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This is a layup to me, but I got into a silly argument today and was stunned that I wasn't in the majority.

Trout.

RATM are crappy people, better musicians.

its really not close.

Trout

I know nothing about either

Can I just volunteer to go to one of the lower circles of Hell?

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Thanks for taking the time to reply

My bad, I thought one of the bands was Rush

I am, unfortunately, completely ignorant of Rage; they're on my to-do list, but with audio books dominating my commute I find less time to devote to music that I am not learning to play myself.

Not judging, but you are only a year+ younger than me. How did you miss them when they were on the radio? They were pretty hard to miss from 1993 to 1997.

I like "Machinehead." That's about it.

This is Golden State Warriors vs Indian Hills CC.

Bush only really had one hit album, nothing else they ever did came close to it. RATM at least had a little more staying power and a far more unique sound. They were more innovative too. Pretty easy choice for me.

My dad was a musician (edit: still is, as he's the drummer in my band :) ), and I rebelled pretty hard against most things musical until I was about 16 - as in my only radio play until then was Baseball games. So I almost completely missed the window. Then once I started paying attention, I was all Matchbox 20/Third Eye Blind pop rock.

My bad, I know.

I would be interested to see how Audioslave would have fared compared to RATM. Chris Cornell is one of my favourite vocalists of all time and from a personal preference, I think I would list them ahead of RATM.

With that said, you can't discount how influential RATM has been, both from the perspective of being the fore-bearers of rap metal (and in turn paving the way for the Linkin Park, Korn, and Limp Bizkit among others) as well as re-integrating political messages back into main stream music (beyond just the hip hop scene). At the same time, I understand that these are two reasons why many people may in fact dislike RATM.