Rappers React To Rage Against The Machine "Bulls On Parade"!!!

[@radicaladz]

Also, the "turntable" sound is Tom Morello toggling between two pickups, one on and one off, while rubbing his hands on the strings over the pickups to create the effect that someone is scratching a vinyl disc - you can hear the sound of the strings scrape as he does it. He also used a wah wah pedal, and I think for some of his later songs he integrated a sort of effects unit touchpad into his guitar to give him even more sonic variety.

[@jangles1839]

...or the microphone (cable) on the strings

[@sunshynff]

I saw a zoom interview with Tom, right at the beginning of the pandemic lock downs, where they asked him, not how he made those sounds, but what made him even try something so far out of the box in the first place.... Tom said the week before they went into the studio to start recording their debut album, he was listening to some morning radio show. They had a musical guest on who was a popular DJ at the time, and was performing locally that night at some club or concert. Tom said he was being a bit braggadocios, which was common for DJ's and Hip-Hop back then and said something along the lines of..."Yeah, I'm so good I'm gonna put wedding bands and rock guitarists out of business". Tom said it got under his skin, and he said to himself..."Oh yeah mo-fo, well let's see if this rock guitarist can put you out of business!!" He then went straight to his room and started trying to figure out how to make his guitar sound like a DJ record scratch, and he worked on it for like 2-3 days straight, by the time he got to the studio to start laying down tracks, he had not only discovered how to record scratch on the guitar, but a lot of other similar type unique sounds and styles. He played them for the rest of the band and they loved it and decided to incorporate them into their songs, and the rest is history.

[@robertstull8759]

You actually got their degrees of study backwards. Tom Morello (guitarist) has a bachelor's in political science from Harvard, while Zach de la Rocha (singer) has an MA in English Literature 😆

[@jacobvozzo2934]

They are the Renegades of Funk

[@AysKuz]

It is about the military spending and the hunger for war to keep spending on that. Morello has a major in political science from Harvard AND he also introduced Adam Jones and Maynard James Keenan to Danny Carey - happy happy coincidences and we are gifted with such amazing bands.

[@sunshynff]

Bingo Bingo! The MIC to be exact, a triad of organizations that include arms dealers/weapons manufacturers, U.S. legislators/Lobbyist and the U.S. Military itself. The term was coined by President Eisenhower, see, after WWII, where we battled Germany and Japan at the same time, Congress passed legislation that we build our military in such a way that we would be prepared to fight two major conflicts or wars, on different fronts, at any given time. By 1961, when Eisenhower gave his presidential farewell speech, we had more than accomplished that goal, and despite a lot of powerful people being upset that Eisenhower didn't tell a nostalgic/heroic story about WWII, which he fought in, he instead warned of this new 3 way relationship, which he called the Military Industrial Complex, and said now that our goal was met we needed to quit using it, or it would send the country in a dangerous direction of seeking out conflict and war globally in order to feed the greed of the MIC. Pretty prophetic stuff!!

[@D0nut42]

I'm on break at work, sitting in my car, headbanging right along with y'all. That was a blast!

[@BrianFrench-h2j]

Tom’s degree from Harvard is in Political Science

[@alexbernhardt56]

Zack was actually in a hardcore punk band called Inside Out a few years before forming RATM

[@Sog8045]

This is classic RATM!!! I think this was the song that turned me on to them in the 90's.

[@AttackChefDennis]

Shout Out To The Motorhead T-shirt!! LEMMY IS GOD!! Smokey!!

[@pickthestickup]

The lyrics in the song that summarize the whole thing are : "Weapons, not shoes, not homes, not food. No need, just feed the war cannibal animal. I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library. Line up to the mind cemetery. Now what we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'. They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove 'em while arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells. Rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells." It's about politicians that claim to represent family values on the campaign trail, but once elected, pour all the funding into defense contractors/arms manufacturers to make weapons for war instead of social work projects.

[@kikivon3501]

The military industrial complex

[@steffurness]

🔥🔥🤘 not the mood i woke up in, but the mood i needed to face the day. Good morning Monday, Talkers ❤ appreciate you!

[@biganttony6786]

they were considered "Alternative Rock" in the early nineties.

[@Madcat1776]

I remember seeing Tom Morello scratch on his guitar LIVE in the day. Best show of my life. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@rubaidaallen2764]

This is an incredible song. One of the greatest bands on the planet. You gotta hear it live. Holy moly 🔥🔥🤘🤘

[@codymoe4986]

The drummer said the band is broke up, the bassist says he's unsure if the band broke up, and the 2 most popular members, are mum on the subject... Just saying, don't get your hopes up for anything...

[@rubaidaallen2764]

I’m not. I saw RATM a few times and I’m very happy I did. Tom and Zack have remained mum yes. Whatever it is, I hope they work it out and go back to killing it live 🤘

[@JuanPablo-vz7xd]

I thought “this guy’s opinion is not totally worthless” for two seconds before I read that you thumb typed “holy moly”, thanks for your input, I will now do the opposite of your every post

[@robertfoskett1016]

First off I'm a new subscriber. Full credit lad's for overcoming your addictions. I am 62yrs old and i love heavy music. Rage Against The Machine included. A bit of Slayer doesn't hurt either.

[@Hollywood6IX]

🙏🙏🙏

[@dvaderwasframed]

When this first dropped I could not believe my ears. This was a eargasm. Never had I heard this style. Growing up through the 80's and 90's, more 80's..lol, was a great time for music lovers. Hair metal, thrash metal, grunge Nu metal.Tons of fun my friends !

[@sunshynff]

The first time I heard them was shortly after discovering Nirvana and grunge music, that was my "eargasm" moment for me, hearing something sooooo different. Anyway, not long after I heard RATM when some one popped their tape in the boom box we listened to at the skate board half pipe I spent a lot of time at. I got soooo friggin pumped I pulled off a trick I had been trying to do for weeks!! I was like, ok, that's the new house band for this half pipe..lol. I got into them pretty heavy, but it still embarrasses me that it was almost 15yrs later after that, when I started revisiting bands of my youth, that I started really paying attention to the lyrics.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

All of their albums have a note in the booklet that says all the sounds are created by guitars, bass, drums and vocals.

[@sarahwilliams-curto6750]

17:37 "They don't gotta burn the books, they just remove them"... history books made by the "Victors", that was fun stuff! Great Fun! Loving this sooo much, 2m to go... Big Hugs Fellas!

[@nightgoblin29]

Haha you guys are so cool!! Thank you for this amazing reaction

[@PML78]

I have to say FREEDOM is the jam I remember MTV played that got me into RATM... but this one had me bopping my head till it hurt... 🤘🏽😎

[@sunshynff]

"Anger is a gift" 🤘✊🤘🔥🔥🔥

[@zerocooltj]

Y'all need to check out RATM "Bulls on Parade" Live at Finsbury Park, London (2010) Hollywood you will see Tom doing his magic on the guitar 🎸 & there other songs to. Hope you can check them out. Take care fellas 😎🤘🏽

[@bebop_557]

"Do they have a DJ?" EL-P is actually producing beats for Zack De La Rocha, he's been doing it for years. There's a reason why Zack was featured on Run The Jewels tracks, Killer Mike met Zack through EL-P.

[@sunshynff]

FACTS!! They really need to react to some RTJ with Zack, either "Close Your Eyes and Count to F**K" or "Ju$t", both are such good tracks, and Zack comes correct in both!!

[@bebop_557]

@@sunshynff Check out Digging For Windows, that's my favorite he's done

[@brandonsimmons1695]

How have you guys never done this song? Also, that bass line goes hard AF.

[@Nosnhojyerffej]

Notice the lip syncing?

[@deathb1ossom]

I love the first album they did, always will. But this for me is my favorite song by them, I consider it their best. The way it just explodes from the very beginning, Morello doing his godlike guitar scratching-this song is just so full of energy it's unreal. Every time it got played at my rock club the entire dance floor used to go crazy. The official video though is what makes everything so much more impactful. Just an amazing song

[@bigdaddymosh1964]

MAGGIES FARM 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@lobsterbush4563]

Check out Denzel Currys version! He did it live on Triple J - Like a version, they recorded the video also. It is an absolute banger of a cover!

[@shannonturner8337]

That is actually Tom Morello on guitar. He is a guitar genius

[@kristaspecht]

Morning fellas! I gotta say I too am not the biggest fan of this band but I like a few songs and I like the message's. Damn smokey,great way to break down those lyrics,for real tho! You speaking the truth!! 🤓👍

[@mpmlopes]

You were not far, in fact Morello is the one that majored in political sciences. Also, regarding the guitar solo, you can watch a live version, and you'll see that Morello does it live in front of everyone and it will sound as good as the studio version.

[@loneponderer495]

I'm a guitar player, and I've been playing for about 30 years. Yes, all the sounds are done full on guitar. It isn't really that difficult to do anything done in the song it's just that no one else had done it before this. In fact, with the scratching thing, even how Tom does it adds some unnecessary steps. I'm self-taught, so being able to make weird noises is just part of the journey.

[@Acroanidd]

I was going to say that a lot of kids learning guitar made these same noises. I know I did, it's always fun seeing what you can make the guitar do.

[@sterling8298]

I remember back in the late 90s going garage selling with my mother and listen to this band while we were on the road.

[@Shammrock62]

Spring 96, about the start spring football in college and this song drops

[@matthewdrake4385]

Every Rage Against the Machine album had a mention that said all the sounds were from guitars, drums, bass and vocal. They never had a DJ in the band. Tom uses a combination of effects pedals for his guitars and manipulating the guitar itself. For the turntable like sounds, he would hit a switch or two on the guitar and literally rub his hands acrusd the strings.

[@Delboy219]

Pretty sure the guy on the right knows 90% of these old songs and is just a passenger in these videos. 😂

[@Shammrock62]

Beavis And Butthead introduced me to RATM

[@grimeypipes2765]

My band used to cover this one. This, killing in the name, and bombtrack.

[@sterling8298]

I totally agree with ya smoke. The rage against the machine definitely created new metal.😊

[@cingiah]

I checked them with wu tang clan opening in like 1998. So good. They said if they play this song it would be considered enciting a riot. They ended with it with being dragged off.

[@NeverTrustGhost]

Ayo It’s The Song From Guitar Hero 3!!

[@gman7329]

The Herd. The King Is Dead. Or their remake of Redgum’s song I Was Only 19! They sound a lot like Hilltop Hoods, especially in The King.

[@GhostofKaiser]

It’s time for you gentlemen to revisit one of your all time favorites. Headbanger. Only this time, MomoBanger. You will *not* be disappointed.

[@convex242]

There was a funny clip where Tom actually apologized for inventing nu-metal, not because RATM was nu-metal per se but because it was what inspired nu-metal as a genre. It was actually very sweet and kind. Like he didn’t have to do that 😂😅😁

[@zackkullis5555]

100% with the guitar. Tom is brilliant

[@jrod2510]

Oh, Tom did that!

[@fmchef25]

This album, evil empire won a Grammy! Fyi

[@terryhall7697]

If you want to see him scratching on the guitar do the colab with Bruce Springsteen “ the ghost of Tom joad “ this is legendary

[@BigRiegg]

Saw him live with Prophets of Rage, and all I did was watch Morello play each song to see how the hell he made the songs

[@William-wx9zc]

Bulls are the cops, guys.

[@Vacheriedevacherie]

Where I live we have the chickens (municipal police) , the bulls (provincial police), and the pigs (federal police).

[@davidmassey6332]

‘Pod’ is the Greek word for foot

[@Matt-ob3it]

As in...podiatrist.

[@almahperditae]

Actually, Tom Morello major in political science and even work on the White House some years before RATM become big.

[@codydrummer]

Next Nu Metal song should be "SP Lit" or "Dead Inside (live in Cleveland)" by Chimaira. They should have been huge. They released 1 Nu Metal album before changing styles and leaning more into the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement.

[@robertorodriguez8021]

before them I think it was done by the Bestie Boys... To incorporate rap with rock...

[@sunshynff]

Well the Beastie Boys did do it briefly, but that was more because they started out more of a punk rock band who fell in love with hip-hop, which was a genre getting almost no love on major radio stations back in the day, so their management at the time couldn't stop them from switching to rap, but talked them into making their first couple singles a combination rock-rap, so they could hopefully get some radio play, which worked, in 1983/84 they got tapped as the opening act for the Madonna tour....lol. The first actual hit that was truly rap-rock was in 1986, with Run DMCs remake of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way", which also featured Aerosmith.

[@TonyJames-bu3yf]

Rage against the machine fistfull of the steel concert

[@mikedean168]

I’ve seen them live 5 times, Morello does all of the sounds you hear on his guitar, also need to drop some props to Tim Commerford on bass. Very underrated.

[@madmike1272]

I think Rage are probably the innovators of Nu Metal but Run DMC and Aerosmith really had that first Rock/Rap combo.

[@briankachelman]

YO, congrats to you both on recovery! I know that pain of addiction and subsequent withdrawl. I am with you on saying addiciton is something I will never do again. In references to substance abuse. Didn't know that side of you guys. I am on year 6 almost to 7 in my freedom from addiction. Good shit guys! Skuper proud of you both, keep it up!!! \m/

[@almightyscorpion]

Tom Morello is a beast I live in NE Ohio within spitting distance of the Rock Hall. There is currently a video of Tom talking about his sound and how his guitar when he was young didn't have the bells and whistles that a lot of other guitars had, so he had to get creative with his toggle switch and tools. I'm fact, one of their songs unique sound comes from striking an Allen wrench on the strings. He also didn't pick up a guitar until he was around 18, so he got a super late start to playing.

[@fmchef25]

One of my favorite rage songs is actually a cover by Bruce Springsteen called ghost of Tom joad!! Great cover!!

[@mikedean168]

Rage Against The Machine are one of the pioneers of Nu Metal. I say them, Living Colour, Faith No More, Pantera, Slipknot, and Korn are the pioneers of Nu Metal.

[@Charly_Dont_Surf]

Ive damaged a few car stereos jamming RATM!

[@fishblades]

They actually put a thing in the liner notes for the album that said something close to 'all sounds on this album were made by guitar" so people understood how crazy it was.

[@DragonTigerBoss]

I'd still call RATM alternative metal rather than nu metal, alongside the likes of Rollins Band, for example. They don't fit another category's criteria. Truly alternative.

[@sunshynff]

I agree, I never, and still don't, consider them nu metal, but also don't get butt hurt about it like the folks Hollywood and Smoke were talking about. People can call or categorize RATM whatever they want as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't change what my ears, mind and heart hears and feels when I hit play on one of their songs.

[@thmp3r]

Tom Morello plays it uniquely every single time - he vibes it and goes wild. You see it’s not pre-recorded. It’s not that whatsoever. He’s as live as people get. He’s a live live dude

[@ChefBeagz]

well...something I'll never do again...be born. (first thing that popped into my head)

[@Matt-ob3it]

Buddhism has entered the chat.

[@superkamialyssa9406]

This is my second favorite song from this band

[@Martin-re8ei]

Omg that drumintro is class A

[@solarsailcraft]

Wow, wow, wicca, wow, wow, wicca wicca, wow, wow, wicca wow, wow. 🎸

[@jessicaadams1479]

Y’all have to check out Freedom, sleep now in the fire, ghost of Tom road

[@ignorethefashion]

Rage never did anything in the studio they couldn't reproduce live.

[@ricardoh.1575]

Rage does not like to be called nu metal. The worst compliment they’ve ever had was inspiring limp Bizkit. They did not want to be associated with LB

[@mikemikori]

From the POV of a 40+ dude like me who discovered Ratm at 11, when looking it back, the genre would be more RapCore or Heavy Funk more than New metal even though in the 2000's they Felt into this broad genre. New metal in my humble opinion has more distortion, heavy riff and way more less this unique funky / groove that Ratm always brought with them. Always a pleasure to watch you react. Love from France.

[@Hippy1969]

I thought ya'll had done this already! Sweet!

[@robertorodriguez8021]

Check out the original music video,,, it's done with clips of concert footage... Morello is shown doing this part in the video,,, and he is doing it on the guitar..

[@AIGeneratedUser]

Me and my boys used to go not the library!!!! Every time he pops that line haha

[@johnplaysgames3120]

Idk, man. I think rap-metal/nu-metal really had it's roots earlier than you're thinking. The way I remember it unfolding is that, at first, it wasn't even a glimmer of an idea in anyone's head. The two genres couldn't be further apart, most people thought. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Run DMC and Aerosmith busted out a HUGE crossover hit with "Walk This Way" that brought rap more into the mainstream and opened people's eyes to the magic of the two genres combining. You can draw a direct line of inspiration from there to the Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin's innovation of using Led Zeppelin and other heavy guitar samples and loops for the "Licensed to Ill" album. This, in turn, inspired Anthrax to do metal versions of Public Enemy songs ("Fight the Power" and "Bring tha Noize") along with their own metal/rap hybrid songs on their "Killer Bs" album, as well as doing stuff with Beastie Boys, etc. From that point on, people started experimenting with this new idea of mixing rap and metal (which, before that, would've sounded like a crazy idea) but it still hadn't gotten huge. This is when you start hearing the funk metal bands you mentioned (Faith No More being at the top of that list, I think, especially with their biggest, rappiest hit, "Epic"). Not long after, there was the soundtrack for the movie "Judgement Night," where every song on the album featured a metal band paired with a rap group. A little while after that, we started seeing the first rap metal bands, and this group of metal bands with rap-style vocals eventually turned into a whole-ass genre called nu-metal. Regardless of where it started, the reason I personally wouldn't include Rage Against the Machine into the nu-metal genre is because I feel like they came to their sound more organically than the nu-metal bands. The reason Rage had rap vocals is because Zach was a rapper. Period. He wasn't a metal singer who decided to rap his vocals because it was a cool new style. He rapped because he was a rapper and the other guys played funky metal because that's who they were. These four guys just each did their own thing and it created this sound. By contrast, the singers of most nu-metal bands were really metal singers (or metal singers at heart) who started doing rap style cadences instead of singing because that was the trendy new thing to do. With those bands, it was a costume they were wearing. With Rage, it was just who they were as musicians. Either way, I think if you put Rage Against the Machine up against any nu-metal band, there's a difference there that is pretty striking. Rage, imo, is in their own lane that no one else shares and no one else has even gotten close to sharing since. This isn't because -- like you theorized -- that I don't like nu-metal and so I don't want Rage to be part of that scene. I actually liked nu-metal (most of it). I feel this way because I honestly think Rage's sound doesn't fit the nu-metal sound and is, instead, it's own beast. They're one of those classic bands that's so unique in what they do, they transcend genre.

[@CdnTrader1]

I think you guys would enjoy Denzel Curry covering this on Triple J.

[@thmp3r]

Smokey- sorry to spam the comments tonight, but your explanation was the most clear picture of who it is with the pocket full of shells as they pretend to be something else while sitting at dinner with the family. First time I got it like this- you both interpret lyrics meaning very very well . Ok end of glaze. 🙏🏻

[@williamhoyle36]

Zack started his music career in a straightedge hardcore band called Inside Out. He was no stranger to the scream.

[@djinn_jer]

Might I suggest a similar band for n.m.m; One Minute Silence, "a More Than Violent Approach" Thanks for the content guys, insightful as always. Y'all have a great week Stay (sic) 🤘🏼

[@metalguru85]

RATM are not nu metal as we know it today but as the forefathers of nu metal they definitely belong on nu metal Monday.

[@sterling8298]

I learn things from this show.😊

[@inkubuzz]

Love this song, maybe its even my RATM favorite, although from my least favorite album, I think I actually like 2 songs from Evil Empire. also, this is my daily reminder so that you remeber eventually get to Pain of Salvation - On a Tuesday... I know I missed mentioning it the last few videos, but I want to give you guys a break 😁

[@matthewgoodA1206]

I’ve been saying all over YT that one line is bigger than ever: “They don’t gotta burn the books, they just remove them.” As much as that has happened thruout history, it’s also happening right now in 2024 America. Removing the books they don’t agree with. Trying to decide what people can and can’t learn. That’s a real “mind cemetery”.

[@michaelrandall2490]

Smoke…love the shirt, Lemmy RIP. And the fact you knew the lyrics from the top

[@JoJo-zd2kr]

Fun Fact: Tom Morello would’ve never been in a band without someone’s help: Adam Jones. The only reason it helped Tom start his career to be in his first band, was because Adam needed a “wingman” for a couple of ladies Adam bought with him! 😊 Idk if anyone said it yet!

[@jaysanchez5804]

I honestly thought the band for dx was rage until they had the real band perform live for an event think wrestlemania

[@danabomb100]

Still a bucket-list concert! I keep hoping ……🤞🤞🤞. My husband saw them in Hawaii back in the day (early 90s)….. the entire arena was like a mosh pit. Said is was f$cking scary and super exciting at the same time!!!! Yep- THAT IS TOM!!! He has his own special set of skills (claims them as making R2-D2 noises). Zack comes from an ancestral line of Mexican revolutionists….so he had a LOT of content to speak on. Morello was, obviously, also an activist, but Zack contributed a majority of the fuel to that fire. However, speaking of fire, it was their bassist who set the American flag a-blaze at the 1999 Woodstock appearance. They have also been permanently banned from SNL d/t their unapproved/inappropriate flag hanging tactics.

[@Brendan-wk2xj]

You guys should react to breaking point by through fire. That song is so underrated. Trust me, you will be blown away when you hear it. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@sterling8298]

It doesn't get much better than morning coffee and bulls on parade.😊🤘🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐂

[@truther4life]

The Ghost Of Tom Joad....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mattsaunders6107]

HARDEE'S 👍 or CARL'S JR 👎 ? What y'all got where you are?

[@noelsmith9184]

Fucking tune..!!! ✊🇮🇪

[@martincarm5203]

Grew up listening to RATM! Amazing band. Would love it if you could react to Stone roses, you and your followers would love them!!!

[@nielsonrodriguez]

You need to react to Galneryus - The Force of Courage (live)

[@stayinshadow78]

The band is an enigma, the music is like funk metal, the lyrics are punk and their message used to Rage Against The Machine, although now they rage for the machine

[@sunshynff]

Also, activism and social justice are in Tom and Zack's DNA. Zack's great grandfather, Jose Isaac de la Rocha Acosta, was a Mexican revolutionary who fought in the Mexican Revolution. His grandfather Isaac de la Rocha was an agricultural laborer who would later see the hardships due to NAFTA and rights stripped away from land owners, which led to the formation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN), in the 90s until today. Their official flag is a red star on a field of black, which RATM uses often on album art and at concerts. Tom's mom is a life long activist, educator and member of the ACP (America Communist Party), and met Tom's dad in the early 60s, when she went to Kenya to support the Mau Mau uprising. Tom's dad ending up being a Kenyan foreign ambassador, his aunt became the first female member of Kenya's Parliament, and his great uncle became the first ever President of a free Kenya state after shaking free of British rule.

[@RealDrunkenMaster]

Watch the live version to see how Tom Morello does the "turn table" sound.

[@ignorethefashion]

Hollywood, what is that shirt you're wearing?

[@johnnyblue9120]

I would say they were the Segway. Beastie Boy's 'Sabotage' was probably the first song to introduce this style.

[@airbrushaaron666]

Body Count - Cop Killer