Failure in ’15…

 

I did that goofy year in review via Spotify and it wasn’t too telling of what I really was spinning last year. Or maybe I’m simply hiding something? Regardless, it did speak to one of the records I spun more frequently than others. One outta 1996. Shit, maybe it’s time to admit I’m stuck in the past. Like you, I don’t take to change oh so much. 19 years later, it’s Failure’s Fantastic Planet that won’t leave my head, or obviously my speakers. A top 20 record without a doubt…

Via their FB, Failure has confirmed they’re prepping a new record, and it leads me to believe we’ll see its release by the close of this year. New material in record format excites me; though what makes me really psyched about this news is the inevitable tour.  Their loud, crushing sound translate excellent live as they use their guitars as weapons of destruction.

RATM tears through a small school in early ’92…

 

Something historic takes place and no matter how profound it is in the moment, its true effects aren’t known till later. Two decades might begin to show how that historical moment influenced today. Rage Against the Machine set a new standard for genre defying. It’s the early 90s and heavy metal has subsided; Kriss Kross, regardless what you’ll admit to, was making you jump; nu-r&B practically ruled the charts, and Sir Mix-A-Lot was pushing boundaries. On the brink of the Nirvana era, a young Los Angeles band breaks through any genre labeling anyone wants to place on them by blending rock, mind altering guitar solos, heavy metal riffs, and an MC activist with lethal verbal delivery. It hits hard. And in a whole new way that was new to most. As we move into ’92…

 

A gem of a find lies below. Rage Against the Machine destroy the stage of the LA-based Pitzer College back in ’92. Carve out 36 minutes of your day, attach this live performance to a pair of strong, blast capable speakers, and behold this formidable quartet seven months prior to one of the more pivotal releases of the ’90s…