Rage Against The Machine

From dwilliams20Whith the war in Iran still going, the voting rights act dead, a ressesion going undeclared, and the media to afraid to tell the honest truth. Time to bring forth your indignant anger to the system with Rage Against the machines debut from 1992. Released post the Rodney king riots in 1992 in Los Angeles. The album is bult from earlier demos with added tracks. The album initially sold slowly before jumping off in mid 1993. The cover features a picture of a Buddhist monk self-immolating. In response to the catholic church getting preferential treatment in South Vietnam. Buddhist were treated as second class not allowed to fly Buddhist flags and a protest doing such leading to a mass shooting in May 1963. Then a chemical attack on a Buddhist protesters during a moment of prayer in june. Leading to the famous picture from Siagon 10 days later. The events lead to a coup backed by $42,000 from the American government to overthrow the South Vietnam president for there attacks on the Buddhist. All of this taking place during the veitnam war. In February 1993 the first of two incidents at the BBC happened when they accidentally aired the uncensored killing in the name. Then in 2009 as Christmas protest joke rage Against the machine got the #1 Christmas spot At BBC. The network told them to keep there version clean they dropped all 17 f-bombs live on air. The album went on to get them booked at the early parts of lollapalooza in 1995. Therefore cementing Tom Morrelos whirring guitar an Zack De LA Roche screams in all are ears. It is cathartic sense of anger and yell to fight an and all wrong doing by any government no mater where you live.