funny. i was looking the the iron man cast and tom morello plays "insurgent #5"

the more you know.

Posted by drbino on 2008-06-27 08:52:57
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What a classic album. Just saw these guys a couple of weeks ago in holland and i think the songs from this album were definatly the best of the set. Especialy Freedom.
Anger is a gift!
Fuck yeah. Still as relevant today as it was 16 years ago.

Posted by INDW on 2008-06-27 06:04:12
My Score:

very nice review of a top quality album; their best imo and 9 is the right score.

I would say that the talk of 3 quality albums is misplaced however, the covers album is sorely underrated. Very good cover of minor threat on there.

Posted by wyzo on 2008-06-26 17:36:42
My Score:

I remember being a young teenager buying this from what would be today a big box store, and thinking I just bought a major label album that is 'subversive', this record is either going to nosedive into hype or justify the label gamble.

I might not dig the level of moshity that this band created in young white kids, but it is painfully dense record. Hard to listen to the whole record straight, just very dense and geologic in its pounding both lyrically and musically. Great songs.

I also liked some of Zach's DJ shadow collaborations.

And while as a whole, including the absurd band name, they were atrocious, audioslave's singles were a guilty pleasure for me, very guilty, I mean that band was the epitome of shitty mt.dew "intense" rock, but those singles are solid if mainstream numbers. I feel so shamed now. As I should.

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Yeah Rastid, I was confused there for a second.

great album, and to the people upset that an older album is getting reviewed... don't read it, plain and simple

ok, i'm an idiot, too. I meant paulrulzdood not KurtTGS. My bad, Kurt. My bad.

"It had to be capitalism
The vortex of this rage
This competition
Man to man"

KurtTGS, you're an idiot.

Posted by sugarfull on 2008-06-25 22:21:45
My Score:

Never liked this band, but I'm glad that this got reviewed.

Posted by nocigar on 2008-06-25 18:01:56
My Score:

Amazing album for an amazing band. Their concert in WI was so awesome, mud pits and giant mud hills and pouring rain!! so fun.

Because its a classic and therefore deserves a review on this site!

Some people may also not be as cool and omnipotent as you, because you obviously know absolutely everything so why bother reading reviews of anything..

Douche

Posted by RYANGP on 2008-06-25 15:12:11
My Score:

Score is for people who review 16 year-old albums.

We knew this was a great cd back in '92, so what's the point of reviewing it again?

This was my favorite band for like 4 years. I made my dad order the Woodstock '99 pay-per-view just so I could watch their set. He got pissed when they burned the flags.

This record and "Evil Empire" taught me how to play drums.

Speaking of Evil Empire, that riff that comes in on the song "Snakecharmer" right after Zach says "your friendship is a fog that disappears when the wind redirects" used to make me go fucking nuts. Still does.

Love these guys.

RATM aren't anti-capitalist, at least not overtly, their lyrics were always typically about social-injustice more than economic systems, but whatever Rastid, you're probably a complete tool

Posted by Rastid on 2008-06-25 08:37:06
My Score:

"down with capitalism" shirts, on-sale now for just $25!

"even if you discovered it only through the medium of "Guitar Hero 2".

I you're in this case an more than 14 years old, kill yourself please.

Posted by VictorIkpeba24 on 2008-06-25 06:05:29
My Score:

Classic. I don't like rap/metal or anything that sounds like that, but this album is a classic, everyone likes it.

This is pretty much the only rap/metal combo that I can stomach, mostly because of De La Rocha's voice and lyrics. Although I wish that Inside Out had more albums, it's good that a band with something to say got some exposure.

Posted by cheesetits on 2008-06-24 19:21:23
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Wow, nostalgia trip. Best Rage cd, "Know Your Enemy" is also my favorite song. I'm not afraid to say I like this band, and I'm comfortable in my self esteem to say I am actually not also a douchebag, a rare combination. One of the few bands that went out on top in my opinion.

Posted by T-Rock on 2008-06-24 19:18:06
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This album is probably the most revolutionary, rebellious album that ever hit the mainstream. You can say a lot about RATM, but despite their mainstream success, they never pulled any punches. On any release. Every track on every album seemed to say something that would make politicians cringe.

BTW, if anybody wants to doubt their rebelliousness after this album, please watch the "Sleep Now In The Fire" video with Michael Moore. They play oustide of Wall Street and end up getting arrested. That was from the "Battle of LA" era. They were still as good as it gets.

Posted by sammyg on 2008-06-24 17:33:02
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This album is awesome but its raw and doesn't really showcase all the band can do. "No Shelter" has to be one of my favorite RATM song of all time and its from the Evil Empire days. That album, "Evil Empire" is damn fine and quite a focused, relentless, heavy record. Its amazing and is of higher quality than this, their first release. All three of their records are awesome. I would say they were on the rise until they stopped, all three albums are easily A efforts.

"Know your Enemy" is still my favorite RATM song.
-Dante

I agree, this is the best and most revolutionary Rage album in my opinion, hence me saying so.

If you ask me, every subsequent RATM release did not match up to the previous one. This is one band I would definitely say started out at the top of their game.

I'm not sure why so many people say that this album is better than battle of Los Angeles. It's probably because I got that one first, but I think all their other shit pales in comparison.

Posted by paulrulzdood on 2008-06-24 16:09:52
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this album was mindblowingly revolutionary in 1992 (yes, I did own it in 1992, I'm 28 now, this was one of the first musical leaps I made as a middle school kid graduating from a steady diet of hair metal to grunge and these dudes, Green Day and Offspring turned me on to punk, pop punk and politically charged music) and still holds up today, although not as well as Evil Empire or Batltle of LA.

The first 3 tracks, Know your enemy, wake up and Freedom are all amazing, lyrics, energy and think of the fucking context of when this shit came out. 1992...ok, Motley Crue were huge still, Nevermind was only a year old, rap rock was essentially unexplored territory other than Aerosmith/RunDMC "walk this way" and like "body count" I guess. mainstream rap rock was unheard of, music was in a transition from 80's hair metal to 90's grunge and RATM just burst out of nowwhere with politcally charged socially aware angry raps over Zeppelin esque classic guitar riffs with a grunge tinge. It was perfect and revolutionary, it was so new and it blew my mind. It's probably still my favorite RATM album and while some songs (know your enemy) are painfully played out now, I can still recall when "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" made me lose my shit. I was heavily into these guys throughout highschool and moved on in college to other styles of music and bands but my respect remains.

also, their lyrical content and attitude is much more punk than half the bands reported on this site. I mean what the fuck do the Shins have to do with punk? I'm just sayin. Or Wolf Parade? Ok, its called punknews.org not coffeshopshoegazers.corg.

Paul

So, I'd rather read a review of an album that I have had the chance to listen to for 15 years or so, than anything that came out today?

Well, there's 9 others, perhaps you could click one of those first instead of being a little bitch.

So, I'd rather read a review of an album that I have had the chance to listen to for 15 years or so, than anything that came out today?

Posted by blip on 2008-06-24 14:04:25
My Score:

great album, though i feel like EE might have been their best. but maybe that's just cause i bought it first.

Posted by baseball on 2008-06-24 13:57:34
My Score:

This album still rocks. I remember learning so much of this on my guitar like 10 years ago.