CentralNotice Political views and activism of Rage Against the Machine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Rage Against the Machine burning the American flag at Woodstock 1999 Rage Against the Machine is a Grammy Award -winning rap metal band, formed in 1991 in Los Angeles , California , United States . The band's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha , bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford , guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk . Critics have noted Rage Against the Machine for its "fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering leftist rants against corporate America, cultural imperialism , and government oppression into a Molotov cocktail of punk , hip-hop , and thrash ." [ 1 ] Their lack of want for authority often relates to the views of Left-Libertarianism including Libertarian Marxism and Anarcho-communis...