And with Evil Empire, Rage Against the Machine laid the blueprint for other politically minded acts to follow. The Most Played Songs Live of 35 Big Alternative Rock Bands ...

The artist: Rage Against the Machine. The album: Evil Empire The release date: April 16, 1996 The backstory: It wasn’t uncommon in the '90s for successful musical artists to openly opine on the ...

On this day (May 5) in 1996, Rage Against the Machine’s sophomore album, Evil Empire, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album contained some of the band’s best-known ...