Essential Classics
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine EPIC, 1992
Explosive. Electrifying. Revolutionary. We could throw plenty more superlatives at RATM’s debut and still fall short of illustrating its generational power. It’s one of those rare, near-flawless albums that plays like a ‘greatest hits’ collection. To a backdrop of searing sociopolitical commentary, never had rap and heavy rock been merged with such purpose and intensity, the likes of Know Your Enemy, Freedom, Bombtrack and Killing In The Name all blazing with singer Zack de la Rocha’s incendiary lyrics and Morello’s giant, propulsive riffs. A once-ina-lifetime album.