‘Rage Against The Machine’ is the debut studio album by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine. The album was first released in November 1992, and went to #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and #45 on the Billboard 200 chart.
“Know Your Enemy” features Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan on “additional vocals”, and also features Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins on trashcan percussion. Keenan has been known on occasion to appear onstage with the band to perform the song. The album cover features the self-immolation of Thích Quang Ðuc that occurred on June 11, 1963.
Rage Against the Machine was ranked number five on Guitar World magazine’s top ten list of guitar albums of 1992.
TRACKLIST
Side A:
- Bombtrack
- Killing In The Name
- Take The Power Back
- Settle For Nothing
- Bullet In The Head
Side B:
- Know Your Enemy
- Wake Up
- Fistful Of Steel
- Township Rebellion
- Freedom
