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Tom Morello at the Echoplex in LA
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Tom Morello at the Echoplex in LA

Tom did a charity show last year. I was able to get two tickets, and it did not disappoint. P*ssy Riot, B Real, Neighborhood Kids all performed, George Lopez was the MC, and Shepard Fairey was DJing sets in between.

The best part was when Tom came out, and opened up with the intro to Testify. It was like electricity in the room. My son is 16 years old, and while he enjoys music (I’d let him listen to range since he was 2), he has never moshed. I had told him if Tom plays any rage songs, we’re moshing, and we both ran into the mosh pit. Such an epic father-son moment!

Tom ended up playing a medley of about 8 rage tracks, Like a Stone in full, The Ghost of Tom Joad, and had B Real come out and they performed Killing in the Name Of. Absolutely insane.

u/johnnyblu646 — 4 days ago
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RATM at Lollapalooza 8/2/2008

Recovered this photo from an old hard drive. Happened to be over right as RATM started their performance. Seeing 75,000 people below me was quite the surprise.

u/Av8erphoto — 1 day ago
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Remake of the Evil Empire cover. Who is this?

Who is this? Some artist named Total Vampire remade the cover of Evil Empire. It seems like all these younger artists are remaking classic rock covers now.

u/No-Commercial1685 — 2 hours ago
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What do people think of no shelter from the godzilla soundtrack? I dont see anybody talking about it much but i think it is very underrated.

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u/Wise_Particular1086 — 8 days ago
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Hey! My bandmates and i have decided on playing killing in the name for our next gig. Thing is i dont have the whammy pedal, and its kinda pricey. Any other way to play the solo to make it look similar? I saw i cant do it with a normal wah. Dont know if i wanna buy the pedal bcs idk if ill give it that much of use. Also my friend has a boss katana, ppl told me i can use an expression pedal with its effect of pitching up to play the solo. Is that the only way other than the whammy? Thx!

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u/Due-Savings-6345 — 6 days ago
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Any ideas if genuine 90s or bootleg?

Hi peeps.
Always wondered if this shirt I’ve had a few years is legit or just a copy. Single stitch I think along the seams. Tag looks old. I only ask as the gf thinks it’s old and worth quite a bit!
Thank you

u/riskyuk — 4 days ago
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Rage Against the Machine - 05/31/1993 Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Limburg (4K) (Sipes Audio Remaster)

Holy fuck, this is so good

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u/mrbekir141 — 3 days ago
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The first words spoken on the first RATM song on the first RATM album are "UHH! You know it's just another BOMBTRACK!"

The title of this song, also, is Bombtrack. But from de la Rocha's fiery opening line, we can infer that Bombtrack is not the only bombtrack. Why? Because Bombtrack is referred to as "another bombtrack."

Given that, at least according to most belief systems, songs are written and performed within the bounds of linear time, this lyric implies that Bombtrack is actually not the first bombtrack. Why RATM chose to name this particular bombtrack "Bombtrack" and not any previous bombtracks is another question likely outside the scope of this essay.

To complicate matters further, another one of my favorite songs on this classic album, Know Your Enemy, is referenced within itself by identical language: "another bombtrack." At first glance, one might assume that Know Your Enemy is the other bombtrack referred to on Bombtrack, but Know Your Enemy *also* references "*another* bombtrack." Unless bombtracks operate outside metaphysics as I understand them (for example, coming into being simultaneously or having always existed since the beginning of the universe), it is not possible that Bombtrack and Know Your Enemy could both be referring to each other as "another" bombtrack. One song could refer to the other (Know Your Enemy likely referring to Bombtrack, given that it comes later in the track listing, although this is not definitive), but at least one other bombtrack must have existed before either of these bombtracks in order for the first of these two to have "another bombtrack" to refer to.

This analysis raises many questions:

  1. What is the first bombtrack?
  2. What is a bombtrack? What songs qualify?
  3. Is the bombtrack referenced by Know Your Enemy, in fact, Bombtrack? Or vice versa if Know Your Enemy was actually written or recorded or performed before Bombtrack and simply placed later in the track order?
  4. Is it possible that Bombtrack and Know Your Enemy are referring to each other as bombtracks? If so, how does this referential loop function?
  5. If there were indeed bombtracks before Bombtrack, as suggested, why was the name Bombtrack given to Bombtrack?
  6. Is Bombtrack the template or archetype of all bombtracks?
  7. Had anyone heard any bombtracks, by RATM or otherwise, prior to their first listen of Bombtrack?

My biggest question, certainly, is if there are other known RATM bombtracks, and, if so, could anyone point me in their direction? Because right know, I only know of two, and I absolutely must hear any other bombtrack(s) that might be the one(s) referred to by these masterpieces.

Thank you for your assistance and your thoughts on this matter.

P.S. I love bombtracks

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u/AllenChildsMusic — 9 days ago
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I casually found it today and it didn't even cost much, so yea it became the first of my collection, I still had it in my shopping cart online but it costed even more there

u/SecurityMajestic2222 — 7 days ago
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Just wanted to say thanks for a great show Saturday night in Harrisburg.

Hopefully we see you again soon.

If anyone has the opportunity to see this band live, do it.

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u/Ok_Topic863 — 7 days ago
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Neighborhood Kids New Album

Anyone check their new album that just dropped "Voice of the Revolution" I think it's really strong, only posting this here because Tom Morello recently when asked who was most like Rage referenced them. Thoughts?

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u/JustTinman — 5 days ago