Rage Against the Machine

Heavy metal has never been much of a forum for political discourse. Not that all
razor-edged rockers are lunkheads, but many are just too narcissistic to see beyond their
own narrow world Either they're obsessed with decadence and debauchery or consumed
by misery and hatred. Neither situation leaves much room for intelligent discussion of the
issues of the day. Rage Against the Machine hope to change that with their infla... More >

Three years late, it's the militant rap-metal everybody knew was the next big thing. Zack de la Rocha will never be Linton Kwesi Johnson. But collegiate leftism beats collegiate lots of other things, not to mention high school misogyny, and it takes natural aesthetes like these to pound home such a sledgehammer analysis. (Grade: A-)