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"This band is like no other, what they stand for and what they've done". The story of the Rage Against The Machine anthem that topped the Christmas charts 17 years after it was released

Inspired by the LA riots, Killing In The Name became an unlikely Christmas smash after a fan campaign against TV talent shows

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"There’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years –he did what he had to do.” Did a televised protest against Limp Bizkit really force Zack de la Rocha to quit Rage Against The Machine?

In this archive interview, Tom Morello reveals the truth behind his bandmate's MTV Awards stunt, riots in the street and the original rage-quit

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“One night, I decided to be the DJ in Rage Against the Machine - but I was going to do it all on the guitar”: How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist

The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered

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“We’ve spent too much time raging against each other and not enough time raging against the machine”: the kiss-off covers album that brought Rage Against The Machine’s glorious first phase to a messy end

The LA quartet's fourth record Renegades was meant to be a celebration, only for Zack de la Rocha to leave the band before it was even released

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“Before we had a chance to stop, four officers jumped me. One tried to break my arm, the other put a choke hold on my neck”: With one music video, this rap metal band almost brought the financial heart of America to its knees

Sleep Now In The Fire helped Rage Against The Machine survive the nu metal takeover – then its music video nearly got them arrested

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"Rage Against The Machine was always sort of a volatile situation." Tom Morello addresses the future of Rage Against The Machine

In a new radio interview, Tom Morello addresses why RATM cancelled tour dates in 2022, the future of the band and the last time he saw Ozzy Osbourne

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“Everyone in our circle was listening to a lot of West Coast hip hop, and it was minor key and dark. If you could take that to the next level, you could make it heavy metal”: How hip hop changed metal forever

Anthrax, Rage Against The Machine and Korn all owe a debt to hip hop

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“Thanks to all those that have enjoyed it without understanding it”: Rage Against the Machine's most controversial track exceeds a billion streams

The band's debut single has been divisive since its release, but its potency has been proved by this latest milestone

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"Our decision-making process has completely failed." The Battle Of Los Angeles at 25: how Rage Against The Machine just about kept it together to create one final masterpiece before imploding

The wheels were already beginning to come off Rage Against The Machine by 1998. Luckily, they managed to get into the studio together and prove they had one last statement to give the world

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"I was in spandex pants, reading Karl Marx." From birth in Harlem to graduation from Harvard to stripping, Rage Against The Machine and fighting the KKK: this is the incredible life story of Tom Morello

The Rage Against The Machine legend takes a deep dive into his unique life and career

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“I don’t think there was a single riff I wrote after 1992 that Zack de la Rocha even liked”: how Audioslave saw Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello escaping his own past

In 2006, Audioslave’s Tom Morello and Chris Cornell sat down with Classic Rock to reveal all about their third album, Revelations

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Rage Against The Machine is breaking up... again

Drummer Brad Wilk made the announcement on social media

The Independent UK

Rage Against The Machine will not be touring or playing live again: “I don’t want to string people or myself along any further” says drummer, Brad Wilk

The announcement comes 16 months after RATM’s last live performance

MusicRadar

Rage Against the Machine ‘will not be touring or playing live again,’ drummer says

Fans had been waiting for the rescheduling of shows postponed in 2022 and 2023.

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Louder

Watch ten rock stars from the 90s in their earlier bands

Warning: contains Tom Morello playing with a Michael Bolton lookalike

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10 times major metal stars cameoed in music videos

Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Grohl have all made music videos 10 times better just by showing up

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“The goal was to make music that was so extreme we’d never even get a gig”: Tom Morello on the early days of Rage Against The Machine

The guitarist had radical ideas when Rage Against The Machine started out - and was shocked when they started selling loads of records

The Independent UK

Zack De La Rocha and Tom Morello among artists to boycott venues that use face-scanning technology

Other high-profile artists who have pledged to the cause include Wheatus, Boots Riley and Anti-Flag

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Guitar World

Tom Morello says he has been relegated to rhythm guitar at home as his 11-year-old son “can shred circles around me”

There’s fresh material on the way from the father/son duo, but the Rage Against the Machine guitarist remains tight-lipped about the band’s future

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Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello says an injured Zack de la Rocha is "more compelling" than 99% of frontmen

Tom Morello says RATM's Zack de la Rocha is better than 99% of other frontmen "in the history of all time" even when "sitting on a box in the middle of the stage" and injured

Los Angeles Times

Rage Against the Machine cancels tour after Zack de la Rocha suffers leg injury

Rage Against the Machine has canceled the rest of its North American tour after singer Zack de la Rocha suffered a leg injury “that requires a lot of work and healing.”

The Guardian - UK

Don’t rage against an entire festival over Zack de la Rocha’s no-show

Punters demanding refunds because his band can’t turn up for Leeds and Reading should consider they might stumble across something just as good

The National (Scotland)

Rage Against the Machine cancel major Edinburgh gig after 'medical guidance'

A MAJOR show from American rockers Rage Against the Machine has been cancelled after “medical guidance” to frontman Zack de la Rocha.

Leeds Live

Rage Against The Machine pull out of Leeds Festival 2022 headline slot

The band put a statement out apologising to fans

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Rage Against the Machine gig cancelled on urgent medical advice

Fans from all over the capital had been desperate to attend the Edinburgh gig at the Royal Highland Centre on August 24, however the band have now confirmed it will not go ahead.

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