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Bullet in the Head (song)
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| Single by Rage Against the Machine from the album Rage Against the Machine |
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| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | CD, 7", 12" | ||||
| Genre | Rapcore | ||||
| Length | 5 min 9 s | ||||
| Producer | Garth "GGGarth" Richardson, Rage Against the Machine | ||||
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"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.
- "Bullet In The Head [Album Version]"
- "Bullet In The Head [Remix]"
- "Bullet In The Head [Live-version]"
- "Settle For Nothing [Live-version]"
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| Tim Commerford · Zack de la Rocha · Tom Morello · Brad Wilk | |
| Studio albums | Rage Against the Machine · Evil Empire · The Battle of Los Angeles · Renegades |
| Live releases | Live & Rare · Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium |
| Singles | 1993: "Killing in the Name" · "Bullet in the Head" · "Bombtrack" · | 1994: "Freedom" · "Year of tha Boomerang" | 1996: "Bulls on Parade" · "People of the Sun" · "Down Rodeo" · "Tire Me" | 1997: "Vietnow" | 1998: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" · "No Shelter" | 1999: "Guerrilla Radio" | 2000: "Sleep Now in the Fire" · "Testify" · "Calm Like a Bomb" | 2001: "Renegades of Funk" · "How I Could Just Kill a Man" |
| Videography | Rage Against the Machine · The Battle of Mexico City · Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium |
| Related articles | Full discography · Inside Out · Lock Up · Audioslave · The Nightwatchman |