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Rage Against the Machine

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Recent Role:
Themselves on MTV Video Music Awards
Gender:
Male
Born:
2-10-1991
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, CA
Birth Name:
Rage Against The Machine
AKA:
RATM, Rage
Rage Against the Machine is a band who formed in 1991 in Los Angeles. The RATM lineup consists of: Zack de la Rocha on vocals, Tom Morello on guitar, Brad Wilk on drums, and Tim Commerford on bass. Their first private performance was at a friend of Tim's living room party, and they decided they had something. They took their name from the title of Zack's previous band's unreleased second album. They played a few shows, and were almost immediately contacted by several labels. However, they all seemed to think the politics were a gimmick, and Rage didn't bother with them. Their earliest demos… More were recorded "before ever playing live" and were for sale at their shows, and they made and sold about 5000 copies. They signed with Epic after a short time, and their self-titled debut album on Epic (a division of Sony) was released in November, 1992 (see C-2). They toured in support of various bands and gained more and more recognition; their debut album went platinum. The band broke up in 2000 due to some disagreements between de la Rocha and the rest of the band. Morello, Wilk, and Commerford joined Chris Cornell to form a band called Audioslave. In February of 2007 however, all four Rage members performed together in concert thus marking the beginning of an RATM reunion.

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