haha i lived and breathed the covers album during MY sixteenth year. loved the street fighting man cover tbh
yeah for w/e reason during my youth we jammed the covers album waaay more than any of the others, although the s/t is the one i own
still maintain that 'tom joad' is getting way undersold here
― bb (Lamp), Monday, 15 August 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
nahhh. strongo OTM.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 15 August 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
saw a band dressed as Batman, Superman, Spiderman & Aquaman tear through "Killing In The Name" in the Latin Quarter this June, & it ruled, so I voted that
― Euler, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
i would never start an ILM poll that at the drive-in would win
― dogps (some dude), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 04:14 (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
nah, burn piano island burn is the true rr masterpiece
― sbgorf (stevie), Sunday, August 14, 2011 9:17 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark
you know that, and i know that, but fake-ass ilm consensus as a whole would not favor blood brothers over at the drive-in, i'm afraid
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
"Bulls" beating "Killing" is an unjustice so great i want to write a fiery rap rock anthem in protest
― some dude, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
i do wonder if this is an age split too
bulls on parade was the first rage single i ever heard and i submit that i'm not the only one who was 6 when the debut came out
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 August 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
I wasnt't 6 but yeah, Bulls was the first Rage i ever heard and it totally blew my 10th grade MTV mind.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 15 August 2011 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
YO IT'S TIME FOR RAGE
― billstevejim, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:39 (eleven years ago) link
i love the way he angrily yells FOR EXAMPLE
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, August 8, 2011 11:29 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark
― some dude, Friday, 4 May 2012 05:56 (eleven years ago) link
OTM!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 4 May 2012 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
doont doont doont DUNT DUNT DUNT doont doont doont DUNT DUNT DUNT
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Friday, 4 May 2012 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
<3 you guys
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
dunno if this has made the rounds on here but it's probably the greatest RATM related thing ever:
http://tindeck.com/listen/4n8l5
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
yo it's time for rage
― horseshoe, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
Sometimes, RATM is the only thing that satisfies.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
fuck u i won't do what u tell me
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pugAklByimc/SOUWsVu2_qI/AAAAAAAAA4U/YcO0AhwYvzQ/s400/nader.jpg
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, August 8, 2011 10:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^ burned into my brain, will never again hear this song without picturing this exact nader.jpg
― Doctor Casino, important war pigeon (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 7 January 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link
Am I alone in thinking Rage were one of the worst bands of all time?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 January 2016 22:39 (eight years ago) link
i gotta say this is hitting the spot tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDszr6A8tas
or as i said before:
DUN DA DUN DA DA DUN DAAA DAAAAA
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, August 14, 2011
― a basset hound (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 28 August 2016 04:30 (seven years ago) link
saw a band dressed as Batman, Superman, Spiderman & Aquaman tear through "Killing In The Name" in the Latin Quarter this June, & it ruled, so I voted that― Euler, Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:08 PM
― Euler, Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:08 PM
Am I the only one who wants to know what Aquaman was playing? He's got a harpoon for an arm.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 28 August 2016 04:51 (seven years ago) link
aw c'mon mr snrub, have you never attended a "local music" show? nobody has ever heard of the worst band of all time. any band that can manage to have any number of actual fans is well, well ahead of the pack...
what does ilm think about prophets of rage?
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Sunday, 28 August 2016 06:17 (seven years ago) link
Would have voted for 'Sleep Now In The Fire'
Just had to go and watch the video again, because I haven't seen it for years... is that someone holding up a "Trump For President" sign at 1:04 !?
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Sunday, 28 August 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w211KOQ5BMI
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Sunday, 28 August 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Coca-Cola is back in the veins of SaigonAnd Rambo too, he's got a dope pair of Nikes onGodzilla, pure mothafuckin' fillerKeep your eyes off the real killerCinema, simulated life, ill dramaFourth Reich culture, AmericanaChained to the dream they got you searchin' forThe thin line between entertainment and war
i know these guys are kind of easy to clown on but these are some pretty awesome anti-capitalist, Seattle '99 type lyrics that they somehow got onto the platinum-certified soundtrack of a $150 million dollar Godzilla movie. that kind of trojan-horse corporate subversion thing shows its weaknesses a lot more in 2020 than it did in 1998 but it's still p cool they did that imho. i mean if they just wanted the paycheck they could have just rapped about special effects and the terrible chemistry between Matthew Broderick and Maria Pitillo.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 October 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
i do not find it easy to clown on rage. i listened to all three records yesterday and they undeniably rock
would've voted for "down rodeo"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah, idk why ppl clown on Rage
― west elm girls (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
either drop the hits like De La Oor get the fuck off the commode, son
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
agree, i love all three albums. and the covers album still rips, maybe my fave
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
yo it's time for reevaluation
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
also i am happily imagining that Brad's revive here is in some sense Matrix-related
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
seems like most the hate i see around ratm revolves around killing in the name
― Spottie, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
idk why anyone hates on itit GOES
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:06 (two years ago) link
"Renegades of Funk" totally passed me by. I wasn't a fan of that covers album, but it does seem like the highlight, one of the few that successfully rearranges the song...I have to say it kind of remind me of a meowing cartoon cat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KXdU3cZbNQ
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
I like Bulls on Parade but how KITN didn't win this easily is anyone's guess
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 11:06 (two years ago) link
lol "meowing cartoon cat," absolutely
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 12:12 (two years ago) link
I can tell you guys why I clown on this band… namely, cuz Tom Morello continued to be associated with Sony Music well into the 00s, when, if his band's ideology was to be worth more than a fuckin' plugged nickel, they could quite easily have affiliated with…I dunno… Am Rep or Touch and Go, or probly the best fit would be Alternative Tentacles after making an impact on Sony… if one wishes to speak truth to corporate power, then one should not be involved with a multinational at any level, particularly after one has the ability to extricate oneself legally as such, as surely Morello did… I won't put de la Rocha in the same category, as he doesn't seem to be interested in operating as a big time rock star in the music business, as the inveterate schmoozer Morello does… perhaps dlR is involved in grass roots organizing? he stays out of sight in any case… I also wouldn't put the rhythm section therein either, as those guys seem to be most interested in sustaining a big band lifestyle and thus do not seem to exactly be Chomskyites…
I expressed this concern to Morello once, and he replied with the old "if one kid gets into leftist activism because of my band's advocacy, then it will be worth it" routine. I think that's self-serving bullshit… there may be some committed leftist activists because of this band, but there is also Paul Ryan, surely not a few 1/6/21 revolutionaries who get pumped to that song and vast misappropriation at all levels for 27 years.
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
that song = fuck you I won't do what you tell me
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:12 (two years ago) link
My biggest problem with the band (besides its inadvertent mook-rock legacy) is that whenever I hear a song of theirs I'm digging, on the right day, in the right mood, and put on an album, I get pretty bored/exhausted after about three songs. I get it, but I don't really want it, and do think Morello is some sort of cornpone poseur, well-intentioned or not.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link
I do often wonder what ZdlR is doing on a random Tuesday.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
xxxp I still enjoy a good bit of their stuff, but veronica moser is so not wrong too.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
xxp and this too. They are good in small doses - I eventually sold the three albums I had and made a "best of" for myself.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link
purity discourse around this band is exhausting.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:54 (two years ago) link
yet-you-participate-in-society-curious.jpg
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:55 (two years ago) link
morello having an NYT column about being a 'rebel' is pretty funny
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
That said, I've had "Sleep Now In the Fire" stuck in my head a surprising number of times.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:04 (two years ago) link
map otm
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 January 2022 04:01 (two years ago) link
― beard papa, Thursday, 27 January 2022 07:56 (two years ago) link
this. and people have been saying it since the first album.
― There's A Goots In My House (stevie), Thursday, 27 January 2022 09:11 (two years ago) link