Rage Against The Machine: Why The Band Broke Up & Zack De La Rocha Quit
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In today's video we take a look at the rock band Rage Against the Machine and why the band fell apart in 2000 starting with singer Zack De La Rocha leaving in late 2000, one month before Renegades their new cover album came out.
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2000, was a year full of turmoil for rage against the machine. WHile the band would release a new covers album, record and play some shows in addition to recording a live record there was wild speculation that the band was done. Then the news dropped On Wednesday October 18, from frontman Zack De La Rocha that he was done with the group announcing “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage, because our decision making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively, as a band, and from my perspective has undermined our artistic and political ideal. So how did we get there? Stay tuned to find out!
Rage against the machine formed 9 years earlier in 1991 channeling a wide spectrum of influences including led zeppelin, bob dylan and even Devo. And the band would establish itself as one of the most groundbreaking, incendiary and politically-driven bands of the 90’s going on to sell 16 million albums. And for years rumors of in-fighting plagued the band.
And the news that De La Rocha was leaving didn’t come as a shock to guitarist Tom Morello who would reveal that he was amazed that the band lasted as long as it did telling interviewer simon young “Rage Against The Machine has been a tremendously volatile rock rollercoaster for nine whole years,” l. “It actually comes as something as a surprise that the original line-up has remained intact all this time. It’s important to emphasise that Rage Against The Machine have not broken up. Zack has left the band. Tim, Brad and myself will continue to make groundbreaking music.
And The news of Zack’s departure wasn’t well timed given that almost a month after he left the band, the group was set to release their new album titled Renegades which featured covers of artists including Devo, the MC5, Bruce Springsteen as well as The Rolling Stones. In addition to that the band had a live album coming out as well,
Morello would act diplomatically in the same interview stating
“we parted company on good terms and we wish him well,” There’s been some confusion over this record, since it coincides with Zack’s departure. It’s a studio album, with Zack as the vocalist. For Timmy, Brad and myself, we’re really proud of this record and want everyone to know about it.”
And According to morello, Zack wanted to take up to 2 years off until they began work on their next record with 2003 being the next planned album from the group. So what happened?
Some point to an incident at the MTV Video Music Awards where bassist Tim Commerford crashed Limp Bizkit’s acceptance speech. And the bassist’s actions actions reportedly angered De La Rocha who left the awards early telling reporters he felt “humiliated”.
Othere’s point to the fact that it was deeper than that. It was around this time that Zack would tell the press
“It’s not unique among rock bands to find the occasional dissension,” “But compared to the music we make and the causes we pursue, it’s not so interesting.”
And Morello was more evasive saying. “Let’s just say Rage Against The Machine’s forces made us burn brightly and burn quickly. That’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years. Zack did what he had to do.”
Now at the time of De La Rocha’s departure the remaining members of the band vowed to continue to make music together, but it wasn’t immediately clear as to whether it would be done under the RATM monicker or as part of a new side project. New frontman were rumored to be working with the musician including B-Real from Cypress Hill.
And it wouldn’t be until years later that the other members of the band were little more open as to what happened behind the scenes. During an appearance on Lars Ulrich’s interview show ‘It’s Electric’ on Beats 1
I’ll put myself first and foremost,” Tom said of why the Los Angeles rap-rockers disbanded. “It was a lack of emotional maturity in being able to deal with each other as people. We had political vision and the shows never suffered, but we just couldn’t agree on stuff and that sort of unearthed feelings that made it hard to make records. I think there were competing visions of what Rage was supposed to be and competing feelings about what it was like
I remember reading that Zack de la Rocha, around the time of his departure when he was asked why, he was quoted as saying something to the effect of "You can't stay angry forever".
It turns out that money can buy happiness 😂
especially with millions in your bank account
Especially with all that money coming in
Morello liked getting on a soap box, so to speak. I do not want to hear a musician telling me how to feel politically, what to believe.
Same for the Sex Pistols
Here is something you can't understand -how ego just kills a band..
Well said
Nice one👏
why? who's ego?
**chums on popcorn**
@Sub for Trump 2020 genius comment!
Sub for Trump 2020 not true..
In the 90's I waited on a table of record execs who were laughing their heads off about how they were " marketing the revolution " with RATM.
Wow..
That is rich lol (pun intended)
a totally true story that definitely happened
It’s hard to rage against the machine when you become part of the machine.
based
They hoped they could rage against the machine from within the machine, but Tom Morello was a machine the whole time
They were on Sony records the whole time although I liked most of their music I always joked about that
@@brennanthabault1351 they said they either could have taken a small indie label and never got their message to anyone, or sign with Sony and get their message to as many people possible
@@kjamlin I love a powerful message that falls flat and just attains the "machine" millions in merchandise. And now the band is a literal meme, and Tom is the atypical yuppie asshole he hated. Very defiant lmao
Their first self-titled album remains and forever shall remain my most favorite album.
Their...
@@paulrevere2928 thanks Chachi.
@HOLYBANANAS1968 I guess I would stomp u out. I am one of the best drummers u could ever have the pleasure of meeting. What do u play, the skin flute? Punk
Facts!!!
@@kyledavis8975 🤣🤣🤣
Zach was in a Hardcore band called Inside Out way before Rage. I used to see them at a really tiny, super violent club called the Anthrax in Norwalk CT. In the late 80's. They were a great band
My band in high school used to cover NSS and Burning Fight (1993-ish).
You must have sum stories huh
I rather have Zack reforming Inside Out
I still have a cd of Inside Out
Ok
I can't forget Tom Morello supporting Hillary Clinton and calling Bernie Sanders an unrealistic dreamer, even before Hillary's official Democratic nomination against Trump. The guy that used to play with Che Guevara painted on his guitar amp thinks Sanders is too radical.
I think the world needs millions more Tom Morellos. I look at him as my guitar and political hero
@subcomandante marcos oop
@Turn It Up lmfao, yeah teachers definitely do not teach about socialism lmfao
Look up "survivorship bias". I've spoken to plenty of people who still live in Russia, and guess what? They overwhelmingly didn't want to give up communism in the 90s, and they want it back now!
@Turn It Up it's funny how people like you haven't read a single fucking book written by a socialist and yet you think you know what it is 😂😂
subcomandante marcos
Exactly!!! Good point.
I remember when a DJ at WBCN in Boston asked Rage if they felt conflicted talking about "fighting the power" while staying at the Four Seasons, Rage got up and ended the interview
@Yugebutts Fukr The DJ mentioned the interview years later on a podcast that Rage had very extravagant demands while on tour and treated their road crew, and the hotel staff rather rudely so the DJ asked the hotel question to take a jab at the band
Look, just because they call out corruption and possess righteous indignation doesnt mean they're not allowed to indulge in some of life's luxuries, it's not our job to see that they're not participating in rampant consumerism. "Remove the speck from thy own eye before attempting to remove it from your brothers'"
@@MindfulMattersMaterialMindful cope
@@seamac206 that's all you got?
You're right. They should have been staying under a bridge somewhere.. GTFO
Without Zach there is no rage.
True but Audioslave is a better band anyway
😂😂😂😂
@@larrydotson2625because u dont care about the people. Self centred person u are you
@@larrydotson2625Audiosalve sucks
@@larrydotson2625gross Larry
He stepped away because the band reached a level that they stood against. The machine literally engulfed them and chewed them up and still is to this day 💯
Like it does to all who resist. 💯
They embraced the Machine.
@@PianoMan-hx3ev no different than fighting waves at the beach. You can't win and you can't fight forever.
@@MsFreshadenu The machine wins by changing its form.
Forced to
Way back in the 90s if you didn't have a record deal no one heard your music. I can only assume if the internet was around back then stuff would have been different for Rage.
@Phil McCrevice I was born in '82 and the term is not incorrect. Also, he is correct that getting your music heard back then was no different than going into a Books A Million and finding a Noam Chomsky book. It is not that they were making money, it was how they used the money that mattered.
The point I was trying to get across was in the early 90s the only way for people to hear your music was the underground tape and CD trade or on the radio. So if you wanted to make music for a living you had to be part of something the machine or whatever you want to call it. So if you don't want to be part of the music industry machine you can still work at McDonald's and put your music on the internet now and good luck traveling, keeping your nine to five,and getting your music in front of people. All us musicians go trough the same thing, if you want to travel and play your music to people you're going to be poor that's just a fact of life.
@@brianwhitley2609 UK here. I first heard Rage at a metal night club when I was 17/18. A week or 2 later they were all over the radio (Killing in the name of - edited. lol) Bought the album as soon as I could find it. This band came out of nowhere to being the biggest thing going in the space of a few months.
The internet was around then
@@stevilkenevil9960 who had the internet in '93? Who? The only way anyone heard this music in '93 was directly and in analog not through an IP address.
I always felt Zack was more an activist than a singer, RATM probably became something that conflicted with his personal beliefs, and it makes sense he left during the band's peak.
Take the money and run then claim it conflicted with your personal beliefs. That's cute.
MontcomHorror Why run if he could make even more money? Doesn’t make sense.
@@TheIndependentLens like you wouldn’t take the money given the chance lol
@@3030toby I wouldn't claim it conflicted with my personal beliefs then. It's one of the biggest problems with people on the left is they are the biggest hypocrites.
@@TheIndependentLens my man, everyone these days is a hypocrite
I love rage, but there part of the machine now. Extremely high ticket prices, they'll strike your video of you play 10 seconds of a song, and they broke up over what color there tshirts should be. Money changes people. It sucks
Well said! Also, lets not forget, Communism is good for everyone, except them.
I love Rage as well, but the hypocrisy always bothered me. Plus their lyrics spoke to individualism, not socialism - so they were also very confused in their ideology and what Zack wrote about.
@Corn Pop LOL...Come on Man! Corn Prop was a tough dude!
Money doesn’t change people; it just exposes what was inside a person all along
@@forgetaboutit1069 very true
@@dr_detroit01 socialism =/= collectivism (ie Anti-individualism)
Rage Against the Diner Hostess
Exactly. lol
5 point is a good place without rock stars
They just need to quit worry about political shit
Tom commie wannabe Morello sucks😀haha
😂😂😂
As Porcupine Tree once said, "Music of rebellion makes you wanna rage, but it's made by millionaires who are nearly twice your age."
My fuckin dude.
Gesturing at imagined hypocrisy is not an argument, it's the typical "if you are rich you are a hypocrite, if you are poor you are just jealous". That statement is just as pretentious as their music.
That is why i listen to Built to Spill where the musicians look like regular old guys
@@1997lordofdoom But that doesn't mean that it can't be true. Right Mr. Pretentious.
Whats a Porcupine tree?
Tom “Rage on behalf of the machine” morello
nicce
When he BECAME the machine by being worth $25 million, he didn't have much left to rage about.
^THIS
Yeah, when Tom gets the message I'll be waiting to hear about it.
Fatally Partisan He’s not enough of a hypocritical communist for the likes of Tom I love making money, but crying socialism Morello
@@AP02112 well. To be Communist is the definition of Hypocrisy.
And Tom is one of the worst
Fatally Partisan They are all hack losers. Can’t stand that band
He decided the machine wasn’t so bad after all
W
Sold his soul I guess...
Like their music but thr truth is, they are all children of the rich. Just using rebellion to make money.....like all these spoiled, rich, entitled,white BLM protesters.
You can take the kid out of Irvine....
@@paulakapablo1749 Agreed homie, as a person of Native American & Mexican heritage, these Starbucks hipsters don't represent or speak for me and my family's struggles
How much do you really “Rage Against The Machine” if you play Coachella
and collect millions of dollars while promoting communism, Doesn't make much sense.
They had no choice but to play there, do you realise how much herbal tea and vegan sausages costs 🤷🏻♂️
🤣🤣😁😁😆😆
Hilarious
Too many easy questions to answer here.
Because its Coachella. Its a large stage to spread a message out to newer audience.
Yeah after seeing the Rage ticket prices I came to a sudden thought...
“Heh, more like Rage For the Machine”
@blacktea im not an expert in RATM, but i dont thing RATM was about capitalism, rather how power corrupts by referencing politics. although the top comment is right, it doesnt mean they are against people making money, but rather how the people with money exert influence on others.
I saves t9 go see them. They didn't have to play again, even with a broken leg. Then, Tom got tackled off stage by security. I like that a little :p. Anyway, very greatful I even got the chance:)
@@NickFortier lucky, happy for you tho
If Rage and Guns have thought us anything it’s that a cover album will be your demise ...
Can’t listen to them anymore. Such cringe. Normally I could separate the art from the artist. In this case, all the absurdity of Morello crapping on restauranteurs (“Don’t you know who I am!”), getting endorsed by Fender while attacking free enterprise, etc., etc....
It just made me realize I don’t really like the music anymore.
Amen brother.Nothing less enchanting than multi million dollar communism.
Wahhh wahhh wahhh, still gotta make a living within the system. Doesn’t mean you like it.
Here, here!!!
U563 Rick What horseshit. If you think it’s fascism, why lick “corporate boots” with a smile?
An endorsement deal is a far far more than doing what you have to. So is trashing somebody online for not licking your boots. They are the machine, the man. I don’t care if they are... I’m just not buying their act, and I’m tired of hearing slide whistle solos.
You get me wrong. Not mad, just bored.
Brian Dahlen Yeah, all two of you.
I can't stand Tom Morello. On his high horse but really thinking everyone is beneath him. He is so arrogant.
Seriously.
Agreed.
Typical marxist.
They probably suffer the same problem, just don't voice it equally.
Tom comes from a family of politicians. He was given an Ivy League education. It’s like rage was his privileged brat guilt rock band.
Yea I can't stand him especially after the coffee shop incident
When you become the machine you've been raging against. Color me surprised.
For real.
How so?
@@4chickenwingsfriedhard you can be a communist while also participating in the society you live in. He at least educates the masses in his music.
@@don_ald1 well yes but you can live in a society while criticising it. Your point is kinda silly cos how do you want him to act? Against the law (because communism would have no state), and would you want hun to just have no money because communism is moneyless? Also, it isn’t like through his attainment of that wealth he exploited other people’s labour; he’s a guitarist and that’s how he got his wealth. That isn’t against communism and so u can’t have a go at morello for this kinda thing.
@@blockg9482 in America you can choose to be a commie but you won’t have the choice in an actual commie country
"I didn't like their new stuff, it was getting too political"
*Proceeds to listen to Bulls on Parade, Testify, and Killing In The Name Of*
Bruh...
It seems as though we didn't care about the message as much as we cared about the music back then. Now it's all that matters and the music sucks
@@randybabin2498 yeah, after years of listening to them, I was recently told that they were political, which made me listen to their lyrics more intently. Blew my fucking mind. There are some things I can agree, some not. Either way, they sound angry, and they fucking smack
Politics of a different time.
I was at Coachella back in 2007(when it was still a music festival) when they reunited and goddamn did they fucking rock that night.
I was also there best show of my life
Tom Morello has a knack for insisting that certain guitar pieces be put into a song even when they do not match the song very well. This leads to a number of arguments about how a song should sound. Thankfully for them, Chris Cornell is a very tolerant and flexible singer, and chose to leave on a peaceful note.
Tommy & Chris are both brilliant & killing yourself isn't peaceful!!!
@@ryanjofre Chris killed himself long after audioslave. So I don’t even know why you brought this up. And suicide most definitely can be peaceful go be small minded somewhere else
Morello is in the top 3 most over rated guitarists of all time. John fruciante is up there too.
@@stevebanning902 RATM's first two albums had great guitar work with sounds we'd never heard before but by the third album Tom became a one-trick pony. So, innovation wise, I think he is important, but no over rated.
I agree about Fruciante, he's a great player but his work isn't very intricate or even difficult, although he does play solos with lots of emotion.
Please tell me Alex Lifeless of Rush is on your sh!t list. That entire bad is over rated, you can't be progressive when you're one step behind everyone else.
@@bertall1ca lmao so overrated
"Then in a surprising move, in 2020 they changed their name to 'Rage For the Machine'"
Zach stayed true to his self and didn’t become sell-out-lite like Morello.
That’s not fair...
Zach, in fact , did sell out
Is that why I just bought a rage ticket for $400?!? Hahahaha
Tom wanted to play his guitar, Zack wanted to be a preacher/politician
Either way it’s a damn shame
Lol, make their millions from capitalism… yet bitch about capitalism 🤪
Rage reached all new heights and set groundbreaking standards for being hypocrites .
Well said. Can I borrow that line?
It's true that liberals are hypocrites.
@@Highrollinhunter imagine calling fucking rage liberals
Statist sell outs
Hypocrites how?
*Welcome to the machine.*
Nice Pink Floyd reference
and have a cigar
We told you what to dream.
Ironically Roger Waters is himself an ignorant Marxist fool
Lol
Morello is too busy playing Dungeons & Dragons with his rich actor friends
Yeah but he's not doing it everyday so he not that busy
It’d have been hilarious if David Lee Roth had replaced him. 😆
Diamond Dave against the Machine 💎✊💎
Hard to be a socialist when capitalism makes you rich and famous.
On top of the fact those guys were from UPPER-middle class families. Every Marxist I've come across aren't from "oppressed" backgrounds.
@@natejennings5884 Because Poor and working class people are suppressed from attaining that knowledge of what socialism really is, the history of it, what it looks like, how it has gone wrong and what it did right. They’re too busy, they have to work hard to pay the bills and buy food.
Doesn’t matter what your socioeconomic class, you can be a socialist, and it’s not a contradiction in any way.
Only if you're an asshole. Otherwise, the idea that you help create a society with a basic safety net is pretty natural.
Only if you're doing it wrong. I don't think any of the guys in the band have a problem with giving back to society; they also want to earn a comfortable living, and the two are not mutually-exclusive.
PlagueDoctor Historically, none of them have actually come from oppressed backgrounds. Or if any have, it’s very few. Even Marx himself had money. They’re all just rich, bored weirdos with dreams of being everyone’s boss without actually wanting to do the work to get there
Wow so many butt hurt comments, seems everyone is off, Zack to me seemed to have left because he seemed to be the only one still wanting to rage but the rest of the band seem content where they were at. If your a true fan of Zack and listened to his lyrics you know he wasn't done yet.
Rage against the Machine became the “machine.“ Zack had to rage against it.
Not really. Tom literally still stands/speaks for all of the things that rage has always stood for. Ya'll right wing white men are so ideologically confused
@@jennifermarie3158 lmfaoooo
@@jennifermarie3158 Your ignorance is showing.
@@jennifermarie3158 tom morello is a hypocrite
it didn't become the machine, it always was. I'm from the same home town as zack de la rocha. my mom was his middle school math teacher. his mom was a professor at the university here, just like my dad. we were in pretty much exact same situation, only difference being i'm white and he's mexican/jewish/whatever so I guess he decided being spoiled rich didn't apply to him. the ultimate irony is that he makes dozens of times more money than a professor's salary
It’s difficult to rage against the machine when the machine has made you filthy stinkin’ rich.
no truer words have ever been said before
Ohh the irony! Just like "socialist marches" in latin america. When the march is over, everyone goes to McDonald's for a snack and start posting the photos with their iPhones like "damn you capitalist junk food and Coke, I will destroy you with my revolutionary bites". Freaking delicious
Not really
@Dirty Magic11 No
@@supernatural5354 Yes, really. RATM are part of the machine. Left wing ideology is insane.
I know im gonna catch hell for this but..
Ill never forget the time that i actually raged against the machine, and found out that Rage Against the Machine was supporting the machine they supposedly raged against.
@blacktea is this your only reply defending your favorite corporate band lol 😂
@blacktea Practice what you preach.
Right, then Bush was given the presidency by the SCOUTUS.
Isn't that why Kurt Cobain killed himself? He couldn't handle the paradox of his message vs his success. Also, drugs.
@blacktea you think everyone who criticizes communism is a Trump supporter? LMAO stupid
When the promoters made them an offer to reform the band they didn't Rage Against The ATM Machine!
There name should be called cooperation with with the corporate machine.
Saw Rage Against the Machine live in 1996 in Washington DC and it was the best concert I've ever been to.
WuTang clan opened up for them as well
Seen the same tour at target center in Minneapolis
Oh shit, that sounds dreamy..
People mentioning how their ticket prices are yet don’t realize they virtually have 0 input over it anymore
Pear the thing is that, they could.
The fact that Tom Morello espouses Socialism at every turn and the evils of capitalism while living in a multi-million dollar mansion in a gated community just speaks to the kind of hypocrite he is
Have any proof of him living like that?
Drachen panzer google is you friend comrade
I agree 1000% with you but @jacob wilson said everything
Tom dosen't practice what he preaches...
Tom, Tim and Brad are SUCH A TIGHT BAND!!! Guitar, bass and drums....those guys are absolutely phenomenal!
"Aw Shit"
-ZDLR
1992
😂😂
I always wondered why such an amazing band spit up. I think I let myself forget that as talented and jaw dropping as they were, they were still flawed young men with emotions like everyone else.
They did what bands with Punk tendencies do. Their rage(pun intended)precipitates their consequential burnout. You're only going so far in life being White Hot all the time.
1. Sex Pistols
2. Police
3. Nirvana
* Those are just 3 off the top of my head
RATM broke up because they were full of shit. Left wing ideology is insane and any movement (including bands) driven by it will always fall apart. They either realize that they don’t know what they’re talking about or they lose steam as reality sets in and they run out of things to say. Rage will only get you so far before your throat starts to hurt. Once you shut up and have a moment to think you realize that nothing you’re saying is true.
The rest of the band stopped whining and crying and started playing more traditional rock n roll as Audioslave. That fell apart for a different reason.
Real men do not allow their emotions to control them.
@@MS-ns2pj so right wing ideology is correct?
@@MS-ns2pj my only point being, rage was amazing because they were extremely talented, pushed deep theory (not political theory) and merged hip hop and rock better than possibly anyone ever. If your issue is their political ideology than that is your hang up not theirs. There are a lot of shepards and most people are sheep following someone. You included. Just appreciate the art.
@@billyjeffersoniv4344 I understand what you’re saying. They are very talented, particularly Morello. Zach is the least talented. I believe that the Beastie Boys merged rap and rock better than anyone, but that’s my opinion.
I do not have an issue with their political ideology. They’re novices on the subject. Having a hang up over it would require that I dwell on it and that I care a great deal more than I do. They’re simply not that important.
I have never been a sheep.
Tom Morello is what Dominic Toretto would look like if steroids suddenly stopped working.
I think he is like a talentless Marc Okubo ha ha.
Dude, this comment should be higher up than this!
Up you go!
Its always annoying seeing people label the band as "hypocrites", Tom is the only hypocrite in the band, everyone else is just trying to live their best lives.
There was a brilliant meme on social media that read:
"Rage Against the Machine Is
Limp Bizkit For communists".
Spot on.
Limp Bizkit if it didn’t suck ass you mean
Gay
@@jusblaze788 Eh, it’s accurate. Accuracy angers the left.
They did everything their record company, managers, and booking agents told them.
Zack's Biography: Raged against the machine and became a rich capitalist in the process.
Libertarian alert
@blacktea ahhh you love ❤️ rage for the machine 🤡
@blacktea Nah, just asking Zack to not be a hypocrite. I'd respect Zack if he lived in a 1300 sq. ft average middle class house and drive a 5 year old Ford Escape. He acts as if he's this socialist spokesperson while living in a mansion and traveling by private jet.
@@pbaker7160 Yes, they are all set-outs.
All anti capitalists are hypocrites that take a stance of convenience because they're broke and jealous. Once they become rich it all changes. They're no longer about sharing and distributing the wealth.
Tom Morello, “we will continue to make ground breaking music”. then proceeded to repeat himself musically for the remainder of his career.
I mean, Audioslave was good.
@@metpach yeah, but his riffs were the same. He’s a one trick pony, albeit a great one.
@@RossBayCult i can agree. Tom has a shtick he sticks to. Chris Cornell is why Audioslave was as good as they were
@@metpach to me they always seemed like a backing band for Chris Cornell. Maybe that's just because of how good of a musician he was
@@soul0172 Cornell was so damn good. His loss can't be understated. He was truly a transcendent voice in rock, metal, and grunge.
I remember seeing RATM open for House of Pain at the Gothic in Denver in like,91 or maybe 92? Crazy how huge they got
I would quit too if I had to deal with tom morello, perfect example of how exposure can hurt way more than help
It doesnt really matter anymore why Zack quit as the entire band has shown themselves to be sell outs.
I mean...if they weren't then no one would know who they are. Because well... They wouldn't have sold out, concerts, albums, or anything. What did you think was going to happen? Starving for ends meat while being famous?
@@MrTimequake Again they went from Rahe against the machine to Rage for the machine, pathetic. All of em including Zack.
@@hgrimes9824 I'd have to disagree, sorry. They did what was best for them and their families. But if you feel as if that's selling out, well then...that's all of us.
@@MrTimequake They're current year spreading their cheeks for the very same people they shut down when they performed Bulls on Parade at the New York stock exchange. So yes I consider them sell outs and not for the good of their families or ours.
@@MrTimequake Chumbawumba did it better.
"as we all well know". Did something happen in 2020 that I missed?
I was thinking about making the same joke. How hard is it to say “due to the COVID-19 pandemic?”
Eye Heart Sushi UA-cam won’t let you say covid 19 or corona virus for some reason
Spacey That was at the very beginning, to discourage misinformation. It’s not the case anymore. Some say “pandemic” to play it safe.
I like beer bug.
I'm a huge fan of rage as well as audio slave.
Chris Cornell was a awesome talent.
Rage's music was incredible.
Looking back on it, I don't really care how much money Zach made. I liked all kinds of bands back in the 90s, but not one of them had a front man who would slap you in the face quite like him, and make you really think in a different way about the state of the world. Every time Tom Morello speaks, I still feel like I'm listening to a politician. Zach at least made an honest artistic effort, and walked away from a ton of money when he left the band originally.
Rage against the outsider candidate in favor of the 40 year politician
One of the best Capitalist bands out there. They’ve made millions off their “Socialist and Activists” agenda. Legends!!!!
I love Morello’s restaurant story. No class stratification there.
The Limp Bizkit incident was 20 years ago today!
I remember hearing the Rage only ever performed something like 100 live shows in the time together, not sure if that’s right, but a video on why they did so few shows maybe?
@Brian Dahlen Done...Wizard o' Oz...check it out man ; ]
Way more than 100!
They should have been naked "The Contradictions"
LOL, all jokes aside, I Love RATM (the music)
Demonizing capitalism, makes it big in capitalist country
They should have split their earnings equally with all the roadies and workers who helped them.
@Preston Garvey more properly "you think society could be improved but don't exercise your political and artistic beliefs in real life when you are rolling in dough"
FACTS
@@goalie2998 hahahhahahaha yeah.
@blacktea nice try lmaooo
I saw One Day As A Lion at a birthday event for Delores Huerta at the Greek theater in 2010. They absolutely rocked, so dope.
Historic band! Its a shame they lasted so short. Zack de la rocha is one of the best frontman of all time!!!!
Felipe Cavalera your standards are obviously as low as your single digit iq.
Not really
That awkward moment when you realize you are a part of the machine you rage against.
Welcome to the Left.
They were part of the machine from the start. Left wing ideology is insane.
Welcome to the Right.
@@slendergainz nope they're socialists and socialism is lean left so that explains the leftist hypocrisy in a nutshell
Not a part, just too explosive for one being to take on their self their whole life, it's too dangerous, what it paints is freedom in full, no bs no more lives wasted and ruined - warrior mindstate awareness which is what real adulthood in this pocket dream of a reality is/entails. If we all had this awareness this system wouldnt last the year out, and it's not about destruction but using creative intelligence and collective activity to reward ourselves by freely collectively building a world worth living in, a dream world... But being myself someone who blew out my engine in the rage fight screamo-ing, it was something that needed to happen because it unlocked things in myself that were broken the wrong way before, cursed, now fixed, it was part of the plan, all the raging, but that is not all our lives are about
Ever since your video a few months ago about Morello badmouthing restaurants on social media, I haven’t seen him the same way since lol. Anyways, great video as always!
I really don't give a shit about their lyrics and ideology. If I would I couldn't enjoy their awsome music anymore. RATM definitely has a special place in my heart, despite their oversimplyfied, childish political stance. I just fucking love them and Tom is just a beast on the guitar. That for me is so infinitally more valuable than simply disagreeing politically.
Their political stance is spot on.
I appreciate their energy and their musical attitude of expressing frustration regarding things in life and society that just aren’t fucking fair. Anyone who expresses their music with their middle fingers and could give a fuck whether everyone on social media hate/love them for it or not is something I respect in any artist regardless of how I feel about their politics.
How about doing one on Bono showboating at Live Aid and the other three members of U2 being so angry at Bono they wanted to end the band?
This is why I ALWAYS respected Fugazi 1,000,000 times more than Rage. they had a similar message, But Fugazi wasn't about the $$$. And the fact that 25% of the people reading this comment have probably never heard Fugazi (let alone seen them live) Makes me love them all the more.
I saw both bands in Hawaii in 1995. Fugazi tickets cost 6.00 and the show blew my mind. Rage was 13.50 and it was a good show but not amazing by any stretch. Over the years Fugazi kept the ticket prices low, and the Ethos pure, and Rage... Well we all know happened there.
FUGAZI and MINOR THREAT!!
They became the very thing they raged against, the machine.
really? what governments have they overthrown and who have they killed?
SpeedOfThought1111, they became capitalist pigs, they started to sound hypocritical in their songs, they were rich privileged rockers, so there is that. Capitalism is a good thing. Capitalist pigs are terrible things.
Brian Dahlen, well that’s an intelligent, well thought out rebuttal, NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@rmpj13 How can capitalism be a good thing if millions die every year because of it??
@@YGOMaster97, well, a person should not be owned like a dog as with the other isms. Capitalism has killed millions a year? Any references for that? Communism and socialism have killed hundreds of millions, so there is that, reference: Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Vietnam, North Korea, etc.......so there is that. I would rather live boldly on my feet in a capitalist society than be kept dogs as with socialism and communism, just a personal preference I guess, not so much with you though, huh.
Can you move the sub begging to after the video so we don't need to skip it every time?
Zack left when his bank account was full. He returned when it got too low.
Because communism lives out of capitalism.
I guess you are friends with Zack and know everything about him? Tell me more
I dont remember when exactly it happened, i believe after the first break up, but Zack went to Brooklyn New York and lived with undergeound rapper/producer El-P for a few months to make a rap album that ultinately never got finished.
I heard they broke up because after making millions as a result of capitalism they realized there was nothing to rage about.
Lmao, I remember Tim's crashing of Limp Bizkit's acceptance speech! Even though I was a Limp Bizkit fan, i thought that was hilarious!
Anyone who says their Rage Against the Machine / system but yet promotes communism is a complete and total absolute fool.
they're?
@@conradsz speech to text always screws up
Not necessarily, anarcho communists completely different than communism, if they are libertarian socialists it's pretty fair to say.
@@ripandshare9652 those are both extremely oxymoronic double think philosophies.anarchy is the total lack of government. Communism is the government in complete in total control of everything. Same thing with saying a libertarian socialist. These ideas have been pushed on to the youth to make them think there's some sort of sense. Really they're all just systems of oppression and control. Communism fascism socialism all just different tools to achieve the same goals. All invented by the same people and utilized in different areas with different people with different cultures. In the end all these systems are just tools to achieve their one world government system which will be a totalitarian top-down control system with very small elite at the top and everyone else as slaves every single aspect of every single person's life will be completely totally monitored controlled tracked traced etc. China is basically the model for this that they want to bring across the whole planet. All these other bullshit ideologies are just tools to get their useful idiots to help them bring in their one world government. The champagne socialists are the worst.little rich kids going to the most elite schools and claiming they want socialism and communism. the only reason they say this is cuz they think they'll be part of the ruling class above everyone else as their little slaves. They walk around with Che Guevara shirts. Knowing the guy was a racist communist murdering scumbag you should look at what he said about the natives Mexicans and blacks. No system with top-down government control is for the people. All these other so-called revolutions except the American revolution led to tyrannical control. Guillotines for everyone who didn't want to go along with it in the French revolution for an example. If you want to live free you should hope for a small government constitutional representative republic. That's what we're meant to be but aspects of Communism socialism and fascism have weaved their way into our system and are preparing to destroy it completely.
You realize communism is an umbrella term, right? Communism calls for the abolishment of state, class, and money, but historically, the most notable instances of attempts to implement communism have your marxists/leninists/maoists i.e. authoritarian leftists seizing power with either full belief in proletarian dictatorship or the idea that their ruler-ship would fade over time as they transitioned into communism (spoiler alert: they clung to their power and no country has ever achieved a fully socialist or a fully communist state). The term "communism" doesn't inherently speak to an authoritarian system. If you want to know about anarcho-communism, anarcho-syndicalism, and/or anti-capitalist libertarian leftist movements in general, you could look into revolutionary catalonia, makhnovia, the shinmin prefecture, the strandzha commune, the paris commune, and/or the rebel zapatista autonomous municipalities. Of course, most instances were violently squashed by the government, before ever truly reaching socialism or communism.
Like it or not, RATM's music grows more relevant every day. You may not agree with their visions and ideals, but they tell youth how important it is to be politically awake
How come no listens to them anymore?
@@miraggg that's not very many in the scheme of things.
@@blackdot3538 that's not on the band
You mean a brainless collectivist sheep
Bad Brad Because the machine forces talentless hollow acts like Billy Eyelash down their throats and society as a whole keeps degrading.
I want to hear about the Max and Sepultura split.
Thanks
Yes!
Max's wife. The end
He's worth 25 million but loves to think people consider him a revolutionary
Why so cynical about someone so sincere and wanting to do right? And he doesn’t believe people consider him a revolutionary beyond music.
@@tylurmackinnon6217 he doesn't walk the walk
@@tylurmackinnon6217 they are egg shell wanna be revolutionaries living their comfy lives in their mansions. Still collecting those dirty capitalist royalties that allow them to be where they are. Today, in the pool they helped shaped, it's called virtue signaling.
Isn't that how revolutionaries work?
I loved rage when they first came out, even knew their first drummers brother. But after really paying attention to the politics I realize they weren't raging against the machine, they were raging towards a fascist communist socialist amalgamation. They were raging against freedom and constitutionalism, capitalism. They were young ideologues with more emotion than information or intellect.
just like every college kid today..
Actually their music still makes a lot of sense today, and I respect that.
Now some of the members act like spoiled brats, like Tom's feud with a restaurant doorman in Seattle... That's sad and ridiculous...
I'm sure that played a lot into Zach leaving the band
Zack leaving at the bands peak is why there so friggin great leave them wanting more I say...
I just want 1 more record from Zac. Solo, 1D Lion, whatever, with poetry paint the pictures that hit, don't turn away, get in front of it!
I've lost 5 minutes and I just got a rumor on the reason why De La Rocha quit the band.
The biggest hypocrites in the game
Mostly Tom Morello. He's like a Sting is/was for punk. Doesn't buy into the lifestyle or beliefs just there for a paycheck.
not Zack.
he became part of the machine he was raging against. while fighting monsters make sure you dont become a monster.
Because Tom Morello is a KAREN.
So, why does everyone in the comments section here hate Zack?
Thanks for putting on Awesome and informative product every time!
Could you do a video on Echo and the Bunnymen?
@Paul Simon How’s Garfunkel doing?
Yeah I’d rather see a vid on Art Garfunkel
That would be a good video. God bless Simon and Garfunkel also.
Yes!
what zack brings to ratm will be hard to replace... unless they find someone equivalent to how arnel pineda mimics steve perry almost flawlessly
I’m sure Zack is really proud of this brave new PC world we live in ...
Craziest shows I’ve been to were Rage. It’s been 23 damn years since I saw them! I need at least one more.
That usually happens to communists.
Capitalism is a great game with absolutely no exploits.
@@ignotouno523 Socialism is a terrible game where everyone loses except the people running the game
@@nadeau
You know we can we critical of capitalism AND communism, right?
@@DTheAustralian Of course. You can and should be critical of anything. Problem is communism doesn't allow that.
Can we all stop pretending morello was good at guitar now?
But guitar hero
Damn! You dudes are Ragin!! Never thought I would see more negative comments on a band than Kiss or Limp Bizkit!
Legit though, wtf is wrong with people.
@@drachenpanzer5622 a bunch of juvenile libertarians that aren't receptive to the evidence regarding the damage capitalism has done to the world. They're mad because a band decided to transmit that message via music, and made a decent living along the way. I get the hypocrite angle, but that doesn't change the fact that capitalism has always been the disease.
@@osirisrex1441 I'm sure you can find a nice hovel in Cuba to live in. Or maybe you can go to a gulag at the hands of your Russian comrades. No one's s making you stay in a capitalist country. You have the freedom to leave.
@@kevinmcdonald6477 because being closely politically aligned with the beliefs of RATM has anything to do with CuBa & RuSsIa. We're not into authoritarianism, son. Saying "if you don't like it then leave" is as fallacious as naive reasoning gets. True patriots call out the bullshit crony policies of their governments. Endless wars, wall street bailouts, ridiculous drug war, broken healthcare system, etc. That's the machine that's being raged against. Read a book or better yet get into some peer review journals before spouting off on stuff you are misinformed about.
@Satur9_ in_Capricorn I'm a full time student with 2 part time jobs, and I pay more in taxes then the companies I work for so try again, doofus.
Isnt zach from Irvine? And went to a private high school? I could be wrong
just because one isnt as economically deprived as the rest of the chicano/mexican americans doesnt mean he can't feel the same tension and rejection they feel, especially since he likely was one of the few light skinned brown kids in likely an affluent all white school in the late 80s.
Being from SoCal when there were large "protests" they would show up an announce it. But when the "protests" werent big enough they would cancel last minute.
I also remember them having concerts ending at 8pm.
Morello thinks he is the band lol he is the guitar player. His best work was with Rage. I guarantee it was Tom's fault
Rage Against That Thing We Benefit From and Support Behind the Scenes.
@Felipe Avendaño Toro Francisco Goya - Saturn devouring his son, from his series The Black Paintings. But I guess you know that lol
Wait so now it's hypocritical to be a leftist and a successful musician? Bruh just shut up.
@@astralgod6448 They shilled for Biden and Obama. They are trash.
@@xkidmidnightx Do they actually support them? Or do they support voting for the "less evil"?
@@astralgod6448 he was on stage with that groid 🤣