INTRODUCING E-Girl/GEN Z to Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name!

#rageagainstthemachine #ratm #reaction
Today I introduced two Gen Z-er's to Rage Against the Machine for the first time ever. I decided to put them in front one of RAGES most renowned songs "Killing In The Name" This is what happened...
INTRODUCING E-Girl/GEN Z to Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name! W/ the @itsandiroo and Jelly Belly: www.tiktok.com/@thejellybelly...
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[@Belly_Beane]

Imagine comparing this song about police brutality to wearing a mask during a global pandemic 🙄 Y’all missed the plot.

[@iamaced479]

BP is abit of a thicko and can’t help himself, he thinks it makes him cool that he was an antivaxxer or something

[@TonyTonez91]

@@Dave_Allenliterally not the same 😂😂

[@ExUSSailor]

Well said!

[@alfioplays7443]

Nobody of these so called reactors, really digs into the lyrics because they don't have the balls to say what needs to be said...armed forces are plagued with racist p.o.s..that follow the teachings of one Albert Pike..there is a reason they burn crosses, the prophet Yishua was a black man..and they sure hate black floks..

[@themadpants781]

I had the exact same thought. This came up on my feed as a recommendation. This guy is weak.

[@troublemethis17]

Without the context of the LAPD of the 80s, Rodney King vid, the acquittals, and the LA riots you're missing something. RATM's music is secondary to their message

[@AceOfSpadezCC]

That's funny considering they are raging for the machine now.

[@troublemethis17]

@@AceOfSpadezCC trumpanzee says what?

[@AceOfSpadezCC]

@troublemethis17 I'm not a Trumper. But facts are facts. Biden did that, then rage redid this song for the biden administration to push the vaccine they were pushing, which is funny cause it was made under Trump. But then the leftists said they won't take it cause it was made under Trump. But then they pushed it for 4 years now. 🙄. But sure call people names for saying your favorite band sold the fuck out like some cucks. 🤣

[@rexrogers1859]

​@@troublemethis17"There's no left. There's no right. In the middle we sleep." Ren Gill

[@Belly_Beane]

@@AceOfSpadezCC no they aren’t 🙄

[@paulleach3612]

Gen Z, "So, how hard did Gen X go?" Rage Against the Machine, "Yes."

[@shifty7629]

Our grad songs in 94 were this and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Our teachers obviously never vetted the songs ahead of time. The look on their faces :D

[@amyaeschbach3581]

Great job BP as always!love Andy, but chill sometimes on being so sure of the things you think you know for sure, especially with things u haven’t heard or looked at the history or time period. Graduation in 94 also. So there. For me BULLS IN PARADE was one of most impressive and had me hooked!! Check it out BP. ❤✌️You’ll love it.

[@chrisd7047]

1991 grad here, became a metalhead in 1988 when ...And Justice For all came out. Man In The Box came out my senior year. So GenX not only had RATM, Alice in Chains, and all the NuMetal bands, we also had Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Ozzy, NIN, Marilyn Manson. Judas Priest released Painkiller. We've lived in the golden era of metal.

[@ultimusgt]

And they did nothing with it, useless generation

[@chrisd7047]

@@ultimusgt Do you have any idea how badly GenX is outnumbered by the generations before and after us? Of course we're useless; we've been told we don't matter all of our lives in a variety of ways.

[@TheDeadStretch]

Side note: You gotta love it when people misunderstand the actual message/s of RATM. Though I get it you hear/read a lot about them from Social Media and form a biased based on what you read while at the same time not even learning the viewpoints from Zach and Tom and the band themselves. This can't be done by listening to their music alone. You have to read their interviews and look into the actual activism they were and are involved in. For context the band name is just a throw away. It's not the end all be all of what the band stands for. It works though still to this day to spark conversation and discussion about it.

[@ThyMessanger]

yeah it sucks when people who are literally opposed to the radical politics of the band are just jamming out to it mindlessly, and don’t even change their outlooks, it defeats the purpose

[@comicreviews]

RATM is always called metal or nu-metal.... but, they predated the nu-metal scene by several years and I think they're more funk/punk/rap/metal. Maybe PROTO-nu-metal.

[@ChristopherJames1993]

They're more like a metalcore band that anything. A blend of metal and hardcore.

[@Will_Wel]

​@@ChristopherJames1993nope!

[@black4pienus]

I just call it protest metal or rock.

[@timoeveraers336]

@@black4pienus It's crossover funk metal.

[@nolanrussell6326]

They're one of main influences on a lot of the nu-metal bands that came a few years later. They inspired nu-metal, but they don't entirely fit into one specific genre

[@adeptusmagi]

well whatever you think of de la Rocha's political views he stands up for his principles attending a protest in support of stopping the genocide in Gaza rather than the rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony says it all

[@jss27560]

But did he protest the Hamas killing of over 1000 Jewish civilians, the rape and beheading of children and the elderly? Or the Hamas constitution that called for the death of jews and the state of Israel?

[@adeptusmagi]

@@jss27560 well at least half of the claims you make have been dis-bunked as Israeli Lies no babys were beheaded hamas fighters didnt stop in the middle of an armed attack to rape hundreds of women while under fire from the IDF and remember Israel was born out of Zionist terrorist campaigns while international law protects the right of an occupied people to armed resistance without being labelled terrorist So i dont think you can legally call Hamas terrorists according to UN resolutions,or the Geneva conventions

[@marcelodiaz5006]

​@@jss27560 no one who have any decency is gonna protest for isn'real

[@laserpanda94]

​@@jss27560 Why would you protest against a specific terrorist group? What could that possibly achieve? Do you think this would put any kind of pressure on them to change their ways? People protest governments because the government has the power to do something but perhaps not the political will. Protesting aims to change the government's mind by showing them their position is at odds with significant numbers of the people and that they risk alienating voters. How would this work with Hamas exactly? What you're suggesting is like protesting against cancer, or spiders.

[@NothingXemnas]

​@@laserpanda94 Jesus Christ, did you miss the entire point with a strawman argument? Dude is just pointing out that the war has more layers than credit is given. Yes, Israel's government can suck my balls, but that doesn't extremists within Palestine has no bearing over civilian deaths on boths sides of the conflict, dating tens of years, now. If you dismiss civilian deaths of any kind, you miss the entire point of protesting against war. Why is this even a discussion? Cease-fire is no longer enough, both sides are permanently burned by mutual hatred, and will kill towards extinction of either sides, it is absurdity to think this is as simple as spiders.

[@jeffwilson3205]

Rage helped a lot of white kids in the suburbs (like me) learn about systemic racism in the US as well as our dark colonial past (and present). They were on the forefront of mixing hard rock/metal with rap before “nu-metal” existed…and they were unabashedly political. In this song we learned that the modern policing system in the US are a direct descendant of the slave patrols that started once slavery was abolished. Police brutality and racist policing still alive and well 200 years later.

[@BBaker916]

Nice talking points, when did you remove your black square icon? This country has been enslaving all people since before the civil war. With the 14th amendment they told some they were free, with the 16th amendment they turned us all into slaves.

[@shanegooding4839]

Andy RATM formed in 91 and were older than Nu Metal which blew up in the mid 90s. They are generally regarded as Rap Metal or Funk Metal which along with Groove Metal influenced the development of Nu Metal.

[@itsandiroo]

Hey, my word isn’t the end-all be-all, but it definitely sounds like what we would consider Nu-Metal today, so that’s why I said that. Completely fair assumption on my end. Genres are just genres and it’s never that serious anyway haha! Nonetheless I appreciate the respectful information…the more ya know!

[@8dayssooner]

@@itsandiroo It's 100% a fair assumption to make. Like you said, their sound is indicative of what is now labelled as Nu-Metal, even though Shane is also correct in the fact that they predated, and even pioneered the way for bands like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park who emerged during the first wave of Nu-Metal.

[@TheDeadStretch]

@@itsandiroo Nu-Metal is more influenced by bands like Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Steve Vai, Prong. Rage on the other hand is more influenced by Bad Brains, The Clash George Clinton, Public Enemy. "Rapping" wasn't even a main stay with Nu-Metal in the beginning. That's when it became a Pop genre.

[@shanegooding4839]

@@itsandiroo No shade meant. Been a RATM fan from the beginning and ultimately who cares what genre a band is as long as you can dig their music 😜🎶.

[@joshuaperry4112]

I consider Rap-Metal and Groove-Metal offshoots of the Nu-Metal Era. I don't think Nu-Metal should really be considered a style, as much as an era of styles being popular. Kinda how No Doubt is considered "Grungy" while sounding fuck-all like Nirvana, who sounds nothing like Beck. They all sorta fit in the framing of "Grunge Era", while, if I really thought about it, I wouldn't call them Grunge. Whatdya think?

[@discreteentropy]

LA riots and Rodney King in 1992 was a defining moment for the band. This was RATM’s “f*ck you” to law enforcement and the establishment. Such a jam still today.

[@darrenl3289]

SMH, pointing out the flaws and problems that come from unchecked capitalism is not anti-capitalism... it's being HONEST. It's also naive at best, disingenuous at worst, to ignore how unchecked capitalism has woven inextricably with the government, both subverting the intent of good governance while also removing even basic regulation from companies.

[@leonardopatrizio]

Unchecked capitalism is capitalism, corporatism is capitalism. Capitalism is cancer and it needs to grow to survive. Short and long term.

[@hereforit170]

From my whole heart, excellent. Pls run for office somewhere, anywhere, if you can stand being affiliated with the establishment

[@jgreen2015]

RATM are NOT NU-METAL!!🤬

[@factcheck5017]

Who cares lol…. They are a hybrid of a bunch of music ….

[@idrinkdiesel8451]

Damn, so angry over a comment on a song and band they know little or nothing about. Chiilll man

[@jgreen2015]

@@factcheck5017 nu-metal is a 2000s movement. And shit.

[@Warchild0311]

No RATM and faith no more are just credited for helping start the genre but they’re in every fucking new metal playlist so you know enjoy staying in your box

[@jgreen2015]

@@Warchild0311 they're not nu metal lol

[@Dreyno]

“Killing in the Name Of” isn’t about resisting health regulations during a pandemic. Lee Greenwood is more your jam if that’s your bag.

[@Belly_Beane]

Or maybe Kid Rock

[@Dreyno]

@@Belly_Beane Well, if somebody is also an inadequate man child, then yes, Kid Rock.

[@pyenapple]

Seriously. What a sad reaction this was

[@tobertb]

That song predates the pandemic by 15 years

[@Dreyno]

@@tobertb That’s my point.

[@gstevenson7781]

One of my favourite things about RATM is that this song got a Xmas number one a few years back in the UK (which is a big thing over here), after people got annoyed at X Factor winners getting it for the previous few years. After they won, BBC got them on tv to perform it but told them no matter what not to swear! Needless to say when it got to the last bit, Zack started shouting F@ck you I won’t do what you tell me, and the BBC had to cut the feed as quickly as possible

[@sputukgmail]

Yep - it was one of the best things to happen to U.K. “pop” music in many years. I bought the live version at the time because although I’d had the studio version for ever, the live version they put out was great too. But I discovered annoyingly that it’s no longer available for me to listen to or download on iTunes / Apple Music! I hate it when the online music services do that.

[@misterT14k]

legendary

[@lazarusblack9995]

ROFLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!! OMG What was the BBC thinking? The lyrics scream "I won't do what you tell me." Did they think it was a metaphor?

[@wodm]

dont forget, they also flew over and played a free outdoor concert too

[@laserpanda94]

​@@lazarusblack9995 To be fair to the BBC, I understand they were 99% sure Zack wasn't going to abide by the request but wanted to at least broadcast the show up until they had to cut it. They would have received some complaints but to be honest, people are constantly complaining about the BBC over here anyway so I doubt it made much difference 😂

[@TheDeadStretch]

Ya gotta love this kid Andy Roo speaking with such confidence with 100% wrong facts. It's kinda funny how much he wishes he knew about stuff that was big before he was born and/or not in the scene for.

[@Will-xn2wg]

Tom Morello is one of the most innovative guitar players of the last 30 years

[@EnervatedSociety]

🤣

[@chilenapromedioRU]

He's one of the best human beings. We love him here in my country. He knows about our history better than most people born and raised here. He is not just socially aware, he cares and he does things about it.

[@harrypothead42024]

Your views might not match with Rage Against the Machines views but, you could always get educated and fix the way you see the world

[@Belly_Beane]

Love this 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ABitShifty]

Fuck authority. I’m pretty sure that is the sentiment.

[@KP-wi9sm]

So this is what an open mind sounds like?

[@Belly_Beane]

@@KP-wi9sm if the KZbinr had an open mind, he’d consider Rage’s lyrics without whining about masks

[@harrypothead42024]

@@KP-wi9sm open minds can be filled with garbage, check the host of this video

[@ingobordewick6480]

I believe in regulated capitalism with social policies, because unregulated capitalism produces a class of a few super rich people and millions of homeless people working 3 jobs and can't afford a house.

[@RockyNikolashin]

Agree! The fact that some ppl still think it's just Capitalism OR Socialism just tells me they're buying into the propaganda set out by specific groups/politicians. Most of us who want some socialism don't hate capitalism, we just hate the greed many in power use on the rest of us. Ppl need to stop thinking socialism is "Soviet Communism."

[@Belly_Beane]

No matter how much we regulate capitalism, that scenario will always eventually happen. The elite take over the politicians, judges, and police, and we end up in the same place again.

[@caracoidwren944]

. . . Doo-dah, doo-dah.

[@ABitShifty]

Wait, so the Democratic Socialist string pullers move in and f everything up and you think capitalism is to blame. Wow!

[@wompa70]

With unregulated capitalism (actual free markets) companies don’t control the government and can’t use it to stop competitors.

[@zeroburn52]

Capitalists introducing younger generations to Rage is pretty ironic and funny ngl. But I’ll take it.

[@_vez]

the best kind

[@emcsquared8681]

You seen the price of Rage tickets? They have become the machine.

[@mickeyellison7929]

@@emcsquared8681 They don't control the prices, genius!

[@zeroburn52]

@@emcsquared8681I haven’t lately, cuz they don’t sell them anymore. But the price of shows usually goes up for artists who’ve remained relevant for several decades. Let me ask you this, do you really think they sold out? Or do you just not like that they’re not on your side? Rage’s influence lingers on cuz of the message, not the messengers. And the people who suffer the most injustice and inequality will always resonate.

[@emcsquared8681]

@@mickeyellison7929 they have a voice. Far less “rage” bands have spoke up. Stop simping and start thinking.

[@mzliz1249]

The 90’s was an amazing decade musically! 🔥

[@Tensen01]

Rage predates Nu Metal by several years, but was also one of the primary inspirations for it. So it's wrong calling them nu-metal, but not entirely incorrect.

[@NathanCline12-21]

"Anarchy is no guarantee that some people won't kill,injure, kidnap, defraud, or steal from others. Government is a guarantee that some will. " Gustave de Molinari

[@balaamsdonkeyuk]

Saw RATM live in Belfast, 1993. I was in the balcony. The entire ground floor was bouncing from start to finish of their set.

[@paulleach3612]

Yup. There is a reason the Boomers and Millennials want to keep us the forgotten generation. 😆

[@ACR_BOX]

2008 Pinkpop Holland, scale of Richter 1.2🔨🔨🔨

[@fredriknordenmark3330]

Glad they rocked Belfast as well. I saw them the same tour in Stockholm 1993. The entire floor was bouncing like nothing I have experienced since. Most intense live performance I’ve ever been a part of.

[@googleaccount4159]

Scientists - “avoid other people and protect your nearest and dearest”, Black Pegasus - “f you I won’t do what you tell me”. Hell yeah dude, f those scientists what do they know. Even if there’s a slim chance they are telling the truth I’m willing to put my loved ones lives at risk. You a real one BP.

[@xDporrada]

fuck science, fuck reason, fuck you i won't do what you tell me because an orange man told me to...

[@cliveklg7739]

Yeah, the idea RATM would be against protecting your families health and lives is just counter to what RATM is about. And worse, the health issues prevalent in the Black community puts them at risk, and here he's saying FO I won't protect my peeps. What a buffoon BP is. While RATM is anti-corrupt authority, they are PRO-COMMUNITY. You aren't pro-community putting your community in danger.

[@joelbarish]

They didn't tell the truth and those who did got fired.

[@googleaccount4159]

@@joelbarish how did you find that out?

[@cliveklg7739]

@@joelbarish you are imbecilic.

[@samsonjpedroza]

ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE 90'S ... PIONEERS OF THE RAP /ROCK SOUND !!!!

[@ChristopherJames1993]

Anthrax says hi

[@bertalach]

The entire Judgement Night soundtrack greets you with a hearty wave and a handshake!

[@jim-topia2599]

Run DMC / Aerosmith waves at you

[@bertalach]

Mordred greet you with a knowing nod, understanding they’re not one of the popular kids but are whole relevant to the conversation!

[@matmachin9992]

We had a day in my last year of high school where we could wear our own clothes instead of school uniform. I wore a RATM top with fuck you I wont do what you tell me on the back of it. It took until after dinner for a teacher to notice and although I got bollocked for it she said it was too late to send me home now 🤣😂 Great times!

[@derekhauffe7197]

This is a direct protest about the Rodney King beating.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Sad that we have seen zero progress other than lip service and it’s been 30 years since this song and Rodney King. Instead of helping the less fortunate we are paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in police brutality settlements. Obvious solution, force them to carry insurance and require them to be licensed. Literally barbers and contractors have more requirements than police do.🤷‍♀️

[@ShilasSpellboundCreations]

💯

[@cobaltfog]

Legitimate lawsuit settlements should go against the officers' retirement rather than being borne by the local taxpayers, including the victim.

[@krs5267]

I guess a lot of it could be avoided if the police would actually be a high requirement, high paying job that would also require completion of intensive training. Instead of defunding the police it should be funded more so they could provide quality service.

[@claytonpaul4259]

Don't forget the never ending billions of $$ for world wide war, genocide, and imperialism. Trillions they can't even account for. It's gotten exponentially worse in every way since ratm hit the scene, but their music is still a guiding light needed more now than ever

[@ShilasSpellboundCreations]

@krs5267 I feel like the "defund the police" energy was largely misunderstood. To me, it more meant that they should be defunded until the can get their shit together. Not defunded altogether, permanently.

[@8dayssooner]

This was from their first album, and even though it's over 30 years old, I still say it's one of the best engineered and sounding albums around!

[@letsrockgold407]

It’s sad how this is still relevant today!!!!

[@heatheral-hammadi3046]

It wasn’t the bands who wouldn’t let you in in 2020 it was the venue.

[@Belly_Beane]

They all want to blame the band, never mind they didn’t even tour until 2022 after the vaccine requirements had been lifted

[@Timo-_.]

maybe because of serious health hazzards???

[@purplescorp]

😂 Yeh. Right. 💩

[@TrapHouseZombie]

No because if they actually believe what they say in their lyrics they would’ve found a different venue.

[@Belly_Beane]

@@TrapHouseZombie the entire tour had already been postponed. They never played a show at a venue who had a vaccine requirement.

[@kaylajohnston9287]

Keep in mind, Rage is definitely left-leaning but they believe politicians are part of the machine as well. Check out the music video for Testify to see more on that.

[@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556]

Left-leaning the same way Lenin was left-leaning...

[@Warchild0311]

No one ever does freedom, and it’s one of their best songs, one of their first singles to be released. It’s my introduction to the band do the official video so you can understand the context of the song and you will be angry too.

[@stenberg7077]

I always get kinda triggered when reactors get stuck on the genre issue and never get to the actual message.

[@matmachin9992]

So good. My friend at the time said "I don't like them, they're too political" I was like, I dont even know what you're on about they just sound fucking awesome.

[@sputukgmail]

And I was like “I love them, they’re so political AND f’kng awesome”

[@Scoots1994]

The coolest person associated with Rage is Tom Morello's mom. She's a sweet little old lady school teacher who lead a stadium chanting "Fuck the New Orleans police" because they hassled another band on the bill. She's the coolest mom I know of.

[@Tarantula7Tom]

Bring them back for RATM - Take the power back 💪

[@jessisanchez8150]

Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One & The Last Emperor - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)

[@derekthiem4604]

Moment of greatness. Definitely check it.

[@EmmaBadOne]

yup, both versions

[@joepss7946]

Yupyup been suggesting that one too..

[@Mr.PeabodyTheSkeptic]

This song misunderstood by the masses like Bruce Springsteen's , Born In The USA. Thanks for illustrating my point.

[@raymondsalazar6992]

Please do more RATM!!! It's funny that people always want to put RATM in the Nu Metal category even though that was a thing when they started out. They influenced a lot of Nu Metal bands, but I always thought of them as a live aggressive Rap band. But that's just my opinion. I'd say continue with early RATM stuff, maybe "Bombtrack" next. Thanks for the content

[@nunya7774]

The whole record was recorded live with an audience of friends and family at Sound City Studios.

[@Linda-oc2zh]

No mention of Tom Morello-I Love Tom Morello!!

[@markcox731]

When MTV Music awards was really live in 2000 , The Bass player for Rage "Tim Commerford" climbed a statue to protest "Limp Bizkit" Beating them for a award , it took them a few to get him to climb down lmao , Look it up , it's pretty crazy

[@STS125]

part of the political background...Tom Morello actually has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Harvard.

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

This is one of those groups that broke up at the perfect time while they were at the peak of their career. I'm pretty sure their follow-up albums would have sucked because their "anger" was waning a bit. This is one of those songs that will live on for generations.

[@brucehenderson7397]

They were live on UK TV were told no swearing but did they listen nope so they cut them off live TV bro so classic

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

Isn't that when he climbed the rafters and refused to come down or something? Or was that an MTV VMA awards or something?

[@DashRiprock513]

Stop trying to categorize everything like it's a spreadsheet It's music just enjoy it and go on with your life.

[@colleenmonell1601]

I'm Gen X and grew up in San Diego, Ca and RATM was THE local band to go watch wherever they were playing. Btw if you were an LA band you were still considered local to us. Especially with how many times I went to LA to catch a show or party.

[@kittenklub1964]

I love artists who don’t give AF & are prepared to put their careers on the line to remain true to themselves! I first heard this masterpiece when it came out in 1992 - I immediately went out and bought the 12" vinyl, and played it to death! *FUNFACT* About 10 years ago in the UK, someone randomly started a campaign to get this to No.1 in the charts for xmas - AND IT WORKED! The BBC shat themselves - they only played about 20secs!🤣Best protest song bar none - still love it! ✌

[@212x3]

Welcome to Gen X music. lol

[@derekthiem4604]

Tom Morello - guitar genius.

[@DizeJugz]

The original text for this Song had to be changed. This is basically the original song but not the original intended lyrics. I mean the "Some of those that burn crosses..." Line

[@franohmsford7548]

Pre-Nu Metal - Rage Against the Machine were a HUGE Influence however on that genre along with Faith No More and Beastie Boys amongst others. Korn and Deftones both released their debut albums in 94, Coal Chamber and Limp Bizkit debuted in 97, Linkin Park and Disturbed not till 2000. The Nu-Metal era was essentially 94-02 after which the genre became somewhat persona non grata as Metalcore and Emo took over.

[@OmaSimster]

For full historical background, this song was a response to the murder of Rodney King by the LAPD.

[@profanitybasedfun]

I love the gen-z-ers. You should have then on more often!

[@Brandi_the_Baker]

Imagine being a teenager and growing up with this as the bangers? That’s why we rock!

[@sendit1158]

Im 47 and so glad these kids liked this, im a rap guy but this was the chit in the 90s, i was 17 when this came out, i feel 17 again when i listen to this

[@CalvinHart-dv8gv]

This was a Christmas No1 in the UK a few years ago!

[@robertpetre9378]

2009 it was a brilliant campion against Simon Cowell and fake mass produced pop music.

[@jamesclark8289]

I'm definitely a, in the words of your friend Ren, anti-capitalist pissed off rebel!, but I love what you said about music being the perfect table over which to have the difficult conversations. Glad to be a subscriber, and thanks for tuning the "kids" into some revolution rock from our day!

[@shanegooding4839]

BP the venues wouldn't let the unvaxed into the concerts not the bands. Tom Morello called out that bs when political opponents said it was RATM.

[@claireeyles7560]

I don't know if people who weren't around back then realise just how much this song was needed at the time, even for people outside the US. I'm Australian and I remember the palpable levels of anger that people felt with the whole Rodney King situation, but when you live in an entirely different country it was like, "I'm so damn mad at this injustice, and I can't do anything about it". RATM not only helped us channel that anger, but Zack's lyrics openly pointing out systemic racism in the US police forces shook a few people out of their complacency when it came to confronting issues that needed to be deal with in our own backyards.

[@t21luv]

Subtitles piss me off so much. He doesn’t repeat “Now you do what they told ya” over and over he also says “Now you do what they taught ya”. A huge statement they miss in today’s captions.

[@terryatkinson9323]

Also the pronunciation of "taught ya" seems to intentionally sound like torture.

[@peik_haikyuu2265]

wrong, if you go find the lyrics anywhere is "now you do what they told ya" then at the end of the song he says "fuck you, I wont do what you tell me"

[@RavenGlenn]

...no. Just no. He says and always has said "told ya". That's the point of the song and why I changes to "Fuck you, I won't do what you told me".

[@t21luv]

@@RavenGlenn read the lyrics on the album cover buddy

[@t21luv]

@@peik_haikyuu2265 read the actual album cover lyrics it’s there. Told ya and taught ya. All those lyric sites are wrong so often it’s pathetic.

[@MrNerdyBrit]

Rage gets thrown amongst the Nu-Metal category and I understand why, although the guitarist Tom Morello said that they are a Punk band that sound like a Hip-Hop band.

[@EmmaBadOne]

watched them at Maple Leaf Gardens. never heard a better performance of someone singing through their tears as Zack. that's passion for what you speak.

[@brandonsimmons1695]

I don’t care if you’re 5 or 95, that beat goes hard AF

[@shelleynull6532]

Who the heck are their parents that they have never heard rage because my youngest is 23 and a musician and knew this song when he was 5 😂

[@ShilasSpellboundCreations]

Hahaha right? My 21 year old grew up listening to these guys 😂

[@shelleynull6532]

@@ShilasSpellboundCreations exactly. My sons band performed this song at the house of blues when he was 17 lol also come on man zac couldn't be this kids grandparent lol I'm 53 ... so he would have had to have a kid at 15 who also had a kid at 15....

[@paigeharrison3909]

So the time you decide to be a real rebel is to endanger other people's lives? Seriously?

[@purplescorp]

🐑

[@laserpanda94]

​@@purplescorp Do you wear a seatbelt, stop at intersections, put your garbage in bags for collection, move aside for ambulances, remain seated on a flight when the light comes on or wash your hands before your shift at McDonald's? If the answer to any of those is 'yes'... 🐑

[@purplescorp]

​@@laserpanda94Do any of those things cause Myocarditis, Pericarditis, Bell's Palsy, turbo cancers, acute kidney disease or SUDDEN DEATH, etc, etc ETC??!! AND has caused a MINIMUM of 17 MILLION excess deaths SO FAR? No they fuken don't. Please don't even think to try and get high & mighty with me, when it's blatantly obvious you've done absolutely sweet fuk-all research about the subject. But then you're probably up to your 6th 'booster' by now...🤡

[@pippomela]

@@laserpanda94 you clearly are a sheep trust me. You didn't understand a single thing lmao

[@pyenapple]

Yeah it’s really really really a dumb take

[@236260]

Every genre comes after the people who developed it. They just drew from the power of the angst of the time (and before and beyond). Punk. Hardcore. Metal. Even beats and hippies. By the time the labels apply to a scene, the spirit has begun to move into the next expression of rebellion.

[@natejames6867]

This went right over their heads.

[@nosuchthing8]

In a way that's a good thing. They don't know what burning crosses is about.

[@ViVaLaRan]

Pandemic? ... ok lmao

[@samsonjpedroza]

DEF NOT NU- METAL !!!

[@chaosultimamage]

mid-to-elder millenial here, but, Rage is a fuckin force to be reckoned with. they aren't just some whiny political shit like you'd expect nowadays, they were really a positive influence and the type of band that should handle this type of shit. they aren't just a reactionary band that have no idea what they were talking about.

[@silvertongue3003]

I was once in a small room while these guys were practicing, I was so high that I was hallucinating and eventually passed out but when I woke up something in my mind, my thoughts changed and it influenced the rest of my life.

[@Beluga_Too]

If the child says Nu metal one more time. Fucking hell. THis is a good 5-6 years before the plague of Nu Metal

[@aeromacin]

that clip wsith zach staring down the bouncer came from the actual show, the bouncer ripped this dude out of the crowd cause he was trying to crowd surf and he got super rough with him and zach actually got in between the fan and the bouncer and sqaured off with him

[@tejoinmedellin4924]

Nu Metal??? Good grief young people. This gen has no real perspective on what they sing about. BTW, this song is not their best. It is popular but not their best

[@elicroman]

One of the best for sure

[@Bee_Aves]

Comparing police brutality to wearing a mask during a pandemic is such weaksauce lmao this guy sucks

[@jmelvin28]

Love the reactions. Amazing song.

[@davidbuckley1242]

So often when I am jamming to RAGTM, I simply shut my analytical brain off and simply head bang.

[@mickeyellison7929]

Saying thaaat was "you in 2020," is a rather lame comparison. In this song, they're revolting against police brutality. You refusing to wear a mask or quarantine, is just being selfish. (Which, I assume you were referencing) By the way, Rage Against the Machine would also have wantntntnted you to mask up.

[@SourSpark.]

Kinda worse than lame, pretty disgusting actually.

[@kennycab3374]

Went from Fuck you, I wont do what you tell me, to requiring you to get a vax to see him live. Uhg

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

Rage was always socialistminded... The machine they rage against is the capitalist and dictatorial one that doesn't benefit we the people.......

[@SourSpark.]

Lol, way to show you never understood RATM in the first place. That comparison is actually so stupid I'm surprised you are even literate.

[@scottdavis3571]

Get a vax!

[@maryreilly5092]

You showed the wrong video, Man! The outdoor show with this song is the one you want. But I am still glad you all reacted to this one! 🤘

[@mikenighbor4524]

Ren imitated Zach in one of his love musics

[@Vipertw]

Gen X'er raising a Gen Alpha, he will here Rage before he is 10

[@19FlyingWombat76]

I`ve seen that Vid first time with age 17 in 1993 in a Club in Spain/Majorca and loved it instantly! can`t count now anymore how often I`ve seen them Live since....maybe 15 times?!

[@Jennifer-pb9nd]

One thing that you cannot really convey to younger audiences is how revolutionary something is. I was in school when I heard this for the first time. No one had been allowed to say something like this before in such an explicit way. It was so empowering in that moment. Now saying "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" is standard but at the time it was like feeling a chain break.

[@WolfHreda]

You can't ignore the power of that riff. It's the only piece of music I've ever seen where everyone who listens to it does the exact same thing: Start head bobbing and making a face. Also, if you keep listening to their music, you'll begin to understand the fundamental difference between Liberals and Leftists. Rage are the latter. They're also way further left than pretty much any politician who's ever been accused of being a "radical leftist" in this country. My biggest suggestion for a follow-up to this song is always Down Rodeo.

[@darrenraffan7804]

If you didn’t know already, Ren is a HUGE fan of Zack de la Rocha!

[@The_Rising_Ape]

Tom Morello is one of the most technically proficient guitarists in the world and woefully underrated. Oh, and this song sums up GenX perfectly... F**k you, I won't do what youi tell me!

[@andybaldwin5801]

I believe for new RATM listeners going in order of the LP is the best introduction. Starts with Bomb Track ends with Freedom

[@datup09]

That was like 10 years before Nu Metal even was a thing. This was sort of a crossover between metal, punk, funk and hip-hop. There were other bands of that time that sort of bridged genres in that way. Suicidal Tendencies is one that comes to mind that I also listened to in the 90s.

[@Justin-td4bb]

You actually just stopped it there??? In full flow !

[@Leks3777]

This was a good one. Bring back for some more Rage!

[@ThisisStephennn]

Ratm are not nu metal but they were kind of the pioneers of rhythmic syllabic rhyming in songs. Along with 311. 311 don't get the respect they deserve

[@colinmiles27]

This pre-dates nu-metal. It's simple hip-hop/rock crossover. Possibly the best debut album of all time. Check out 'Know Your Enemy' from the same album - probably their best track. Great reaction though - never seen you before, was just recommended. :) P.S. I saw them live twice - Glastonbury Festival 1994 and their free concert in London 2010. Awesome band.

[@bravestarr8857]

I rented the album from a public library, knowing nothing about them, when I was 12. Absolutely blew me away. "Testify" has a great video.

[@jason_108]

I was in high school when this came out. Game changer for sure & great to see it standing the test of time

[@chrishubbard5266]

Almost 40 here I don't recognize nu metal before 97 ratm singer Harvard grad this was the response to Rodney king

[@tubelious]

oh btw,, if you've seen The Matrix, you've heard RATM's "Wake Up"

[@alfioplays7443]

WHAT I ENJOYED WAS WHEN HE SAID., SOME OF THOSE THAT WORK FORCES ARE THE SAME THAT BURN CROSSES..YISHUA WAS A BLACK MAN...ALBERT PIKE IS MAD TURNING IN HIS GRAVE

[@phullyloadid07]

This song was inspired by the Rodney King beatings by LA police in 1991 & the ensuing riots that came after. Never noted in this video.