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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Simon Young

"There’s been a constant tension that’s been an enormous challenge for us all over the years –he did what he had to do.” Did a televised protest against Limp Bizkit really force Zack de la Rocha to quit Rage Against The Machine?

Rage Against The Machine in 1999 and Rage Against the Machine bass player Tim Commerford sits on part of the set while Limp Bizkit recieves their award at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

In October 2000, Zack de la Rocha walked out of Rage Against The Machine, the band he fronted for nine years. Just days after the news broke, guitarist Tom Morello told this writer about the circumstances behind the split, their Renegades album and what he and his bandmates planned to do next…


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