More System Of A Down - I think you are going to find them quite interesting as you dig deeper - like you were saying you enjoy the melody & vocals in "Chop Suey". They have hella good vocals 😎✌
Nothing will ever compare to what rage was able to bring to the table. Harvard graduate, check. Educated band, check. Opinions and guitar riffs. Check. Challenging the system. Check.
This song, like all of RATM's music, is filled with lyrics that are anti-war, anti-establishment, anti-facism, anti-racism, anti-oppression etc. This song in particular is an indictment of the military industrial complex; it expresses the frustration at how our economy is bolstered by huge, powerful corporations that have massive military contracts, and those those who profit through the government's propagation of needless wars, just to feed the cycle of the mass production of weapons and tools of war. "Rally 'round the family, pocket full of shells" - this is talking about the two faced politicians who claim to be all about family values but really have their hands in major weapons contracts, getting gifts and kick backs on the side from the same corporations they pushed the Government to work with. RATM brought lots of music genres together, as a pioneer. They always pushed socially conscious lyrics aimed and holding up a mirror to those in power who abuse it. And they were four very talented musicians who did all of that at an extremely high level of skill and creativity. Their music is infectious, funky, hard and driving, evocative and powerful. The lyrics are eye opening, a force for good and are undeniable. Everyone should be able to get into the music because their sound is one of a kind and their message is just as true and critical now to every day people as it was when they wrote it.
It is of course impossible to be any friend of family while a friend too of industry that generates conflict, be it weapon industry or legal industry. All about family values, that should never be an election issue, unless it means challenging the parasites who profit by exploiting misfortune and mistrust and misunderstanding, exploiting those things is not how a family works, yet voters become convinced they are voting for family values!
Bro, he said "they don't have to burn the books, they just remove em". Talking about erasing history. "Walking to the corner of rubble, that used to be a library". "They" don't want any of us to know our history. And this is decades old!
@@chrislopez44 Tons of it. Dialects too. No one's trying to prove Trump from the history books. He spoke against this type of shit Zacks talking about and your comment makes no sense. So I guess I'll ask now, english, do you speak it?
You may be right but I think it could more what you said in your second comment, limiting education. I think it may relate to the defunding of schools and services that provide community support, like libraries.
Tom Morello is one of the greatest guitarists of our generation, and he is a hell of an awesome guy that inspires me to stand up and fight for what is right!
that's a stretch, he's unique and really good but super niche and unconventional. Not to say he has to be conventional to be the greatest but I disagree.
As a black man, 2 Rage songs you have to hear are: 1. Their live 1993 performance of "Killing in the Name". They mfing KILL it in their live 1993 performance. The lyrics are important in that song, but they are also very repetitive - you can just read them. Better to watch their live 1993 performance than a lyric video. Mfing EPIC!!! 2. "Know Your Enemy" WITH lyrics (need the lyrics for that one).
Still one of the greatest hip hop groups ever. Still one of the greatest punk bands ever. Still one of the greatest rock bands ever. Somehow all of these things at once and more. Still ahead of it's time and still nobody that's ever sounded like them. The one and only.
Listen to this track again and again. It gets better the more you understand and listen to it. Also, the lead singer Zach De La Rocha is of Mexican decent. Also, that "record scratch" was a guitar! Courtesy of Tom Morello (one of the greatest ever!).
I know I couldnt believe it when he think he know rap music. Bless ya jo jo. The poster is correct. That sound is a guitar. Not a machine or a record been scratched . Technically and innovently creative musicians .
it is not a record scratching its a guitar ;) as iam sure 100s will here say that to you lol welcome to the RATM rabbit hole. you will love it. iam here for it
The first time I heard Rage Against the Machine was in 92 they opened for House of Pain. It was one year before their first CD Release. So I saw Tom Morello do all the live Guitar Scratching with zero knowledge of how that band sounded beforehand lol. It was nuts
Ratm was everything growing up. They wouldn't play them on the radio, for a time they were completely banned from air time but the fans kept showing up in droves, they speak the truth.
You gotta see this live, that’s not a record scratch he is pulling his hands across the guitar pickups while fuckin w the pickup selector... its guitar wizardry
@@LFRJojo No, they do that live, with a guitar. That's the thing with iconic rock bands, they're masterful musicians who can play and sing live and they sound just like on the album, no need to mess with their sound.
Exactly, and “*rally* round the family” is a reference to the police’s ties to the KKK (as in a Klan rally) in the Deep South, and the pocket full of shells foreshadows their lack of anything resembling good intentions or the desire to protect and serve anyone but their own.
@@d.a.w.975 What you're doing is classic deflection, and using "whataboutism"--changing the subject to something else, as if this was a compare and contrast. No, this was a song about the bullshit within the capitalist system--because it was written by a group of anarcho-communists. If you're not going to address the issue, don't expect anyone to take what you have to say seriously.
"Bulls on Parade" deals with the U.S. military and its aggressive tactics. It mentions how the arms industry encourages war to obtain military contracts with lines such as, "Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes, not need, just feed the war cannibal-animal," and "What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and moving."[5] The song is widely known for its popular guitar solo containing a vinyl scratch effect used by Tom Morello, done by toggling between two pickups, one on and one off, while rubbing his hands on the strings over the pickups to create the effect that someone is scratching a vinyl disc. Morello has stated that the sound he was going for was a "sort of 'Geto Boys' sound, menacing"[6] with E♭ tuning in both guitar and bass and a wah-wah pedal fully in the treble position.
All of the crazy sounds on their albums, are 100% Tom Morello on the guitar. Saw this performed live at Lollapalooza in New Orleans 96’. I was 18....young as hell. Its fun seeing kids trippin on rap-metal. It had it’s moment, but RATM was way ahead of the curve by about 5-7 years.
"Bullet in the head" is up there as one of the most powerful songs, leicsllg as well. They were at the forefront of rap rock back in the day. If they remind you of a band you like, chances are the ban you like is a hardcore fan of theirs.
This type of music was introduced as Alternative back in the day That is Tom Morello on guitar-he could make sounds no one had heard before. Using foot pedals for .most of it, he played lead & rhythm, sometimes at the same time. MGK just did a cover of Killing in the Name you might like.
43 year old white guy. I like your channel. You crack me up watching and listening to these songs that came out when I was very young. I like that you appreciate them. Weird watching kids do the same over the years. Reacting like it’s brand new. Funny shit. No cap. Keep it up.
I listened to this jam for years before I realized the scratches were all guitar. Glad to see a new generation experience this incredibly innovative band and make the same assumptions I did!
That's a Guitar Scratch!... 😂 Who needs records, not Tom Morello. They are now known as Rage for the Machine. Beastie Boys - Check your Head - Professor Booty, So What'cha Want, or Pass the Mic. NEXT!
2020 In this political climate y'all need to get into some Rage. This country is so fucked up. I am 47 years old and all I have wanted to do for the past year is smoke weed and listen to Rage. I have 2 girls your age and I make them listen to it. They think I've lost it. You guys with your reactions are what have kept me going. Keep diving in and welcome to the protest!
I love how everyone is pointing out the "record scratch". "This is the first time I've heard a record scratch on a rock song!" Nope, haven't heard one yet :) Tom performing magic :)
You got it right Rage was a Rap Rock Group it's great your generation is enjoying what my Generation listen too The '90s was all about fusing all types of different musical Genres with Hip-Hop.
NOT A RECORD SCRATCH That is NOT someone on the turntables! He is making that sound with his GUITAR! As for where to go next, I'd say Guerilla Radio or People of the Sun
Definetly. Embraced by many, heard by few. Would like jojo to hear Living Colour for a introduction and see his face of disbelief hearing cult of personality.
The "Rally 'round the family with a pocket full of shells" line is lyricist Zach de la Rocha highlighting the fact that some US politicians talk about "family values" while making society more dangerous by making the military huge and deregulating gun sales so that anybody who wants a gun can get one without restrictions. This song was released in 1996, two years after one particular US political party released its "Contract with America," which advocated just the sort of policies criticized in the lyrics of this song. That's the "contract" referred to in the line, "What we don't know keeps the Contract alive and moving." Keep in mind that de la Rocha never would talk about or print out his lyrics, so any lyrics you find online are just what people have transcribed from what they think they've heard. Most of them will probably be correct, but some won't. Also, Zach is of Mexican ancestry, though he may have some African in him, who knows?, but the scratching guitarist, Tom Morello, is half-Kenyan, so he could definitely qualify as Black.
THIS DEFINITELY IS ONE TO WIKIPEDIA 1ST. To See HOW MANY ALBUMS THAT HE PLAYED ON IN LESS THAN ONE DECADE! 1 person that you have Never played was My 1st guitar hero of the mid 1970s. His name was TOMMY BOLIN. He, sadly, passed away in December of 1976 of a drug overdose. I was 17 and his death Crushed My World for quite a While. I would LOVE to see/watch your reaction to "Dreamer" Studio version off of the Album "Teaser". Also, MY Favorite Tommy Bolin song is "Wild Dogs" also off of his 1st solo album, "Teaser". Also, a Great jamm song off of his 2nd solo Album, ''Private Eyes'', is the track titled "Post Toastee". Everyone gets to Show Off a Bit On "Post Toastee". IF you love songs with Great Dynamics from slow, sparse, beautiful and melodic to- Boom, rocking out in a flash, and then BOOM- right back to soft and mellow, then "Dreamer" is for you. I would recommend the regular studio audio of all. Thank you. I Love watching your Reactions! When you read it, just Look at ALL he did in a Very Short Time. More than a Lot of Artists/Bands do in their entire Career... Does That Make You Even a Little Intrigued??
Rage Against The Machine really managed to combine rock and hip-hop elements without sacrificing one or the other. 'Rally Around The Family' was a right-wing 'family values' protest, they bs about family values while they prepare for violence. In a lot of ways it sounds like he was predicting the rise of right-wing violence.
Zach de la Rocha, the lead singer/writer is part black. Tom Morello, the lead guitarist who does all the crazy record scratch and theramin sounds with his guitar, is half black. Not that it matters, but you brought it up in your reaction. Another great black metal band is Body Count. You may have heard of their lead singer before. You'd want to check out Cop Killer, No Lives Matter, and Black Hoodie for sure. A really powerful band with similar themes to Rage Against the Machine, but with a more traditional metal sound.
You'll be surprised to know that the "scratching" wasn't done on records, it was done on a guitar with wah pedal cranking. Tom Morello was heavily inspired by DJs in his area at the time rather than other guitarists so much.
By far the best concert I ever went to was RATM and Wu Tang at the tweeter center in Mansfield Massachusettsin 2007!!! It downpoured the entire day and RATM was about 45 minutes late to the venue. The crowd went crazy while waiting for RATM and ended up setting the wooden fence at the back of the lawn on fire! RATM was so apologetic about being late that they played an extra hour and a half! I'll never forget that experience for the rest of my life! It was a once in a lifetime experience
I thumbed through some of the other comments, and dropped by to say: "Wake Up", where they speak on the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, and, "Take The Power Back", where they talk about how the (Euro-centric) school system has taught brown and black people to hate themselves for hundreds of years. Keep on discovering Rage, brother! (Anger Is A Gift!)
The scratches are actually done on the guitar by Tom Morello their guitarist. They don't use turntables or keyboards on this song or any other song for that matter period all the stuff that you hear in the songs that sound obscure and like this it's all done by instruments
there is a reason why bands like Rage and System of a Down got weeded out - they were educating wyppl on things that we may have never, in those pre-wiki and other educational sites days, been able to understand or comprehend. I am the most translucent 44 y/o, late gen x/early millennial that grew up in a town of fewer than 1k ppl - had it not been for early Mtv and bands like Rage, WuTang, RunDMC, Tool, NWA etc etc etc - i would not be the activist i am today without bands like this and that’s why bands like this will still sell out every venue, but never have a ‘hit’. I show my age when i say this - i was at a lollapalooza show in the late 90’s, and being able to be completely ‘present’ for each band made me appreciate music at a level i didn’t know existed. So saw Snoop, Tool, Devo and like so many more…but every single person there was as enthusiastic for EVERY band, no matter if they knew their songs or not.
For a long time after first hearing this song, I thought it was about the Ruby Ridge standoff between Federal Agents and Randy Weaver's family, which lasted for 10 days (August 21st-August 31st, 1992), during which Randy Weaver's wife and their newborn child were shot and killed on the front porch of their home. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge
Yes, they were/are badass! I will check out your other Rage tunes and also suggest to you (since you seem to dig it so much) "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith & Run DMC from back in the day - first-ever rap/rock collaboration that I am aware of... Also, three members of this band created another group with Chris Cornell (singer from Seattle grunge band, Soundgarden) - RIP Chris! The group is called Audioslave and I think it's just as good as the stuff they made with their original frontman. Peace Jojo!
His father is a Mexican-American, with some African and Sephardi Jewish , while his mother was born to Manuel García Urias, a Mexican-American, and Olive Pearl Fleming, who was of German and Irish
just to mention, that is not a record scracht. It is Tom Morello. the guitarrist, imitating a record scratch with his pick on the strings of his guitar.......
All sounds made by bass, drums and guitar, says so in the album liner notes. No turntables, scratching or samples, that is just SICK guitar from Tom Morello.
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More System Of A Down - I think you are going to find them quite interesting as you dig deeper - like you were saying you enjoy the melody & vocals in "Chop Suey". They have hella good vocals 😎✌
Bad Brains "I Against I" is supremely lit, you need to check it out.
Anything by Rage
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Ahh, the '90s. When you could love rap, metal and everything. And then RATM came out and we had it all.
Exactly right
Nothing will ever compare to what rage was able to bring to the table. Harvard graduate, check. Educated band, check.
Opinions and guitar riffs. Check.
Challenging the system. Check.
its like people forget the Beastie Boys where a thing
Beastie Boys, oie man they were the shit.
wait til he finds out the "record scratch" is a guitar
Effing Tom.
For real! It's epic for being played on a guitar!
I was thinking the same. Tom Morello straight beast that shit
Record scratch, 1,000,000,000,000 people can do. That sound, made by a guitar, 1 person can do.
No records were scratched durining creation of this fine simphony.
This song, like all of RATM's music, is filled with lyrics that are anti-war, anti-establishment, anti-facism, anti-racism, anti-oppression etc. This song in particular is an indictment of the military industrial complex; it expresses the frustration at how our economy is bolstered by huge, powerful corporations that have massive military contracts, and those those who profit through the government's propagation of needless wars, just to feed the cycle of the mass production of weapons and tools of war.
"Rally 'round the family, pocket full of shells" - this is talking about the two faced politicians who claim to be all about family values but really have their hands in major weapons contracts, getting gifts and kick backs on the side from the same corporations they pushed the Government to work with.
RATM brought lots of music genres together, as a pioneer. They always pushed socially conscious lyrics aimed and holding up a mirror to those in power who abuse it. And they were four very talented musicians who did all of that at an extremely high level of skill and creativity.
Their music is infectious, funky, hard and driving, evocative and powerful. The lyrics are eye opening, a force for good and are undeniable.
Everyone should be able to get into the music because their sound is one of a kind and their message is just as true and critical now to every day people as it was when they wrote it.
It is of course impossible to be any friend of family while a friend too of industry that generates conflict, be it weapon industry or legal industry. All about family values, that should never be an election issue, unless it means challenging the parasites who profit by exploiting misfortune and mistrust and misunderstanding, exploiting those things is not how a family works, yet voters become convinced they are voting for family values!
Seeing young folk react to RATM for the first time NEVER gets old... WAKE UP YOUNG MAN!
Wake Up!!!!
Bro, he said "they don't have to burn the books, they just remove em". Talking about erasing history. "Walking to the corner of rubble, that used to be a library". "They" don't want any of us to know our history. And this is decades old!
They already trying to remove trump from the history books if we honest here.......
@@chrislopez44 lmooooooo I hope you feel bad trying to thread that needle by now. You should've ahead of time too tho
@@jamescook2199 English James. Do you speak it?
@@chrislopez44 Tons of it. Dialects too. No one's trying to prove Trump from the history books. He spoke against this type of shit Zacks talking about and your comment makes no sense. So I guess I'll ask now, english, do you speak it?
You may be right but I think it could more what you said in your second comment, limiting education. I think it may relate to the defunding of schools and services that provide community support, like libraries.
Tom Morello is one of the greatest guitarists of our generation, and he is a hell of an awesome guy that inspires me to stand up and fight for what is right!
that's a stretch, he's unique and really good but super niche and unconventional. Not to say he has to be conventional to be the greatest but I disagree.
@@300kike I understand your perspective and see what you are saying. Thats the great thing about music right, we find what suits us!
That "Record Scratch" was the Legend Tom Morello playing that on his Guitar. The things he could do would blow you away
No records were scratched in the recording of this song.
As a black man, 2 Rage songs you have to hear are:
1. Their live 1993 performance of "Killing in the Name". They mfing KILL it in their live 1993 performance. The lyrics are important in that song, but they are also very repetitive - you can just read them. Better to watch their live 1993 performance than a lyric video. Mfing EPIC!!!
2. "Know Your Enemy" WITH lyrics (need the lyrics for that one).
Down Rodeo is great too
Know your enemy my favorite rage song
@@adammcneelam Me too. It has that extra flow and grove to it that gets me hipped like no other song! Never fails!
Don’t forget Renegades of Funk! Incredible cover of Afrika Bambaataa
Boom! Exactly right.
Still one of the greatest hip hop groups ever. Still one of the greatest punk bands ever. Still one of the greatest rock bands ever. Somehow all of these things at once and more. Still ahead of it's time and still nobody that's ever sounded like them. The one and only.
Totally agree with you. They are Still pretty active, timeless band in so many ways.
Listen to this track again and again. It gets better the more you understand and listen to it.
Also, the lead singer Zach De La Rocha is of Mexican decent.
Also, that "record scratch" was a guitar! Courtesy of Tom Morello (one of the greatest ever!).
I know I couldnt believe it when he think he know rap music. Bless ya jo jo. The poster is correct. That sound is a guitar. Not a machine or a record been scratched . Technically and innovently creative musicians .
it is not a record scratching its a guitar ;) as iam sure 100s will here say that to you lol welcome to the RATM rabbit hole. you will love it. iam here for it
It took until 2020 for the country to catch up with RAtM.
Nope, we just didn't listen well enough and we are in the exact same place we were back in the 1990s just with better computers and phones.
@@verigone2677 Facts.
The first time I heard Rage Against the Machine was in 92 they opened for House of Pain. It was one year before their first CD Release. So I saw Tom Morello do all the live Guitar Scratching with zero knowledge of how that band sounded beforehand lol. It was nuts
Ratm was everything growing up. They wouldn't play them on the radio, for a time they were completely banned from air time but the fans kept showing up in droves, they speak the truth.
You gotta see this live, that’s not a record scratch he is pulling his hands across the guitar pickups while fuckin w the pickup selector... its guitar wizardry
Bet Dj
@@LFRJojo lol no yeah live performance he is playing guitar like that! A fucking god in this world
@@LFRJojo No, they do that live, with a guitar. That's the thing with iconic rock bands, they're masterful musicians who can play and sing live and they sound just like on the album, no need to mess with their sound.
@@LFRJojo it is morello making those sound on guitar
He scratched the strings with a wrench..
You're right to pick up on the protest vibe.
"Bulls on Parade" means police in riot gear approaching.
Ran and backed by the market bulls ✊✊✊
Wall Street bulls my dude. It's about people having the wool pulled over their eyes and being unable to see the horrors of Capitalism.
@@d.a.w.975 I'd try to answer but I'm sure I'd get some canned response beaten into you by propaganda
Exactly, and “*rally* round the family” is a reference to the police’s ties to the KKK (as in a Klan rally) in the Deep South, and the pocket full of shells foreshadows their lack of anything resembling good intentions or the desire to protect and serve anyone but their own.
@@d.a.w.975 What you're doing is classic deflection, and using "whataboutism"--changing the subject to something else, as if this was a compare and contrast. No, this was a song about the bullshit within the capitalist system--because it was written by a group of anarcho-communists. If you're not going to address the issue, don't expect anyone to take what you have to say seriously.
The groove you’re feeling In the beat is the bass guitar, the most underrated and best sounding instrument when it’s used correctly
"Bulls on Parade" deals with the U.S. military and its aggressive tactics. It mentions how the arms industry encourages war to obtain military contracts with lines such as, "Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes, not need, just feed the war cannibal-animal," and "What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and moving."[5]
The song is widely known for its popular guitar solo containing a vinyl scratch effect used by Tom Morello, done by toggling between two pickups, one on and one off, while rubbing his hands on the strings over the pickups to create the effect that someone is scratching a vinyl disc. Morello has stated that the sound he was going for was a "sort of 'Geto Boys' sound, menacing"[6] with E♭ tuning in both guitar and bass and a wah-wah pedal fully in the treble position.
I seriously don’t think Rage has a bad song. Every single song is amazing!
I agree 1000%! *This thing GO!*
Down Rodeo, with lyrics. ;)
@@Snarkathon absolutely
All of the crazy sounds on their albums, are 100% Tom Morello on the guitar. Saw this performed live at Lollapalooza in New Orleans 96’. I was 18....young as hell.
Its fun seeing kids trippin on rap-metal. It had it’s moment, but RATM was way ahead of the curve by about 5-7 years.
Zack de la Rocha was the voice of the 90’s hands down- I still have all my rage cassette tapes and a few vinyl-
Welcome to NUMetal. That's no scratching, this the lead guitarist making that incredible, beautiful sound.
“Rally around the family” was a message from the moral majority movement in the 1980s
30 yrs ago i was 27 now I'm 57 and still and we always love rage i have a ticket to see them now but was postponed till july 2021 because of covid..
"Bullet in the head" is up there as one of the most powerful songs, leicsllg as well. They were at the forefront of rap rock back in the day. If they remind you of a band you like, chances are the ban you like is a hardcore fan of theirs.
This type of music was introduced as Alternative back in the day That is Tom Morello on guitar-he could make sounds no one had heard before. Using foot pedals for .most of it, he played lead & rhythm, sometimes at the same time. MGK just did a cover of Killing in the Name you might like.
43 year old white guy. I like your channel. You crack me up watching and listening to these songs that came out when I was very young. I like that you appreciate them. Weird watching kids do the same over the years. Reacting like it’s brand new. Funny shit. No cap. Keep it up.
That wasn't a record scratch, that is the guitarist, Tom Morello, using his guitar to sound like a record scratch
That was a guitar not a record scratch btw big homie but yes he be a beast
If there is one thing the American people need it is to listen to more Rage against the machine.
Evil Empire was anti giv, anti police , anti racism political unrest personified and to this day I love it.
Rap with a soul, real music made by real people with real instruments, real talent
this was the first rock song i ever heard and changed my life
I listened to this jam for years before I realized the scratches were all guitar. Glad to see a new generation experience this incredibly innovative band and make the same assumptions I did!
Im so happy that you're embracing the music of your older generations!
Your exploration of music will yield joy for your whole life. Trust it man.
Watching someone fully enjoy Rage Against the Machine is fkn spectacular!! ✊🤘
"Rally round the family", means people get together as a support of one another Against the Machine.
Next "Killing in the Name" "Know Your Enemy" and "Guerrilla Radio", make sure you look up the lyrics!
Guerrilla Radio is an awesome song!
the famous "record scratch" lol
I just enjoy you enjoying the rock/metal this world has to offer us all!
That's a Guitar Scratch!... 😂 Who needs records, not Tom Morello. They are now known as Rage for the Machine. Beastie Boys - Check your Head - Professor Booty, So What'cha Want, or Pass the Mic. NEXT!
Why do you say they are rage for the machine?
Mic Check.
Viet Now.
The Rest of them.
Rage Against The Machine is a must, bro
Love watching people’s reaction when Zach starts flowin!
🔥🔥🔥🔥 *My Mans n nem!!!*
2020 In this political climate y'all need to get into some Rage. This country is so fucked up. I am 47 years old and all I have wanted to do for the past year is smoke weed and listen to Rage. I have 2 girls your age and I make them listen to it. They think I've lost it. You guys with your reactions are what have kept me going. Keep diving in and welcome to the protest!
I love how everyone is pointing out the "record scratch". "This is the first time I've heard a record scratch on a rock song!" Nope, haven't heard one yet :) Tom performing magic :)
You got it right Rage was a Rap Rock Group it's great your generation is enjoying what my Generation listen too The '90s was all about fusing all types of different musical Genres with Hip-Hop.
Record scratch?!?!? Bro! Thats a legend on a guitar mate…. Sheer brilliance that is the one and only Tom Morello
NOT A RECORD SCRATCH
That is NOT someone on the turntables! He is making that sound with his GUITAR!
As for where to go next, I'd say Guerilla Radio or People of the Sun
There's a lot of great black rock and metal groups out there.
Body Count , Bad Brains, Living Color just to name a few of my favorites.
Definetly. Embraced by many, heard by few. Would like jojo to hear Living Colour for a introduction and see his face of disbelief hearing cult of personality.
One Of Fave Bands ( And Songs Ever!) 🥰😯🥺🤟🙌😭🎸🎶💃
Check out Down Rodeo and Wake Up!
Lead singer is a mix of various hispanic/cuban, guitarist is half black and half DJ making the guitar sound like record scratches
The "Rally 'round the family with a pocket full of shells" line is lyricist Zach de la Rocha highlighting the fact that some US politicians talk about "family values" while making society more dangerous by making the military huge and deregulating gun sales so that anybody who wants a gun can get one without restrictions. This song was released in 1996, two years after one particular US political party released its "Contract with America," which advocated just the sort of policies criticized in the lyrics of this song. That's the "contract" referred to in the line, "What we don't know keeps the Contract alive and moving." Keep in mind that de la Rocha never would talk about or print out his lyrics, so any lyrics you find online are just what people have transcribed from what they think they've heard. Most of them will probably be correct, but some won't. Also, Zach is of Mexican ancestry, though he may have some African in him, who knows?, but the scratching guitarist, Tom Morello, is half-Kenyan, so he could definitely qualify as Black.
THIS DEFINITELY IS ONE TO WIKIPEDIA 1ST. To See HOW MANY ALBUMS THAT HE PLAYED ON IN LESS THAN ONE DECADE!
1 person that you have Never played was My 1st guitar hero of the mid 1970s. His name was TOMMY BOLIN. He, sadly, passed away in December of 1976 of a drug overdose. I was 17 and his death Crushed My World for quite a While. I would LOVE to see/watch your reaction to "Dreamer" Studio version off of the Album "Teaser". Also, MY Favorite Tommy Bolin song is "Wild Dogs" also off of his 1st solo album, "Teaser". Also, a Great jamm song off of his 2nd solo Album, ''Private Eyes'', is the track titled "Post Toastee". Everyone gets to Show Off a Bit On "Post Toastee". IF you love songs with Great Dynamics from slow, sparse, beautiful and melodic to- Boom, rocking out in a flash, and then BOOM- right back to soft and mellow, then "Dreamer" is for you.
I would recommend the regular studio audio of all. Thank you. I Love watching your Reactions!
When you read it, just Look at ALL he did in a Very Short Time. More than a Lot of Artists/Bands do in their entire Career...
Does That Make You Even a Little Intrigued??
Hiphop being amazed with a rap metal band.😁
You need to see the video of them live. That’s Tom Morello’s guitar scratching, not a DJ.
Let go lil cuzz u ant ready bout to rage
Rage Against The Machine really managed to combine rock and hip-hop elements without sacrificing one or the other.
'Rally Around The Family' was a right-wing 'family values' protest, they bs about family values while they prepare for violence. In a lot of ways it sounds like he was predicting the rise of right-wing violence.
Not a prediction, a recognition of existing violence.
Zach de la Rocha, the lead singer/writer is part black. Tom Morello, the lead guitarist who does all the crazy record scratch and theramin sounds with his guitar, is half black. Not that it matters, but you brought it up in your reaction. Another great black metal band is Body Count. You may have heard of their lead singer before. You'd want to check out Cop Killer, No Lives Matter, and Black Hoodie for sure. A really powerful band with similar themes to Rage Against the Machine, but with a more traditional metal sound.
One of my favorite past time is watching people listening to RATM for the first time
You'll be surprised to know that the "scratching" wasn't done on records, it was done on a guitar with wah pedal cranking. Tom Morello was heavily inspired by DJs in his area at the time rather than other guitarists so much.
You weren't ready for that. Respect. I liked subscribed and shared. Funk the g ride, I want the machines that are makin em.
Duuuude that's Tom Morellos guitar, that guy is a genius
By far the best concert I ever went to was RATM and Wu Tang at the tweeter center in Mansfield Massachusettsin 2007!!! It downpoured the entire day and RATM was about 45 minutes late to the venue. The crowd went crazy while waiting for RATM and ended up setting the wooden fence at the back of the lawn on fire! RATM was so apologetic about being late that they played an extra hour and a half! I'll never forget that experience for the rest of my life! It was a once in a lifetime experience
he makes that guitar scratching sound like a record.. so cool
You're killing it Jojo. Hell yea dude.
I thumbed through some of the other comments, and dropped by to say:
"Wake Up", where they speak on the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, and,
"Take The Power Back", where they talk about how the (Euro-centric) school system has taught brown and black people to hate themselves for hundreds of years.
Keep on discovering Rage, brother! (Anger Is A Gift!)
The scratches are actually done on the guitar by Tom Morello their guitarist. They don't use turntables or keyboards on this song or any other song for that matter period all the stuff that you hear in the songs that sound obscure and like this it's all done by instruments
"They use force, to make you do, what the deciders have decided you must do!" -Zach de la Rocha, 1993
Bro that's not record scratching....it's a guitar. Tommy Morello is a frickin guitar genius!! One of my all time fave guitarists!!!!
there is a reason why bands like Rage and System of a Down got weeded out - they were educating wyppl on things that we may have never, in those pre-wiki and other educational sites days, been able to understand or comprehend.
I am the most translucent 44 y/o, late gen x/early millennial that grew up in a town of fewer than 1k ppl - had it not been for early Mtv and bands like Rage, WuTang, RunDMC, Tool, NWA etc etc etc -
i would not be the activist i am today without bands like this
and that’s why bands like this will still sell out every venue, but never have a ‘hit’.
I show my age when i say this - i was at a lollapalooza show in the late 90’s, and being able to be completely ‘present’ for each band made me appreciate music at a level i didn’t know existed. So saw Snoop, Tool, Devo and like so many more…but every single person there was as enthusiastic for EVERY band, no matter if they knew their songs or not.
oh please, dont divert from the Rage trip. it's worth every frustration .
Killing it Jo Jo, keep it up man!
Rally round the family with a pocket full of shells. = taking people by force
For a long time after first hearing this song, I thought it was about the Ruby Ridge standoff between Federal Agents and Randy Weaver's family, which lasted for 10 days (August 21st-August 31st, 1992), during which Randy Weaver's wife and their newborn child were shot and killed on the front porch of their home.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge
That "record scratch" is actually tom morello on a guitar
Another epic 90s rock music video
Yes, they were/are badass! I will check out your other Rage tunes and also suggest to you (since you seem to dig it so much) "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith & Run DMC from back in the day - first-ever rap/rock collaboration that I am aware of...
Also, three members of this band created another group with Chris Cornell (singer from Seattle grunge band, Soundgarden) - RIP Chris! The group is called Audioslave and I think it's just as good as the stuff they made with their original frontman. Peace Jojo!
His father is a Mexican-American, with some African and Sephardi Jewish , while his mother was born to Manuel García Urias, a Mexican-American, and Olive Pearl Fleming, who was of German and Irish
Dude!! This is my favorite band in the more current era, we need another metal funk band so bad!!
Lead singer Zack de la rocha is half mexican about 50 % divided between irish, german, african, jewish
Welcome to RATM, you have an Awesome trip ahead of you!
"Down Rodeo" is a powerful song by Rage
Love your reactions man!! RATM's energy is straight up palpable
He thought tom’s solo was a record scratch BRO THATS A GUITAR give the man his props
Feeling it brother! Loving it!
I seen these guys in Baltimore back in the 90's and been addicted to there music ever since.Always awake.Pantera has a few really good songs as well.
Tennessee🤘
Yeah, RATM came on the scene like a whirlwind. Unreal to think this album is nearly 30 years old. Amazing band
It's a "FINESSE" shirt. 😂
just to mention, that is not a record scracht. It is Tom Morello. the guitarrist, imitating a record scratch with his pick on the strings of his guitar.......
... when he finds out it’s note a record scratch...
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watch the video home boy ! That dude Tom Morello made his guitar sound like turntables !!! Hes great !!
All sounds made by bass, drums and guitar, says so in the album liner notes. No turntables, scratching or samples, that is just SICK guitar from Tom Morello.
30 years ago ... this guys were insane
Yes young man you are discovering one of the best and diverse bands ever! Good on ya