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Smee [Edit] [Delete] 56 replies 17:29 November 26th, 2012

Not something I've explored much or thought about in the past to be honest, but listening to Rage Against The Machine on 6music today I reckon I like shit like this. What other bands exist/have existed?

Limp Bizkit was a weird phenomenon wasn't it? Those guys made some funny videos.

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Why are they playing Rage so much today on 6music? Had one headphone in all day so barely hear any of the chat before/after songs but have heard Rage 3 times on there today.

Aaron | 26 Nov '12, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 20 years since self titled
  
  and theyve got a re-release 'xx' on the cards
  
  Matt_was_taken @Aaron | 26 Nov '12, 20:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Downset

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f1BJgLCPoI

Ichor | 26 Nov '12, 17:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pOxYl7Rkbw

Royter-Hatfood | 26 Nov '12, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- great shout
  
  Smee @Royter-Hatfood | 26 Nov '12, 17:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  georgiabeth this'd this
Beastie Boys obv

Icarus-Smicarus | 26 Nov '12, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
This lovely little race relations ditty by Clawfinger...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZvlqH2jPa8

Age of Panic - Senser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmxMSx3sP9c&feature=related

Alex-in-Ciderland | 26 Nov '12, 18:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ha!
  
  I'd forgotten about Clawfinger. Didn't their album have some dig at RATM in the sleeve notes, saying something like 'All sounds on this record were made by turntables, synthesisers and NO GUITARS'?
  
  bozo @Alex-in-Ciderland | 26 Nov '12, 21:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
No Fronts (sorry guys) - Dog Eat Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_FAGSiyiR4

Alex-in-Ciderland | 26 Nov '12, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- OH YOU FUCKER
  
  chris_81 @Alex-in-Ciderland | 26 Nov '12, 18:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dog Eat Dog

Any excuse to post this really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41KJCoydlEU

chris_81 | 26 Nov '12, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

Ichor this'd this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiNRIR8tjFc

theShipment | 26 Nov '12, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
King Prawn

Probably regarded more as a ska-punk band, but most of the vocals count as rapping pretty much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7CycUkDQU

chris_81 | 26 Nov '12, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- There's even an unnecessary bit of DJ scratching in there, absolutely essential for this sort of early-00's thing
  
  chris_81 @chris_81 | 26 Nov '12, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Big fan King Prawn.
  
  shucks @chris_81 | 26 Nov '12, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  andystevio this'd this
The GLC sometimes

:-/

moker | 26 Nov '12, 18:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Subtle

Jordan_229_2 | 26 Nov '12, 20:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Not saying that all these bands were bad

but weren't they just selling rap to white suburban kids who weren't ready to listen to hip-hop? Kinda lame.

littlebirds | 26 Nov '12, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ie Beastie Boys
  
  theShipment @littlebirds | 26 Nov '12, 20:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Mehodor this'd this
  - Sacred cow, man.
    
    you're allowed to like them, cos they did Paul's Boutique, and were good and shit.
    
    Like any musical movement, some cream will rise to the top, but clumsy attempts to marry rock & rap were a largely unmemorable affair IMO.
    
    littlebirds @theShipment | 26 Nov '12, 20:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah I like BB just fine.
      
      Was just saying. They def fit into that 'selling rap to suburbia' mold. Fortunately they did a good job at it like you said.
      
      theShipment @littlebirds | 26 Nov '12, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Fo sho
        
        Got no issue with good music, neither. For the record I like some Rage too. Just talking in general terms.
        
        littlebirds @theShipment | 26 Nov '12, 21:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Kind of like Elvis selling black music to white people and so on and so forth
  
  until the whole topic collapses under its own tediousness.
  
  Royter-Hatfood @littlebirds | 27 Nov '12, 11:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, I guess I don't really care what music is sold to who after all
    
    I should have just said, 'most of that stuff was shite' and be done with it.
    
    littlebirds @Royter-Hatfood | 27 Nov '12, 13:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Kennedy Soundtrack - Killing Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzp_xZ1ZVos
<3

Phil9064 | 26 Nov '12, 20:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
when i was at uni, this was a genuinely popular local band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncAKODKr698

gonad | 26 Nov '12, 21:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Judgement Night OST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNfNuts_gJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ0CB7d6UdQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlV-8xZF_4g

and the rest...

bozo | 26 Nov '12, 21:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

MrScagdenSir, thewarn, Stuzza, and TheWza this'd this
I think my favouirte RATM song is probably this cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWP1rsAMrw

Grant Nicholas really surprised me with his beefing up of Mark B and Blade too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odbfKeIdh-s

marckee | 26 Nov '12, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Senser

Were perhaps the original?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFtkCMMmmQ (blast from the fucking past!)

Unless you include Run DMC, or Beasties - which used samples rather than live guitars.

sartana | 26 Nov '12, 21:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
- not the original - RATM pre-dates them,
  
  but they were great nonetheless
  
  bozo @sartana | 27 Nov '12, 00:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I was certainly aware of Senser before I was RATM
    
    But they were a London band - used to go see them live around 90/91.
    They probably came up with the same idea at the same time.
    
    sartana @bozo | 27 Nov '12, 08:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Senser formed before RATM, RATM released their debut first, but not by much.
    
    Alex-in-Ciderland @bozo | 29 Nov '12, 08:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Why?

TJFalvey | 26 Nov '12, 22:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- cos he's curious about this combination!
  
  oh..........
  
  MrScagdenSir @TJFalvey | 26 Nov '12, 22:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hacktivist

Grime rappers and bomb-string djent metal - surprisingly good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5TvCxTT-M

and Jay-Z / Kanye cover here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJfQnt0Has&feature=related

badgertastic | 26 Nov '12, 22:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
You know, Limp Bizkit get a lot of shit,

but Wes Borland is in my top ten guitarists of all time. He was (is) completely out there.

hip_young_gunslinger | 26 Nov '12, 22:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

Noblet this'd this
forgot about this one:

Public Enemy/Anthrax:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBA-xi8WuCU

bozo | 27 Nov '12, 00:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Linkin Park

petesfingers | 27 Nov '12, 00:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
new kingdom were the best

Check out paradise don't come cheap

funkycow | 27 Nov '12, 07:10 | X | ^ This | Reply

thewarn, Stuzza, and Alex-in-Ciderland this'd this
- In my car CD player right now!
  
  Alex-in-Ciderland @funkycow | 29 Nov '12, 08:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Body Count (Ice T's band)

G Love & Special Sauce

...and of course those early Rick Rubin-produced albums by Run DMC & LL Cool J. Walk This Way & I Can't Live Without my Radio are stone cold classic rap/rock tunes.

ThirstyDog | 27 Nov '12, 07:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not sure about LL/Radio
  
  It's all drum machine, 808 and scratching isn't it?
  
  Good call on Body Count - definitely contemporary with RATM and Senser.
  
  sartana @ThirstyDog | 27 Nov '12, 08:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Having just given it a listen
    
    you are correct. Guess I was confusing it with World Domination Enterprises' version. Which, by the way, I'm sure the OP will enjoy:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvqajdeMh8
    
    ThirstyDog @sartana | 29 Nov '12, 05:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- G Love was GREAT!
  
  :D
  
  Ichor @ThirstyDog | 27 Nov '12, 16:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Gotta get a cold beverage!
    
    I need some leverage!
    
    ThirstyDog @Ichor | 29 Nov '12, 06:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Urban Dance Squad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2a4MPP7zRI

abbathehorse | 27 Nov '12, 13:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bet no-one remember Hard Corps

Album was produced by Jam Master Jay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls6haxiiDOg

abbathehorse | 27 Nov '12, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
H.E.D PE BROKE

what an album, stonking riffs

Noblet | 27 Nov '12, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

chris_81 this'd this
- actually one of my favourite albums
  
  pieces_of_reece @Noblet | 29 Nov '12, 08:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Noblet this'd this
One Minute Silence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvlR-qRi_Ls

Ichor | 27 Nov '12, 16:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
the dawn chorus you fools

cat_race | 27 Nov '12, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Asian Dub Foundation

Rafi's Revenge is still a massive-sounding album

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYbZbNsqgiE

chris_81 | 27 Nov '12, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

Ichor and hexagram this'd this
tv on...

oh!

burymebukowski | 29 Nov '12, 04:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

theShipment this'd this
ctrl + f 'Biohazard'

Mehodor | 29 Nov '12, 06:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

pieces_of_reece this'd this
Collapsed Lung?

EAT MY GOAL!

Alex-in-Ciderland | 29 Nov '12, 08:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
H-Blockx

pieces_of_reece | 29 Nov '12, 08:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

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