https://modestwalrus.com/tags/rage-against-the-machine/Recent content in Rage Against the Machine on Modest WalrusHugoen-usMon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/bulls-on-parade-by-rage-against-the-machine/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/bulls-on-parade-by-rage-against-the-machine/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>There&rsquo;s no truer words than what Zack de la Rocha lays down here. The anger is real and it&rsquo;s pointed at something specific, not just noise for its own sake.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3L4YrGaR8E4?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;Bulls on Parade&rdquo; was released in 1996 on Rage Against the Machine&rsquo;s second album, <em>Evil Empire</em>. Written by Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello, the song takes aim at the military-industrial complex and the way arms manufacturing and war profiteering keep the machinery of conflict running. The guitar solo is one of the most recognizable in rock; Morello gets the vinyl-scratch sound by setting one pickup to full volume and killing the other, then rubbing his fretting hand across the strings over the dead pickup while flipping the selector switch like a killswitch. No turntable involved, just a guitar rewired to sound like one.</p>