Woodstock '99 gave Rage Against the Machine the perfect stage for one of the most explosive protest songs of the decade. "Killing in the Name" came from their 1992 self-titled debut album, built on Tom Morello's crushing riff and Zack de la Rocha's fury at racism, authority and abuse of power. In front of a massive festival crowd, the song became less like a performance and more like a confrontation.
Long before stadium crowds were chanting every word to "Rollin'" and "My Way," Limp Bizkit introduced themselves with the raw aggression of "Stuck." Taken from their 1997 debut album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$, the song blended hip hop, metal and punk into a sound that helped lay the foundations for nu metal's explosion. Their Woodstock '99 performance captures the band feeding off the festival's relentless energy with one of their earliest fan favourites.
The opening of Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) cost Mike Myers nothing in star salaries: Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Steven Spielberg himself all worked for free as a personal favor.
To think everyone in this scene is gone now.😭
R.I.P. Ray Liotta
R.I.P. Paul Sorvino
R.I.P. Charles Scorsese
R.I.P. Frank Pellegrino
I can never cut raw garlic without thinking of this scene.🎬🍿
Only one instrumental was ever banned from American Radio. In 1958, the distortions of Link Wray’s guitar on “Rumble” were believed to inspire violence and rebellion in the youth, but served to lay the groundwork for an entirely new genre of music.🔥