Music

March, 2000

ROCKRage against the machine's The Battle of Los Angeles (Epic) marks a leap forward for rock-rap fusion. On guitar, Tom Morello has figured out how to fuse Jimmy Page with Terminator X of Public Enemy. And his band has come right along, shooting off almost as many sparks. The defining moment is the opening of Sleep Now in the Fire, which uses a Hendrix-like riff to set up a percussive explosion. Then Zack de la Rocha enters with a rant: "Crawl with me into tomorrow/Or I'll drag you to your...