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Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine · 2012 · Track 1
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Duración4:03
ÁlbumRage Against the Machine
Año2012
ISRCUSSM11205432
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The story behind
When you encounter *Bombtrack*, you come across the gateway to the debut album by Rage Against the Machine. It's the song that opens the record, and from the very first moment, it immerses you in their characteristic sound. The lyrics, as is customary for them, address social inequality, issuing warnings about how those who hold power and wealth are going to "burn." The bass, handled by Tim Commerford, is the architect of the riffs that structure the song, and it's known that this piece is in the key of F sharp, sharing that trait with other tracks on the album like *Know Your Enemy* and *Fistful of Steel*.
The recording of this track, and the rest of the album, took place in 1992 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, with production by Garth Richardson and the band themselves. The final mix was handled by Andy Wallace. The cover art for the *Bombtrack* single is an iconic image: a mirrored version of the portrait of Che Guevara, "Guerrillero Heroico," captured by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda and reinterpreted by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick. The music video accompanying the song generated controversy by showing support for the organization Sendero Luminoso and its leader Abimael Guzman, recreating the image of the Peruvian leader inside a cage. This audiovisual material, initially not included in the band's early home releases, would appear years later, in 2003, as bonus content on the DVD *Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium*. In 1994, a special edition of the single was released in the Netherlands for the Pinkpop festival, which included an alternative tracklist, with some live recordings from 1993 concerts in Amsterdam, Vancouver, and Minneapolis. The track also had a notable appearance in the film *Natural Born Killers*.