Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine · 1992
Teaches heavy syncopated grooves and a powerful build into the closing section.
- Artist
- Rage Against the Machine
- Year
- 1992
- Genre
- rap metal
- Drummer
- Brad Wilk
- Tempo
- 90 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- straight
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
54bpm
Building
72bpm
Target
90bpm
The feel
A straight in 4/4 around 90 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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