Editing Rage Against the Machine (section)

=== 1992–1994: ''Rage Against the Machine'' ===
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The band's debut album, ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]'', was released in November 1992. The cover featured [[Malcolm Browne]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photograph of [[Thích Quảng Đức]], a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, [[self-immolation|burning himself to death]] in [[Saigon]] in 1963 in protest of the shooting of Buddhists by the regime of U.S.-backed prime minister [[Ngô Đình Diệm]]. The album was produced by Canadian record producer and music engineer [[Garth Richardson]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |title=Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rage-against-the-machine-r56555/review |access-date=April 12, 2011 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=November 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111053549/https://www.allmusic.com/album/rage-against-the-machine-r56555/review |url-status=live }}</ref>

While sales were initially slow,<ref name="LATimes0496">{{Cite web |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=1996-04-14 |title=Up Against the Wall: You want raw, unfiltered extremism? You got it. Rage Against the Machine is back, with all pistons firing. The band members once thought they'd be too political for anyone to care. They were wrong. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-14-ca-58271-story.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205134649/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-14-ca-58271-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the album became a critical and commercial success, driven by heavy radio airplay of the song "[[Killing in the Name]]", a heavy, driving track featuring only eight lines of lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Rage+Against+the+Machine&ti=Rage+Against+the+Machine#search_section|title=Rage Against the Machine Gold and Platinum|publisher=RIAA|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020029/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Rage+Against+the+Machine&ti=Rage+Against+the+Machine#search_section|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Buckley | first = Peter | title = The rough guide to rock | publisher = Rough Guides | year = 2003 | pages = 844 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC | isbn = 978-1-84353-105-0 | access-date = September 23, 2019 | archive-date = April 27, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230427024031/https://books.google.com/books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC | url-status = live }}</ref> The "Fuck You" version, which contains 17 instances of the word ''[[fuck]]'', was once accidentally played on the [[BBC Radio 1]] [[UK Singles Chart|Top 40 singles]] show on February 21, 1993.<ref name="Robinson" /><ref>{{cite web | date = July 27, 2007 | title = The History Of: Rage Against The Machine | url = http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/columns/the_history_of/the_history_of_rage_against_the_machine.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080118124446/http://ultimate-guitar.com/columns/the_history_of/the_history_of_rage_against_the_machine.html | archive-date = January 18, 2008 | publisher = Ultimate Guitar | access-date = January 15, 2010}}</ref> The band's profile soared following a performance at the [[Lollapalooza]] festival in mid-1993 tour; sales of ''Rage Against the Machine'' in the United States increased from 75,000 before Lollapalooza, to 400,000 by the end of the year.<ref name="LATimes0496" /> The band also toured with [[Suicidal Tendencies]] in Europe, and [[House of Pain]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |title=h2g2 - Rage Against The Machine - the Band - A730883 |publisher=BBC |access-date=February 19, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> By April 1996, the album had sold over 1 million copies in the United States and 3 million copies worldwide.<ref name="LATimes0496" /> It was certified [[Music recording certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in May 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rage Against the Machine {{!}} Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=rage+against+the+machine#search_section |url-status=live |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=RIAA |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020029/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=rage+against+the+machine#search_section }}</ref>

Rage Against the Machine appeared on the soundtrack for the 1995 film ''[[Higher Learning]]'' with the song "[[Year of tha Boomerang]]". An early version of "[[Tire Me]]" also appeared in the movie. Subsequently, they re-recorded the song "Darkness" from their original demo for the soundtrack of ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' (1994), while "[[No Shelter]]" appeared on the ''[[Godzilla: The Album|Godzilla]]'' soundtrack in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |title=h2g2 - Rage Against The Machine - the Band - A730883 |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820115131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-devon/plain/A730883 |archive-date=August 20, 2016}}</ref>