Bulls on Parade
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| Single by Rage Against the Machine | ||||||||
| from the album Evil Empire | ||||||||
| Released | February 9, 1996 | |||||||
| Format | CD, 7", 12" | |||||||
| Genre | Rap metal | |||||||
| Length | 3:51 | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Tim Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien, Rage Against the Machine | |||||||
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"Bulls on Parade" is a song released by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine in 1996, and can be found on their 2nd album, Evil Empire.
The song is widely known for its popular guitar solo containing a vinyl scratch effect used by Tom Morello, done by toggling between two pickups - one on and one off - while rubbing his hands on the strings over the pickups to create the effect that someone is scratching a vinyl disc. "Bulls on Parade" is also known for one of Tim Commerford's more famous bass solos, during the second wah-wah riff, and right before Morello's guitar solo. Morello has also stated that the sound he was going for was a "sort of 'Geto Boys' sound, menacing" with E♭ tuning in both guitar and bass and a wah-wah pedal fully in the treble position to create a Houston 5th Ward gangland-style riff.
"Bulls on Parade" made its live debut on January 25, 1996 at the Big Day Out festival in Sydney, Australia. The track then made its international debut on Saturday Night Live in April 1996. RATM was going to play two songs, but as they hung inverted American flags from their amplifiers, they were expelled from the building after finishing the first song.
At various shows, the band has dedicated the song to Tony Blair.
After breaking up in late 2000, the three instrumentalists formed the band Audioslave with vocalist Chris Cornell. During their 2005 Out of Exile tour, the band played an instrumental version of "Bulls on Parade", followed immediately by "Sleep Now in the Fire" with Chris Cornell.
The song was covered at the 2009 Electric Proms by UK Grime artist, Dizzee Rascal.
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