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Know your enemy : Rage Against the Machine / Joel McIver

Title
  1. Know your enemy : Rage Against the Machine / Joel McIver
Published by
  1. London ; New York : Omnibus Press, c2014.
Author
  1. McIver, Joel

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Description
  1. xi, 244 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "Rage Against the Machine has been kicking against the system since 1992- and selling millions of records on the way. Never preaching or earnest, the four-piece band melded the attitude of rap with the sound of metal and found a winning formula with songs that discuss issues as wide-ranging as the Mexican zapatista struggle, America's militaristic foreign policy and institutionalised racism of governments. Their confrontational style is a key theme of Joel McIver's frank biography, combing the enthusiasm of a fan with a willingness to explore the serious issues at the heat of Rage's political message. Then, in 2009, RATM achieved the impossible by defeating Simon Cowell and his X factor contestant Joe McElderry to the position of UK Christmas number one. Thanks to a social media campaign by fans "Killing in the name" a song from their 1992 debut album, hit the top and won them thousands of new fans"-- Back cover.
Alternative title
  1. Rage Against the Machine
Subject
  1. Rage Against the Machine (Musical group)
  2. Rap (Music) > History and criticism
  3. Rock musicians > United States > Biography
  4. Rock groups > United States > Biography
  5. Heavy metal (Music) > United States > History and criticism
  6. Alternative metal (Music) > United States > History and criticism
  7. Rock music > United States > History and criticism
  8. Rap musicians > United States > Biography
  9. Alternative metal (Music)
  10. Heavy metal (Music)
  11. Rap (Music)
  12. Rap musicians
  13. Rock groups
  14. Rock music
  15. Rock musicians
  16. Rap (Music) > United States > History and criticism
  17. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies
  2. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Before 1991 -- Wage slavery : Is there an alternative? -- 1991-1992 -- 1992 -1993 -- 1994-1996 -- Mexican freedom ; The zapatistas and the EZLA -- 1996 -- 1998 -- 1999 -- 2000 -- 2000 -- 2002 -- Music and protest ; who cares? -- 2002 -2006 -- 2007 -- 2009 -- 2009 to date -- The X factor : David and Goliath.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 225-229) and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain