#215 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Album Dive

November 3, 1992:

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE’s self-titled debut injected some much-needed angst & social awareness into metal in the early 90’s with their own unique brand of vitriolic, sonic vengeance aimed at the corrupt power elite responsible for negatively impacting sociopolitical and corporate landscapes the world over with complete impunity.

With powerfully simplistic riffing, a revolutionary lyrical message, and six-string pyrotechnics which transformed the guitar into a new way to DJ, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE managed to ear worm their way into the collective consciousness of the early 90’s metal scene, making it fun to embrace our own inner angst and revolt in protest against a broken, unjust, and backwards system hellbent on greed, power, and totalitarian control in the most radically metal way possible.

It’s time to uncover yet another one of the myriad of reasons why we (still) have no female callers (because “Sharon is Karen”). Go ahead and get “Axel” on the horn to understand what “Star Wars and The 2 Live Crew” have in common as you learn the name of that instrument they play in the Outback as well as the better, new term for “jowls”. Go ahead and fly that flag upside down, get ready to “listen to ‘The Message’” and JOIN US for a dive into the debut album that fired the first shot in the heavy metal insurrection to “take the power back” as we RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “My dick is still outside of my body…” / #noturtle / #bathroomhaunting / #theuncorking / “That’s what it sounds like when…” / #gracias / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #RMRose #FireOnTheMountain / “Actually the upper part…” / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST ADVENTURE…*** / “It’s on the shirt…you’re wearing it.” / Reflecting on the 2 weeks or so since the Pantera show (as of the recording of this episode) / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #NewFoundary #TwentyFirstAmendmentBrewery (“Isn’t it weird that it (the 21st Amendment) doesn’t apply to drugs?” I’ll save that for #TheTriangle #UnredactedASMR) / #fourpointninepercentABV / #theverdict #mangofinish (It’s a close second to the #MangoCart)

(05:08): You can email us at metalnerdery@gmail.com or on the socials at #FaceTits or #InstaBook (Face Tits?) / “Where would they be?” / “That’s what jowls are…#facetits…” / ***GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #thevoicemailsegment and #JohnnyO / The #metalnerderysydnicate / #hornyfeelings / “The moment’s gone…” / Remember The Fat Boys? / Bands and artists that would be cancelled today / “Since we’re on the topic…and since you said it…” / #herewego / #fiftypercent / “We try so hard to get listeners…” / #CavemanClubsASMR / #NO / “We are talking about #originalfactoryspec #bonushole … from the dealership.” / #RussellsReflectionsASMR regarding #OriginsOfHipHop / #Friday / “I liked the metal, and I liked the rap…” / #theheavymetalofpop / #GrandmasterFlash (“That Matt, he was ON!”) / #SharonsKaren / “Careful…” / #TheMessage (“Yeah, that one.”) / “That wasn’t what I learned…” / “Lets be careful…they’re active, bro.” / #RussellsReflectionsExpandedEdition and a flashback to #backintheday at #TheOzone / #obscenityASMR / “He kept calling me Axel…”

(19:46): #thedocket (But first…) / Looking back to rap in the early 80’s and the impact on metal / “Which one is it?” / METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!! / #RATM sort of falls in the #AltMetal #NuMetal #genre / Looking back on various #crossover music in the early 90’s / #JudgmentNight / Released 11-3-1992 / “It’s got that groove…” / “NOBODY sounds like RATM…” / Other bands similar to Rage back in the day / “Angry and really loud…” / “Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me!” on #LiveTelevision / “He’s a #maverick in the world of guitar…” / #TomMorelloASMR / #DJSickStrings or #DJSixString ? / “Simple…but effective” / “They sound #biglytremendous …” / “Everytime…I get a little bit of a boner…” / #upsidedownflags are a sign of #anationindistress (We ARE in dire distress…especially over the last 3 years!) / “We’ll save that for #TheTriangle …” / #comingsoon

(28:22): The #albumcover and a sidenote about #RichardPryor / “Monks can meditate themselves into a medicated state…” / “That’s a man right there…that guy’s a real dude, man.” / #killeropener BOMBTRACK (You can feel it building…) / “That groove will carry you through the entire show…” / Koalas don’t buy albums… / “In a way, #nineeleven kinda did ‘em in…” / “Isn’t that weird how that works?” / “This is ‘the hit’ off this album…” / #allthecokelines / KILLING IN THE NAME (“Repetitive…but effective.”) / “And now you do what they told ya…now you’re under control!” / #WhammyPedalSoloASMR / “Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me…” / “That was some shit in ’92!”

(37:52): Other killer metal releases from 1992… / “One of the most overrated bands I think…”/ #NO / TAKE THE POWER BACK #usethoseheadphones (“A little Van Halen there…”) #cleandistortion (“It’s like heavy jazz…”) / “It was all coming…” #markthetime / A #tangentional note regarding some hella overrated 90’s #grungebands / “The guitars are screaming and yelling?” / “They’re gonna be #biglytremendous #yuge …” / “Do all parents do that?” / “They’re rock and roll…” / “In the fall…with relaxers…”

(45:16): “You can settle for nothing now or settle for nothing later…” / SETTLE FOR NOTHING (“Total #BlackSabbath all day long…”) / “Caught between my culture and the system…GENOCIDE!!!” / “It’s good…and it’s angry.” / BULLET IN THE HEAD (de Rocha = like ‘Rock Ya’) / “I can’t wait to go read the lyrics to all of this…” / “They say jump you say, ‘how high?’”/ “It’s probably my favorite song on the album…” / KNOW YOUR ENEMY (feat. Maynard James Keenan) / “That almost sounds like a #Helmet riff…”/ “I got no patience now…time has come to pay!” / “It almost sounds like a keyboard…” / “If this doesn’t fire you up, you’re dead…you have no soul.” / #meaty / “All of which are American Dreams…” / #waitwhat / #TheAmericanDreamIsDead

(55:56): WAKE UP (see also #TheMatrix) / #flahns / The world needs a Neo right now… / #flaser / “Turned the power to the have-nots…and then came the shot!” / #Yeah #No / “That riff sounds familiar…there’s something about it.” / #thewalkdown / FISTFUL OF STEEL (“Sounds like stepping on a cat…with cleats.”) / #backshadowing (#ReinventingTheMetal)/ TOWNSHIP REBELLION (“Weird effect (on the bass)…”) / #SabbathVibes / The word you’re looking for is #Didgeridoo / “We have to cancel all the bad things that happened in the world so we can pretend it’s all great…” / #killercloser FREEDOM #Yeah #NO / “He says ‘Yeah’ almost as much as Hetfield…” / “How about we save that one for #ElectionWeek ?” #airquotes / “It’s so funny how we get our ideas…let’s do a RAGE show!” / #OttoPilot #PalindromePilot / A moment of reflection regarding the $100 Million F-35 plane that we just “lost” / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!*** / #firstdayoffall / “Dip your #facetitties in some chili…” / #untilthenext / ***COME ON DOWN TO THE BUNKERPOON GIFTSHOPPE AND PURCHANDISE SOME MERCHANDISE AT metalnerdery.com/merch *** / #outroreel #DecimationASMR #KillEmDead