Why Rockstars & People Can’t Stand Rage Against the Machine & Tom Morello
Rockstars who can’t stand Rage Against the Machine & Tom Morello
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@rnrtruestories
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
RATM? Great band or greatest band?
@RobertJackson-fc7ek
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
these jokers became the machine.
@mefirstandthegimmiegimmies5160
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
I like some of ratm songs and bought all of their albums until I started learning about the band members "especially tom" that they dont actually rage against any machine and want special treatment and money for being who they are. The whole "stick it to the man" thing is BS when you have made millions off capitalism
@nothatsgay
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Rage for the machine
@AlexLombard25
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Their stupid fans (importantly) never understood the band were using them. The bandmembers with their producers identified a dumb and numerous demographic and pandered to it, and as a result were successful among that large group and became very wealthy. Morello is as fake as they come – he's an act. It's all an act.
@bobbywhiteman9421
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Tom Morello is trash and his serius xm show is total ass smh
@GerardoCordova-z8g
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
team coke. fuck a pepsi.
@daxmafesi
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
I met both tom and Zack tom was okay but Zack is a total a hole
@joeg5414
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Morello was working for the Machine before he was even in RATH. He worked for senator Alan Cranston, has a degree from Harvard in social studies. He wanted to be a part of the machine and he's done a good job of it.
@Gramsci
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
I'm sorry, who the fcuk is "Skillet"?
@bruce257
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Rage Against the Machine might be good if they didn't suck so bad.
@ErikNouvel-mh4tq
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
What is PMRC?
@TinyMonsters6
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
All i see here is Why Rockstars & People Cant Stand Tom Morello. The rest of the band seems cool.
@c7po457
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
I want to go to 5 Point Cafe now
@typewritertim8150
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Morello = performative. I mean, he is c a performer but hypocrisy is whack. Pearl Jam and other majors could have done real things but these greedy fucks drank the pool aid.
@WHAT-bz6hp
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
"Rage Bait Inside the Machine"
By operating inside the machine, they’ve turned "rebellion" into a high-end consumer product. Critics argue this setup makes them the ultimate influencers of the "Leftist Aesthetic"
It’s the perfect business model: Spit on the hand that feeds you, but make sure the hand is recording so you can get the ad revenue.
They aren’t just fighting the system; they’re monetizing their hatred of it while sitting comfortably in its VIP lounge.
By using the system to fight the system, they are—by default—acknowledging its utility, efficiency, and dominance.
They believe the capitalist distribution model is evil, yet they rely on its superior efficiency to spread an anti-capitalist message.
The band relies heavily on Western civil liberties—freedom of speech, the right to assembly, and intellectual property laws.
Financial Realism (Capital as a Weapon)
In their 2022–2024 tour cycles, they charged high prices for "charity tickets."
You can't be a revolutionary if you're a shareholder.
If a "revolutionary" lives in a multi-million dollar mansion, uses corporate distribution, and protects their private property, many argue they’ve traded their soul for the very lifestyle they write songs against.
Ultimately, they’ve mastered the art of being radically anti-establishment while being completely embedded in the establishment's media cycle.
Their legacy….they’ve proven that in the modern West, you can be a radical anti-capitalist as long as you are a profitable one.
@juswolf22
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
If you don’t die you’ll become part of the machine
@REMBRANTTUBE
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
They suck! They made all of their money because of capitalism
@northmanlogging2769
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
right, so a band with one hit tries to make waves by talking S, and a typical Seattle "doorman" i.e. host/hostess (read inexperienced hipster with an attitude problem" , talk a whole bunch of shit, and the Rage folks be adults about it… yep such hypocrites yup.
@adamtoshowbloodintheface7582
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Tom IS the machine….
@julianmendez4307
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Rage Against The Machine has done the more to increase awareness about many political issues and injustices around the world than any other band. The critics forget that these people are humans and don’t owe anyone anything. Politicians are supposed to serve the people and we should hold them accountable. However, artists produce art, in this case music, and that’s it. Hats off to RATM who use art for a just cause as opposed to other bands who glorify drugs, sex, suicide and satanic bs.
@DIRTYLICKHER
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Rage is literally CLOWN REVOLUTIONARY ROCK peddling edge cringe lord bullshit along with other bands like KORN and tons of Liberal HATE WHITEY BANDS.
@andrewmarkus9215
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Ooh, Ted Nugent doesn’t like Tom Morello? Now I know I like RATM!
@doug941
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
I stand with Cyco Miko! m/
@wackyruss
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
It sounds like Ol' Tommy M was gettin' too big for his own britches! Apparently fame and fortune can go straight to your head! I still will love RAGE tho forever even though they've become mega rich rockstars. Their musicianship is continually astounding and although Tommy was a prick to that Cafe, he can still create some of the most amazing Guitar Wizardry EVER!
@casna5400
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
And I bet you don’t monetize your channel. You’re so tr00 🙄
@083Y
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
They are the Redditest band tha ever lived
@Enochwasreal
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Tom Morello supports Genocide. I do not. He is a Marxist. They killed my family in Kiev. Say NO to Morello and his ilk.
@jorgevieira4489
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Bs
They are the best
But because they are against racists videos like this criticise
@cameraperson
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
I love Rage. Always will. I think people who dont are bizarre.
@paulthomasbranda7591
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Cause he went to Harvard.
@johnjenson670
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Sellout actorzzzz
@3dullblades
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Even if you can make an argument that the members of rage have become "rage on behalf of the machine" it does not tarnish the message of the art they made. Because the message transcends the artists.
@dantean
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Marketing revolution is dubious to begin with. Anyway, if you want the MONSTER corporate paycheck you're gonna dance where they tell ya.
@josephreynolds1220
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
The ole’ do as I say, not as I do. 🤘🏻
@fornever
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
American "communists" are really just caffeine-free, diet capitalists LARPing for style points & RATM is a prime example.
@troyvarney6504
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Rage ran when the world raged.
@LurkingCrassZero
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
If Zack De La Rocha's sentiments in their music were genuine, he'd be doing interviews like crazy right now. But we've heard nothing but crickets.
@nedgey
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
The fact is that leftists have no real choice but to operate in the system they live in. It's like when people say Marx was never a worker. Who cares. These people have been fortunate enough to spread their message one way or another in this system, even using corporate means. Doesn't mean they don't want society to be better. If they were exploited workers, they never would have been able to influence millions of people in leftist ideas. Plus this rockstar gossip type of content is pretty low regardless of the topic.
@Ratlipp
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Champagne socialist hypocrites.
@4thGloryMonday
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
always been a rage fan but we know why we cant stand tom
@gregrichardson1154
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
omg! .. a BAND in a capitalistic construct is making $$$$ .. Fucking lame. Come on ST. mIKE – grab a pepsi bruh.
@gregrichardson1154
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
& once again. Nobody sane GAF what Unncle Ted says if it's not singing or guitaring. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@gregrichardson1154
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
oh … F all the way off. … Frank Zappa on line 2, would like to congratulate RATM in pushing back against the PMRC as well. IN FACT, we all hate the PMRC. wtf?? @rock n roll true (?) Stories?? .. Is this some RW leaning bs hit piece or what??
@TomLaios
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Shit band. Grown ass men throwing a tantrum like a toddler. "Fuck you, you're not the boss of me". They never did a thing for me musically .
@jongauna7593
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
screew you for trying to start a fight!!!!!
@jongauna7593
March 20, 2026 at 11:42 am
Are kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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