{"name":"Rage Against The Machine","title":"Rage Against The Machine","id":3252,"slug":"rage-against-the-machine","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3252/?format=json","bio_short":"Rage Against the Machine is an American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rap%20metal\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rap metal</a> band, formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. They are often mis-categorized as <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/nu%20metal\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">nu metal</a> or <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/rapcore\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">rapcore</a>. The band's line-up comprises vocalist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Zack+De+La+Rocha\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Zack De La Rocha</a>, guitarist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Morello\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Tom Morello</a>, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Critics have noted Rage Against the Machine for its &quot;fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/leftist\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">leftist</a> rants against corporate America, cultural imperialism, and government oppression into a Molotov cocktail of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/hardcore%20punk\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">hardcore punk</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/hip%20hop\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">hip hop</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/alternative%20metal\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">alternative metal</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/funk\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">funk</a>.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/RageAgainsttheMa.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":24482,"title":"Killing In the Name","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/killing-in-the-name/"}]}