Rage Against The Machine: Why The Band Broke Up & Zack De La Rocha Quit

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Sign up for our Rock Newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3fjldAi ⬇️ Rock merch I'm loving right now: Nirvana poster: https://amzn.to/3fmUMKc Van Halen mini collectable guitar: https://amzn.to/3ebm1WM Alice in Chains on MTV Unplugged: https://amzn.to/3ei0Hif *I recieve a small commission from link purchases* In today's video we take a look at the rock band Rage Against the Machine and why the band fell apart in 2000 starting with singer Zack De La Rocha leaving in late 2000, one month before Renegades their new cover album came out. LOVE ROCK N’ ROLL TRUE STORIES? NEVER MISS A BEAT FACEBOOK: @RNRTrueStories TWITTER: @rocktruestories BLOG: www.rockandrolltruestories.com #ratm #tommorello #zackdelarocha 2000, was a year full of turmoil for rage against the machine. WHile the band would release a new covers album, record and play some shows in addition to recording a live record there was wild speculation that the band was done. Then the news dropped On Wednesday October 18, from frontman Zack De La Rocha that he was done with the group announcing “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage, because our decision making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively, as a band, and from my perspective has undermined our artistic and political ideal. So how did we get there? Stay tuned to find out! Rage against the machine formed 9 years earlier in 1991 channeling a wide spectrum of influences including led zeppelin, bob dylan and even Devo. And the band would establish itself as one of the most groundbreaking, incendiary and politically-driven bands of the 90’s going on to sell 16 million albums. And for years rumors of in-fighting plagued the band. And the news that De La Rocha was leaving didn’t come as a shock to guitarist Tom Morello who would reveal that he was amazed that the band lasted as long as it did telling interviewer simon young “Rage Against The Machine has been a tremendously volatile rock rollercoaster for nine whole years,” l. “It actually comes as something as a surprise that the original line-up has remained intact all this time. It’s important to emphasise that Rage Against The Machine have not broken up. Zack has left the band. Tim, Brad and myself will continue to make groundbreaking music. And The news of Zack’s departure wasn’t well timed given that almost a month after he left the band, the group was set to release their new album titled Renegades which featured covers of artists including Devo, the MC5, Bruce Springsteen as well as The Rolling Stones. In addition to that the band had a live album coming out as well, Morello would act diplomatically in the same interview stating “we parted company on good terms and we wish him well,” There’s been some confusion over this record, since it coincides with Zack’s departure. It’s a studio album, with Zack as the vocalist. For Timmy, Brad and myself, we’re really proud of this record and want everyone to know about it.” And According to morello, Zack wanted to take up to 2 years off until they began work on their next record with 2003 being the next planned album from the group. So what happened? Some point to an incident at the MTV Video Music Awards where bassist Tim Commerford crashed Limp Bizkit’s acceptance speech. And the bassist’s actions actions reportedly angered De La Rocha who left the awards early telling reporters he felt “humiliated”. Othere’s point to the fact that it was deeper than that. It was around this time that Zack would tell the press “It’s not unique among rock bands to find the occasional dissension,” “But compared to the music we make and the causes we pursue, it’s not so interesting.” And Morello was more evasive saying. “Let’s just say Rage Against The Machine’s forces made us burn brightly and burn quickly. That’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years. Zack did what he had to do.” Now at the time of De La Rocha’s departure the remaining members of the band vowed to continue to make music together, but it wasn’t immediately clear as to whether it would be done under the RATM monicker or as part of a new side project. New frontman were rumored to be working with the musician including B-Real from Cypress Hill. And it wouldn’t be until years later that the other members of the band were little more open as to what happened behind the scenes. During an appearance on Lars Ulrich’s interview show ‘It’s Electric’ on Beats 1 I’ll put myself first and foremost,” Tom said of why the Los Angeles rap-rockers disbanded. “It was a lack of emotional maturity in being able to deal with each other as people. We had political vision and the shows never suffered, but we just couldn’t agree on stuff and that sort of unearthed feelings that made it hard to make records. I think there were competing visions of what Rage was supposed to be and competing feelings about what it was like