Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine Reviews

Rage Against the Machine were definitely one of the best bands from the 1990s, and their debut remains their strongest effort. When RATM made it big in the early 90s, they were a breath of fresh air. This album is 14 years dated and yet young new listeners LOVE this album. Its funky, its hard, its rebellious, full of passion. This album ...  Read the complete review

As far as debut albums go, this is quite a doozy indeed, and one of the very best albums released throughout the 1990s. It mixes rap with rock in a way that isn't goofy like a lot of "rapcore" and Nu Metal, and he also mixes a socially incisive political commentary that, admittedly, can grate a little, but is at least poetically composed ...  Read the complete review

The self titled album from Rage Against the Machine, and what an album it was. This was a rare beast, a successful, long term melding of rock and rap. But that is putting it simple, there is a lot more to the band that a simple Limp Bizkit rapping verse, shouty chorus. Each song is crafted perfectly with guitar work from ...  Read the complete review

In the early 90s innovative guitarist Tom Morello left his band 'Lock Up' and went in search of members for new band. After seeing rapper Zach de la Rocha playing a club he also enlisted drummer Brad Wilk and childhood friend Tim Commerford on bass. Calling themselves 'Inside Out' they put together they put together some demo tracks that would ...  Read the complete review

I was only 6 when this album was released, and first heard it close to 10 years later in a friends car. The power of the music and lyrics instantly pulled me in. I had to own this album. It still get's played regularly 10 years on from that day. ------------------ LINE UP ------------------ Rage Against the Machine are a ...  Read the complete review

Rage against the Machine" is the self-titled debut album by: **Zack De La Rocha **-His story begins in Irvine, CA, as a Hispanic youth in an area, which, during the '70s and '80s, was one of the most white-bred areas of California. His mother was an Anthropology Ph.D. and his father, Belo de La Rocha, was a well-known muralist, famous ...  Read the complete review

Nu-Metal, made depressing by KoRn, and "down with the kids" by Limp Bizkit, was started way back in 1992, with Rage Against The Machine's self-titled debut album, "Rage Against The Machine". With the metal riffs, rapping vocals and experimental use of instruments, Rage Against The Machine started it all. Don't listen to ...  Read the complete review

I bought this after I saw the matrix and heard 'wake up' and this album has changed my life. Firstly it’s musically amazing. Just the opening bass of bombtrack blew me away and tom morello's guitar work (I stand in awe of him) not to mention Zack's vocals (wow), but what this album really did was to make me politically ...  Read the complete review

Words cannot describe how great this album is. This totally blew me away. I had heard of Rage before I listened to this CD, but I did not realize how good they were. Let me break down this CD song by song. Bombtrack - This is a freakin awesome track. The verses and chorus are great, and their guitar player and vocalist make just a deadly ...  Read the complete review

I bought this album after hearing te song at the end of the Matrix, and just thought Wow, I gotta get myself one of those! It is a superb album. Influences from rap, metal rock'n'roll and even groove music are evident, and mostcks have just classic head-banging rythms. The first track is Bombtrack, which starts with a ...  Read the complete review

In 1992 an album was released that would be the first real cross of rap and rock since Aerosmith and Run DMC released "Walk this Way" RATM self titled debut album is without douby one of the greatest albums to be released in the 1990's. The political agenda and lyrics spouted aggresivly by Zack de La Rocha to the hard rock riffs ...  Read the complete review

It's time to review my favorite album of the moment. And there's no better time to review it that when your playing it constantly in your car, bopping about down every road and lane!! Rage Against The Machine (Rage) are not often labelled as 'the best band in the world', and in my opinion this is a huge mis-carrige of ...  Read the complete review

Rage Against The Machine are not often labelled as 'the best band in the world', and in my opinion this is a huge mis-carrige of justice. They give me everything i could want from a band. The fact that their influencial singer Zak De La Rocha has just decided to leave due to not 'fulfilling has musical and political goals' ...  Read the complete review

Rage Against The Machines first album was called Rage Against The Machine. As a Rage fan for only half a year, I am pleased to know that their first album was a great success. It has only ten songs on it which was a bit dissapointing at first, but it was their first album and they probably wanted to produce one quickly. There are two songs on the ...  Read the complete review

Are you looking for a wake-up call? Rage Against the Machine may be the band to give you the swift kick in the nuts you were looking for. This LA-based band mixes hard rock, rap, and funk to create a sound that is all their own. Their political overtones may lead you to think they are just trying to push a meaningless cause, but the band is ...  Read the complete review

This record is just packed with adrenaline pumping, policially charged, anti-American energy that tears down the Government for its hypocrisy and is filled with profound substance that is matched by few. RATM have inspired numerous bands and will continue to do so as long as their recordings are accessible.one of the main reasons for ...  Read the complete review

A lyric from Bullet in your Head (track 5) goes "You say jump/ I say how high". Someone told Rage to jump a bit higher than the winner of the olympic pole-vault competition. And they did. Maybe higher. This album is da bomb. The powerful guitar and bass riffs, the manic drumming, the expressive, deeply ...  Read the complete review

Rage Against the Machine – the Eponymous album. The band ‘Rage Against the Machine’ formed in 1989, they are old. Yes. So, they played a few early songs on some redneck Yankee stages, and the record companies became interested in Zack de la Rocha and the crew. They then, of course, went on to make this album. They started off ...  Read the complete review

I bought this after hearing their Renegades ‘covers’ album and checking out their official website. I took a chance with this purchase. I listened to it all the way through. Then did it again the next day and again and again! The lead guitar work is adventurous and great in places and the rhythm guitar work here is powerful while being ...  Read the complete review

the very first time you hear this album you will be surprised by the sheer force of both what it says and how powerfully this is done. This is a band who try to fight for the good of the world. However, it is the actual band that make this album so superb. Wether it be Zack's lyrics, Tom Morello's solos or jsut the general emotion that ...  Read the complete review