No. 13

Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine (1992) Video - In the Spring of 2002, I attended my first big concert, regrettably Linkin Park was the featured act. However, the silver lining was that before the first opening band started, the DJ played this song over the PA. It was early in the evening, most people hadn't arrived yet, and the place WENT NUTS! Typically concerts build little by little until the final encore is absolutely bonkers, but in this instance the crowd hit its highest level all night to a song with the house lights on and the band a thousand miles away. It's basically the insurrection theme song, the "We're Not Gonna Take It" of the 90s.

I'd been exposed to their Evil Empire and Battle of Los Angeles albums in high school, but this, their theme song protesting racism in security agencies had evaded me until it was 10 years old. Caution - there are explicit lyrics in spades on this track, but can you really write an insurrection song without them? I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!