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all the "fuck the system" bands from the 80s-90s were right all along
I love that that song was a throwaway to make a point and it went crazy.
Also, in the words of Dee Snider and Twisted Sister: "We're not gonna take it, anymore."
Also in the words of Dee Snyder: "the only sado-masocism going on in the song 'Under the Knife,' is happening in Tipper Gore's head.
😂
And they were only 16 years old when they made that album.
Tough to peak so early.
Yeah I bet they're so sad they peaked early, they're all crying & blowing their noses with million-dollar-bills in their mansions for the rest of their lives.
They're mainly crying because of all the royalties they had to pay the guy that wrote their rhythming dictionary.
😂
Punk was always right.
Maybe not about the heroin.
Definitely not about the heroin.
I have always loved punk and especially the Clash.
They had some great riffs and lyrics
Rage Against The Machine is when I see AI in my web search results.
Rage Against The Machine is when someone introduced a new piece of music to me. And they think it's real and trying to convince me at how dope it is. And me side eyeing them, thinking..I can't wait to get this fake crap up out my ear. It's clever. But ummm, fake ain't the new real homie. Duces. ✌️
I preferred when they weren't political.
Yea RATM is so woke now 🤭
Yeah. I miss that song about rainbows and butterflies and unicorns and candy.
😜 😂
Muse too.
Agreed!!
Brother
Just need to add church officials to that separate bathroom.
Early Gen-X went from seeing the horrors of the Vietnam war on TV, straight into Reganism, Iran Contra, and more. All while under the looming shadow of global thermonuclear war, which was pushed heavily into the zeitgeist by cold-war politics at the time. Sure, there's a lot good stuff from that era too, but there was also plenty to rage about.
Yeah, it's come up a few times lately but even the big popular ones you could have seen on MTV like SOAD and RATM can be chilling to listen to today.