Bullet in the Head (song)
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| Single by Rage Against the Machine from the album Rage Against the Machine |
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| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | CD, 7", 12" | ||||
| Genre | Rapcore Funk metal Alternative metal |
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| Length | 5 min 9 s | ||||
| Producer | Garth "GGGarth" Richardson, Rage Against the Machine | ||||
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"Bullet in the Head" was a single released by political rapcore band Rage Against the Machine from their self-titled album in 1992. A fan favourite and one of the debut album's heaviest tracks, "Bullet in the Head" refers to the band's belief that the government uses media to control the population, drawing comparisons between typical residences and Alcatraz.
Along with one of the band's most well known and embraced breakdown riffs, the song features many innovative guitar techniques executed by Tom Morello which heavily utilise a Digitech Whammy pitch shifter and Wah-wah pedal. During the verses, Morello picks the open D and G strings on his guitar whilst having the Digitech Whammy in the open (furthest) position resulting in the pitch being raised by 2 octaves. This creates the DJ-Sampling type sounds heard in the verse. Not as often heard is an unusual sound being made this is believed to be Morello picking a natural harmonic on his guitar and then raising the pitch of it with a Digitech Whammy pitch shifter.
[edit] Music video
This video clip was recorded in a BBC warehouse in New York. While it is not often cited, this isn't a mimed video - it is an actual live performance. In the words of Tom Morello, "The tour bus pulled up in front of the BBC studio, we ran through the song once in front of the cameras, then left to play a club that night".
[edit] Tracklist
- "Bullet In The Head [Album Version]"
- "Bullet In The Head [Remix]"
- "Bullet In The Head [Live-version]"
- "Settle For Nothing [Live-version]"
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Axis of Justice Tom Morello and Serj Tankian's Activist Website "Axis Of Justice"
- Vietnow.org Rage Against The Machine news resource and forum
- Bullet in the Head (song) at Allmusic
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