Inside Out was a

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band from

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. It was fronted by

Zack de la Rocha Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, and political activist. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine. Through both Rage Against ...

, later of

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Biography

Inside Out existed from August 1988 to roughly fall of 1991, releasing a single

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, '' No Spiritual Surrender'', in 1990, on

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(later converted to six song CD). They played up and down the

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and even toured the

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once before their breakup in 1991. Many of their songs' themes are spiritual, but not necessarily religious. They had written material for a second record, to be titled ''Rage Against the Machine'' (hence the name for de la Rocha's next band), but the band broke up shortly after their guitarist, Vic DiCara, left the band to become a

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monk. Vic later started

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, a Krishna-themed hardcore band, and briefly joined

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, playing guitar in both. Inside Out performed on California radio station

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, showcasing a number of new songs. The quality of the recording on the show, while adequate for a radio broadcast, is not on par with that of the band's EP recording. Copies of their on-air radio broadcast and various live sets have circulated the tape trading underground and file sharing world for years as popular items. In early 2013, a high quality version of one of their final shows from May 1991 surfaced and was remastered and made publicly available. Lyrics to the previously unreleased songs "Rage Against the Machine" and "Darkness of Greed" were deciphered, and together they give new context to the early beginnings of

. Some of their songs focus on issues in society and in the USA (Redemption, Burning Fight) and some are personal to members of the band (Sacrifice, By a Thread). In October 2016, a VHS video of a 1990 Inside Out show in Reading, PA surfaced and was made available online. According to hate5six.com founder Sunny Singh, the Reading, PA video "includes a number of nside Outs unreleased material. Burning Fight, Deathbed (which Vic later transformed into 108's famous anthem), Undertone (Zack screaming "WAKE UP!" over and over again at the beginning foreshadows the chorus of a slightly more famous song he would write a year later), Empty Days, Redemption, Blind Oppressor, Turn and Face."

Remixes

In 2006, the track " No Spiritual Surrender" was contributed to the mashup album '' Threat: Music That Inspired the Movie'', where it was remixed by Oktopus from

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and dubbed "Ghost in the Machine".

Musical style and legacy

Inside Out were a

band, in particular, they were a part of its

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subculture. They cited influences including

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and

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. Just prior to the band's breakup, the music being written was significantly more influenced by hip hop, particularly

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. Songs were composed by DiCara and Rocha evenly, with some songs having instrumentals and lyrics written by DiCara and some by Rocha while others were collaborations between the two. They have been cited as an influence by

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, Incendiary,

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and

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Members

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EP lineup

–

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(

, Hardstance,

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, Farside) * Vic DiCara –

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(

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) *

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– bass ( Hardstance,

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) * Chris Bratton –

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, Justice League,

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, Statue,

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*Rob Haworth – guitar (Hardstance, Farside) *Alex Barreto – drums (Against the Wall,

, Hardstance, Statue, World's Fastest Car,

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) *Sterling Wilson – bass (Reason to Believe, No For An Answer) *Mike Down – guitar (Amenity, Forced Down) *Joey Piro – drums (Pitchfork, Forced Down) * Michael Rosas – guitar (Headfirst,

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)

Discography

* '' No Spiritual Surrender'' – EP, (1990)

References

External links

Inside Out biography

Myspace page

Revelation Records

Inside Out lyrics

zdlr.net
the Zack de la Rocha community.

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