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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rage Against the Machine
| background = group_or_band
| image = Rage Against The Machine (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Rage Against the Machine in 2007. From left: [[Tim Commerford]], [[Zack de la Rocha]], [[Brad Wilk]], [[Tom Morello]]
| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| discography = [[Rage Against the Machine discography]]
| genre = {{flatlist|<!-- Genres are sourced in the "musical style and influences" section-->
* [[Rap metal]]
* [[rap rock]]
* [[funk metal]]
* [[alternative metal]]
}}
| years_active = {{flatlist|
* 1991–2000
* 2007–2011
* 2019–2024
}}
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
* [[Revelation Records|Revelation]]
}}
| spinoffs = {{flatlist|
* [[Audioslave]]
* [[One Day as a Lion]]
* [[The Nightwatchman]]
* [[Wakrat]]
* [[Prophets of Rage]]
}}
| past_members = * [[Tim Commerford]]
* [[Zack de la Rocha]]
* [[Tom Morello]]
* [[Brad Wilk]]
| website = {{URL|ratm.com}}
}}
'''Rage Against the Machine''' (often abbreviated as '''RATM''' or shortened to '''Rage''') was an American [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1991. It consisted of vocalist [[Zack de la Rocha]], bassist and backing vocalist [[Tim Commerford]], guitarist [[Tom Morello]], and drummer [[Brad Wilk]]. They melded [[Rap metal|heavy metal and rap music]], [[punk rock]] and [[funk]] with [[anti-authoritarian]], [[Anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]], and [[revolutionary]] lyrics. As of 2010, they had sold over 16 million records worldwide.<ref name="WordPress"/> They were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-inductees.html/|title=Kate Bush and Willie Nelson Among 2023 Rock Hall of Fame Inductees|website=www.vulture.com|date=May 3, 2023|access-date=May 3, 2023|archive-date=July 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731185526/https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-inductees.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/rock-roll-hall-fame-willie-nelson-kate-bush-missy-elliott-sheryl-crow-rage-inductees-1235602078/|title=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reveals Class of 2023: Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine and More |website= www.variety.com|date= May 3, 2023}}</ref>
Rage Against the Machine released their [[Rage Against the Machine (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1992 to acclaim; in 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it number 368 on its list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 greatest albums of all time]]. They achieved commercial success following their performances at the 1993 [[Lollapalooza]] festival.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=May 31, 2012|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/|access-date=June 5, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=July 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716042339/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/simon-and-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-19691231|url-status=live}}</ref> Their next albums, ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]'' (1996) and ''[[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]'' (1999), topped the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.<ref name="Billboard 1996" /><ref name="Billboard 1999" /> Rage Against the Machine became a popular and influential band,<ref name="Devenish"/> and influenced the [[nu metal]] genre which came to prominence during the late 1990s and early 2000s. They were also ranked No. 33 on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock''.<ref name="ROTN">{{cite web |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists': 1-50 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020214214322/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |archive-date=February 14, 2002 |access-date=November 11, 2020 |website=Rock On The Net}}</ref>
In 2000, Rage Against the Machine released the cover album ''[[Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)|Renegades]]'' and disbanded after growing creative differences. After pursuing other projects for several years, they reunited to perform at [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] in 2007. Over the next four years, the band played [[Rage Against the Machine reunion tour|live venues and festivals]] around the world before going on hiatus in 2011. In 2019, Rage Against the Machine announced [[Public Service Announcement Tour|a world tour]] that was delayed to 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and was ultimately cut short after de la Rocha suffered a leg injury. Wilk confirmed in 2024 that the band had disbanded for the third time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2024-01-04 |title=Rage Against the Machine Break Up...Again |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-break-up-again-2024-1234939808/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
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=== 1991–1992: Early years ===
[[File:Rage Against the Machine (Logo).png|alt=Typset logo|thumb|left|Logo from the band's first album]]
In 1991, following the break-up of guitarist Tom Morello's former band [[Lock Up (U.S. band)|Lock Up]], former Lock Up drummer [[Jon Knox]] encouraged Tim Commerford and Zack de la Rocha to jam with Morello as he was looking to start a new group.<ref name="Myers"/> Morello soon contacted Brad Wilk, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for both Lock Up<ref name="Myers"/> and the band that would later become [[Pearl Jam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/brad-wilk-pearl-jam-audition/|title=Why Brad Wilk Failed Pearl Jam Audition|last=Kielty|first=Martin|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=May 4, 2018 |language=en|access-date=November 3, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504163145/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/brad-wilk-pearl-jam-audition/|url-status=live}}</ref> This lineup named themselves Rage Against the Machine, after a song De la Rocha had written for his former underground [[hardcore punk]] band [[Inside Out (band)|Inside Out]] (also to be the title of the unrecorded ''Inside Out'' full-length album).<ref name="Myers"/> Record label owner and zine publisher [[Kent McClard]], with whom Inside Out was associated, coined the phrase "rage against the machine" in a 1989 article in his [[zine]] ''[[No Answers]]''.<ref name=McClard/>
The blueprint for the group's major-label debut album and [[demo tape]] ''[[Rage Against the Machine (demo album)|Rage Against the Machine]]'' was laid on a twelve-song self-released cassette, the cover image of which featured newspaper clippings of the stock market section with a single match taped to the inlay card. Not all 12 songs made it onto the final album—two were eventually included as [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]], while three others never saw an official release.<ref name="Woodlief"/> Several record labels expressed interest, and the band eventually signed with [[Epic Records]]. Morello said, "Epic agreed to everything we asked—and they've followed through ... We never saw a[n] [ideological] conflict as long as we maintained creative control."<ref name="officialfaq"/>
=== 1992–1994: ''Rage Against the Machine'' ===
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The band's debut album, ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]'', was released in November 1992. The cover featured [[Malcolm Browne]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photograph of [[Thích Quảng Đức]], a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, [[self-immolation|burning himself to death]] in [[Saigon]] in 1963 in protest of the shooting of Buddhists by the regime of U.S.-backed prime minister [[Ngô Đình Diệm]]. The album was produced by Canadian record producer and music engineer [[Garth Richardson]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |title=Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rage-against-the-machine-r56555/review |access-date=April 12, 2011 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=November 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111053549/https://www.allmusic.com/album/rage-against-the-machine-r56555/review |url-status=live }}</ref>
While sales were initially slow,<ref name="LATimes0496">{{Cite web |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=1996-04-14 |title=Up Against the Wall: You want raw, unfiltered extremism? You got it. Rage Against the Machine is back, with all pistons firing. The band members once thought they'd be too political for anyone to care. They were wrong. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-14-ca-58271-story.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205134649/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-14-ca-58271-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the album became a critical and commercial success, driven by heavy radio airplay of the song "[[Killing in the Name]]", a heavy, driving track featuring only eight lines of lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Rage+Against+the+Machine&ti=Rage+Against+the+Machine#search_section|title=Rage Against the Machine Gold and Platinum|publisher=RIAA|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020029/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Rage+Against+the+Machine&ti=Rage+Against+the+Machine#search_section|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Buckley | first = Peter | title = The rough guide to rock | publisher = Rough Guides | year = 2003 | pages = 844 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC | isbn = 978-1-84353-105-0 | access-date = September 23, 2019 | archive-date = April 27, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024031/https://books.google.com/books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC | url-status = live }}</ref> The "Fuck You" version, which contains 17 instances of the word ''[[fuck]]'', was once accidentally played on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[UK Singles Chart|Top 40 singles]] show on February 21, 1993.<ref name="Robinson" /><ref>{{cite web | date = July 27, 2007 | title = The History Of: Rage Against The Machine | url = http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/the_history_of/the_history_of_rage_against_the_machine.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118124446/http://ultimate-guitar.com/columns/the_history_of/the_history_of_rage_against_the_machine.html | archive-date = January 18, 2008 | publisher = Ultimate Guitar | access-date = January 15, 2010}}</ref> The band's profile soared following a performance at the [[Lollapalooza]] festival in mid-1993 tour; sales of ''Rage Against the Machine'' in the United States increased from 75,000 before Lollapalooza, to 400,000 by the end of the year.<ref name="LATimes0496" /> The band also toured with [[Suicidal Tendencies]] in Europe, and [[House of Pain]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |title=h2g2 - Rage Against The Machine - the Band - A730883 |publisher=BBC |access-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> By April 1996, the album had sold over 1 million copies in the United States and 3 million copies worldwide.<ref name="LATimes0496" /> It was certified [[Music recording certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in May 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rage Against the Machine {{!}} Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=rage+against+the+machine#search_section |url-status=live |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=RIAA |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020029/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=rage+against+the+machine#search_section }}</ref>
Rage Against the Machine appeared on the soundtrack for the 1995 film ''[[Higher Learning]]'' with the song "[[Year of tha Boomerang]]". An early version of "[[Tire Me]]" also appeared in the movie. Subsequently, they re-recorded the song "Darkness" from their original demo for the soundtrack of ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' (1994), while "[[No Shelter]]" appeared on the ''[[Godzilla: The Album|Godzilla]]'' soundtrack in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |title=h2g2 - Rage Against The Machine - the Band - A730883 |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820115131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref>
=== 1995–2000: Mainstream success ===
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| source = [[Tom Morello]] speaking to ''[[Kerrang!]]'' in 1996 about the delays between ''Rage Against the Machine'' and its follow-up, ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]''.<ref name="MTVNews012296" />
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In late 1994, Rage Against the Machine took a hiatus from touring, sparking rumors that they had broken up.<ref name="MTVNews012296">{{Cite web |last=MTV News Staff |date=January 22, 1996 |title=Evil Empire Due From Rage Against The Machine |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/0lm4en/evil-empire-due-from-rage-against-the-machine |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=MTV |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818151141/https://www.mtv.com/news/0lm4en/evil-empire-due-from-rage-against-the-machine |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to an anonymous source reporting to ''[[MTV News]]'', Rage Against the Machine had recorded 23 tracks with producer [[Brendan O'Brien (record producer)|Brendan O'Brien]] in [[Atlanta]] starting in November 1994, and briefly broke up due to violent infighting in the band, before regrouping for the [[KROQ Weenie Roast]] in June 1995.<ref name="MTVNews012296" /> Morello later said there had been conflicts over their musical direction, which were reconciled.<ref name="MTVNews012296" /><ref name="DeseretNews1996">{{Cite news |last=Vice |first=Jeff |date=September 6, 1996 |title=Rage still likes to use music in struggle for social change |page=W5 |work=[[The Deseret News]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-wjAAAAIBAJ&dq=rage+against+the+machine+1996&pg=PA39&article_id=6668,3198270 |access-date=January 24, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215170044/https://books.google.com/books?id=s-wjAAAAIBAJ&dq=rage+against+the+machine+1996&pg=PA39&article_id=6668,3198270 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The band eventually recorded their long-awaited follow-up album, ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]'', with O'Brien in November and December 1995.<ref name="MTVNews012296" /> Morello said that, as a result of the band's musical tensions, the album incorporated greater [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] influences, describing its sound as a "middle ground between [[Public Enemy]] and [[the Clash]]".<ref name="DeseretNews1996" />
''Evil Empire'' was released on April 16, 1996, and entered the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart at number one, selling 249,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Mayfield |first=Geoff |date=November 20, 1999 |title=Between the Bulletins |page=134 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rage+against+the+machine+evil+empire+first+week+sales&pg=PA134 |access-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215170115/https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rage+against+the+machine+evil+empire+first+week+sales&pg=PA134 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=MTV News Staff |date=May 3, 1996 |title=Rage Builds "Evil Empire" |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/hlvq56/rage-builds-evil-empire |access-date=January 24, 2023 |website=MTV |language=en |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722113816/https://www.mtv.com/news/hlvq56/rage-builds-evil-empire |url-status=dead }}</ref> It later rose to triple platinum status.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> Rage Against the Machine performed "[[Bulls on Parade]]" on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in April 1996. Their planned two-song performance was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers ("a sign of distress or great danger"),<ref name="SNL" /> in protest of the program's guest host, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Steve Forbes]].<ref name="SNL" />
In 1997, the band opened for [[U2]] on the [[PopMart Tour]]. Their profits went to organizations<ref name="BBC" /> such as the [[Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees]], Women Alive and the [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|Zapatista Front for National Liberation]].<ref name="The State" /> Rage began an abortive headlining U.S. tour with [[Wu-Tang Clan]]. Police in several jurisdictions unsuccessfully attempted to have the concerts cancelled, citing amongst, other reasons, the bands' "violent and anti-law enforcement philosophies".<ref name="Cooper" /> After Wu-Tang Clan failed to appear during a concert at Riverport, they were removed from the lineup and replaced with [[the Roots]]. [[Sony Records]] released ''[[Live & Rare (Rage Against the Machine album)|Live & Rare]]'', compiling [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]] and live performances, in Japan in June 1998. A live video, ''[[Rage Against the Machine (video)|Rage Against the Machine]]'', was released later the same year.<ref name="bbc.co.uk" />
In 1999, Rage Against the Machine played at the [[Woodstock 1999|Woodstock '99]] concert. Their third album, ''[[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]'', debuted at number one in 1999, selling 450,000 copies in the first week and was certified [[RIAA certification|double-platinum]].<ref name="allmusic" /> That year, the song "[[Wake Up (Rage Against the Machine song)|Wake Up]]" was featured on the soundtrack of the film ''[[The Matrix]]''. The track "[[Calm Like a Bomb]]" was used in the sequel, ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' (2003). In 2000, the band planned to support the [[Beastie Boys]] on the "Rhyme and Reason" tour, but the tour was cancelled when the Beastie Boys drummer, [[Mike D]], suffered a serious injury.<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> In 2003, ''The Battle of Los Angeles'' was ranked number 426 on [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Rolling-stone-the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-2003-lyrics|title=Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923080427/https://genius.com/Rolling-stone-the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-2003-lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2000–2001: ''Renegades'' and breakup ===
On January 26, 2000, during filming of the video for "[[Sleep Now in the Fire]]", directed by [[Michael Moore]], an altercation caused the doors of the [[New York Stock Exchange]] to be closed and the band to be escorted from the site by security<ref name="greenleft">{{cite web|date=March 15, 2000 |title=Rage against Wall Street |work=[[Green Left Weekly]] #397 |url=http://www.greenleft.org.au/2000/397/24186 |access-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012080309/http://www.greenleft.org.au/2000/397/24186 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> after band members attempted to gain entry into the exchange.<ref>{{cite web | last=Basham | first=David | date=January 28, 2000 | title=Rage Against the Machine Shoots New Video With Michael Moore | work=[[MTV News]] | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433553/20000128/rage_against_the_machine.jhtml | access-date=February 17, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313230512/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1433553/20000128/rage_against_the_machine.jhtml | archive-date=March 13, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The video shoot had attracted several hundred people, according to a representative for the city's Deputy Commissioner for Public Information.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433553/rage-against-the-machine-shoots-new-video-with-michael-moore/ |title=Rage Against The Machine Shoots New Video With Michael Moore |work=[[MTV News]] |date=January 28, 2000 |access-date=September 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009193258/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433553/rage-against-the-machine-shoots-new-video-with-michael-moore/ |archive-date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> New York City's film office does not allow weekday film shoots on Wall Street. Moore had permission to use the steps of [[Federal Hall National Memorial]] but did not have a permit to shoot on the sidewalk or the street, nor did he have a loud-noise permit or the proper parking permits.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shone |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lupf_ZdXF98C&pg=PA56 |title=Bullsh*t on Parade: Rage Against The Machine and Michael Moore Battle New York Cops |work=SPIN |date=May 1, 2000 |access-date=September 28, 2015 |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024036/https://books.google.com/books?id=Lupf_ZdXF98C&pg=PA56 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Michael basically gave us one directorial instruction, 'No matter what happens, don't stop playing'", [[Tom Morello]] recalls. When the band left the steps, police officers apprehended Moore and led him away. Moore yelled to the band, "Take the New York Stock Exchange!"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |title=33 Revolutions Per Minute |title-link=33 Revolutions per Minute (book) |publisher=Faber & Faber |date=2011 }}</ref> In an interview with the ''[[Socialist Worker]]'', Morello said he and scores of others ran into the Stock Exchange. "About two hundred of us got through the first set of doors, but our charge was stopped when the Stock Exchange's titanium riot doors came crashing down."<ref name="Devenish 2001 p. 105">{{cite book | last=Devenish | first=C. | title=Rage Against The Machine | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=2001 | isbn=978-1-4299-2514-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNuuHkTrrGoC&pg=PT105 | access-date=January 18, 2019 | page=105 | archive-date=April 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024033/https://books.google.com/books?id=PNuuHkTrrGoC&pg=PT105 | url-status=live }}</ref> Moore said: "For a few minutes, Rage Against the Machine was able to shut down American capitalism, an act that I am sure tens of thousands of downsized citizens would cheer."<ref name="greenleft" />
On September 7, 2000, the band performed "[[Testify (Rage Against the Machine song)|Testify]]" at the [[2000 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref name="billboard1">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/513488/mtv-vmas-top-10-crazy-moments-of-all-time |title=MTV Loves MTV: A Bad Romance |last1=Mapes |first1=Jillian |last2=Letkemann |first2=Jessica |date=September 9, 2010 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 20, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213055039/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/513488/mtv-vmas-top-10-crazy-moments-of-all-time |archive-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="limp">{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/09/03/rage-against-the-machine-2000-vmas/|title=The 2010 VMA Countdown: Rage Against The Machine Bassist Gets A Better Look At The Action|author=MTV news|date=September 3, 2010|work=MTV.com|publisher=[[MTV Networks]]|access-date=September 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911220337/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/09/03/rage-against-the-machine-2000-vmas|archive-date=September 11, 2010}}</ref> After the Best Rock Video award was given to [[Limp Bizkit]], Commerford climbed onto the scaffolding of the set.<ref name="billboard1" /><ref name="limp" /> He and his bodyguard were sentenced to a night in jail and De la Rocha reportedly left the awards after the stunt.<ref name="billboard1" /><ref name="limp" /> Morello recalled that Commerford relayed his plan to the rest of the band before the show, and that both De la Rocha and Morello advised him against it immediately after Bizkit was presented the award.<ref name="billboard1" /><ref name="limp" />
On October 18, 2000, De la Rocha announced that he had left the band.<ref name="zackquit" /> He said, "I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and from my perspective, has undermined our artistic and political ideal."<ref name="zackquit" /> Morello said, "There was so much squabbling over everything, "and I mean ''everything''. We would even have fist fights over whether our T-shirts should be mauve or camouflaged! It was ridiculous. We were patently political, internally combustible. It was ugly for a long time."<ref name="ReferenceA">''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', May 2003, p60</ref> De la Rocha's departure was voted the "shittiest thing" of 2000 in the ''[[Kerrang!]]'' readers' poll of that year.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 13, 2001 |editor-last=Rees |editor-first=Paul |title=Readers' Poll 2000 |journal=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=835 |pages=29–36}}</ref>
The band's next album, ''[[Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)|Renegades]]'', was a collection of [[cover version|covers]] of artists as diverse as [[Devo]], [[EPMD]], [[Minor Threat]], [[Cypress Hill]], [[the MC5]], [[Afrika Bambaataa]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Eric B. & Rakim]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[the Stooges]], and [[Bob Dylan]].<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Rock & Roll: The Last Days of Rage? - With No Lead Singer, Rage Consider Their Next Move|id = {{ProQuest|1193001}}}}</ref> It achieved platinum status a month later.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> The following year saw the release of another live video, ''[[The Battle of Mexico City]]'', while 2003 brought the live album ''[[Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium]]'', an edited recording of the band's final concerts on September 12 and 13, 2000, at the [[Grand Olympic Auditorium]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="Bush"/> It was accompanied by an expanded DVD release of the last show, which included a previously unreleased video for "[[Bombtrack (song)|Bombtrack]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Doyle |first=Patrick |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/rage-against-the-machine-blast-through-bombtrack-in-1992-premiere-20121121 |title=Rage Against the Machine Blast Through 'Bombtrack' in 1992 - Premiere |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 21, 2012 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227015605/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/rage-against-the-machine-blast-through-bombtrack-in-1992-premiere-20121121 |archive-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Audioslave 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Wilk, Commerford, and Morello performing with [[Chris Cornell]] as [[Audioslave]] at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] in 2005]] In the wake of the [[September 11 attacks]], the controversial [[2001 Clear Channel memorandum]] contained a long list of what the memo termed "lyrically questionable" songs for the radio, uniquely listing ''all'' of Rage Against the Machine's songs.<ref>{{cite web | last = Bertin | first = Michael | title = Imagine: The music business in a post-911 world | work = [[The Austin Chronicle]] | date = November 30, 2001 | url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-11-30/83800/ | access-date = April 17, 2011 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120622031730/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-11-30/83800/ | archive-date = June 22, 2012 | df = mdy-all}}</ref>
=== 2002—2006: Side projects ===
After the breakup, Morello, Wilk, and Commerford decided to stay together and find a new vocalist.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> "There was talk for a while of us becoming [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s backing band, and even [[Macy Gray]]'s," said Morello. "We informed {{Bracket|[[Epic Records]]}} that losing our singer was actually a blessing in disguise, and that we had bigger ambitions than being somebody's hired musicians."<ref name="ReferenceA" /> Their friend, the producer [[Rick Rubin]], suggested they play with [[Chris Cornell]] of [[Soundgarden]]. Along with Cornell, they formed [[Audioslave]].<ref name="AudioslaveAM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/audioslave-mw0000229110|title=Audioslave - Audioslave|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Stephen|last=Erlewine|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=June 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608054234/https://www.allmusic.com/album/audioslave-mw0000229110|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first single, "[[Cochise (song)|Cochise]]", was released in November 2002, and their [[Audioslave (album)|self-titled debut album]] followed to mainly positive reviews. In contrast to Rage Against the Machine, most of Audioslave's music was apolitical, although some songs touched on political issues. Their second album, ''[[Out of Exile]]'' debuted at the number one position on the Billboard charts in 2005.<ref name="outofexcilenumberone" /> Audioslave released its third album ''[[Revelations (Audioslave album)|Revelations]]'' on September 4, 2006, but did not tour as Cornell and Morello were working on solo albums. After months of inactivity and rumors of a breakup, Audioslave disbanded on February 15, 2007, after Cornell announced he was leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences".<ref name="cornellquit" />
In 2003, Morello began playing acoustic [[folk music]] at [[open mike|open-mic nights]] and clubs under the alias [[the Nightwatchman]], which he formed as an outlet for his political views while playing apolitical music with Audioslave. He participated in [[Billy Bragg]]'s Tell Us the Truth tour<ref name="Wiederhorn" /> with no plans to record,<ref name="Moss" /> but recorded a song for ''[[Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11]]'', "No One Left". In April 2007, he released an album, ''[[One Man Revolution]],''<ref name="firedup" /> followed by ''The Fabled City'' on September 30, 2008. Morello and the rapper [[Boots Riley]] formed the [[rap rock]] group [[Street Sweeper Social Club]], and released their [[Street Sweeper Social Club (album)|debut self-titled album]] in June 2009.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
De la Rocha had been working on an album with [[DJ Shadow]], [[Company Flow]], [[Roni Size]] and [[Questlove]],<ref name="zackquit" /> but dropped the project in favor of working with [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]].<ref name="reznor" /> The album was not released.<ref name="Gargano" /> A collaboration between De la Rocha and DJ Shadow, the song "March of Death" was released free online in 2003 in protest of the imminent [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="March of Death" /> The 2004 soundtrack ''Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11'' included one of the collaborations with Reznor, "[[We Want It All]]".<ref name="reznor" /> In late 2005, De la Rocha performed with the [[son jarocho]] band [[Son de Madera]], singing and playing the [[jarana huasteca]].<ref name="Spin" />
The band refused large sums of money to reunite for concerts and tours.<ref name="MTV News" /> Rumors of tension between De la Rocha and the others circulated. Commerford said that he and De la Rocha saw each other often and went surfing together. Morello said he and De la Rocha communicated by phone, and had met at a 2005 protest in support of the [[South Central Farm]].<ref name="Rockline" />
=== 2007–2008: First reunion and tours ===
{{Main|Rage Against the Machine reunion tour}}
On April 14, 2007, Morello and De la Rocha reunited to perform a brief acoustic set at a [[Coalition of Immokalee Workers]] rally in downtown Chicago. Morello described the event as "very exciting for everybody in the room, myself included".<ref name="Launch Radio Networks" /> Rage Against the Machine reunited to headline the final day of the 2007 [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] on April 29, in front of an [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation|EZLN]] backdrop to the largest crowds of the festival.<ref name="reunionnme" /><ref name="reunionyahoo" /><ref name="reunionmtv" /> Morello said they reunited to voice their opposition to the "right-wing purgatory" the United States had "slid into" under the [[George W. Bush administration]] since their dissolution.<ref name="NME"/>
Rage Against the Machine continued to tour in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan.<ref name="Cecbuzz"/> They played a series of shows in Europe in 2008, including [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park]], [[Pinkpop Festival]], [[T in the Park]] in Scotland, the [[Hultsfred Festival]] in Sweden, the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] in England and the [[Oxegen]] Festival in Ireland. They also performed on August 2 in Chicago at the 2008 [[Lollapalooza]] festival.
Morello said they had no plans to record a new album, and said: "Writing and recording albums is a whole different thing than getting back on the bike ... But I think that the one thing about the Rage catalog is that to me none of it feels dated. You know, it doesn't feel at all like a nostalgia show. It feels like these are songs that were born and bred to be played now."<ref name="futurealbum-bm" /> De la Rocha said, "As far as us recording music in the future, I don't know where we all fit with that. We've all embraced each other's projects and support them, and that's great."<ref name="futurealbum" />
In July 2008, De la Rocha and the drummer [[Jon Theodore]], formerly of [[the Mars Volta]], released an EP as [[One Day as a Lion]].<ref name="Tao" /> In August 2008, during the [[Democratic National Convention]] in Denver, Rage headlined the free ''Tent State Music Festival to End the War''. They were supported by [[Flobots]], [[State Radio]], [[Jello Biafra]], and [[Wayne Kramer]].<ref name="Jefferson" /> Following the concert, the band, following uniformed veterans from the advocacy group [[Iraq Veterans Against the War]], led the 8,000 attendees to the Denver Coliseum on a six-mile march to Invesco Field, host of the DNC. After a four-hour stand-off with police, the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|Obama campaign]] agreed to meet with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and hear their demands.<ref name="Los Angeles Times" />
In September 2008, Rage performed at the [[Target Center]] in [[Minneapolis]] during the [[Republican National Convention]]. The previous day, they attempted to play a surprise set at a free anti-RNC concert at the Minnesota Capitol in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], but were prevented by the police. Instead, De la Rocha and Morello rapped and sang through a megaphone. Later that evening, Morello and Boots Reilly joined the songwriter [[Billy Bragg]] and the politician [[Jim Walsh (Washington politician)|Jim Walsh]] for a three-hour jam session at Pepitos Parkway theater in south Minneapolis.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} In December 2008, Morello said his Nightwatchman project would be his "principal musical focus, as I see it, for the remainder of my life".<ref name="Graff" /> He repeated this point in an interview with the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name="Martens" />
=== 2009–2015: UK "Killing in the Name" Christmas campaign, European tour, and L.A. Rising ===
[[File:Rage Against The Machine 11.jpg|alt=The band onstage|thumb|Performing in 2010]]
In December 2009, a campaign was launched on Facebook by [[Jon Morter]] and his wife Tracy, in order to stop, most notably, ''The X Factor'' hits from becoming almost automatic Christmas number ones on the UK Singles Chart. It generated nationwide publicity and took the track "[[Killing in the Name]]" to the coveted [[List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number ones|Christmas number one]] slot in the [[UK Singles Chart]], which had been dominated for four consecutive years from 2005 by winners from the popular TV show ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''.<ref name="New Musical Express"/> Before the chart was announced on December 20, 2009, the Facebook group membership stood at over 950,000, and was acknowledged (and supported) by [[Tom Morello]],<ref name="Twitter"/> [[Dave Grohl]],<ref name="Gigwise"/> [[Paul McCartney]],<ref name="Rolling Stone 2009"/> [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[Fightstar]],<ref name="Official Fightstar Facebook"/> ''[[NME]]'', [[John Lydon]],<ref name="NME"/> [[Bill Bailey]],<ref name="NME"/> [[Lenny Henry]],<ref name="NME"/> [[BBC Radio 1]],<ref name="YouTube"/> [[Hadouken! (band)|Hadouken!]],<ref name="Twitter 2009"/> [[the Prodigy]],<ref name="Chartattack"/> [[Stereophonics]],<ref name="Chartattack"/> [[BBC Radio 5 Live]],<ref name="Rage Against 5 Live"/> and even the 2004 ''X Factor'' winner [[Steve Brookstein]],<ref name="test"/> amongst numerous others. On the morning of December 17, Rage Against the Machine played a slightly censored version of "Killing in the Name" live on [[Radio 5 Live]], but four repeats of 'Fuck you I won't do what you tell me' were aired before the song was pulled.<ref name="BBC Radio 5 Live"/> During the interview before the song they reiterated their support for the campaign and their intentions to support charity with the proceeds. The campaign was ultimately successful, and "Killing in the Name" became the number-one single in the UK for Christmas 2009.<ref name="The Official Charts"/><ref name="BBC news"/> [[Zack de la Rocha]] spoke to BBC One upon hearing the news, stating that:
{{Blockquote|We're very very ecstatic and excited about the song reaching the number one spot. We want to thank everyone that participated in this incredible, organic, grass-roots campaign. It says more about the spontaneous action taken by young people throughout the UK to topple this very sterile pop monopoly. When young people decide to take action they can make what's seemingly impossible, possible.<ref name="BBC news"/>}}
The band also set a new record, achieving the biggest download sales total in a first week ever in the UK charts.<ref name="BBC news"/> De la Rocha also promised the band would perform a free concert in the UK sometime in 2010 to celebrate the achievement.<ref name="BBC news"/> True to their word, the band announced that they would be performing a free concert at Finsbury Park, London, on June 6, 2010.<ref name="Blabbermouth"/> The concert, dubbed "The Rage Factor", gave away all the tickets by free photo registration to prevent touting over the weekend of the February 13–14, followed by an online lottery on February 17. This proved to be popular, with many users facing connection issues. The tickets were all allocated by 13:30 that same day.<ref name="NME 2010"/> After allowing ticket holders to vote for who they wanted to be the support acts for "The Rage Factor", it was announced that [[Gogol Bordello]], [[Gallows (band)|Gallows]] and [[Roots Manuva]] would support Rage Against the Machine at the concert.<ref name="Gigwise 2010"/>
In addition to the free gig at Finsbury Park, the band headlined European festivals in June 2010 including the [[Download Festival]] at [[Donington Park]], England, [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park]] in Germany and [[Rock in Rio]] Madrid in Spain.<ref name="Download Festival 2010"/> They also performed in Ireland on June 8 and the Netherlands on June 9. Zack de la Rocha had stated that it was a definite possibility that the band would record a new album, the first time since 2000's ''Renegades''.<ref name="O'Neal"/> Morter confirmed this, stating the discussions he and the band had backstage before the Finsbury Park gig saying the band did write new material, but they had no motivation to release them until now. De la Rocha mentioned the very strong reaction from the [[Download Festival]] 2010 audience as an incentive for releasing new material.<ref name="Rock Radio"/> In addition, the band returned to Los Angeles on July 23, 2010, for their first U.S. show in two years and their first hometown show in 10 years.<ref name="Soundstrike"/> The concert benefited Arizona organizations that are fighting the [[SB1070]] immigration law. On the night of the show, a spokesperson announced to the crowd that ticket sales—all of which are non-profit to the bands—had raised $300,000. The band has been confirmed to do a short South American tour in October, performing at venues such as the SWU Festival in Brazil, the Maquinaria Festival in Chile, and Pepsi Music Festival in Argentina. It was the first time the band played in those countries.
After the "Rage Factor" celebratory show in [[Finsbury Park]] in London on June 6, 2010, after the campaign to get "Killing in the Name" to the No. 1 spot at Christmas, Zack de la Rocha stated that it was a "genuine possibility". Stating that they may use the momentum from the campaign to get back into the studio and write a follow-up record to 2000's ''Renegades'' after 10 years. When talking to NME, Zack de la Rocha said: "I think it's a genuine possibility, We have to get our heads around what we're going to do towards the end of the year and finish up on some other projects and we'll take it from there."<ref>{{cite news |last=Slater |first=Luke |date=June 7, 2010 |title=New Rage Against The Machine record "a possibility" / Music News // Drowned In Sound |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/4140196-new-rage-against-the-machine-record-a-possibility |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109081949/http://drownedinsound.com/news/4140196-new-rage-against-the-machine-record-a-possibility |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |newspaper=Drownedinsound}}</ref>
During an interview with the Chilean newspaper ''[[La Tercera]]'' in October 2010, De la Rocha allegedly confirmed that a new album was in the works, with a possibility of a 2011 release. De la Rocha is reported as saying, "We are all bigger and more mature and we do not fall into the problems we faced 10 or 15 years ago. This is different and we project a lot: we are working on a new album due out next year, perhaps summer for the northern hemisphere".<ref name="La Tercera"/> However, in early May 2011, guitarist Tom Morello said that the band was not working on a new album, but would not rule out the possibility of future studio work. "The band is not writing songs, the band is not in the studio", Morello told ''The Pulse of Radio''. "We get along famously and we all, you know, intend to do more Rage Against the Machine stuff in the future, but beyond sort of working out a concert this year, there's nothing else on the schedule (for 2011)".<ref name="Blabbermouth"/> The band created its own festival, the L.A. Rising. As Morello stated, the only Rage Against the Machine appearance for 2011 was a performance on July 30 at the L.A. Rising festival with [[El Gran Silencio]], [[Immortal Technique]], [[Lauryn Hill]], [[Rise Against]] and [[Muse (band)|Muse]].<ref name="Blabbermouth"/> During an interview on July 30, 2011, Commerford seemingly contradicted Morello's comments, stating that new material was being written, and specific plans for the next two years were in place.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vadala |first=Nick |url=http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/02/news/rage-against-the-machine-bassist-tim-commerford-says-new-material-in-the-works-next-two-years-planned-out/ |title=Rage Against The Machine Bassist Tim Commerford Says New Material in the Works, Next Two Years Planned Out | mxdwn.com News |publisher=Mxdwn.com |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=December 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915134338/http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/02/news/rage-against-the-machine-bassist-tim-commerford-says-new-material-in-the-works-next-two-years-planned-out/ |archive-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref>
In an October 2012 interview with [[TMZ (website)|TMZ]], bassist [[Tim Commerford]] was asked if Rage Against the Machine was working on a new album. He simply responded, "maybe".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/10/04/rage-against-the-machine-new-album-bassist-tim-commerford|title=Rage Against The Machine -- New Album In The Works ... Maybe|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=October 4, 2012|publisher=[[TMZ (website)|TMZ]]|access-date=October 4, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007022012/http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/04/rage-against-the-machine-new-album-bassist-tim-commerford/|archive-date=October 7, 2012}}</ref> Asked by TMZ again in November 2012 whether a new album was being worked on, Commerford replied "definitely maybe ... anything's possible".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/videos/0_c79v2n1a/|title=Rage Against the Machine Bassist -- Paul Ryan's a Dumbass for Liking Our Music|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=November 3, 2012|publisher=[[TMZ (website)|TMZ]]|access-date=November 4, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103143024/http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_c79v2n1a/|archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref> Later that month, however, Morello denied that they were working on new material, and stated that Rage Against the Machine had "no plans beyond" the reissue of their self-titled debut album.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474150/rage-against-the-machine-no-plans-to-record-new-album|title=Rage Against the Machine: 'No Plans' to Record New Album|author=Graff, Gary|date=November 15, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 16, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404083420/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474150/rage-against-the-machine-no-plans-to-record-new-album|archive-date=April 4, 2013}}</ref> Morello said he would be open to recording new Rage Against the Machine material, but added that it was "not on the table right now".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=182627|title=Tom Morello: Not Everybody In Rage Against the Machine Wants To Make New Album|date=November 22, 2012|work=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=November 22, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127182914/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=182627|archive-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref>
The band announced on October 9 via their Facebook page that they would be releasing a special [[Rage Against the Machine (album)#XX 20th anniversary special edition|20th anniversary box set]] to commemorate the group's debut album. The full box set contains never-before-released concert material, including the band's 2010 Finsbury Park show and footage from early in their career, as well as a digitally-remastered version of the album, B-sides and the original demo tape (on disc for the first time).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/RATM?ref=stream |title=Rage Against The Machine |publisher=Facebook |date=January 6, 1983 |access-date=December 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510065419/https://www.facebook.com/RATM?ref=stream |archive-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ratm.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.ratm.com/ |title=Rage Against The Machine XX 20th Anniversary | Rage Against The Machine Official Site |publisher=Ratm.com |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=December 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007053601/http://www.ratm.com/ |archive-date=October 7, 2012}}</ref> The band released 3-disc and single-disc versions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Rage-Against-The-Machine-Anniversary/dp/B009FHRRAA/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music |title=Rage Against The Machine - XX (20th Anniversary Special Edition)(2 CD/ 1 DVD): Music |website=Amazon |access-date=December 24, 2012 |archive-date=March 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312031919/https://www.amazon.com/Rage-Against-The-Machine-Anniversary/dp/B009FHRRAA/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music |url-status=live }}</ref> The collection was released on November 27.<ref name="ratm.com"/>
In an April 2014 interview with The Pulse of Radio, drummer [[Brad Wilk]] indicated that, as far as he knew, Rage Against the Machine's 2011 performance at L.A. Rising was their final show.<ref name="Wilk final">{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rage-against-the-machine-drummer-brad-wilk-says-band-may-have-played-its-last-show/|title=Rage Against The Machine Drummer Brad Wilk Says Band May Have Already Played Its Last Show|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=April 30, 2014|access-date=April 30, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502021519/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rage-against-the-machine-drummer-brad-wilk-says-band-may-have-played-its-last-show/|archive-date=May 2, 2014}}</ref> In February 2015, Tim Commerford said that uncertainty over when they might play again was typical of the band's functioning, speculating: "It could be tomorrow; it could be 10 years from now".<ref name="Timmy C. 2015 interview">{{cite news|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/tim-commerford-talks-electronic-music-and-his-new-band-future-user-616147/4/|title=Timmy C. speaks about Rage's future|publisher=musicradar.com|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=February 9, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403203420/http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/tim-commerford-talks-electronic-music-and-his-new-band-future-user-616147/4/|archive-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> On October 16, the 2010 performance in Finsbury Park was released on DVD and Blu-ray.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
=== 2016–2019: Prophets of Rage ===
In May 2016, It was announced that Morello, Wilk and Commerford had formed a supergroup, [[Prophets of Rage]], with the rappers [[Chuck D]] of [[Public Enemy (music group)|Public Enemy]] and [[B-Real]] of [[Cypress Hill]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Chris Payne |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7377487/rage-against-machine-public-enemy-cypress-hill-prophets-rage |title=Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy & Cypress Hill Members Form Supergroup: Sources |magazine=Billboard |date=May 18, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821234101/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7377487/rage-against-machine-public-enemy-cypress-hill-prophets-rage |archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> The band toured through 2016 and played songs by Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Young |first=Alex |url=https://consequence.net/2016/05/rage-against-the-machine-public-enemy-and-cypress-hill-members-form-new-supergroup/ |title=Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill members form new supergroup |magazine=Consequence of Sound |date=May 18, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823010337/https://consequence.net/2016/05/rage-against-the-machine-public-enemy-and-cypress-hill-members-form-new-supergroup/ |archive-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref> Commerford said that year that Rage Against the Machine had not split up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theprp.com/2016/05/31/news/rage-machine-public-enemy-cypress-hill-members-unite-prophets-rage/ |title=Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy & Cypress Hill Members Unite In Prophets Of Rage | Theprp.com – Metal And Hardcore News Plus Reviews And More |website=Theprp.com |date=May 31, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910184204/http://www.theprp.com/2016/05/31/news/rage-machine-public-enemy-cypress-hill-members-unite-prophets-rage/ |archive-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref> Morello said: "We have nothing but the greatest love and honor and respect for Zack de la Rocha [...] who is working on his own music, which I'm sure will be fantastic—he's a great artist in his own right. But where you're going to hear Rage Against the Machine is in Prophets of Rage."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theprp.com/2016/06/08/news/tom-morello-cold-embers-rage/ |title=Tom Morello: "The Cold Embers Of Rage Against The Machine Are Now The Burning Fire Of Prophets Of Rage" | Theprp.com – Metal And Hardcore News Plus Reviews And More |website=Theprp.com |date=May 31, 2016 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812171844/http://www.theprp.com/2016/06/08/news/tom-morello-cold-embers-rage/ |archive-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> In May 2018, Wilk said Rage Against the Machine would make him happy, and that "it's just really a matter of getting us all on the same page".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rage-against-the-machine-drummer-calls-for-reunion-2307746#LdBf1J86Mx3ySi3H.99|title=Rage Against The Machine drummer calls for reunion: "Nothing would make me happier" - NME|date=May 3, 2018|work=NME|access-date=May 5, 2018|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504192848/http://www.nme.com/news/music/rage-against-the-machine-drummer-calls-for-reunion-2307746#LdBf1J86Mx3ySi3H.99|archive-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref> In November 2019, [[Chuck D]] and [[B-Real]] confirmed that Prophets of Rage had disbanded.<ref name="prophetsbreakup">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/prophets-of-rage-rage-against-the-machine-reunion-chuck-d-b-real-907424|title=Prophets of Rage Rappers Acknowledge Rage Against the Machine Reunion|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 2, 2019|access-date=November 2, 2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102221851/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/prophets-of-rage-rage-against-the-machine-reunion-chuck-d-b-real-907424/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2019–2024: Second reunion, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and third disbandment ===
{{Main|Public Service Announcement Tour}}
On November 1, 2019, it was reported that Rage Against the Machine were reuniting for their first shows in nine years in the spring of 2020, including two appearances at that year's [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]].<ref name="forbesreunion">{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Baltin|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2019/11/01/confirmed-rage-against-the-machine-to-reunite-in-2020-headline-coachella/#25bcbbac12b1|title=Confirmed: Rage Against The Machine To Reunite In 2020, Headline Coachella|website=Forbes|date=November 1, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101160503/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2019/11/01/confirmed-rage-against-the-machine-to-reunite-in-2020-headline-coachella/#25bcbbac12b1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Graham|last=Hartmann|url=https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-2020-reunion-rumors/|title=Rage Against the Machine Announce 2020 Reunion|website=Loudwire|date=November 1, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102062156/https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-2020-reunion-rumors/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Brooks|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8542057/rage-against-the-machine-reuniting-2020-coachella|title=Rage Against the Machine to Reunite for 2020 Coachella|magazine=Billboard|date=November 1, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101183652/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8542057/rage-against-the-machine-reuniting-2020-coachella|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 25, 2019, an alleged leaked tour poster made its way online indicating the band would be going on a world tour throughout 2020. This was later debunked by Australian-based publication ''Wall of Sound'' who broke the news that a concert poster troll photoshopped and released it online as a prank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/11/25/a-leaked-rage-against-the-machine-tour-poster-has-them-playing-splendour-2020/|title=UPDATE: That Rage Against The Machine Tour Poster Is FAKE!|date=November 24, 2019|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=November 25, 2019|archive-date=November 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125164106/https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/11/25/a-leaked-rage-against-the-machine-tour-poster-has-them-playing-splendour-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rage-against-the-machine-world-tour-poster-confirmed-to-be-fake-2571636|title=That Rage Against The Machine tour poster that's doing the rounds is fake|last=Moore|first=Sam|date=November 25, 2019|website=NME|language=en-US|access-date=November 25, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024036/https://www.nme.com/news/music/rage-against-the-machine-world-tour-poster-confirmed-to-be-fake-2578041|url-status=live}}</ref>
On February 10, 2020, Rage Against the Machine announced more worldwide dates for the 2020 reunion tour, now named the [[Public Service Announcement Tour]].<ref name="Public Service">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-2020-headlining-tour-950346/|title=Rage Against the Machine Announce 2020 Tour|first=Angie|last=Martoccio|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2020|archive-date=February 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210232828/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-2020-headlining-tour-950346/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Public Service2">{{Cite magazine|date=February 10, 2020|title=Rage Against the Machine Announce Reunion Tour: See the Dates|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/8550631/rage-against-the-machine-public-service-announcement-tour-dates|access-date=June 5, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605074305/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/8550631/rage-against-the-machine-public-service-announcement-tour-dates|url-status=live}}</ref> It was scheduled to run from March 26 through September 12, making it the band's first full-length world tour in 20 years, after they completed the promotional cycle for their third album ''[[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]''.<ref name="Public Service"/><ref name="Public Service2"/> The supporting act on all shows but Chicago would be rap duo [[Run the Jewels]].<ref name="Public Service2"/> On March 12, 2020, the band postponed the first leg of the reunion tour due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]];<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-postpone-covid-19-966791/|title=Rage Against the Machine Postpone First Half of Reunion Tour Due to Coronavirus|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|date=March 13, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=March 19, 2020|archive-date=March 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319010724/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-postpone-covid-19-966791/|url-status=live}}</ref> this tour was eventually postponed to the summer of 2021.<ref name="050220-rollingstone">{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-reschedule-reunion-tour-2021-993233/|title=Rage Against the Machine Reschedule Reunion Tour for 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 2, 2020|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502155909/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-reschedule-reunion-tour-2021-993233/|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 1, 2020, the band announced that they had rescheduled the remaining dates of their reunion tour to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rage Against The Machine Reschedule Reunion Tour |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/33034/Rage-Against-The-Machine-reschedule-reunion-tour |website=Lambgoat.com |publisher=Lambgoat |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806145252/https://lambgoat.com/news/33034/Rage-Against-The-Machine-reschedule-reunion-tour |url-status=live }}</ref> They were also due to headline the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]], which would have been Rage Against the Machine's first UK appearance in ten years, but it was announced on May 12, 2020, that the festival was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 12, 2020|title=Reading and Leeds festivals cancelled|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52637393|access-date=May 14, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513105717/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52637393|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite having rescheduled all of their tour dates, Rage Against the Machine was initially still scheduled to play [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]], which had been postponed from April to October 2020 before it was officially cancelled that June.<ref name="050220-rollingstone"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-2020-canceled-due-to-covid-19/|title=Coachella 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19|last=Yoo|first=Noah|date=June 11, 2020|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629164433/https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-2020-canceled-due-to-covid-19/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 8, 2021, it was announced that the Public Service Announcement Tour had once again been rescheduled to the spring and summer of 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-postpone-reunion-tour-2022-1153301/|title=Rage Against the Machine Postpone Reunion Tour to 2022|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|date=April 8, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=April 9, 2021|archive-date=April 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408231047/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-postpone-reunion-tour-2022-1153301/|url-status=live}}</ref>
By June 11, 2020, every Rage Against the Machine album had entered the top 30 of Apple Music's Rock Albums chart, and their debut album had entered the ''Billboard'' Top 200 at number 174.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://happymag.tv/20-years-since-their-last-release-rage-against-the-machine-are-back-in-the-charts/|title=20 years since their last release, Rage Against the Machine are back in the charts|last=Elvish|first=Emily|date=June 13, 2020|website=Happy Mag|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614234739/https://happymag.tv/20-years-since-their-last-release-rage-against-the-machine-are-back-in-the-charts/|url-status=live}}</ref> The resurgence of interest in the band's music and politics was widely attributed to renewed worldwide [[Black Lives Matter]] protests following [[murder of George Floyd|the murder]] of [[George Floyd]] in Minneapolis by law enforcement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/rage-against-machine-enter-charts-2020/|title=Rage Against the Machine Re-Enter Charts Amidst Social Unrest|last=Schaffner|first=Lauryn|date=June 12, 2020|website=Loudwire|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614234741/https://loudwire.com/rage-against-machine-enter-charts-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/06/11/rage-against-the-machine-billboard-200-itunes-protests-conservatives/#1df2d2a1287a|title=Rage Against The Machine Returns To Billboard 200 And iTunes Top 10 Amid Nationwide Protests, Conservative Backlash|last=Rolli|first=Bryan|date=June 11, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2020|archive-date=June 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615032659/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2020/06/11/rage-against-the-machine-billboard-200-itunes-protests-conservatives/#1df2d2a1287a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2020/06/rage-against-the-machine-charts/|title=Rage Against the Machine Re-enter Charts as Protests Rage On|last=Kaufman|first=Spencer|date=June 12, 2020|website=Consequence of Sound, CoS|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2020|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424200408/https://consequence.net/2020/06/rage-against-the-machine-charts/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Rage Against the Machine Touring Van - Interior with Instruments - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland (by Adam Jones).jpg|alt=A drum kit and guitar|thumb|Some of the band's gear on display at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] after their unsuccessful 2018 nomination for induction]]
On July 9, 2022, Rage Against the Machine played their first concert in 11 years at [[Alpine Valley Music Theatre]] in [[East Troy, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Rage Against The Machine Roar Back to Life at Explosive Reunion Tour Launch |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/rage-against-the-machine-reunion-tour-launch-review-1380433/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=11 July 2022 |date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711005803/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/rage-against-the-machine-reunion-tour-launch-review-1380433/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After De la Rocha [[Achilles tendon rupture|ruptured his Achilles tendon]] during a show in Chicago in July,<ref>{{cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=August 11, 2022 |title=Rage Against the Machine Cancel European Tour, Per "Medical Guidance" for Zack de la Rocha |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rage-against-the-machine-cancel-european-tour-due-to-zack-de-la-rocha-injury/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811183603/https://pitchfork.com/news/rage-against-the-machine-cancel-european-tour-due-to-zack-de-la-rocha-injury/ |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=August 11, 2022 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> Rage Against the Machine canceled their European tour and their remaining North American tour dates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-zack-de-la-rocha-tore-achilles-report/|title=RATM's Zack de la Rocha Reportedly Suffering From Torn Achilles|first=Lauryn|last=Schaffner|website=[[Loudwire]]|date=August 15, 2022|access-date=August 27, 2022|archive-date=August 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826234315/https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-zack-de-la-rocha-tore-achilles-report/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Millman |first1=Ethan |date=2022-10-04 |title=Rage Against the Machine Cancel North American Tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-cancels-north-american-tour-1234605076/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005071833/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-cancels-north-american-tour-1234605076/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Rage Against the Machine was nominated for induction into the [[Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]] in their first year of eligibility in 2017, and again in 2018, 2019, and 2021.<ref name="RRHOF 2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/entertainment/rock-hall-fame-2018-nominees/index.html|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2018 nominees announced|first=Lisa Respers |last=France|website=[[CNN]]|date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011050359/http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/entertainment/rock-hall-fame-2018-nominees/index.html|archive-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="RRHOF 2021">{{cite web |last1=Trepany |first1=Charles |title=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame sets date, venue for 2021 inductions after going virtual in 2020 |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/03/02/rock-roll-hall-fame-induction-ceremony-oct-30-rocket-mortgage-fieldhouse/6883791002/ |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=22 March 2021 |date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116072413/https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/03/02/rock-roll-hall-fame-induction-ceremony-oct-30-rocket-mortgage-fieldhouse/6883791002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They were inducted on November 3, 2023, by [[Ice-T]], at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/rock-roll-hall-of-fame-kate-bush-george-michael-among-class-of-2023/ar-AA1aGdI8 | title=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Kate Bush, George Michael among Class of 2023 | website=[[MSN]] }}</ref> Only Morello attended the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/tom-morello-was-only-member-of-rage-against-the-machine-present-at-bands-rock-hall-induction | title=TOM MORELLO Was Only Member of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Present at Band's ROCK HALL Induction | date=November 4, 2023 }}</ref> On January 3, 2024, Wilk confirmed that Rage Against the Machine had disbanded again.<ref name="Pitchfork2024">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rage-against-the-machine-will-not-tour-again-brad-wilk-says/|title=Rage Against the Machine Will Not Tour Again, Brad Wilk Says|first=Evan|last=Minsker|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 3, 2024 |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref><ref name="RollingStone2024">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-break-up-again-2024-1234939808/|title=Rage Against the Machine Break Up… Again|first=Andy|last=Greene|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 3, 2024|access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
==Musical style and influences==
[[File:Rage Against The Machine at Vegoose 2007 14.jpg|thumb|left|De la Rocha and Morello performing in 2007]]
Inspired by early [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] instrumentation, Rage Against the Machine has been influenced by a variety of music, including acts like [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[U2]], the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Black Sabbath]]/[[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[the Police]], [[Devo]], [[Living Colour]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[the Brothers Johnson]] and [[Wayne Shorter]].<ref name="nmeroots">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-roots-of-rage-against-the-machine-767351|title=The Roots Of ... Rage Against The Machine - NME|website=[[NME]]|date=July 18, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813015133/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-roots-of-rage-against-the-machine-767351|archive-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|ref=none|last=Sutcliffe|first=Phil|year=2015|title=Queen, Revised Updated: the Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock|publisher=Voyageur Press|page=3}}</ref> They are also said to be influenced by [[hip hop music|hip hop]] acts such as [[Afrika Bambaataa]],<ref name="allmusic"/> [[Run-DMC]], [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], and the [[Beastie Boys]], [[punk rock]] such as [[the Clash]], [[Minor Threat]], [[the Teen Idles]],<ref name=nmeroots/> [[Bad Brains]], the [[Dead Kennedys]], [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hill |first1=Stephen |title=Guerilla Radio 25 Years of Raging |magazine=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=July 2017 |page=42}}</ref> the [[Sex Pistols]],<ref name=nmeroots/> [[Fugazi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/the-strange-rehabilitation-of-rage-against-the-mac-89597|title=The strange rehabilitation of Rage Against The Machine|first=Jason|last=Heller|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=December 7, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813054147/http://www.avclub.com/article/the-strange-rehabilitation-of-rage-against-the-mac-89597|archive-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> and [[Bad Religion]],<ref name=nmeroots/> and crossover bands like [[Suicidal Tendencies]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review: Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies and Amon Amarth rock Worcester's DCU Center (Photos)|author=Shawn Costa|work=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|The Republican]]|date=October 13, 2016|url=http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/10/megadeth_suicidal_tendencies_a.html|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162334/https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/10/megadeth_suicidal_tendencies_a.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Urban Dance Squad]].<ref name="metrolyrics"/>
Rage Against the Machine has been noted for its "fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering [[leftist]] rants against corporate America, [[cultural imperialism]], and government oppression into a [[Molotov cocktail]] of [[punk rock]], hip hop, and [[thrash metal|thrash]]."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|title=Rage Against the Machine – Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p23206/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|year=2004|access-date=September 8, 2008|archive-date=May 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505013745/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p23206/biography|url-status=live}}</ref>
Zack de la Rocha's lyrics and choruses are defined by a heavy use of [[sloganeering]] and repetition on songs like "[[Bulls on Parade]]", "[[Guerrilla Radio]]", "[[Testify (Rage Against the Machine song)|Testify]]", and "[[Down Rodeo]]". Guitarist Tom Morello was also considered the DJ of the group.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJXzY9vhqZg |title=Guitar World Lesson With Tom Morello (RATM, Audioslave) |publisher=Youtube |date=May 16, 2011 |access-date=December 14, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021000700/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJXzY9vhqZg |archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>
Rage Against the Machine has been described as [[rap metal]], [[rap rock]], [[funk metal]], [[alternative metal]], [[hard rock]] and [[alternative rock]].{{refn|group=note|Musical styles:{{Columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[rap metal]]"<ref name="revolvermaggenre">{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Bienstock|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-rage-against-machine|title=6 Things You Didn't Know About 'Rage Against the Machine|website=Revolver Magazine|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923203923/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-rage-against-machine|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Hughes|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/story-behind-the-song-killing-in-the-name-by-rage-against-the-machine|title=Story Behind the Song: Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine|website=Classic Rock|date=February 12, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=July 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704171556/https://www.loudersound.com/features/story-behind-the-song-killing-in-the-name-by-rage-against-the-machine|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Vince|last=Neilstein|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2010/03/16/9-rage-against-the-machine/|title=#9: Rage Against the Machine|website=Metal Sucks|date=March 6, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923200410/https://www.metalsucks.net/2010/03/16/9-rage-against-the-machine/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/6852962/Rage-Against-the-Machine-Christmas-no-1-upset-over-X-Factor-cost-bookies-1m.html?mobile=basic |title=Rage Against the Machine: Christmas no 1 upset over X Factor 'cost bookies £1m' |newspaper=Telegraph |date=December 21, 2009 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925055035/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/6852962/Rage-Against-the-Machine-Christmas-no-1-upset-over-X-Factor-cost-bookies-1m.html?mobile=basic |archive-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vrpKp2oCj_8C&q=%22rap+metal+group+rage+against+the+machine%22&pg=PT113 |title=Chuck Klosterman on Rock: A Collection of Previously Published Essays - Chuck Klosterman - Google Books |date=September 14, 2010 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |isbn=9781451624496 |last1=Klosterman |first1=Chuck |publisher=Simon and Schuster |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024039/https://books.google.com/books?id=vrpKp2oCj_8C&q=%22rap+metal+group+rage+against+the+machine%22&pg=PT113 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tFDPx8IDKsoC&q=%22rap+metal+act+rage+against+the+machine%22&pg=PA150 |title=The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists - Joel McIver - Google Books |date=December 15, 2008 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |isbn=9781906002206 |last1=McIver |first1=Joel |publisher=Jawbone Press |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024033/https://books.google.com/books?id=tFDPx8IDKsoC&q=%22rap+metal+act+rage+against+the+machine%22&pg=PA150 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "[[rap rock]]"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/rage_against_machine_ready_live_at_finsbury_park_dvd | title=Rage Against the Machine Ready 'Live at Finsbury Park' DVD | work=[[Exclaim!]] | date=August 17, 2015 | access-date=February 14, 2016 | author=Hughes, Josiah | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105014111/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/rage_against_machine_ready_live_at_finsbury_park_dvd | archive-date=November 5, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9wzf | title=Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine Review | publisher=BBC | access-date=February 14, 2016 | author=Jones, Chris | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125044114/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9wzf | archive-date=January 25, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/27/rage-against-machine-arizona-boycott | title=Rage Against the Machine lead Arizona boycott | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=May 27, 2010 | access-date=February 14, 2016 | author=Michaels, Sean | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222184018/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/27/rage-against-machine-arizona-boycott | archive-date=February 22, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0001996247 | title=Rage Against the Machine - The Collection | website=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=February 14, 2016 | author=Heaney, Gregory | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314163944/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-collection-mw0001996247 | archive-date=March 14, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/31/arts/music-no-last-hurrah-yet-for-political-rock.html | title=Music; No Last Hurrah Yet for Political Rock | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 31, 2000 | access-date=February 14, 2016 | author=Powers, Ann | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223085454/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/31/arts/music-no-last-hurrah-yet-for-political-rock.html | archive-date=February 23, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* "[[funk metal]]"<ref name="micro">{{cite book |last1=Stevens |first1=Anne |last2=O’Donnell |first2=Molly |title=The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture |date=2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |page=167 |isbn=9781501345838 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkzODwAAQBAJ&dq=%22funk+metal%22+%22rapping%22&pg=PA167 |access-date=28 June 2022 |quote=Funk metal (late 1980s) employs the distinctive sound of funk; conventional riffing is similar to 1980s thrash metal (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Living Colour, Primus and Rage Against the Machine) |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024035/https://books.google.com/books?id=RkzODwAAQBAJ&dq=%22funk+metal%22+%22rapping%22&pg=PA167 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="revolvermaggenre"/><ref name="Rolling Stone-Freedom">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-take-a-test-run-through-freedom-premiere-189731/|title=Rage Against the Machine Take a Test Run Through 'Freedom' – Premiere|website=Rollingstone|date=November 19, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924033732/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-take-a-test-run-through-freedom-premiere-189731/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first= Nick |last= Catucci |title= Rage Against the Machine – XX |magazine= Rolling Stone |publisher= Jann Wenner |date= November 27, 2012 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/rage-against-the-machine-xx-20121127 |access-date= December 16, 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20121201153427/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/rage-against-the-machine-xx-20121127 |archive-date= December 1, 2012 |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= The Battle Of Los Angeles |work= [[NME]] |publisher= [[IPC Media]] |date= October 26, 1999 |access-date= March 3, 2014 |url= https://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/1506 |quote= another album of ranting, churning, slamming heavy funk-metal thunder like this one. |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927040957/http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/1506 |archive-date= September 27, 2013 |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Katherine |last= Turman |title= Review: 'Liquid Jesus; East of Gideon; Rage Against the Machine' |url= https://variety.com/1992/music/reviews/liquid-jesus-east-of-gideon-rage-against-the-machine-1200430113/ |magazine= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= June 8, 1992 |access-date= March 3, 2014 |quote= Group's approach is an intellectual-urban, multi-ethnic funk-metal hybrid, heavy on the bouncy energy |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140308101121/http://variety.com/1992/music/reviews/liquid-jesus-east-of-gideon-rage-against-the-machine-1200430113/ |archive-date= March 8, 2014 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
* "[[alternative metal]]"<ref name="AudioslaveAM"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/7/beams-insonnia-projects-rework-vintage-rage-against-the-machine-tees|title=Beams & Insonnia Projects Rework Vintage Rage Against the Machine T-Shirts|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923203915/https://hypebeast.com/2019/7/beams-insonnia-projects-rework-vintage-rage-against-the-machine-tees|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/tom_morello_chastises_paul_ryan_for_being_a_rage_against_the_machine_fan | title=Tom Morello chastises Paul Ryan for being a Rage Against The Machine fan | magazine=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] | date=August 18, 2012 | access-date=November 6, 2014 | author=Kraus, Brian | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120170654/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/tom_morello_chastises_paul_ryan_for_being_a_rage_against_the_machine_fan | archive-date=January 20, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://rock.about.com/od/rockmusic101/a/AlternativeMetal.htm | title=Alternative Metal | publisher=[[About.com]] | access-date=November 6, 2014 | author=Grierson, Tim | work=About.com Entertainment | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528212742/http://rock.about.com/od/rockmusic101/a/AlternativeMetal.htm | archive-date=May 28, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><!-- About.com source is reliable here as Tim Grierson is deemed as reliable on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources/About.com Critics Table. --><ref name="Alternative Metal">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328|title=Alternative Metal|website=Allmusic|access-date=July 18, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223033528/http://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328|archive-date=December 23, 2015}}</ref>
* "[[hard rock]]"<ref>{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Young|url=https://consequence.net/2016/05/rage-against-the-machine-public-enemy-and-cypress-hill-members-form-new-supergroup/|title=Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill members form new supergroup|website=Consequence of Sound|date=May 18, 2016|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416163014/https://consequence.net/2016/05/rage-against-the-machine-public-enemy-and-cypress-hill-members-form-new-supergroup/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Steve|last=Appleford|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-rock-for-immigrants-rights-175018/|title=Rage Against the Machine Rock for Immigrants' Rights|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 26, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923195420/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-rock-for-immigrants-rights-175018/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "[[alternative rock]]"<ref name="loudwiregenre">{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Ives|url=https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-def-leppard-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2019/|title=Rage Against the Machine, Def Leppard, More Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|website=Loudwire|date=October 9, 2019|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923205133/https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-def-leppard-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rolling Stone-Freedom"/>
}}}} Although the band has been characterized as [[nu metal]], they are often instead considered a predecessor to the genre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metaldescent.com/the-best-selling-metal-albums-of-all-time/ |title=The Best Selling Heavy Metal Albums of All Time in the U.S. |publisher=Metal Descent |last=Nihill |first=Bill |date=October 25, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004201918/http://metaldescent.com/the-best-selling-metal-albums-of-all-time/ |archive-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks With an Intro by Ozzy Osbourne and Afterword by Gene Simmons |publisher=Random House |last=Arnopp |first=Jason |year=2011 |isbn=9781446458341 |quote=If Rage had paved the way for nu-metal, Korn defined it.}}</ref><ref name=Udo144>{{cite book |last=Udo |first=Tommy |title=Brave Nu World |publisher=Sanctuary Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=1-86074-415-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/15 15, 42–43, 244] |url=https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/15 }}</ref>
==Political views and activism==
{{Main|Political views and activism of Rage Against the Machine}}
[[File:Black Flag and a Red Voodoo.jpg|alt=Stage with a black flag and red star|thumb|Rage performing in front of the flag of the [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]]]]
The members of Rage Against the Machine are well known for their leftist [[anti-authoritarian]] and [[revolutionary]] political views, and almost all of the band's songs focus on these views. Key to the band's identity, Rage Against the Machine has voiced viewpoints highly critical of the domestic and foreign policies of current and previous U.S. governments. Throughout its existence, Rage Against the Machine and its individual members participated in political protests and other activism to advocate these beliefs. The band sees its music as a vehicle for social activism; De la Rocha explained, "I'm interested in spreading those ideas through art, because music has the power to cross borders, to break military sieges and to establish real dialogue."<ref name="Juice">Wooldridge, Simon (February 2000), "[http://musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/juice00.htm Fight the Power] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201001329/http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/juice00.htm |date=February 1, 2011 }}", ''[[Juice Magazine]]''. Retrieved October 6, 2007.</ref>
Morello said of [[wage slavery]] in America:
{{Blockquote|America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn't belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don't care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.<ref>Young, Charles M. (February 1997), [http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/guitaryear.htm Tom Morello: Artist of the Year interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825135926/http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/guitaryear.htm |date=August 25, 2012 }}, ''[[Guitar World]]''. Retrieved February 17, 2007.</ref>}}
Some critics have accused the group of [[hypocrisy]] for voicing commitment to leftist causes while being millionaires signed to [[Epic Records]], a [[subsidiary]] of media conglomerate [[Sony Music]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rage On: The strange politics of millionaire rock stars|url=http://www.reason.com/news/show/27818.html|publisher=Reason Online|access-date=September 4, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831085840/http://www.reason.com/news/show/27818.html|archive-date=August 31, 2008}}</ref> [[Infectious Grooves]] released a song called "Do What I Tell Ya!" which mocks lyrics from "Killing in the Name", accusing the band of being hypocrites.<ref name=blabbermouth>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/suicidal-tendencies-frontman-on-rumored-gang-affiliation-being-only-original-member/|title=Suicidal Tendencies Frontman On Rumored Gang Affiliation, Being Only Original Member|date=November 26, 2008|publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com|access-date=June 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110031728/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/suicidal-tendencies-frontman-on-rumored-gang-affiliation-being-only-original-member/|archive-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdAzAQAAIAAJ&q=do+what+i+tell+ya+infectious+grooves+lyrics|title=The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music|access-date=June 26, 2012|isbn=9781561591763|year=1995|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|publisher=Guinness Pub. |archive-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024051/https://books.google.com/books?id=wdAzAQAAIAAJ&q=do+what+i+tell+ya+infectious+grooves+lyrics|url-status=live}}</ref> In response to such critiques, Morello stated:
{{Blockquote|When you live in a [[capitalism|capitalistic]] society, the currency of the dissemination of information goes through capitalistic channels. Would [[Noam Chomsky]] object to his works being sold at [[Barnes & Noble]]? No, because that's where people buy their books. We're not interested in preaching to just the converted. It's great to play abandoned [[squatting|squats]] run by [[anarchism|anarchists]], but it's also great to be able to reach people with a revolutionary message, people from [[Granada Hills, Los Angeles|Granada Hills]] to [[Stuttgart]].<ref name="officialfaq"/>}}
De la Rocha stated:
{{Blockquote|Yeah, to get as many people as possible to join the political debate, to get the dialogue going. I was wondering today, why would anyone climb to the roof of the American Embassy with a banner that says "Free [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]", why do you do that? That's to get the international press' attention. The international network that [[Sony]] has available, is to me the perfect tool you know, it can get even more people to join a revolutionary awareness and fight.<ref name="musicfanclubs2">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/prop.htm|title=the complete RATM site|publisher=Musicfanclubs.org|access-date=June 26, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319022800/http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/prop.htm|archive-date=March 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}}
For their 2020 reunion tour, the band announced all profits from their first three shows—in [[El Paso]], Texas; [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], New Mexico; and [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]], Arizona—would be donated to immigrant rights organizations in the US. For subsequent shows, 10% of the base ticket price and 100% of proceeds after fees and base ticket price were reserved for charities local to each city they were performing in.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wallis |first1=Adam |title=Expensive Rage Against the Machine tickets are for charity, says guitarist Tom Morello |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6569297/rage-against-the-machine-ticket-prices/ |website=[[Global News]] |access-date=20 March 2021 |archive-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409164245/https://globalnews.ca/news/6569297/rage-against-the-machine-ticket-prices/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |title=How Rage Against the Machine Are Trying to Beat Scalpers |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-scalpers-reunion-tour-tickets-953247/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=20 March 2021 |archive-date=March 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327015718/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-scalpers-reunion-tour-tickets-953247/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In May 2021, more than 600 musicians, including Rage Against the Machine, added their signature to the open letter calling for a [[Boycotts of Israel|boycott]] of performances in [[Israel]] until the [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupation of the Palestinian territories]] comes to an end.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rage Against the Machine, Roger Waters, Serj Tankian, among many to boycott Israel |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/glitz/rage-against-machine-roger-waters-serj-tankian-among-many-boycott-israel-254626 |work=The Business Standard |date=2 June 2021}}</ref> Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello voiced support for a ceasefire in the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello condemns harm to all children after Jamie Lee Curtis Gaza pic |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/10/12/rage-against-the-machines-tom-morello-condemns-harm-to-all-children-after-jamie-lee-curtis |work=Euronews |date=October 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zack de la Rocha skips Rock Hall Induction to Attend March for Palestine |url=https://phoenixxmusicmagazine.com/zack-de-la-rocha-skips-induction/ |work=Phoenix Music Magazine |date=November 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Musicians for Palestine: Thousands of musicians sign letter for Gaza ceasefire |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/23/musicians-for-palestine-thousands-of-musicians-sign-letter-for-gaza-ceasefire |work=Euronews |date=November 23, 2023}}</ref>
On June 24, 2022, the band announced that they would donate $475,000 to reproductive rights groups in Wisconsin and Illinois after the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s ruling to overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|title=Rage Against the Machine Donates $475K to Reproductive Rights Organizations Following Roe v. Wade Ruling|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-reproductive-rights-donation-roe-v-wade-1235106408/|date=June 25, 2022|access-date=June 26, 2022|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625235528/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rage-against-the-machine-reproductive-rights-donation-roe-v-wade-1235106408/|url-status=live}}</ref> During their July 9 concert in Wisconsin, the band further expressed opposition to overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'' using screened images of text including "Abort the Supreme Court" and "Forced birth in a country where black birth-givers experience [[Maternal mortality in the United States|maternal mortality]] two to three times higher than that of white birth-givers. Forced birth in a country where gun violence is the number one cause of death among children and teenagers."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-07-11/rage-against-the-machine-reunion-roe-vs-wade-abort-supreme-court|title=Rage Against the Machine reunites with a potent message: 'Abort the Supreme Court'|last=Draughorne|first=Kenan|date=July 11, 2022|access-date=July 12, 2022|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711224123/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-07-11/rage-against-the-machine-reunion-roe-vs-wade-abort-supreme-court|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Members ==
* [[Zack de la Rocha]] – lead vocals (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
* [[Tom Morello]] – guitars (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
* [[Tim Commerford]] – bass, backing vocals (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
* [[Brad Wilk]] – drums, percussion (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–2024)
== Discography ==
{{Main|Rage Against the Machine discography}}
'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]'' (1996)
* ''[[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)|Renegades]]'' (2000)
== Awards and nominations ==
Rage Against the Machine has won two [[Grammy Awards]] with six nominations altogether.<ref name=Grammy1 /> Rage Against the Machine was ranked 33rd on VH1's ''100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'' list in 2005.<ref name="ROTN">{{cite web |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists': 1-50 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020214214322/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |archive-date=February 14, 2002 |access-date=November 11, 2020 |website=Rock On The Net}}</ref> In 2008, they were inducted into the ''[[Kerrang!]]'' "Hall of Fame", and in 2010 they won ''[[NME]]'''s Heroes of the Year Award.<ref name=Kerrang /><ref name=(NME) /> The band has also received three nominations from the [[MTV Video Music Awards]], but has never won an award.<ref name=(MTV)>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1996/mtvvmas.htm|title=1996 MTV Video Music Awards|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630012600/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1996/mtvvmas.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=(MTV2)>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1425628/beck-jamiroquai-lead-video-music-awards-nominees/|title=Beck, Jamiroquai Lead Video Music Awards Nominees|publisher=MTV|date=July 22, 2018|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616231256/http://www.mtv.com/news/1425628/beck-jamiroquai-lead-video-music-awards-nominees/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=(MTV3)>{{cite web|first=Maureen|last=Herman|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rage-against-the-machine-explain-bassists-actions-20000908|title=Rage Against the Machine Explain Bassist's Actions|publisher=Rollingstone|date=September 8, 2000|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616204208/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rage-against-the-machine-explain-bassists-actions-20000908|url-status=live}}</ref> Rage Against The Machine have been nominated for the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2018, 2019 and 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.futurerocklegends.com/artist.php|title=Who are the next Rock & Roll Hall of Famers?|website=Future Rock Legends|access-date=August 7, 2022|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815011054/https://www.futurerocklegends.com/artist.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2021, the UK Official Charts Company announced that "Killing in the Name" had been named as the 'UK's Favourite Christmas Number 1 of All Time'<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rage-against-the-machines-killing-in-the-name-has-been-crowned-the-uks-favourite-christmas-number-1-of-all-time__34725/|title = UK's favourite Christmas No. 1 of all time revealed|website = [[OfficialCharts.com]]|access-date = December 16, 2021|archive-date = December 16, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211216175515/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rage-against-the-machines-killing-in-the-name-has-been-crowned-the-uks-favourite-christmas-number-1-of-all-time__34725/|url-status = live}}</ref> in a poll commissioned to celebrate the 70th Official Christmas Number 1 race (and as a tie-in with the book ''The Official Christmas No. 1 Singles Book'' by Michael Mulligan).<ref>Official Charts Company/Nine Eight Books {{ISBN|9781788705851}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/interview/the-british-obsession-with-the-christmas-number-one-single/|title=The British obsession with the Christmas number one single – SuperDeluxeEdition|date=December 12, 2021 |access-date=December 16, 2021|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216175510/https://superdeluxeedition.com/interview/the-british-obsession-with-the-christmas-number-one-single/|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Grammy Awards'''
{{awards table}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| {{grammy|1997}} || "[[Tire Me]]" || [[Best Metal Performance]]<ref name=Grammy1997>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=June 16, 2018|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|first=Mary|last=Campbell|page=8B|archive-date=July 12, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{won}}
|-
| "[[Bulls on Parade]]" || rowspan= "2" | [[Best Hard Rock Performance]]<ref name=Grammy1997/><ref name=Grammy1998>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq|title=Grammys' dual Dylans|first=Mary|last=Campbell|date=January 7, 1998|access-date=June 16, 2018|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Journal Communications|page=8B|archive-date=December 8, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208130500/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
| {{grammy|1998}} || "[[People of the Sun]]" || {{nom}}
|-
| {{grammy|1999}} || "[[No Shelter]]" || Best Metal Performance<ref name=Grammy1>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rage-against-machine|title=Rage Against the Machine|publisher=Grammy.com|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606134323/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rage-against-machine|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| {{grammy|2001}} || "[[Guerrilla Radio]]" || Best Hard Rock Performance<ref name=Grammy1/> || {{won}}
|-
| ''[[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]'' || [[Best Rock Album]]<ref name=Grammy1/> || {{nom}}
|-
| {{grammy|2002}} || "[[Renegades of Funk#Rage Against the Machine cover|Renegades of Funk]]" || Best Hard Rock Performance<ref name=Grammy1/> || {{nom}}
{{end}}
'''MTV Video Music Awards'''
{{awards table}}
|-
| {{mtvvma|1996}} || "Bulls on Parade" || rowspan= "3" | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video|Best Rock Video]]<ref name=(MTV)/><ref name=(MTV2)/><ref name=(MTV3)/> || {{nom}}
|-
| {{mtvvma|1997}} || "People of the Sun" || {{nom}}
|-
| {{mtvvma|2000}} || "[[Sleep Now in the Fire]]" || {{nom}}
{{end}}
'''NME Awards'''
{{awards table}}
|-
| 2010 || Rage Against the Machine || Heroes of the Year<ref name=(NME)>{{cite magazine|first=Jamie|last=Fullerton|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rage-against-the-machine-37-1301493|title=Rage Against The Machine win Hero Of The Year Shockwaves NME award|magazine=NME|date=February 25, 2010|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616231242/http://www.nme.com/news/music/rage-against-the-machine-37-1301493|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{won}}
{{end}}
'''Kerrang! Awards'''
{{awards table}}
|-
|| [[Kerrang! Awards#2008 Results|2008]] || Rage Against the Machine || [[Hall of Fame]]<ref name=Kerrang>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2599283/Kerrang-Awards-Metallica-Slipknot-and-Rage-Against-The-Machine-honoured.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2599283/Kerrang-Awards-Metallica-Slipknot-and-Rage-Against-The-Machine-honoured.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Kerrang! Awards: Metallica, Slipknot and Rage Against The Machine honoured|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=August 22, 2008|access-date=June 16, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || {{won}}
{{end}}
'''Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards'''
{{awards table}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010 || Rage Against the Machine || Band of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-10964427|title=AC/DC up for Classic Rock award|publisher=BBC|date=August 13, 2010|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619235925/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-10964427|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
| Christmas Number One and Free Concert || Event of the Year<ref>{{cite news|first=Sean|last=Michaels|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/12/rage-against-machine-free-concert-x-factor|title=Rage Against the Machine announce free London concert|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923193723/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/12/rage-against-machine-free-concert-x-factor|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{won}}
{{end}}
'''Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'''
{{awards table}}
|-
|| 2018 || Rage Against the Machine || [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref name=RockHall>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/rock-roll-hall-fame-announces-nominees-2019-induction|title=The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces Nominees for 2019 Induction|publisher=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|date=October 9, 2018|access-date=October 15, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015134229/https://www.rockhall.com/rock-roll-hall-fame-announces-nominees-2019-induction|url-status=live}}</ref> ||{{nominated}}
|-
|| 2019 || Rage Against the Machine || [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref name=RockHall/> ||{{nominated}}
|-
|| 2021 || Rage Against the Machine || [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref name=RockHall/> ||{{nominated}}
|-
|| 2022 || Rage Against the Machine || [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref name=RockHall/> ||{{nominated}}
|-
|| 2023 || Rage Against the Machine || Rock and Roll Hall of Fame <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/rock-roll-hall-fame-willie-nelson-kate-bush-missy-elliott-sheryl-crow-rage-inductees-1235602078/|title=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reveals Class of 2023: Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine and More |website= www.variety.com|date= May 3, 2023}}</ref> ||{{won}}
{{end}}
==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}
==References==
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<ref name="Myers">Myers, Ben (October 16, 1999), [http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/kerrang1099.htm Hello, Hello... ...It's Good To Be Back] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728134200/http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/kerrang1099.htm |date=July 28, 2011 }}, ''[[Kerrang!]]''. Retrieved February 27, 2007.</ref>
<ref name=McClard>[[Kent McClard|McClard, Kent]], [http://www.ebullition.com/catalog.html#5 History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204224008/http://www.ebullition.com/catalog.html |date=February 4, 2012 }} of Ebullition Records. Retrieved February 19, 2007.</ref>
<ref name="Woodlief">{{cite web | last = Woodlief | first = Mark | title = Rage Against the Machine | publisher = [[TrouserPress.com]] | url = http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=rage_against_the_machine | access-date = September 8, 2008 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012133355/http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=rage_against_the_machine | archive-date = October 12, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Robinson">{{cite web | last=Robinson | first=John | date=January 29, 2000 | title=The Revolution Will Not be Trivialised | work=NME | ___location=UK | url=http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/trivialized.htm | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000915224339/http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/articles/trivialized.htm | archive-date=September 15, 2000 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A730883 |title=h2g2 - Rage Against The Machine - the Band - Edited Entry |website=BBC |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825055716/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A730883 |archive-date=August 25, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="The State">{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=997&Key=&Year=1997&Cat=2 |title=Rage Against the Machine and U2 Make a Perfect Duo |access-date=September 8, 2008 |format=newspaper article |work=The State |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404194208/http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=997&Key=&Year=1997&Cat=2 |archive-date=April 4, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="Cooper">{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970911/2559779/judge-gives-go-ahead-for-rage-concert-tomorrow-at-the-gorge |title=Judge Gives Go-Ahead For Rage Concert Tomorrow At The Gorge |access-date=July 11, 2007 |format=newspaper article |work=[[Seattle Times]] |first=Matt |last=Cooper |date=September 11, 1997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511152137/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970911&slug=2559779 |archive-date=May 11, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jessicasimpson/articles/story/5922676/really_randoms_jessica_simpson_oasis |title=Really Randoms: Jessica Simpson, Oasis |access-date=September 8, 2008 |format=magazine article |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917141505/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jessicasimpson/articles/story/5922676/really_randoms_jessica_simpson_oasis |archive-date=September 17, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="Bush">{{cite web|last=Bush|first=John|title="Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium" – Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r505798|website=Allmusic|year=2003|access-date=March 16, 2008|archive-date=May 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515021846/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r505798|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Wiederhorn">{{cite web | last=Wiederhorn | first=Jon | title=Tom Morello Rages Against A New Machine On Solo Acoustic Tour | work=[[MTV News]] | date=October 22, 2003 | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479880/20031022/audioslave.jhtml | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829232354/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479880/20031022/audioslave.jhtml | archive-date=August 29, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Moss">{{cite web | last=Moss | first=Corey | title=Audioslave's Morello Says New LP Feels Less Like Soundgarden + Rage | work=[[MTV News]] | date=July 29, 2004 | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1489715/20040726/audioslave.jhtml | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725173423/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1489715/20040726/audioslave.jhtml | archive-date=July 25, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Gargano">{{cite web | last = Gargano | first = Paul | title = Nine Inch Nails (interview) | work = Maximum Ink Music Magazine | date = October 2005 | url = http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=845 | access-date = September 8, 2008 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081012002009/http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=845 | archive-date = October 12, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="March of Death">{{cite web|url=http://www.zackdelarocha.com/ |title=March of Death |access-date=February 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225135819/http://www.zackdelarocha.com/ |archive-date=February 25, 2007}}</ref>
<ref name="Spin">"King of Rage Onstage Again" (February 2006), ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''. {{full citation needed|date=July 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="MTV News">{{cite web | title = Chris Cornell Working on Solo Release – But Dismisses Rumors of Audioslave Split | work = [[MTV News]] | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537179/20060726/cornell_chris.jhtml?headlines=true | access-date = September 8, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070808192733/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537179/20060726/cornell_chris.jhtml?headlines=true | archive-date = August 8, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Rockline">''Rockline'' interviews Audioslave. August 29, 2006.</ref>
<ref name="Launch Radio Networks">{{cite web | date=April 20, 2007 | title=Rage Against the Machine Guitarist Calls Rally Performance 'Very Exciting' | work=Launch Radio Networks | publisher=93X Rock News | url=http://93x.com/blog.asp?id=390561&SBID=4444 | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421141509/http://93x.com/blog.asp?id=390561&SBID=4444 | archive-date=April 21, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Cecbuzz">{{cite web | date=September 19, 2007 | title=Rage Against the Machine tour announced | publisher=Fasterlouder.com.au | url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/10520/Rage-Against-the-Machine-tour-announced.htm | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203010642/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/10520/Rage-Against-the-Machine-tour-announced.htm | archive-date=December 3, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="Tao">{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=380021|title=Anti Records Signs One Day as a Lion|last=Tao|first=Paul|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=Absolutepunk.net|access-date=July 2, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527062228/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=380021|archive-date=May 27, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="Jefferson">{{cite news |last=Jefferson |first=Elana |url=http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10318511 |title=Review: Rage Against the Machine |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=August 27, 2008 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111140631/http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10318511 |archive-date=January 11, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-28-na-protest28-story.html |title=Protest led by Iraq war veterans ends in talk with Obama liaison - Los Angeles Times |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |first1=Nicholas |last1=Riccardi |first2=DeeDee |last2=Correll |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110818022929/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/28/nation/na-protest28 |archive-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Martens">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/03/tom-morello-grammy-museum.html|title=Tom Morello at the Grammy Museum: Political activism, music biz lessons and what about another Rage album?|last=Martens|first=Todd|date=April 1, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420063310/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/03/tom-morello-grammy-museum.html|archive-date=April 20, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="New Musical Express">{{cite web|title=Rage Against the Machine to take on 'The X Factor' for Christmas Number One|url=https://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/48727|work=New Musical Express|date=December 4, 2009|access-date=December 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205194510/http://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/48727|archive-date=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="Twitter">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/6681995543 |title=Twitter / Tom Morello: Rage's Killing in the Name |work=Twitter |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111021540/https://twitter.com/tmorello/status/6681995543 |archive-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Gigwise">{{cite news |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/53934/Dave-Grohl-Im-Buying-Rage-Against-The-Machine |title=Dave Grohl: 'I'm Buying Rage Against the Machine' |work=Gigwise |date=December 17, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427055457/http://www.gigwise.com/news/53934/Dave-Grohl-Im-Buying-Rage-Against-The-Machine |archive-date=April 27, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Rolling Stone 2009">{{cite magazine |author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-backs-rage-against-the-machine-in-u-k-battle-20091218 |title=Paul McCartney Backs Rage Against the Machine in U.K. Battle | Music News |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=October 31, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819031105/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-backs-rage-against-the-machine-in-u-k-battle-20091218 |archive-date=August 19, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="Official Fightstar Facebook">{{cite web|title=Rage Against the Machine for Christmas no 1! It's already at no 2! Stop X Factor stealing the top spot again! Buy 'killing in the name of'!|url=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Official-Fightstar-Page/27992854157?v=feed&story_fbid=220286392525&ref=mf|work=Official Fightstar Facebook|date=December 14, 2009|access-date=December 17, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922203006/http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Official-Fightstar-Page/27992854157?v=feed&story_fbid=220286392525&ref=mf|archive-date=September 22, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzNdLsI49I |title=Broadcast Yourself |publisher=YouTube |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723071245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQzNdLsI49I |archive-date=July 23, 2013 }}</ref>
<ref name="Twitter 2009">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/HadoukenUK/status/6641048015 |title=Just bought my Rage Against The Machine single |author=HadoukenUK |work=Twitter |date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111021545/https://twitter.com/HadoukenUK/status/6641048015 |archive-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="Rage Against 5 Live">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rliEdnbwCOA |title=Rage Against 5 Live.wmv |publisher=YouTube |date=December 17, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907173816/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rliEdnbwCOA |archive-date=September 7, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="BBC Radio 5 Live">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pbq9j#p005n8wp |title=BBC Radio 5 live - 5 live Breakfast, 17/12/2009 |website=BBC |date=December 17, 2009 |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111021852/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pbq9j#p005n8wp |archive-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="The Official Charts">{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php |title=Singles Top 40 from the Official UK Charts Company |publisher=Theofficialcharts.com |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430004159/http://theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php |archive-date=April 30, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="Blabbermouth">{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/rage-against-the-machine-announces-free-u-k-gig-details |title=Rage Against the Machine Announces Free U.K. Gig Details |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=February 12, 2010 |access-date=October 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510064526/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134990 |archive-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="NME 2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/49797 |title=Rage Against The Machine's free London gig: all tickets allocated | News |work=NME |date=February 17, 2010 |___location=UK |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529055357/http://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/49797 |archive-date=May 29, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Gigwise 2010">{{cite news |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/56257/Rage-Against-The-Machine-Announce-Rage-Factor-Support-Acts |title=Rage Against the Machine Announce 'Rage Factor' Support Acts |work=Gigwise |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512120313/http://www.gigwise.com/news/56257/Rage-Against-The-Machine-Announce-Rage-Factor-Support-Acts |archive-date=May 12, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Download Festival 2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/article.aspx?aid=ce56f7b0-369f-40c9-b77c-bd617aae0ed3 |title=Download Festival 2010 |publisher=Downloadfestival.co.uk |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218083757/http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/article.aspx?aid=ce56f7b0-369f-40c9-b77c-bd617aae0ed3 |archive-date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="O'Neal">{{cite news |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |url=https://www.avclub.com/rage-against-the-machine-considering-recording-new-albu-1798220331 |title=Rage Against the Machine considering recording new album |newspaper=The A.V. Club |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610221639/http://www.avclub.com/articles/rage-against-the-machine-considering-recording-new%2C41863/ |archive-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Rock Radio">{{cite web |url=http://www.downloadfestivalradio.com/News/&action=fullnews&id=139 |title=Rock Radio |publisher=Downloadfestivalradio.com |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618001911/http://www.downloadfestivalradio.com/News/%26action%3Dfullnews%26id%3D139 |archive-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Soundstrike">{{cite press release|url=http://www.thesoundstrike.net/content/press-release-rage-against-machine-and-conor-oberst-play-concert-benefit-arizona-organizatio |title=Rage Against the Machine and Conor Oberst to Play Concert to Benefit Arizona Organizations Fighting SB1070 |website=thesoundstrike.net |date=July 14, 2010 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825131525/http://www.thesoundstrike.net/content/press-release-rage-against-machine-and-conor-oberst-play-concert-benefit-arizona-organizatio |archive-date=August 25, 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="La Tercera">{{cite news |url=http://diario.latercera.com/edicionimpresa/vamos-a-chile-para-tributar-el-legado-de-bolano-y-victor-jara/ |title=Zach de la Rocha: Vamos a Chile para tributar el legado de Bolaño y Víctor Jara |newspaper=[[La Tercera]] |date=October 3, 2010 |access-date=December 28, 2010 |language=es |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510065420/http://diario.latercera.com/edicionimpresa/vamos-a-chile-para-tributar-el-legado-de-bolano-y-victor-jara/ |archive-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name="metrolyrics">{{cite web|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|title=Urban Dance Squad – Biography|url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/urban-dance-squad-biography.html|publisher=[[Metrolyrics]]|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103071406/http://www.metrolyrics.com/urban-dance-squad-biography.html|archive-date=November 3, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="WordPress">{{cite web |last=Berdini |first=Valerio |title=live on 35mm.Berdini,Valerio |date=June 9, 2010 |url=http://liveon35mm.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/rage-against-the-machine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718102220/http://liveon35mm.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/rage-against-the-machine/ |archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="Devenish">Devenish, Colin (2001), ''Rage Against the Machine'': [[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] {{ISBN|0-312-27326-6}}</ref>
<ref name="officialfaq">{{cite web |url=http://www.ratm.de/faq/ragefaq.html |title=Rage Against the Machine FAQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526032423/http://www.ratm.de/faq/ragefaq.html |archive-date=May 26, 2006}}, [[Internet Archive]] cache of FAQ on the official Rage Against the Machine website. Retrieved February 17, 2007.</ref>
<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Gold & Platinum — June 09, 2010 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |archive-date=June 26, 2007}}</ref>
<ref name="SNL">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/snl.htm |title=rage: SNL Incident |website=Musicfanclubs.org |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709160401/http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/snl.htm |archive-date=July 9, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="zackquit">{{cite web | last=Armstrong | first=Mark | date=October 18, 2000 | title=Zack de la Rocha Leaves Rage Against the Machine | work=[[MTV News]] | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=460baa38-4bb2-4eab-9395-22a301d24afb&entry=index | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210182204/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=460baa38-4bb2-4eab-9395-22a301d24afb&entry=index | archive-date=February 10, 2008 | access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="outofexcilenumberone">{{cite web | last = Harris | first = Chris | title = Audioslave Rage To First Billboard No. 1 | work = [[MTV News]] | date = June 1, 2005 | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1503275/20050601/audioslave.jhtml | access-date = August 30, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080725010458/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1503275/20050601/audioslave.jhtml | archive-date = July 25, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="cornellquit">{{cite web | last = Harris | first = Chris | title = Chris Cornell Talks Audioslave Split, Nixes Rumors Of Soundgarden Reunion | work = [[MTV News]] | date = February 15, 2007 | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552582/20070215/audioslave.jhtml | access-date = September 27, 2023 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070817012710/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552582/20070215/audioslave.jhtml | archive-date = August 17, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="firedup">{{cite web | last=Harris | first=Chris | date=February 6, 2007 | title=Nightwatchman, Rage Reunion Have Morello Fired Up For Political Fights | work=[[MTV News]] | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1551733/20070206/morello_tom.jhtml | access-date=February 18, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219054113/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1551733/20070206/morello_tom.jhtml | archive-date=February 19, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="reznor">{{cite web | last = Moss | first = Corey | title = Reznor Says Collabos With de la Rocha, Keenan May Never Surface | work = [[MTV News]] | date = May 10, 2005 | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1501617/20050510/reznor_trent.jhtml | access-date = February 17, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070429045100/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1501617/20050510/reznor_trent.jhtml | archive-date = April 29, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="reunionnme">{{cite web | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date=April 30, 2007 | title=Rage Against the Machine reunite at Coachella | work=NME | ___location=UK | url=https://www.nme.com/news/coachella/28013 | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724150327/http://www.nme.com/news/coachella/28013 | archive-date=July 24, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="reunionyahoo">{{cite news | last=Sulugiuc | first=Gelu |date=April 30, 2007 | title=Rage Against the Machine reunites |agency=Reuters | work=Yahoo! News | url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/en_nm/rage_dc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503155703/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/en_nm/rage_dc | archive-date=May 3, 2007 | access-date=September 8, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="reunionmtv">{{cite web | last=Moss | first=Corey | date=April 30, 2007 | title=Rage Against the Machine's Ferocious Reunion Caps Coachella's Final Night | work=[[MTV News]] | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558334/20070430/rage_against_the_machine.jhtml | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725005919/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558334/20070430/rage_against_the_machine.jhtml | archive-date=July 25, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="futurealbum-bm">{{cite web | date=May 1, 2007 | title=Tom Morello: 'No Plans' For New Rage Against the Machine Album | work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] | publisher=Ultimateguitar.com | url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tom_morello_no_plans_for_new_rage_against_the_machine_album.html | access-date=September 8, 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112022402/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tom_morello_no_plans_for_new_rage_against_the_machine_album.html | archive-date=January 12, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name="futurealbum">{{cite news|date=August 11, 2008 |title=Zack de la Rocha talks to Ann Powers |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/08/these-days-the.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812095152/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/08/these-days-the.html |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name="Graff">{{cite news|last=Graff|first=Gary|title=Morello: Nightwatchman Takes Priority Over Rage|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266149/morello-nightwatchman-takes-priority-over-rage|magazine=Billboard|date=December 5, 2008|access-date=March 21, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705040742/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266149/morello-nightwatchman-takes-priority-over-rage|archive-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="NME">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/48816 |title=NME |website=[[NME]] |___location=UK |access-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413094306/http://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/48816 |archive-date=April 13, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="Chartattack">{{cite web |author=12/15/09 5:57pm by Mark Teo (CHARTattack) |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/77815/tom-morello-prodigy-stereophonics-support-rage-x-mas-single-campaign |title=Chartattack.com |publisher=Chartattack.com |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612120959/http://www.chartattack.com/news/77815/tom-morello-prodigy-stereophonics-support-rage-x-mas-single-campaign |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
<ref name="test">{{cite web |url=http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/12/former_x_factor_winner_backs_r.html |title=Kerrang! Former X Factor winner backs Rage campaign! |publisher=.kerrang.com |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214161907/http://www2.kerrang.com/2009/12/former_x_factor_winner_backs_r.html |archive-date=December 14, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="BBC news">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8423340.stm |title=– Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts |work=BBC News |date=December 20, 2009 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221052030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8423340.stm |archive-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="Billboard 1996">{{cite web |title=Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End [1996] |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums |website=[[Billboard 200]] |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427174051/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name="Billboard 1999">{{cite web |title=Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End [1999] |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/top-billboard-200-albums |website=[[Billboard 200]] |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109212750/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/top-billboard-200-albums |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="Star Profile audio">{{cite video |date=March 28, 2000 |title=The Rage Against The Machine Star Profile |medium=Audio Documentary CD |publisher=Masterrights LTD |id=B00004S9P6 }}</ref>
<ref name="Star Profile">{{cite book |last1=Cassell |first1=Paul |others=Burrows, Brian (design) |title=The Rage Against The Machine Star Profile |series=Star Profile |date=March 28, 2000 |publisher=Masterrights LTD |___location=30 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6QJ, United Kingdom |isbn=1-84069-040-2 }}</ref>
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Donna Maria |date=April 2012 |title=Anti-Capitalist Critique and Travelling poetry in the Works of Lorna Dee Cervantes and Rage Against the Machine |url=http://interamerica.de/current-issue/alexander/ |journal=Forum for Inter-American Research |volume=5 |issue=1 |doi=10.17613/M6DR1T}}
* {{cite book | last = Devenish | first = Colin | title = Rage Against the Machine | publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] | ___location = New York | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-312-27326-6 }}
* {{cite book | last = Stenning | first = Paul |author-link=Paul Stenning | title = Rage Against the Machine: Stage Fighters | publisher=Independent Music Press | ___location = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-906191-07-8 }}
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