"They rally 'round the family with a pocket full of shells." #ratm #evilempire #discogs

29 years ago, Rage Against The Machine hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time with 'Evil Empire.' Their sophomore album, found in over 61,000 Collections on Discogs, features the Grammy-winning track "Tire Me." "The album title actually came from a speech by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, and he addressed the Soviet Union as the "evil empire". If you look at the atrocities committed by the U.S. in the latter half of the 20th century, we feel that tag could be easily used to describe the U.S.," said  Zack de la Rocha.