Renegades Album by Rage Against the Machine

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Renegades is the first cover album by American band Rage Against the Machine released on Revelation Records. The album consists entirely of cover songs and includes covers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Minor Threat, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, MC5, The Rolling Stones, Cypress Hill, and Devo. It was released in 2000, after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha had already left the band, but featured his vocals. After the release of Renegades, the remaining three members of the band reformed with Chris Cornell on vocals as Audioslave. Rage did, however, release another album, Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, a live recording of their final two concerts before their initial break-up, in Los Angeles on September 12 and September 13, 2000. The bonus live version of "Kick Out the Jams" on the European version of this album also appears on Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Their version of "Maggie's Farm", was featured in the credits of The Other Guys.

The album achieved platinum status a little over a month after its initial release.

Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist (date) Length


1. "Microphone Fiend" Eric Barrier, Rakim Allah Eric B. & Rakim (1988) 5:01





2. "Pistol Grip Pump" Volume 10 Volume 10 (1994) 3:18





3. "Kick Out the Jams" Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Rob Tyner, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson MC5 (1969) 3:11




4. "Renegades of Funk" Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie Afrika Bambaataa (1983) 4:35





5. "Beautiful World" Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale Devo (1981) 2:35





6. "I'm Housin'" Erick Sermon, Parish Smith EPMD (1988) 4:56





7. "In My Eyes" Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Brian Baker, Lyle Preslar Minor Threat (1981) 2:54





8. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud Cypress Hill (1991) 4:04





9. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen (1995) 5:38





10. "Down on the Street" Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander The Stooges (1970) 3:38





11. "Street Fighting Man" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards The Rolling Stones (1968) 4:42





12. "Maggie's Farm" Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (1965) 6:54





13. "Kick Out the Jams" (Live, not on all versions of the album) Kramer, Smith, Tyner, Davis, Thompson MC5 (1969) 4:31





14. "How I Could Just Kill a Man"