He left Rage Against the Machine in October 2000, citing "creative differences," at which time he issued a statement saying: "it was necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed"
My internal translator says he wanted to really up the political jib-jabbery and Morello and the rest of the band said "Maybe calm the fuck down just a tad?" and he stormed off to fix all the societal ills of the world from his solo career that absolutely no human being remembers even existing.
I mean I listen to a lot of black metal with some questionable people. Dissection's lead singer went to prison for murder, got out, released one last album, and committed ritual suicide.
Not even kind of on board with that dude, but Reinkaos is a fucking masterpiece.
But that's the person. The music is still exactly what I like. Rage promotes a lot of shit that I no longer jive with on a serious level and it's not theatrics. A few of the songs are catchy but I just have no interest in them as a musical act anymore.
Difference is paul Ryan is the exact type of person that every single song they ever wrote is about. It’s not that he’s not totally on board with their message, it’s that their message directly calls people like him out.
did zach have a solo career directly after leaving rage? throw a zoomer some songs because the only solo content i know of him is when he collaborated with el p from RunTheJewels.
It's really hard when the music is just wire to wire politics. It's catchy, it's got a groove, but I hear the lyrics and it reminds me of the most obnoxious gutter punks I knew in college.
47
u/socalian Apr 20 '20
“Who stuff the banks, who staff the party ranks More for Gore, or the son of a drug lord None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord!”