9 Rage of the machine
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Scott Wilson
Abstract
An episode of MTV's Celebrity Death Match illustrates one of the many misconceptions concerning the relation between rage and the machine. In this episode, pioneering rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine were pitched against 'the machine', a giant robot. Biohazard, another metal band whose early use of rap can be credited with pioneering the nu metal genre, addressed similar themes to Rage, often emphasising the environmental damage caused by capitalist exploitation and the waste of natural resources. Formed in 1988, their first major-label album, State of the World Address(1994), combined rap and metal with political rage directed at nuclear power, pollution, greed, violence and rage itself which becomes the object of self-reflection. Discussing creative or artistic production in the context of supercapitalism, addressing the rage that is integral to the machine, requires developing a concept of econopoiesis.
Abstract
An episode of MTV's Celebrity Death Match illustrates one of the many misconceptions concerning the relation between rage and the machine. In this episode, pioneering rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine were pitched against 'the machine', a giant robot. Biohazard, another metal band whose early use of rap can be credited with pioneering the nu metal genre, addressed similar themes to Rage, often emphasising the environmental damage caused by capitalist exploitation and the waste of natural resources. Formed in 1988, their first major-label album, State of the World Address(1994), combined rap and metal with political rage directed at nuclear power, pollution, greed, violence and rage itself which becomes the object of self-reflection. Discussing creative or artistic production in the context of supercapitalism, addressing the rage that is integral to the machine, requires developing a concept of econopoiesis.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Supercapitalism 16
- 3 Negativity 40
- 4 Niggativity 64
- 5 X-essence of the wigga 80
- 6 Big Momma Thang 97
- 7 Mom and pop rage 109
- 8 Columbine 126
- 9 Rage of the machine 143
- 10 Bass spirituality 157
- 11 All is war 168
- Bibliography 187
- Discography 194
- Index 196
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Supercapitalism 16
- 3 Negativity 40
- 4 Niggativity 64
- 5 X-essence of the wigga 80
- 6 Big Momma Thang 97
- 7 Mom and pop rage 109
- 8 Columbine 126
- 9 Rage of the machine 143
- 10 Bass spirituality 157
- 11 All is war 168
- Bibliography 187
- Discography 194
- Index 196
