Рік тому +1

      @@a.d.4536 what global elites?

    • @killerbeblue8380
      @killerbeblue8380 Рік тому

      Raging Boner For The Machine

    • @kyokari4
      @kyokari4 Рік тому +8

      ​@@bgvo4373 the rich/people who are running the world

  • @mrheem
    @mrheem Рік тому +34

    It must be tough being a multi-millionaire member of Rage. ;)

    • @JonasMoore-b6v
      @JonasMoore-b6v Рік тому

      Oh boo hoo! let's throw a pity party for the millionaire entitled crybaby! Let's cry tears of pity for the whiny corporate Rock star hypocrite!

  • @joshwescott9809
    @joshwescott9809 Рік тому +20

    I grew up in the 90s and rage were in every music magazine and radio interviews and mtv constantly talking about rich people were bad and big corporations were bad. Its comical seeing how wealthy these guys became yet hating rich people

    • @roljavi
      @roljavi 11 місяців тому

      It's one thing you having a talent, band, making good music, playing, touring and then some managers, CEO's and shit living of off other people's talent and work.
      How idiots like you can't see the difference is beyond me.

    • @olle12
      @olle12 10 місяців тому +1

      They aren't realy rich though compared to other artists. But I guess Fascist must hate someone, pick on the small fry thats what they do, just like you do.

  • @edgarbanuelos6472
    @edgarbanuelos6472 Рік тому +48

    I like this idea of Nugent and Morello meeting at a bar regularly and just getting into political debates like it's nothing.

    • @kjamlin
      @kjamlin Рік тому +6

      Sadly they probably dont debate. Tom is definitely a liberal performer and probably caves in on his ideals

    • @TheFaithfulAtheist
      @TheFaithfulAtheist Рік тому

      I would watch that.

    • @thechappist
      @thechappist Рік тому +6

      Literally everyone should be able to get into political debates.. people have lost the art of conversation, now its all just yell your side the loudest.

    • @GTFBITK
      @GTFBITK Рік тому +5

      I can see Uncle Ted outarguing Tom even if Ted knew he was on the wrong side of a position. He's argued against so many vegetarian antigunners he's pretty good.

    • @olle12
      @olle12 10 місяців тому

      @@GTFBITK Tom is a political scholar, so facts matter, Ted uses feelings. So he would loose to any people with facts, but like many others facts and evidence doesn't matter, you probably belong in this group based on your comment.

  • @skeptischism1324
    @skeptischism1324 Рік тому +75

    Rage was one of the first bands I really got into growing up that introduced me to rock and heavier forms of music, and as a fifteen-year-old kid the whole Anarchy thing seems so freaking cool and so on. But as the years have gone on Tom Morello has become the most pretentious sanctimonious unbearable person to listen to on almost any topic. I understand why Zach couldn't deal with it anymore. Sure they blame the Tim commerford incident on him leaving initially which maybe that was the final straw but I have a feeling it boiled down to more of a control issue and things of that nature behind-the-scenes.

    • @blondequijote
      @blondequijote Рік тому +8

      Do you think Zac got to a point where he was sick of having to say ""fuck u I won't do what you tell me." go Tom?

    • @miltonbates6425
      @miltonbates6425 Рік тому

      Tom Morello is a c o m m i e ... enough said.

  • @bradfreeman6561
    @bradfreeman6561 Рік тому +44

    DIDN'T TOM MORRELLO HAVE A GUITAR THAT SAID 'ARM THE HOMELESS" ?

    • @dominicraynes1569
      @dominicraynes1569 Рік тому +18

      He did. I never thought that would be a good idea😂

    • @inse0380
      @inse0380 Рік тому +45

      Hell yeah nothing screams revolution more than getting mugged by a homeless person just cuz I didn't give him any spare crack money

    • @hwogrillo
      @hwogrillo Рік тому +10

      Jokes on him. They're already armed

    • @consuetabrevis
      @consuetabrevis Рік тому +2

      might be a misspelling

    • @joeschannel1593
      @joeschannel1593 Рік тому +23

      He also had a guitar that said "Shining Path" the biggest terrorist group in my country.

  • @negsterarchive7911
    @negsterarchive7911 Рік тому +43

    Because they became the machine

    • @danielburger1775
      @danielburger1775 Рік тому +4

      They always were. People pointed out in 90s how they were signed to Sony, yet acting like anti-corporate.

  • @stratoplayer1988
    @stratoplayer1988 Рік тому +9

    Last summer they were charging $190 for the cheapest seats at my local arena. You can blame Ticketmaster for this, but this $190 was before they add all their processing fees.

    • @myklaaron7879
      @myklaaron7879 Рік тому +3

      Yeah. The high price claim was"for charity" or some dumb ass capitalist lie😅

  • @killerbeblue8380
    @killerbeblue8380 Рік тому +14

    Shilling In The Name Of

  • @GummyBearWA
    @GummyBearWA Рік тому +27

    "5 Points" is one of our favorite dive bar/café in Seattle. We've been going there at least once a week for almost 25 years.

  • @justinabajian1087
    @justinabajian1087 Рік тому +10

    Rage was never anti government or anti the establishment or machine. They just wanted the government/establishment/machine to agree with their views and enforce their views.

    • @dbsti3006
      @dbsti3006 Рік тому

      Correct. They got what they wanted.

  • @tedalger8925
    @tedalger8925 Рік тому +31

    This is about as hard hitting as The Pit constantly trying to stir shit up between Metallica and Megadeth.

    • @otrarto
      @otrarto 6 місяців тому +2

      if after 30 years of public life, the worst anyone can dig up is me being a dick trying to get into a restaurant one time i figure i did ok

  • @isaacmontoya9636
    @isaacmontoya9636 Рік тому +15

    I love RATM but at the same time they lost their way. It was bound to happen

  • @davehart9972
    @davehart9972 Рік тому +29

    Rage in 1994: “F@&$ You I won’t do what you tell me!”
    Rage in 2021: “You better shut up and do what they tell you!”

  • @Elementalism
    @Elementalism Рік тому +10

    I think the getting denied at 5 point and ending up iHop is hilarious being put in your place type of story.

  • @deadlegs187
    @deadlegs187 Рік тому +8

    He's still not armed one homeless

  • @SomiariTobin
    @SomiariTobin Рік тому +17

    I think it’s interesting how rage have been left and SUPER LEFT at that … read the lyrics to bulls on parade and see if there’s been a change (spoiler alert , there hasn’t been ) and the issue isn’t rage is for the machine, the issue is poor media literacy , you never knew and potentially never agreed with their politics to begin with .

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 Рік тому

      There hasn’t been a change nobody is making that claim. They’ve always been frauds. Rich privileged half Jewish Zack de la rocha and Harvard grad Tom morello. Rage against half the machine 😂😂

    • @jayku1624
      @jayku1624 Рік тому +1

      THANK YOU

  • @blushingfrieza
    @blushingfrieza Рік тому +7

    Real dic move by Morello, "uhhhh like, does the owner like RATM? A hurrdurr" it sucks money and fame changes people into this, sometimes with even just 50k followers.

  • @internetcomments950
    @internetcomments950 Рік тому +12

    Count me in.

  • @johnromansky6834
    @johnromansky6834 Рік тому +52

    They performed at Coachella
    Nuff said

  • @HOMELESSG0D
    @HOMELESSG0D Рік тому +3

    I like how Rage is against capitalism but charges hundreds for their shows. Complete hypocrites.

  • @europeangorilla1143
    @europeangorilla1143 Рік тому +29

    One of the funniest moments of the last few years has got to be watching a crowd full of people, fully masked singing "f*** you i won't do what you tell me" at a ratm concert

    • @pete1853
      @pete1853 Рік тому +5

      "So now we do what they told us..."

    • @--_--IMP--_--
      @--_--IMP--_-- Рік тому +4

      "Fuck yeah, I'll always do what you tell me!"

    • @HonkeyKong54
      @HonkeyKong54 Рік тому +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @211squirrel
      @211squirrel Рік тому +2

      The perfect example of the band becoming the machine

    • @moksja667
      @moksja667 Рік тому

      That must have been hilarious😂

  • @99bimmer
    @99bimmer Рік тому +4

    Fuck RATM. Back in 1997, some of my friends and I went to see 311 ,who were playing 5 minutes away, while some other friends of mine drove an hour to Worcester to see RATM. I had a great time at the 311 show, while my friends in Worcester had to wait an hour or so for Rage to come on stage after the opener cuz Zack was throwing a hissy fit about some shit and wouldn't get in his limo.

  • @233Hicks
    @233Hicks Рік тому +8

    champagne socialists gonna champagne socialist

  • @johnnybgood774
    @johnnybgood774 Рік тому +7

    Tom Morrello was always an agent

  • @ColoradoDualSport
    @ColoradoDualSport Рік тому +1

    I mean, I'm a little happy that they are hypocritical because I'm right leaning and I still rock out to their music.

  • @devildog8473
    @devildog8473 Рік тому +5

    Yeah. I loved their music, but they are literally everything they claim to be against. Just calling a spade a spade.

  • @enthronedking
    @enthronedking Рік тому +3

    Tom Morello's "anti-corporate" stance is - putting it very diplomatically here - fuzzy. It's not just signing to a label owned by Sony (his famous argument that Noam Chomsky wouldn't object to his books being sold at Barnes and Noble is silly. If he wants to use that analogy then it comes down to Chomsky's publishing company - which presumably isn't owned by Burger King - not so much where his books are sold).
    But it's not just that stuff. It's also just relatively trivial but bizarre kind of shit here and there throughout his career like inducting KISS to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's either cynical and he's full of it or it's just some kind of weird dissonance there. Not saying he can't or shouldn't love KISS, but come on, you're supposedly the revolutionary, hardcore socialist guy and you're inducting perhaps THE single most notoriously uber-capitalist stadium rock band in history to the Hall of Fame? The fuck?

  • @papasadistich8320
    @papasadistich8320 Рік тому +16

    RATM in the 90s: "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
    RATM in 2023: "Do what we tell you."

    • @fusieisbsi888
      @fusieisbsi888 Рік тому +5

      Ratm in 2023: "doesn't exist"

    • @Jason-l7z
      @Jason-l7z Рік тому +1

      I guess right wingers never paid attention to these bands lyrics and you just enjoyed their sound cause they always had the same message and it’s completely different than your views

    • @papasadistich8320
      @papasadistich8320 Рік тому +4

      @@Jason-l7z Or it could be that they're finally admitting to what they've always secretly wanted. Which wasn't to fight against authority, but to be the authority.

    • @thedrinkinggamemaker9749
      @thedrinkinggamemaker9749 Рік тому +1

      Now you're under control

  • @zacksguitarhacks6390
    @zacksguitarhacks6390 Рік тому +10

    Tom morello is such a hippocrit that its actually poetic.

  • @AJ_hwd954
    @AJ_hwd954 Рік тому +8

    They raged against the Machine, and the Machine won 😢

  • @patrickwoods2213
    @patrickwoods2213 Рік тому +11

    Anytime you have an artist or band that centers their music around politics- you can always expect a shitstorm either from the fans, or the band. Or both.

    • @pyroman6000
      @pyroman6000 Рік тому +3

      Yep. Its always been one of those subjects that starts arguments. The more far from center yuor views are, and the more adamant you are about them, the more divisive youll be.
      Add that to a society thats highly polarized... you're guaranteed to piss off as many as you attract.
      I dont begrudge anyone for making a living or being successful. It does look pretty bad though when you scream anti capitolism from the rooftops, while becoming successful because of it. And being preached at gets old...

    • @tylervachon2439
      @tylervachon2439 Рік тому +2

      @@pyroman6000 if they’re good at what they do, wont success follow them regardless of their political views? One could argue that they signed with a major label company to spread their music to reach a bigger audience

    • @garybyoosey3163
      @garybyoosey3163 9 місяців тому

      great point

  • @CreationsVibration
    @CreationsVibration Рік тому +18

    Raging for the machine..

  • @justinmanser7525
    @justinmanser7525 Рік тому +8

    Mike Muir is a genius, his band being called old is ironic...they are old, and better. More thought provoking, definitely better musicians and song writers if you haven't listened to the Infectious Grooves or Suicidal Tendencies you should, you'll even hear Trujillo playing bass, not open strings to cover up Lars on drums playing who the fuck knows what time signature ffffourfafour..

  • @stoney2271
    @stoney2271 Місяць тому +4

    Being a capitalist isn’t a bad thing, crony capitalism is the problem. Most solutions people have to capitalism is socialism, that’s kind of scary tbh. Crony socialism turns into dictatorship 😂

  • @jacktorrance2633
    @jacktorrance2633 Рік тому +2

    I don't give a shit what anyone thinks, I still like them. Saw them at Woodstock '99 and they were great. (with Metallica on right after)The video for "Testify" is something that should be watched though, it shows how ridiculous(most)Presidential campaigns are and how people keep falling for the same bullshit every time!

  • @shawnbruce6934
    @shawnbruce6934 11 місяців тому +2

    Used to be Against The Machine. Now They Are The Commies. F Them.

  • @RobBingham
    @RobBingham Рік тому +19

    I remember when I saw a Google photo of Tom’s home in a gated, well to do LA community. That told me everything about his schtick

  • @JoseCastillo-cr3gh
    @JoseCastillo-cr3gh Рік тому +27

    Lol. He wants the minimum wage raised to $15 but I bet his tickets were $40

    • @Phil-gc2qh
      @Phil-gc2qh Рік тому +13

      15 dollar min wage means you still can't afford his $250 shows.

  • @Diptera_Larvae
    @Diptera_Larvae Рік тому +25

    There are many machines that you can rage against, not just the big corporate type, Zack’s lyrics point to a lot of Government corruption and social unrest.
    And if you look at their three albums, they never lost their message like other bands have on their rise to fame. Even the cover album still stays true to the idea of raising issues that others don’t want to know about.

    • @miltonbates6425
      @miltonbates6425 Рік тому

      Tom Morello is a c o m m i e ... enough said.

    • @lperea21
      @lperea21 Рік тому +4

      Most of their music is directed at oppressive governments. I can't see anything wrong with that.

    • @w8n4dasun
      @w8n4dasun Рік тому

      💯 … these clown are outraged that they didn’t give their work for free… pfff .Main topics they brought up that have nothing to w/ free market …police brutality, systemic racism, big brother watching you, and anti NAFTA and supporting ELZN in Mexico !! They highlighted the corporatocracy that runs our government. Do top level government official run record labels after they serve ??? No they don’t

  • @donnajocatlady3839
    @donnajocatlady3839 Рік тому +2

    Those tired old women ARE the machine. Screw those guys.

  • @jongoffinet8511
    @jongoffinet8511 Рік тому +11

    I don’t care about the politics, RATM put out some real bangers! Loved it in my younger days, Rockstars can be assholes, but I still like the music. Morello is in love with himself, obviously.

  • @UhYeahWhateverDude
    @UhYeahWhateverDude Рік тому +62

    Anyone with an ounce of self awareness and individuality knows that RAtM is the posterchild of cognitive dissonance. Having said that, I still love their music and they had a huge impact on the formation of my musical tastes. Sometimes you just can't take everything so seriously. They are after all, just a band.

    • @MrCopperpott
      @MrCopperpott Рік тому +6

      Don't take them serious even tho that's how they wanted to be treated. They took their schtick serious to swerve kids with their counter culture image all the while they support big brother

    • @Unvaccinated69
      @Unvaccinated69 Рік тому +3

      I don't take them seriously but that doesn't mean I can't criticise them and laugh at them

    • @danieltoft2116
      @danieltoft2116 Рік тому

      My man, Tom had a sticker on his guitar in support of the shining path. You don't get to have that imagery and claim you aren't trying to buck they system. No, these last few years exposed them for the authoritarian cucks they really are.

    • @molasorrosalom4846
      @molasorrosalom4846 Рік тому

      You can like what they used to be, they're more of a joke nowadays.

  • @screwyootube1
    @screwyootube1 Рік тому +11

    So, Skillet, Nugent, Mike Muir & a diner-owner hate Rage & Morello. A real cross-section of life ya got here.

  • @sole__doubt
    @sole__doubt Рік тому +14

    I remember realizing that the more I learn about the political opinions of the rockstar's I looked up to, the less I like them as an artist. Its why I'd prefer to NOT know about what they think about politics and just focus on the music.

  • @robvegas9354
    @robvegas9354 Рік тому +3

    The guys at 5 point cafe are champions.

  • @valensinclair6750
    @valensinclair6750 Рік тому +10

    I like RATM, but can't stand their hypocricy. rage against the machine, F the system, greed is bad, etc...meanwhile they're bathing in their millions. They are part of said machine, and have benefited from it tremedously.

  • @LuigiTheMetal64
    @LuigiTheMetal64 Рік тому +3

    They are Rage For the Machine now. Bowing for the censors is death to art.

  • @wintersmill4853
    @wintersmill4853 Рік тому +1

    Some dude no one has heard of made a “diss track” by singing some alternate lyrics over a RATM song…. Creative! He is edgy and suicidal… cool! He is like Proto-emo + angry jock. Ya…. Pretty nifty stuff.

  • @bonneharkema2458
    @bonneharkema2458 4 місяці тому +2

    Ah, rage in favour of the QR code you mean?

  • @trollgod7565
    @trollgod7565 Рік тому +3

    Tom morello believe Mumia abu Jamal is innocent. That tells me everything I need to know.

  • @led.zepper
    @led.zepper Рік тому +21

    Cracks me up when people claim "rage changed".
    Sony released their debute, and all their releases. Major mainstream airplay. Morello is a political science graduate, I can keep on going. The machine they claim they oppose helped their fame.
    I like Rage as an entertainment.

    • @mysillygirl
      @mysillygirl Рік тому +2

      what's wrong with being a political science graduate?

    • @led.zepper
      @led.zepper Рік тому +5

      @@mysillygirl ...when did I say it was wrong ....?
      Or did you assumed?

    • @haybale287
      @haybale287 Рік тому +4

      @@led.zepper You imply that it is wrong. Why bring it up when listing other fallacies if you do not think it is wrong?

    • @conscientunit1157
      @conscientunit1157 Рік тому +2

      you can't have the reach that they did without engaging with the system at all.
      and what even is the machine? they sang about the military industrial complex, corporate media, the police, the government, institutions riddled with racism. where do record labels stand in that group? surely they're not the backbone of exploitation in the country. i don't think the net exploitation in the world increased by them being published by sony.

  • @shawnbruce6934
    @shawnbruce6934 11 місяців тому +3

    Ted Nugent IS 100% CORRECT.

  • @rockoorbe2002
    @rockoorbe2002 Рік тому +75

    I recall when they announced their shows for El Paso TX and Las Cruces NM. Most tickets were easily above $200. Which is more relevant because locally a good portion of the fanbase actually resides in CD Juarez Mexico, right across the Rio Grande from El Paso. And bear in mind these guys make about $500 a month. And a couple of years earlier we had Metallica and Iron Maiden and they might have charged the same amount of money. But at least in Metallica's part after the Napster scandal they kinda cooled down a bit and they're simply doing their thing and making money. And people will use their hard earned cash to go see them.
    And I mentioned the Mexican fans because RATM has gone out of their way to court them particularly after the EZLN uprising of 1994 and the UNAM student strikes of 1999 where at least they're pretending to fight inequality and high costs of living. Yet here they are charging even $400 a ticket. And these concerts were going to take place in 2020 and we all know what happened. At least they could have cut the prices a bit if they wanted to keep their populist credentials.
    And mind you, I still like their music but I take anything they say with a pinch of salt. Particularly from that Ivy League yuppie Tom Morello.

    • @briancrawford69
      @briancrawford69 Рік тому +2

      El Paso is a good size city so curious how you got that most of the fans in the area are actually on the Mexican side of the border? Either way them charging stupid prices for their reunion shows is a joke

    • @chizorama
      @chizorama Рік тому +10

      Help fight the system, only $200+ a head. They completely lost me there.

    • @rockoorbe2002
      @rockoorbe2002 Рік тому +5

      @@briancrawford69 if you read my comments you would have picked up on the part where RATM has been courting those fans since the beginning. And Zack De La Rocha is partly of Mexican descent so they resonates. And then there's the overall leftist politics and even the iconography which involves things like Che Guevara shirts, Aztec motifs and red stars which many Mexican youth subscribe to. And of course there's the lower standards of living which tend to push youth towards the left.
      And believe it or not, while rock music in general and genres like punk and metal in particular seem to be on the decline in the States, in Mexico they're going strong, even when they're not mainstream and they have to compete with other genres like regueton.

    • @vaughanross9489
      @vaughanross9489 Рік тому +6

      I’m pretty sure they don’t control ticket prices dawg.

    • @conscientunit1157
      @conscientunit1157 Рік тому

      ​@@chizorama did they control the ticket prices?

  • @rickdiaz7239
    @rickdiaz7239 Рік тому +10

    Rag Against the Machine is more like it. Preach the revolution all the way to your mansion.

  • @chrisMc1972
    @chrisMc1972 Рік тому +4

    Rally around the family with pocket full of jabs

  • @stephenbarone4053
    @stephenbarone4053 Рік тому +11

    Suicidal is legendary. RATM is basically the hardcore equivalent of Hot Topic.

  • @freshtendrills5969
    @freshtendrills5969 Рік тому +5

    People are more than happy to "turn the screws" when they feel aligned with the machine.