Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Sleep Now in the Fire by Rage Against the Machine

Today's Metal Track is Sleep Now in the Fire by Rage Against the Machine. This is off of their 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles. This song is about greed and criticisms of government actions during wartime.

The video was directed by Michael Moore who can been seen in the video. The annotations made during the video and the quote at the end are not made up. The quote was from politician Gary Bauer following an incident outside of fellow Republican Alan Keyes' 2000 primary campaign town hall event, where Keyes jumped into a mosh pit formed while Rage Against the Machine was playing. \m/

Tom Morello's solo is played by simply using feedback from the amp, along with using his whammy bar to adjust the pitch of the feedback. By flicking his toggle switch on and off, he is able to create the high-pitched solo.