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The Rage Against the Machine Deep Cut That Won a Grammy, Despite Having No Music Video or Radio Airplay

Rage Against the Machine has been nominated for multiple Grammys, but they only won once, for ‘Tire Me’, in 1997.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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It’s hard to overstate just how big a force Rage Against The Machine was in the 90s. Maybe one of the best examples is how they won a Grammy for the song “Tire Me”, despite the deep cut tune having no music video or radio airplay.

The song is from Rage Against The Machine’s sophomore album, Evil Empire, which was released in 1996. The following year, at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, RATM was nominated in the Best Metal Performance category. They had some steep competition:

“Shoots and Ladders” – Korn

“Suicide Note Pt. I” – Pantera

“I’m Your Boogie........

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