On December 5, 2000, “Epic” label released “Renegades”, the fourth Rage Against the Machine studio album. It was recorded April – September 2000, at “Cello Studios” in Hollywood, “The Village Recorder” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien, Rick Rubin, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk.The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA” and in US by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

• Zack de la Rocha – vocals, art direction
• Tom Morello – guitar, art direction
• Tim Commerford – bass, backing vocals, art direction
• Brad Wilk – drums, art direction
• Jim Scott – engineer
• David Schiffman – engineer
• Katie Teasdale – engineer assistant
• Darren Mora – engineer assistant
• Matt Marin – engineer assistant
• Mike Scotella – engineer assistant
• Geoof Walcha – engineer assistant
• Rich Veltrop – engineer assistant
• Rich Costey – mixing
• D. Sardy – mixing
• Greg Fidelman – digital editing
• Mark Moreau – digital editing
• Aimee Macauley – art director
• Lindsay Chase – production coordination
• Jake Sexton – political coordinator
• Jake Koppell – inside booklet

Track listing:

1. Microphone Friend – Eric Barrier, Rakim Allah
2. Pistol Grip Pump – Roger Troutman, Dino Hawkins, Adrian  Miller, Eric Vidal, Nick Vidal
3.  Kick Out the Jams – Wayne Kramer, Fred Sonic Smith, Rob Tyner, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson
4. Renegades of Funk – Lance Taylor, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie
5. Beautiful World – Mark Motherbaugh, Gerald Casale
6. I’m Housin – Erick Sermon, Parish Smith
7. In My Eyes – Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Brian Haker, Lyle Preslar
8. How I Could Just Kill a Man – Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud
9. The Ghost of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen
10. Down on the Street – Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander
11. Street Fighting Man – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
12. Maggie’s Farm – Robert Zimmerman