As revolutionary in their genre-smashing sound as their inflammatory politics, few (if any) outfits have had the game-changing impact Rage Against The Machine delivered across the space of three explosive LPs. Bringing together New York-born guitarist (and Harvard graduate) Tom Morello, vocalist Zack de la Rocha (whose paternal grandfather was a Mexican revolutionary), bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk in the political powder keg of early ’90s Los Angeles, sparks were always going to fly. Somehow taking agitprop into the mainstream, their unequivocal message and eye-catching activism – from 1993’s naked protest against kitchen-sink censors the Parents Music Resource Center to starting a riot at the 2000 Democratic National Convention – won over a legion of fans that s...
