by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 11/03/2017 at 16:08
by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 11/03/2017 at 16:08
Tags: musiclopnik
STARS: 9
This album kicked the door down. Listen to it. Feel it. Try not to kick some ass.
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"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
11/03/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 2
Kicked the door down, indeed. How on Earth has it been 25 years, I’m not that old, right?
I am sure there are some others, but very, very few bands have walked the line of punk-rap-metal-rock so well. Others have tried, but are too hardcore, or too “pop” (ahem, kid rock) but Rage just... wow. Battle of Los Angeles is one of the albums I always go back to, have always had either a CD, ipod, or have it on my phone via spotify offline. I regret not seeing them live.
"PotbellyJoe and 42 others" (potbellyjoe)
11/03/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 1
I blew speakers in my first car playing this album. That was over 20 years ago.
"TheRevanchist" (therevanchist)
11/03/2017 at 16:17, STARS: 1
I felt old this morning looking in the mirror. I feel even older now.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
11/03/2017 at 16:19, STARS: 2
Remember, kids: until bands like RATM, 311, and the Chili Peppers, bass guitars and drums usually faded into the background (Lars, Peart, Claypool, some exceptions). Also, rockers didn’t “rap” over the music. A handful of mainstream bands really changed music pretty substantially.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
11/03/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 1
Or in the case of Lars and “...and Justice”, the bass faded, but the drums didn’t.
"ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy" (bakeshake)
11/03/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 1
Look what you made me do.
EDIT: I’ve had these three CD’s since middle school, but they’re worn out and I had been wanting to replace them anyway. I have Spotify and a bluetooth adapter, but CD’s sound so dang good on my WJ’s 90s-tactular Infinity stereo.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
11/03/2017 at 16:33, STARS: 1
They were just hazing Jason Newstead :D
"McMike" (mcmike)
11/03/2017 at 16:34, STARS: 4
This album cost me $150.
I wanted it, couldn’t find it in vinyl, then had to buy a DC player on the way home.
And... have you seen this pre-studio performance? (they recorded the album a few months after this)
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It’s worth visiting the video just for the description alone.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
11/03/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 1
You’re welcome.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
11/03/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 2
Zach looks like a baby.
"boredalways" (boredalway666)
11/03/2017 at 16:40, STARS: 1
I feel like kicking ass...espcially since I can’t find any of my RAtM cd’s right now.
It’s just like college again when I had to replace my copy of “License to Ill” 4 separate times because someone stole it!
"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
11/03/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 0
“Fistful of steel” is my favourite on this album. Which one’s yours?
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
11/03/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 1
I think Bombtrack. Or Bullet in the Head. Or Know Your Enemy.
"vondon302" (vondon302)
11/03/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 0
It gets worse.
"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
11/03/2017 at 16:59, STARS: 1
I have the 20th anniversary picture vinyl.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
11/03/2017 at 18:07, STARS: 1
Biohazard was rapping over hardcore music as far back as ‘87 and quite a few hardcore bands were doing the same in early ‘90s. Makes sense since De La Rocha was a hardcore kid. His first band:
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"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
11/03/2017 at 18:43, STARS: 2
Gotta be Know Your Enemy. Where else can you get Zach and Maynard on the same track
"aquila121" (aquila121)
11/03/2017 at 23:02, STARS: 1
YES. The track hits hard not once, but twice: 3:13 and 4:02. I was going to say this one is one of my favorite Rage tracks, but then I thought about it—I’m really having a hard time ranking the following: The Ghost of Tom Joad, Maggie’s Farm, How I Could Just Kill a Man, Pistol Grip Pump, Guerrilla Radio, Renegades of Funk, Microphone Fiend, I’m Housin’, Kick Out the Jams...
Shit, man. They put out a ton of good work.