Machines Against the Rage

Machines Against the Rage is a live album released by Australian alternative rock band TISM. The album was initially released as a bonus CD with limited edition re-issues of Machiavelli and the Four Seasons, and was also released as a promotional CD with a bonus copy of the "All Homeboys are Dickheads" single. The album peaked at number 87 on the ARIA Charts in February 1997.

Machines Against the Rage
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 1996
Recorded21 October 1995
VenueCollingwood Town Hall
GenreAlternative rock
Length49:39
69:22 (2022 LP)
Labelgenre b.goode / Shock Records
ProducerTISM
TISM chronology
Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
(1995)
Machines Against the Rage
(1996)
www.tism.wanker.com
(1998)

The title is a re-wording of the name of the protest rock group Rage Against the Machine, who were nearing the height of their popularity at the time of this release.

On 25 November 2022, a double-vinyl reissue was released, featuring 4 songs and a spoken-word poem from the original concerts that were excised from the original CD release.[1]

Track listing

Original 1996 release
No.TitleLength
1."All Homeboys Are Dickheads"3:31
2."Death Death Death"3:16
3."I'm Interested in Apathy"3:01
4."Get Thee to a Nunnery"2:43
5."Lilee Caught Dilley Bowled Milli Vanilli"2:56
6."Martin Scorsese Is Really Quite a Jovial Fellow"3:03
7."The History of Western Civilisation"3:00
8."Saturday Night Palsy"3:20
9."Aussiemandias"4:27
10."Root"2:43
11."I'll 'Ave Ya"2:19
12."Defecate on My Face"4:52
13."Give Up for Australia"2:35
14."I Drive a Truck"2:16
15."Mistah Eliot - He Wanker"5:37
2022 expanded LP reissue
No.TitleLength
1."All Homeboys Are Dickheads"5:13
2."Death Death Death"3:16
3."I'm Interested in Apathy"3:08
4."What Nationality is Les Murray?"4:21
5."Get Thee to a Nunnery"2:45
6."Garbage"3:28
7."Lilee Caught Dilley Bowled Milli Vanilli"2:56
8."Martin Scorsese Is Really Quite a Jovial Fellow"3:02
9."The History of Western Civilisation"3:00
10."Ate Breakfast Off a Hooker's Tits" (diatribe)4:01
11."Greg! The Stop Sign!!"3:25
12."Saturday Night Palsy"3:22
13."Aussiemandias"4:34
14."(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River"2:30
15."Root"2:44
16."I'll 'Ave Ya"2:19
17."Defecate on My Face"4:52
18."Give Up for Australia"2:35
19."I Drive a Truck"2:16
20."Mistah Eliot - He Wanker"5:36

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 87

Release history

Release history and formats for Machines Against the Rage
Region Date Format(s) Edition Label Catalogue
Australia December 1996 2×CD Standard Genre B.Goode / Shock GOO7B/GOO8B
October 2009 Re-issue Digital download Genre B.Goode
November 2022 2LP GBG0030

References

  1. "Tism - Machines Against the Rage - 2Lp Coloured Vinyl".
  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
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