Fun fact: Tom Morello won a battle of the bands competiton in Harvard, and the keyboard player for his band at the time won the Nobel Prize for science last year
To elaborate a bit more, the keyboardist is a woman named Carolyn Bertozzi, the award was for chemistry and her developments in click chemistry, whatever that is
Yeah some discographies go one or two records too long as well, the sound and vibe fizzles out for whatever reason (ala The Clash). This one feels right somehow even at just 4
@@radical6905. Lol. The clash got better with age. Regardless none of these bands are relevant. Rage, the Clash… whatever. They are cave people at this point. Drake is considered groundbreaking now. It’s over, it’s long been dead.
"Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun, these people ain't seen a brown skin man since their grandparents bought one," has got to be one of the sickest lyrical lines of all time.
Bulls on Parade just has a feeling of pure anger and anarchy in that last minute.. that buildup and explosion when the chorus kicks back in makes me want to destroy everything
One aspect of Evil Empire that makes it stand out in the Rage discography - to me, anyway - is the production. Compared to their other releases, it sounds very raw and punk-ish. Almost all of Zack's vocals are distorted throughout the record and the guitar sounds are really sharp and abrasive.
@@colloquially As much as I agree, it sounds modern to us, rock fans, old people, leftfield people. To the average tiktok user most of this sounds ancient.
Zach is so underrated, his voice is instantly recognizable, his lyrics are topical and layered, his delivery is bombastic and dynamic. Def in my top 20.
Listening to his features with Run The Jewels, he’s still got that fury, that powerful style that immediately captures you. That man’s voice is a cheat code to get people hyped and energised
They're one of those bands I really feel like each member can be heard 2 seconds isolated -- if not a fraction of a second -- of each instrument or beat and have no question who it is.
He has such a recognizable voice, and the other band members also have a very unique style. So much potential, does make me wish they had a bigger discography.
Agreed Philly. Last few tracks don't hit the same as the ones before them but everything leading up is pretty much flawless so it doesn't affect the quality for me. Idk why tf this hunter nerd is calling you a dick rider 😂
@@IwinTHEGAMEOFTHRONES I do enjoy it. I've just always absolutely loved the first seven tracks so much that by the time Fistful of Steel plays it takes just an ever so slight dip but regardless an amazing album with no bad tracks on it and my favorite Rage album.
@@Drown00 yeah honestly if their debut has a lowlight it's fistful of steel. It's not bad by any means but the begining of the song is just too sloppy compared to the rest of the song. Still a banger tho
I love that you put Evil Empire above Self-titled. Evil Empire has such a punk energy to it that the other albums don't have, it's honestly borderline post-hardcore. pretty much agree with what you said in the video. glad you made this tier list.
@@randychristensen1028go listen to With Teeth - it’s a solid album if you like rock music then you’ll really like it. Most NiN is hard to get into or listen.
Wow, an accurate and appropriate appraisal of Evil Empire without specifically shouting out Snake Charmer as their absolute grooviest and most brutal track. Full stop Evil Empire was firing on all cylinders, a cornucopia of amazing composition, instrumentation, lyricism, and production.
I think my tier list would go: S: self titled, Evil Empire A: The Battle of Los Angeles B or C (not sure it depends on the day): Renegades the debut is just so masterfully produced, and every riff, bassline, beat, hook, etc. are just so iconic, hard to not have that as a 10/10 for me Evil Empire I basically agree with everything you said Battle is imo mostly a great record, although I do think the production doesn't hit as hard, I absolutely love tracks like "Mic Check", "Maria", "New Millennium Homes" and "War Within A Breath" Renegades is tricky cause I did not know it was a cover album for a while due to my general song knowledge at the time I first heard it, so for me it just felt like weird experimental Rage, but now knowing it is a cover album, I def think some songs fall shorter than they used to, although some of the covers do slap for real. I will say I am leaning towards C just because I don't think I'll ever listen to this album as a whole again.
My older brother got me into rage. He said when he saw Zack perform Born of a Broken man in 99 he had never seen such a genuine emotional explosion on stage. No pretty pitched screams, fancy clothes or tattoos. That raw power is palpable in their music. Like them or not, criticize their hypocrisy or not, they are as real a deal you can ever get from a band that huge.
I'm a Bob Dylan fan and i couldn't agree more. I found Rage through Denzel Curry's cover of bulls on parade which is another of the greatest covers of all time imo. That dude can SCREAM, a cross over would be a match made in heaven
Honestly the perfect in and out a band ever did. Released a few masterpieces and then dipped out. And the whole bands just out here chillin doing whatever they feel like doing. I love it. I’ve always loved RATM and always will!!!
i would love to see a new album from them, but at the same time i wouln'dt like to see such a perfect discography to be tainted by the posibilly of a so-so album lol
They are comparable to Zeppelin in that they appeared on the scene with a fully formed and unique sound that only improved with every release. SOAD is the same way.
The minor threat cover on renegades is fucking great though. It kinda highlights Zack’s background in the hardcore scene when he played with inside out.
People forget that Evil Empire got a lot of pushback for how different it was to the debut. You can easily read Battle of LA as the band course-correcting back to the elements people liked from the first album, making a much more traditional (i.e. safe, less adventurous) second album, just one album late
I was lucky enough to see them live in 2022 in Wisconsin before they had to cancel the rest of the tour, and it was one of the best damn nights of my life. Absolutely electric, felt as though they never had over a decade-long hiatus. Zach still had a burning passion in his voice, Tom's guitar work was as mystifying as ever, as was Tim's bass, and Brad's drums punched holes into the night sky. Absolute legends.
For me, trying to rank those main three Rage albums is like choosing a favorite child. All near-perfect albums imo, and they all have different standouts.
Evil Empire still has some of my favourite drum grooves on any rock record. Up there with Songs for the Deaf in terms of how to construct addictive, deceptively driven drum parts that aren’t necessarily showing off. As close to a perfect album as you’re gonna get from the genre.
I still have my Rage and Beastie Boys ticket from that tour that got canceled like a few days before because Mike D was still riding a bike like a badass and had an accident. Then, RATM ended up on hiatus. August 2000. Got to see RATM several more times, Beasties once more, and Rage and Wu-Tang together at Rock the Bells. Thought I was gonna die at the latter. Wu was crazy, but never felt such a crowd push once Rage dropped the Star Flag.
Evil Empire was always my favorite, that said I always felt the Self Titled was a more cohesive realized vision. Evil Empire felt unbalanced in its flow and execution. Swapping those two in your list would be the only personal adjustment I'd make.
While I agree in a lot of ways with the placements and reasoning, Battle of LA was my favorite growing up. I actually like the polished production tbh. It’s one of the few hard hitting albums that I think benefits from the polish and I think it really holds up to today. I do think that it could be better in some ways, the best tracks hit super hard and even the more subdued moments have explosions of energy or creativity. That album feels like a bridge from rage to RTJ for Zack.
@@inkwisitive I agree. He was at his best as an emcee as far as RATM albums go. He got better every album, which is why I was disappointed we never got another album or even that we missed out on the DJ shadow/El-P produced solo album
Glad others feel like this. Fantano says guerilla radio is repetitive? It's a perfect tight single on an album full of them, and the deep cuts are amazing on the album as well. Maybe morello was a little but up his own ass on the effects on that record but to me they're still finding new zones on that record and de la Rocha was getting better and better
I personally think they're rated well, and I like Rage Against The Machine and in some ways I resent not having grown up with music of their 'calibre' but growing up with production of the calibre of BoLA I agree with the way you observe the album for the most part and wonder if it's the production that appealed to me most, whereas all the strength I had observed in the music are presented there.
Is all the world jails and churches? Evil Empire was just mind blowing to me at an early age, I hunted the books from the picture in the CD. Later I heard Killer Mike say he did the same thing, and Zach ended up in the RTJ family. I love it.
Evil Empire will probably be my favorite album of all time forever, such a great album with such cool experimentation and cutting edge lyricism. Also I first realised after watching the video I was wearing my Evil Empire shirt what a coincidence.
I saw Rage live at the old Idaho state penitentiary in 1996. Undescribable! Definitely in my top 5 shows of all time! Edit: I lost one of my shoes in the mosh pit, and had to wait until the show was over to retrieve it. Found it though!
Rage’s debut is my favorite album ever, the only album I’ve ever listened to where every song is unmistakably fantastic. The politics are focused and potent, the instrumentation and vocals are truly one of a kind, it’s the GOAT.
i didn't have mtv growing up, but my grandparents did, so when i would visit them in the summer you'd catch me watching daria, the real world, etc. i still remember seeing the video for "bulls on parade" and being absolutely entranced. i'll never forget it. my relationship to music expanded in that moment.
I agree 100% with this list, Rage is my favorite band of all time. In the studio and recording process, i always felt like the beggining of the end was when the band did not improved during Battle Of Los Angeles like they did, more tastefully, in Evil Empire. That's seem the time Zack "gave up" because there was always turmoil between him and Tom about what the band should sound. In terms of composition during that time, it was heading towards what would become Audioslave.
As many others have suggested, a Pink Floyd tier list would be amazing, but I'd love to see something ridiculous like a Melvins, Boris, or Zappa tier list. I feel like that would be a legit descent into madness.
I'm so happy you like War Within a Breath as well. Supremely underrated song, and the "YEAAAHHH" shriek at the back end of the track might be Zack's best scream on any Rage cut, ever.
As much as I love Rage I do feel like they quit at the right time. There wasn't really anything left for them to do, and if they'd kept cranking out albums with the same sound it would've gotten old fast.
I might be alone in this, but I’d really love to see a U2 tier list! They’ve genuinely had one of the most interesting careers out of any classic rock band, and their discography is kinda fucking nuts given how lengthy it is!
@@Bevtonesome 90's and 00's bands are already rightfully concidered classics lol. But to be fair things become 'classic' a lot quicker now, the word kinda lost a bit of meaning. Whatever, language tends to do that
honestly i'd put their first three albums all in S-tier and Renegades in A. easily one of the greatest bands to ever do it, their music still feels fresh and relevant to this day
Wrong, first album is clearly S tier - seminal, archetypal...fully formed, elemental...mind altering...guitaristically unique....politically awakening. In the album sleeve/ cassette insert (I had the tape) there was an address to write to to send an SAE for 'rage propaganda'..I did this and heard nothing back for about a year - then one day a purple vinyl record appeared randomly in my mailbox while at uni in first year - it was 'the ballad of Tom Joad'...how cool is that? I saw them in Glasgow Barrowlands a year later on the evil empire tour - still best gig I've ever seen.
Its be really cool to see a ft zack dlr/ ratm tier list, you coukd do that song on bamboozled, rtj fts, no shelter, zacks solo song, one day as a lion, etc. Big Zack fan all around, would love to see it
There is a basically a full album if you include all these features (Also incl. CIA w/ KRS, CotS w/ Roni Size and probably the best one; "March of Death" w/ DJ Shadow).
The debut is a Classic. With a capital C like Nevermind, Thriller, LZ’s III, Slayer’s Reign in Blood. Legendary album. People forget to simply mention the RIFFS on it. Catchy & beyond awesome
It’s a short discography but the fact that they parted ways because of creative differences despite commercial success is so admirable. Especially because of how money oriented the music industry is. The fact that they stuck to their beliefs says so much about the integrity of their message as a band
EE is the best. Incredible and unique mix, and the midway one-two-three punch of "Snakecharmer," "Tire Me" and "Down Rodeo" (maybe my top three songs of their's) just knocks it out the park.
100% agree with this ranking.. Their entire discography is pretty tight but Evil Empire is one of my all time favs and I'm not even the biggest fan of the genre.. You could tell Zack was even more impassioned about the messages he was expressing from spending time in Chiapas, and it lended to a more focused & sympathetic angle to his lyricism instead of just raw angsty fed up outrage like how their debut was. It's also just overall slicker & more badass than their other releases. Plus the cover art & no skip tracklist ugh I could go on..
I'll have to give Evil Empire a listen. I like both their self-titled debut and The Battle of Los Angeles, and I do love "Bulls on Parade", so if that song is any sign of the quality of Evil Empire, I will have to give it a listen.
The rhythm section of this band (Tim commerford and brad wilk) are honestly the unsung heroes. As a bass player, Tim’s basslines in Rage aren’t really that complex but they just ooze coolness. I think more complex baselines in this band wouldn’t have worked as much
@@maxinator317Yeah. It’s a shame that Tim stopped doing slap bass for RATM after the debut album. I think he said in an interview it was because he didn’t want RATM to sound like another RHCP clone band.
I'm glad I saw them on night 1 of their 5 night MSG run last year, that show was 24 years of waiting and he pay off was worth it. Renegades is pretty bad, each of guys picked songs to cover and they made it into an album, I don't even bother with it. I will say their cover of 'The Ghost of Tom Joad' is amazing and sounded incredible live.
Whats a funny thing about RATM is that ring wingers on twitter keep praising this band. Its almost like they have no idea what RATM is saying on these albums. Always seemed so goddamn funny to me how oblivious and dumb conservatives online are.
I'd personally switch Evil Empire with Battle of LA just because I love the variety of sounds you get on BoLA, but they're all banger albums so it doesn't really matter lmao
If 2023 has taught me anything we should reboot RATM and complete tarnish their legacy with mediocre outings. Also, no point in a tier list when every album is an S.
@@carterblack it 100% laid the ground work for me to be more open to it later on in life. Congratulations Zach, you made a Marxist out of at least 1 listener.
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Fun fact: Tom Morello won a battle of the bands competiton in Harvard, and the keyboard player for his band at the time won the Nobel Prize for science last year
To elaborate a bit more, the keyboardist is a woman named Carolyn Bertozzi, the award was for chemistry and her developments in click chemistry, whatever that is
Not hard to win battle of the bands against a bunch of over privileged dweebs
imo it doesn't matter that their discog is short, it's pretty incredible and the impact of Rage is gonna be felt for years to come.
Yeah some discographies go one or two records too long as well, the sound and vibe fizzles out for whatever reason (ala The Clash). This one feels right somehow even at just 4
@@radical6905. Lol. The clash got better with age. Regardless none of these bands are relevant. Rage, the Clash… whatever. They are cave people at this point. Drake is considered groundbreaking now. It’s over, it’s long been dead.
I think rage and other bands still are being talked about (this video as ex) but I do agree people are moving on
@DS-nw4eq I've never seen a single person who thinks that I've only ever seen hate for Drake. He definitely isn't groundbreaking
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My favorite part about Rage is the bass is like a lead instrument with crazy groove
When the bass comes in on People of the Sun… ughhhhhhh so good
@@JorianMerrillAs a bassist it makes me wanna beat myself with a stick its so good
Everyone talks about “Bulls on Parade” all the time, but where is the love for “Down Rodeo”? Song is *PERFECT.*
Agreed, that and Vietnow are my favorite tracks by far... followed closely by Tire Me
"Yeah I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun, these people ain't seen a brown skin man since their grandparents bought one," has got to be one of the sickest lyrical lines of all time.
standout track from the album for me
Bulls on Parade just has a feeling of pure anger and anarchy in that last minute.. that buildup and explosion when the chorus kicks back in makes me want to destroy everything
Best track on the album tbh
One aspect of Evil Empire that makes it stand out in the Rage discography - to me, anyway - is the production. Compared to their other releases, it sounds very raw and punk-ish. Almost all of Zack's vocals are distorted throughout the record and the guitar sounds are really sharp and abrasive.
I love the production on Empire. It has that “dry” feeling sound (if that makes sense) that makes it feel more raw and gives it more punch.
Rage is a punk band and I will die on this hill
Couldn't agree more!
The mastering is too loud, it kills the dynamics.
I was going to mention this. One of the best production jobs ever, in my opinion. Sounds scuzzy in the best way possible.
It's still insane to me that they started in 1992... they still feel so modern.
we call that 'timeless'~
It's heartbreaking how many of their lyrics are still relevant
a lot of 90s music sound pretty modern tbf
@@colloquially As much as I agree, it sounds modern to us, rock fans, old people, leftfield people. To the average tiktok user most of this sounds ancient.
I agree, I always think of them as a 00s band in my head
Zach is so underrated, his voice is instantly recognizable, his lyrics are topical and layered, his delivery is bombastic and dynamic. Def in my top 20.
Listening to his features with Run The Jewels, he’s still got that fury, that powerful style that immediately captures you. That man’s voice is a cheat code to get people hyped and energised
They're one of those bands I really feel like each member can be heard 2 seconds isolated -- if not a fraction of a second -- of each instrument or beat and have no question who it is.
And Zach spits that venom with force. Unmistakable.
No one cares and he’s not black.
He has such a recognizable voice, and the other band members also have a very unique style. So much potential, does make me wish they had a bigger discography.
The debut is absolutely one of the best albums of the 90s. It’s so raw yet so perfectly arranged at the same time. True 10/10.
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Agreed Philly. Last few tracks don't hit the same as the ones before them but everything leading up is pretty much flawless so it doesn't affect the quality for me. Idk why tf this hunter nerd is calling you a dick rider 😂
@mr.drown_73 Freedom is absolutely a top 5 rage tune, goes crazy hard and kicks you in the face from the very start
@@IwinTHEGAMEOFTHRONES I do enjoy it. I've just always absolutely loved the first seven tracks so much that by the time Fistful of Steel plays it takes just an ever so slight dip but regardless an amazing album with no bad tracks on it and my favorite Rage album.
@@Drown00 yeah honestly if their debut has a lowlight it's fistful of steel. It's not bad by any means but the begining of the song is just too sloppy compared to the rest of the song. Still a banger tho
I love that you put Evil Empire above Self-titled. Evil Empire has such a punk energy to it that the other albums don't have, it's honestly borderline post-hardcore. pretty much agree with what you said in the video. glad you made this tier list.
Evil Empire is such an incredible album from start to finish.
It'd be rad to see a NIN tier list
And a Buckethead tier list. Both of these might be long videos, tho...
@GizzyDillespee all 200+ Buckethead albums would be a long series lol
NIN is awful
@@randychristensen1028go listen to With Teeth - it’s a solid album if you like rock music then you’ll really like it. Most NiN is hard to get into or listen.
@@randychristensen1028no, just your opinion
Wow, an accurate and appropriate appraisal of Evil Empire without specifically shouting out Snake Charmer as their absolute grooviest and most brutal track. Full stop
Evil Empire was firing on all cylinders, a cornucopia of amazing composition, instrumentation, lyricism, and production.
The final part with the "INTRESTED IN YOU!" gets me so damn hyped after all this years haha
Snake chamber? The most brutal ratm track? Well that is a first. That track is bad compared to the rest of the trscklist
The debut is a lot better
I think my tier list would go:
S: self titled, Evil Empire
A: The Battle of Los Angeles
B or C (not sure it depends on the day): Renegades
the debut is just so masterfully produced, and every riff, bassline, beat, hook, etc. are just so iconic, hard to not have that as a 10/10 for me
Evil Empire I basically agree with everything you said
Battle is imo mostly a great record, although I do think the production doesn't hit as hard, I absolutely love tracks like "Mic Check", "Maria", "New Millennium Homes" and "War Within A Breath"
Renegades is tricky cause I did not know it was a cover album for a while due to my general song knowledge at the time I first heard it, so for me it just felt like weird experimental Rage, but now knowing it is a cover album, I def think some songs fall shorter than they used to, although some of the covers do slap for real. I will say I am leaning towards C just because I don't think I'll ever listen to this album as a whole again.
Completely agree with this ranking. Both of the first two albums should be in S.
Renegades is actually the one I return to the most atm. It's just hella fun and has the punchiest production IMO. Phenomenal driving album.
Do a Nine Inch Nails tier list!
Listened to Hesitation Marks recently because it turned ten and that album is so slept on
He should do Fugazi
Or Faith No More
Hell yes
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My older brother got me into rage. He said when he saw Zack perform Born of a Broken man in 99 he had never seen such a genuine emotional explosion on stage. No pretty pitched screams, fancy clothes or tattoos. That raw power is palpable in their music. Like them or not, criticize their hypocrisy or not, they are as real a deal you can ever get from a band that huge.
born of a broken man goes hard af
Honestly their version of Maggie's farm is one of my favorite covers of all time
I'm a Bob Dylan fan and i couldn't agree more. I found Rage through Denzel Curry's cover of bulls on parade which is another of the greatest covers of all time imo. That dude can SCREAM, a cross over would be a match made in heaven
We've been asking for years for you to please rank PINK FLOYD albums
He ain't ever do that
He defo ignoring cause there’s no way
Pink Floyd and The Beatles. That's all we want
FOR REAL BRO
Puhlease
Honestly the perfect in and out a band ever did. Released a few masterpieces and then dipped out. And the whole bands just out here chillin doing whatever they feel like doing. I love it. I’ve always loved RATM and always will!!!
Personally think SOAD are the kings in that regard. Most unique and perfect metal band since Black Sabbath’s first 5 albums
@@kakkashi21999 SOAD is the shit can’t argue that!!! But Rage I can sit through all 4 albums without a skip, and that’s rare for me.
i would love to see a new album from them, but at the same time i wouln'dt like to see such a perfect discography to be tainted by the posibilly of a so-so album lol
They are comparable to Zeppelin in that they appeared on the scene with a fully formed and unique sound that only improved with every release. SOAD is the same way.
i would very much love to see a pink floyd ranked or tier list video
The holy grail of Fantano tier lists
My man, I see you
The minor threat cover on renegades is fucking great though. It kinda highlights Zack’s background in the hardcore scene when he played with inside out.
Zack's rapping on Without a Face is crazy.
And that bass groove backing it up. 👌
Without a face is amazing
People forget that Evil Empire got a lot of pushback for how different it was to the debut. You can easily read Battle of LA as the band course-correcting back to the elements people liked from the first album, making a much more traditional (i.e. safe, less adventurous) second album, just one album late
All their albums are pretty good but that debut just stands so high above the rest. One of the best hard rock/metal debuts ever.
The Battle of Los Angeles was my first RATM album and I still love it. Their whole discography is fantastic.
I was lucky enough to see them live in 2022 in Wisconsin before they had to cancel the rest of the tour, and it was one of the best damn nights of my life. Absolutely electric, felt as though they never had over a decade-long hiatus. Zach still had a burning passion in his voice, Tom's guitar work was as mystifying as ever, as was Tim's bass, and Brad's drums punched holes into the night sky. Absolute legends.
Saw them in the pit for the toronto show and I agree! Zach was sitting the whole time but still in my top 3 concerts 🤘
For me, trying to rank those main three Rage albums is like choosing a favorite child. All near-perfect albums imo, and they all have different standouts.
Evil Empire still has some
of my favourite drum grooves on any rock record. Up there with Songs for the Deaf in terms of how to construct addictive, deceptively driven drum parts that aren’t necessarily showing off. As close to a perfect album as you’re gonna get from the genre.
I still have my Rage and Beastie Boys ticket from that tour that got canceled like a few days before because Mike D was still riding a bike like a badass and had an accident. Then, RATM ended up on hiatus. August 2000. Got to see RATM several more times, Beasties once more, and Rage and Wu-Tang together at Rock the Bells. Thought I was gonna die at the latter. Wu was crazy, but never felt such a crowd push once Rage dropped the Star Flag.
I was supposed to go to that concert also.
what a perfect band. knew exactly what they wanted to do, did it, made three classics and the ever rare great covers album, and dipped.
We need Tribe Called Quest tierlist
and Gang Starr.
one of the most amazing hard rock/metal bands of all times. some of the most genius riffs of all time.
Evil Empire was always my favorite, that said I always felt the Self Titled was a more cohesive realized vision. Evil Empire felt unbalanced in its flow and execution. Swapping those two in your list would be the only personal adjustment I'd make.
While I agree in a lot of ways with the placements and reasoning, Battle of LA was my favorite growing up. I actually like the polished production tbh. It’s one of the few hard hitting albums that I think benefits from the polish and I think it really holds up to today. I do think that it could be better in some ways, the best tracks hit super hard and even the more subdued moments have explosions of energy or creativity. That album feels like a bridge from rage to RTJ for Zack.
Zack’s flow and pen game were peak on Battle of Los Angeles imo, it doesn’t get enough credit even if the production was a little too polished
@@inkwisitive I agree. He was at his best as an emcee as far as RATM albums go. He got better every album, which is why I was disappointed we never got another album or even that we missed out on the DJ shadow/El-P produced solo album
Glad others feel like this. Fantano says guerilla radio is repetitive? It's a perfect tight single on an album full of them, and the deep cuts are amazing on the album as well. Maybe morello was a little but up his own ass on the effects on that record but to me they're still finding new zones on that record and de la Rocha was getting better and better
I wanna be Jackie Onassis.
I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses.
I wanna be, Jackie O, O, O, O PLEASE DON'T DIE
hearing Wake Up for the first time was an insane experience, highly recommend to anyone who is on the fence about listening to RAtM
Damn, Fanthony Antano reminded me tonight "on stage screaming like Rage Against The Machine" is one of my favourite lyrics ever
I personally think they're rated well, and I like Rage Against The Machine and in some ways I resent not having grown up with music of their 'calibre' but growing up with production of the calibre of BoLA I agree with the way you observe the album for the most part and wonder if it's the production that appealed to me most, whereas all the strength I had observed in the music are presented there.
Great video. Please Do an Alice In Chains tier list!
Would love that!
Is all the world jails and churches? Evil Empire was just mind blowing to me at an early age, I hunted the books from the picture in the CD. Later I heard Killer Mike say he did the same thing, and Zach ended up in the RTJ family. I love it.
Evil Empire will probably be my favorite album of all time forever, such a great album with such cool experimentation and cutting edge lyricism. Also I first realised after watching the video I was wearing my Evil Empire shirt what a coincidence.
I saw Rage live at the old Idaho state penitentiary in 1996. Undescribable! Definitely in my top 5 shows of all time!
Edit: I lost one of my shoes in the mosh pit, and had to wait until the show was over to retrieve it. Found it though!
You should do a SOAD tier list.
Rage’s debut is my favorite album ever, the only album I’ve ever listened to where every song is unmistakably fantastic. The politics are focused and potent, the instrumentation and vocals are truly one of a kind, it’s the GOAT.
Denzel Curry's cover of "Bulls on Parade" is S Tier.
Ilove the way Morello's guitar sounds like a DJ scratching
i didn't have mtv growing up, but my grandparents did, so when i would visit them in the summer you'd catch me watching daria, the real world, etc. i still remember seeing the video for "bulls on parade" and being absolutely entranced. i'll never forget it. my relationship to music expanded in that moment.
I think the tierlist was spot on, would love to see your System of a Down tier list, and possibly a Limp Bizkit one?
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Melon loves bisquits, not sure about bizkit.
Bro a Limp Bizkit would just be Melon hesitating between E and F tier for an entire video. Would love SOAD tho
@@Enceladus2106 yeah thats why I said possibly, I know he doesn't like LB that much
No point in a LB tier list, everything would be S tier.
I agree 100% with this list, Rage is my favorite band of all time. In the studio and recording process, i always felt like the beggining of the end was when the band did not improved during Battle Of Los Angeles like they did, more tastefully, in Evil Empire. That's seem the time Zack "gave up" because there was always turmoil between him and Tom about what the band should sound. In terms of composition during that time, it was heading towards what would become Audioslave.
As many others have suggested, a Pink Floyd tier list would be amazing, but I'd love to see something ridiculous like a Melvins, Boris, or Zappa tier list. I feel like that would be a legit descent into madness.
It’s impossible to not get pumped up when Down Rodeo comes on
“So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun
These people ain't seen a brown skin man
Since their grandparents bought one”
Hardest bars ever
I'm so happy you like War Within a Breath as well. Supremely underrated song, and the "YEAAAHHH" shriek at the back end of the track might be Zack's best scream on any Rage cut, ever.
It's land or death!
My favourite Rage Against the Machine is when they are angry and don’t trust the government. S tier
Still waiting on that long overdue fugazi tier list
Thank you bro I've been thinking this for years
As much as I love Rage I do feel like they quit at the right time. There wasn't really anything left for them to do, and if they'd kept cranking out albums with the same sound it would've gotten old fast.
S. Battle of LA, Evil Empire
A. Self Titled
B. Renegades
Yes, 100% agreed
I might be alone in this, but I’d really love to see a U2 tier list! They’ve genuinely had one of the most interesting careers out of any classic rock band, and their discography is kinda fucking nuts given how lengthy it is!
Are we calling 80s bands classic now farrrrk that age's me
No...please no....
@@Bevtonesome 90's and 00's bands are already rightfully concidered classics lol. But to be fair things become 'classic' a lot quicker now, the word kinda lost a bit of meaning. Whatever, language tends to do that
Achtung Baby is a S tier album.
@@sample2090 doe's this make blink classic? Im not ready haha
honestly i'd put their first three albums all in S-tier and Renegades in A. easily one of the greatest bands to ever do it, their music still feels fresh and relevant to this day
Wrong, first album is clearly S tier - seminal, archetypal...fully formed, elemental...mind altering...guitaristically unique....politically awakening. In the album sleeve/ cassette insert (I had the tape) there was an address to write to to send an SAE for 'rage propaganda'..I did this and heard nothing back for about a year - then one day a purple vinyl record appeared randomly in my mailbox while at uni in first year - it was 'the ballad of Tom Joad'...how cool is that? I saw them in Glasgow Barrowlands a year later on the evil empire tour - still best gig I've ever seen.
Its be really cool to see a ft zack dlr/ ratm tier list, you coukd do that song on bamboozled, rtj fts, no shelter, zacks solo song, one day as a lion, etc. Big Zack fan all around, would love to see it
There is a basically a full album if you include all these features (Also incl. CIA w/ KRS, CotS w/ Roni Size and probably the best one; "March of Death" w/ DJ Shadow).
The debut is a Classic. With a capital C like Nevermind, Thriller, LZ’s III, Slayer’s Reign in Blood. Legendary album. People forget to simply mention the RIFFS on it. Catchy & beyond awesome
We need a Pink Floyd tier list from you Tony
1. Self-titled (S)
2. Battle of Los Angeles (A)
3. Evil Empire (A)
4. Renegades (C)
Correct
Your tierlists are so fun, pls give us more
It’s a short discography but the fact that they parted ways because of creative differences despite commercial success is so admirable. Especially because of how money oriented the music industry is. The fact that they stuck to their beliefs says so much about the integrity of their message as a band
EE is the best. Incredible and unique mix, and the midway one-two-three punch of "Snakecharmer," "Tire Me" and "Down Rodeo" (maybe my top three songs of their's) just knocks it out the park.
100% agree with this ranking.. Their entire discography is pretty tight but Evil Empire is one of my all time favs and I'm not even the biggest fan of the genre.. You could tell Zack was even more impassioned about the messages he was expressing from spending time in Chiapas, and it lended to a more focused & sympathetic angle to his lyricism instead of just raw angsty fed up outrage like how their debut was. It's also just overall slicker & more badass than their other releases. Plus the cover art & no skip tracklist ugh I could go on..
You will be seeing my lawyer for defamation for putting Renegades in C tier. “Pistol Grip Pump” is one of the best rap rock tracks of all time!!!!!!
How I could just kill a man and Maggie’s farm too 🔥🔥🔥
Give me that Nick Cave and the bad seeds tier list. A one hour video. C'mon
It’s so refreshing to see a Rage video whose comments aren’t filled with right ding ding dongs crying ThEy RaGe FoR tHe MaChInE nOw
Now that Trent Stated that he will not make more NIN music for a while you could make a Nine Inch Nails tier list!
I always thought everyone like the debut more except for me. Evil Empire is a killer album. Somehow I rarely listened to the first and the third.
I'll have to give Evil Empire a listen. I like both their self-titled debut and The Battle of Los Angeles, and I do love "Bulls on Parade", so if that song is any sign of the quality of Evil Empire, I will have to give it a listen.
The rhythm section of this band (Tim commerford and brad wilk) are honestly the unsung heroes. As a bass player, Tim’s basslines in Rage aren’t really that complex but they just ooze coolness. I think more complex baselines in this band wouldn’t have worked as much
Take the power back is a pretty great bass line
I honestly Brad Wilk is crazy underrated, Tire Me remains one of my favorite rock drum performances
@@maxinator317Yeah. It’s a shame that Tim stopped doing slap bass for RATM after the debut album. I think he said in an interview it was because he didn’t want RATM to sound like another RHCP clone band.
I always forget that Rage introduced me to Devo. I just saw Devo on their farewell tour and it was excellent. Thank you Rage
It’s so wild to think about Maynard almost becoming their singer
As a whole Evil empire is amazing…the production as soooo goood!!!!
bruh just do a pink floyd tierlist already
I adore the debut. Thanks for your comments on Evil Empire, Anthony, I’m gonna go back and listen to it now!
Rage seems to be my consistent favorite band of all time. Thanks for covering this Anthony!
I'm glad I saw them on night 1 of their 5 night MSG run last year, that show was 24 years of waiting and he pay off was worth it. Renegades is pretty bad, each of guys picked songs to cover and they made it into an album, I don't even bother with it. I will say their cover of 'The Ghost of Tom Joad' is amazing and sounded incredible live.
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Wind Below is an underrated track.
Finally! Been waiting for RATM content 😅🎉
Down rodeo has one of the most jaw-dropping opening lines I’ve ever heard
Bro I've been waiting for this for years, thank you melon
Whats a funny thing about RATM is that ring wingers on twitter keep praising this band. Its almost like they have no idea what RATM is saying on these albums. Always seemed so goddamn funny to me how oblivious and dumb conservatives online are.
Anthony, nice list, good list, very fun indeed. But: BEATLES TIER LIST WHEN?
I'd personally switch Evil Empire with Battle of LA just because I love the variety of sounds you get on BoLA, but they're all banger albums so it doesn't really matter lmao
Shoutout to Mic Check since Anthony didn’t mention it at all when discussing BoLA. It’s my favourite Rage track of all time.
If 2023 has taught me anything we should reboot RATM and complete tarnish their legacy with mediocre outings.
Also, no point in a tier list when every album is an S.
The Ghost of Tom Joad gives Renegades a full letter upgrade over what it actually deserves imo.
I didn’t know the money store was a rage album
When you’re worst album is a C and it’s a covers album, that’s not too bad
Saw them last year and maaaaaan… Best show I’ve been to hands down.
Rush tier list!!! Such a great discography. Fly by Night, Moving Pictures, Grace Under Pressure, etc.
hmm interesting,
i think i rate Battle of Los Angeles in A
And the debut in S
Self titled then Battle of Los Angeles then Evil Empire then the covers album
YES, I THOUGHT WE'D NEVER GET THIS
Huge credit to this band for exposing me to actual leftism as a 90s american suburban kid with conservative parents
so true. even though i didn't grow up when they released all their albums. they still exposed me to corrupt things i never heard about.
@@carterblack it 100% laid the ground work for me to be more open to it later on in life. Congratulations Zach, you made a Marxist out of at least 1 listener.
We’ve been waiting for years for you to do a Pink Floyd tier list