Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine in 2007. From left: Tim Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Brad Wilk, Tom Morello
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rap metal rap rock funk metal alternative metal grunge
Years active	1991–2000 2007–2011 2019–2024
Labels	Epic Revelation
Spinoffs	Audioslave One Day as a Lion The Nightwatchman Wakrat Prophets of Rage
Past member(s)	Tim Commerford Zack de la Rocha Tom Morello Brad Wilk
Website	ratm.com

Rage Against the Machine, sometimes known as RATM or Rage, is a rock band from Los Angeles, California. Rage Against the Machine are known for mixing funk, hip-hop, metal and rock music. They are also known for their left-wing political opinions. The band members have been the same since they started in 1991. The band members are rapper Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Morello, Commerford and Wilk also made Audioslave with Chris Cornell.

RATM released their first album in 1992. It was called Rage Against the Machine.^[1] The album sold a lot of copies and reached number 40 on the Billboard 200 music chart. The band did not do another album until Evil Empire in 1996. The bands third album, The Battle of Los Angeles, was released in 1999. Shortly after, in 2000, the band released a covers album named Renegades.

1. ↑ The RMF Loves Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992) Archived 2010-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Real Music Forum Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine