When Red Hot Chili Peppers played Bizarre Festival in 1999, “Soul to Squeeze” was already one of their most beloved songs. Originally recorded during the Blood Sugar Sex Magik sessions, the track was left off the album before finding a home on the Coneheads soundtrack and becoming a major hit.
Only a few months after releasing their debut album, Rage Against The Machine arrived at Pinkpop in 1993 with a song that was already becoming impossible to ignore. “Killing in the Name” combined Tom Morello’s innovative guitar work with Zack de la Rocha’s uncompromising lyrics, turning political anger into one of the most explosive tracks of the decade.
Not many artists could take a folk song and turn it into a political firestorm. Originally written by Bruce Springsteen, “The Ghost of Tom Joad” became a Rage Against The Machine staple, with the band's 1997 Hultsfred Festival performance transforming the song into a furious statement on inequality, power and social injustice.