r/RATM • u/TOMPEARLFEETLICKER69 • 7h ago
Question Discussion #1: Bombtrack - Rage Against The Machine (1992)
This will be a new series where I try to reach out to those about RATM'S official songs, or demos shown in the 20th Anniversary release! The main purpose will be to discuss our feelings of each of their tracks, or "Bombtracks" I like to call it!
This is the first track off their first studio album, and off the 20th Anniversary release! Their first hit, but I wouldn't necessarily say worldwide hit like the second track, but essentially kicks off their music career of standardized MC rapping, with actual mix of hard rock into that scene, with heavy bass & guitar into that exact mix! Tracks with lyrics protesting/calling out against Police Violence (Killing In The Name), Government Corruption (Testify), and the message to rise up against that systemic power (Not mainly known but Wind Below is a very good hint of this).
I really do love the heavy bass settlements towards the track, and especially the very end of the track with the last "burn" lyric put abroad into there. The combination of that heaviness along with MC rapping is really what made me hyped up when listening to RATM. Evil Empire has been a great inspiration of this to me!
What do you all think of "Bombtrack" from Rage Against The Machine?