Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the head

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Uploaded by on Jul 9, 2008

"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.

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  • his shirt says fuck.

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