# The Best Rage Against the Machine Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Rage Against the Machine guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Killing In The Name (1992), then Bulls on Parade and Know Your Enemy.

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Tom Morello rewrote the idea of a guitar solo in Rage Against the Machine, treating the instrument like a turntable, a siren or a synthesizer. Using a Whammy pedal, a toggle switch as a kill switch and a Marshall head he barely ever re-adjusted, he proved that noise and invention could be as thrilling as speed.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Tom Morello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Morello), [Wikipedia: Rage Against the Machine discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine_discography), [Wikipedia: Rage Against the Machine (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine_(album)), [Wikipedia: Evil Empire (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Empire_(album)), [Wikipedia: The Battle of Los Angeles (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Los_Angeles_(album))

1. [Killing In The Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
2. [Bulls on Parade](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-bulls-on-parade/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1996
3. [Know Your Enemy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-know-your-enemy/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
4. [Sleep Now in the Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-sleep-now-in-the-fire/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1999
5. [Guerrilla Radio](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-guerrilla-radio/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1999
6. [Bullet in the Head](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-bullet-in-the-head/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
7. [Wake Up](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-wake-up/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
8. [Calm Like a Bomb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-calm-like-a-bomb/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1999
9. [Testify](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-testify/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1999
10. [Freedom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-freedom/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
11. [People of the Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-people-of-the-sun/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1996
12. [Take the Power Back](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-take-the-power-back/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
13. [Vietnow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-vietnow/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1996
14. [Down Rodeo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-down-rodeo/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1996
15. [Bombtrack](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-bombtrack/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
16. [Settle for Nothing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-settle-for-nothing/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 1992
17. [Renegades of Funk](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rage-against-the-machine-renegades-of-funk/) — Rage Against the Machine · solo by Tom Morello · 2000

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