Rage is my honest-to-goodness favorite band of all time. Nothing beats Rage, for me, at least. Evil Empire holds a special place in my heart because People of the Sun (first song on the album) was the first ever Rage song I ever heard. This album is much more raw and hip-hoppy (uhhh let's pretend that's a word, yeah?) than the others, and even though the band definitely was going through major creative differences at the time, it is an amazing, inspiring album that sounds just like they do live. (I've never seen them live. I'd never even heard their music until maybe 2 1/2 years ago...now I know all their songs! Heh heh. I'd literally die of spontaneous combustion and heart attack and heat stroke if you were to tell me they were even officially back together, even though they aren't playing live anymore!!).

I could talk about Rage all day. I'm pretty sure my friends are getting bored of me spewing out sudden, unbidden Rage facts in the middle of a conversation. :) I love Evil Empire, though I certainly love all of their albums. Each album has its epics, its awesomes, and its slightly-less-burn-the-suburbs. Although each lyric, beat, and spirit of the song is simply incendiary. If you were to ask me to choose a favorite Rage album, I'd probably spin the topic on its head and talk about something random like licking lamps (I honestly don't know that popped into my head).

Picking a favorite Rage album is like choosing a favorite book! I obviously think the one I'm currently listening to (or reading!) is the best, and then I'd move onto the next and think "hey, this is super good!". I love every Rage song, though perhaps excluding a few from Renegades. Don't get me wrong, I obviously love Renegades, and the covers are still extremely professional for a band that had only been playing for 9 years, but there's something about the fact that the music isn't original that gets me. Renegades of Funk is a whole other story, just because they completely rewrote the basic structure of the song and really made it their own. The others are obviously Ragey (pretend that's a word, too, please) and I love them, but their original material beats ALL.

Thanks for reading all this! Rage is my favorite band, and don't even get me started on the politics. Their music is catchy and awakening and pulsing and drives me to get out there and make things change. In current times, Rage really gives me hope that we can make it out of this. I know a lot of people wouldn't agree with me, and I can politely respect your opinion and trust that you are perfectly kind people, so please respect mine! I don't trust what's going on in the US right now, and I'm gonna go out there and make things change. Hard to do for a mere teenage girl with dreams to become a published author, but sites like these allow me to express myself with little-to-no judgment.

"If you have the guts and heart and vision, you could accomplish anything. You could change the world." - Zack de la Rocha

i love this so much!

I love Rage against the Machine! I personally prefer their other albums a little more, but 'Evil Empire' is great, too. I also like Audioslave and any other branch off of Rage. One of my all time favorite bands besides Led Zeppelin. Long live Rage!