Rock hero's Born
by: Joe Token

    Who knew when Rage Against The Machine came out with their first album in 1992 that they would soon be on top? When they released their second album "Evil Empire" track two of the album "Bulls on parade" rocked the world when it climbed from number 224 on the charts to 97 in just four short days. Rage Against The Machine is one of few bands that actually have a purpose. As educated people they knew that the way to get their popular and correct protest herd was to do it musically. Zach De La Rocha lead Vocals for Rage graduated from Harvard University when he was twenty three. Fresh out of collage he made a decision to start a band with fellow students who also graduated from Harvard university Brad Wilk (drums) and Timmy c. (bass). Timmy c. had also previously for a short time played with Tool. Which also seems to be the connection on how they got lead vocals for tool James Keenan to co-sing the song "Know your Enemy" with Zack De La Rocha on their first album. Somewhere in the starting or before, they met a Yale graduate Tom Morello (Guitars). And after nearly two years of local albums and shows Epic records game them their first national label. The album rocked the world as people listened to a new style of music and protest. Although some popular music reviews made bad statements about Rage because of some of the negative actions that their music was believed to have caused did not stop their rise up into fame. When they released their Evil Empire album they rocked stages from the United States west cost to Africa. The Evil Empire album and tour was their greatest success yet. As fans impatiently waited for their third album to be released over a just under three year period they came out with The Battle Of Los angeles.  Only a week and a half after it came out in October Rage Against The Machine had their moment of truth. On october 12th 1999 they went onto Connan O' Brian a national wide talk show program and were announced as album and band of the year. As time passes I'm sure that Rage Against The Machine will continue their new popular style and protest without forgetting their purpose.
--Joe token--