In attesa di un nuovo album, i Rage Against the Machine festeggiano il ventennale

Sono in molti a sperare in un nuovo album dei Rage Against the Machine e anche solo poche parole da parte del bassista, Tim Commerford, hanno innestato un grande hype nei giorni scorsi, facendo sperare in una possibile uscita nel futuro.

Nel frattempo i RATM, magari un filo meno ribelli e un poco più opportunisti, festeggiano in questi giorni il ventennale del loro album d’esordio, lo strepitoso disco omonimo che viene celebrato in modo più che degno, con una serie di edizioni curatissime fra le quali brilla ovviamente quella cofanetto, con una messe incredibile di contenuti speciali.

Due cd, due dvd, un vinile ad alta grammatura e un libretto di una quarantina di pagine con testi curati da Chuck D, si preannuncia una vera e propria festa per fan e collezionisti che presto (il 27 novembre) potranno mettere le mani su qualcosa di esclusivo.

Qui di seguito elenchiamo i contenuti speciali: sarete fra quelli che cercheranno di assicurarsi questa stupenda uscita?

Rage Against the Machine – XX (20th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Boxset)
2 x CDs + 2 x DVDs + 180g LP
12-inch lift-off box
40-page booklet
two-sided poster

CD 1 – ‘Rage Against The Machine’ – Remastered
‘Bombtrack’
‘Killing In The Name’
‘Take The Power Back’
‘Settle For Nothing’
‘Bullet In The Head’
‘Know Your Enemy’
‘Wake Up’
‘Fistful Of Steel’
‘Township Rebellion’
‘Freedom’

Bonus Tracks (B-sides)
‘Bombtrack’ (live, taken from ‘Bombtrack’ single)
‘Bullet In The Head’ (live, taken from ‘Bullet In The Head’ single)
‘Take The Power Back’ (live, taken from ‘Freedom’ single)

CD 2 – ‘The Original Demos’ – first official commercial release (except where noted)
‘Bombtrack’
‘Take The Power Back’
‘Bullet In The Head’
‘Darkness Of Greed’ (previously released)
‘Clear The Lane’ (previously released)
‘Township Rebellion’
‘Know Your Enemy’
‘Mindset’s A Threat’
‘Killing In The Name’
‘Auto Logic’
‘The Narrows’
‘Freedom’

DVD 1
The Battle of Britain – previously unreleased
FINSBURY PARK, LONDON ENGLAND (JUNE 6, 2010)
‘Testify’
‘Bombtrack’
‘People Of The Sun’
‘Know Your Enemy’
‘Bulls On Parade’
‘Township Rebellion’
‘Bullet In The Head’
‘White Riot’
‘Guerrilla Radio’
‘Sleep Now In The Fire’
‘Freedom’
‘Killing In The Name’

MUSIC VIDEOS
‘Killing in the Name’ (1992)
‘Bullet In The Head’ (1993)
‘Bombtrack’ (1993)
‘Freedom’ (1993)
‘Bulls On Parade’ (1996)
‘People Of The Sun’ (1996)
‘No Shelter’ (1998)
‘Guerrilla Radio’ (1999)
‘Sleep Now In The Fire’ (2000) – first official commercial release
‘Testify’ (2000) – first official commercial release
‘Renegades Of Funk’ (2000) – first official commercial release
‘How I Could Just Kill A Man’ (2000) – previously unreleased

LIVE MATERIAL FROM 1997 VIDEO COMPILATION – first time on DVD
‘The Ghost Of Tom Joad’
‘Vietnow’ – Irvine, CA – 1997
‘People Of The Sun’
‘Bulls On Parade’
‘Bullet In The Head’
‘Zapata’s Blood’ – Rock Am Ring Festival, Germany – 1996
‘Know Your Enemy’
‘Bombtrack’
‘Tire Me’ – Reading Festival 1996
‘Killing In The Name’ – Pink Pop Festival – 1994

DVD 2 – all previously unreleased
First Public Performance
CAL STATE NORTH RIDGE, CA (OCTOBER 23, 1991)
‘Killing In The Name’
‘Take The Power Back’
‘Autologic’
‘Bullet In The Head’
‘Hit The Deck’
‘Township Rebellion’
‘Darkness Of Greed’
‘Clear The Lane’
‘Clampdown’
‘Know Your Enemy’
‘Freedom’

PINK POP 1994 – ‘Freedom’
VIC THEATRE 1993 – ‘Take the Power Back’
JC DOBBS 1993 – ‘Fistful Of Steel’
SOUNDSTAGE PERFORMANCE 1992 – ‘Bombtrack’
Halfway House 1992 – ‘Wake Up’
Castaic 1992 – ‘Settle For Nothing’
San Luis Obispo 1992 – ‘Clear The Lane’
CWNN 1992 – ‘Untitled”
Zed’s Records 1992 – ‘Darkness Of Greed’
NOMADS 1992 – ‘Wake Up’