Rage Against The Machine's Sudden Breakup Gets More Strange

Tim Commerford is reacting to the surprising revelation that Rage Against The Machine had broken up. Drummer Brad Wilk revealed on social media that Rage Against The Machine would never perform again earlier this year.

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0:00 The plot thickens in RATM breakup
1:05 Brad Wilk says RATM will never play again
1:44 Tom Morello hints at RATM's issues
3:51 Tim Commerford doesn't know what's going on

[chilly]

Tim's just a bass player?
He's the best part of the band. Evil Empire has some nasty bass lines.

[mprior]

Rage’s mix is 90% aggressive distorted bass that sounds amazing. He’s more than just the bass he’s the entire funk and drive of the band.

[Downhuman]

I guarantee you they broke-up over their rock hall induction. After Rock Hall founder Jann Wenner was outed as a garbage human, most of the band decided that they would decline their induction - except Tom Morello who's a member of the voting body. Instead of standing in solidarity with his bandmates, he showed up to accept the induction.

[vonclod]

I paid 200$ for a ticket, after several years of cancellations I got a refund. Not going there again.

[DontCancelMeBro]

Cause we all learned they’re actually Rage With The Machine.

[craigjames]

Over they years, they became "Rage In Support of the Machine."

[JoshuaGentry-yx]

Any artist that vigorously says fuck the fans and pushes for togetherness is annoying fuck em

[Pelham]

Rage Alongside Upper Class College Educated White Women

[alderoth]

WAY, way, way back in the day when Rage first kind of split up and they went off to do the thing with Chris Cornell, Audioslave, there was already rumors and statements being made that Rage was never going to bet back together again. I honestly don't remember why they got back together to do the shows they had setup, but I also remember people sharing pictures of Zach at like a book signing or something and they were saying that he was looking bad or overweight, they were not being very flattering of the singer, that's all I remember. So the statement being made that they are no longer going to be doing shows or performing together as of now doesn't seem that far fetched or wild to me. It seems like it's what some members have been wanting for a long time anyway, so everybody should move on to bigger and better things, hopefully.

As far as Tim, I really hope he continues to do well. He is correct in that most bassists are the last to know lol. If anyone lives the life of a hired gun it's going to be the bass player lmao!! He's a badass dude. I hope he is able to beat cancers ass and rock out for many more years to come. I have always envied his play style and his explosiveness on stage.

[BeardOfRiker]

It has always felt like Tom wants to be a rock star and Zack doesn’t. That’s pretty much it.

[BidensTaint]

Millionaire “communists” 😂 $300 a ticket wasn’t enough

[thescribblealchemist]

zack got mad the other band members didn't get their daily booster shots

[lisan_al-ghaib]

5:22 - That's the thing. "Big financial opportunity" I think this talk is the kind of talk that would piss Zack off.
You get paid pretty well, tour, go to luxury hotels, buy expensive stuff, and suddenly "the machine" isn't so bad anymore.
I think they stopped because they were becoming part of "the machine" and Zack knew this.

[Paul-dwcl]

“So now I’m rollin’ down Rodeo with a latte.”

[A-Negative]

They could be playing down the street for free and I would avoid it. Loved them say them outside the Democratic convention in 2000 then stood off with the LAPD downtown. Was there when the fans lit the seats on fire at the Palace in a riot in Auburn Hills. Was insane. But they raging for the establishment these days. Wouldn’t be surprised if they have pronouns in their email signatures.

[paulforester]

I was in Chicago at the first show where the lead singer got hurt. I even posted a video of the concert.
Still a great show, btw.

[youngsuit]

for anyone who was there, you know that those seated performances were like watching poetry

[donttalktome]

RATM was done, when Tom Morrello bought his first mercedez. 1999 I think it was.

[bryancenterfitt]

Yeah... rage for the machine can stay out of the music scene for good at this point!

[tedbertier]

If I listen real hard, somewhere out there I can hear the distinct sound of no one caring.