Don't get me wrong, I liked Rage Against the Machine, but I'd have to say that there was no evolution in their sound. It pretty much stayed the same. Now, toward the end their cover CD they released, Renegades, had a little more variety in sound. Battle of LA had slightly more variety (only 2 songs sounded exactly the same). Too bad they broke up a few months later. Zack De La Rocha said in interviews that he wanted to quit the band because of the lack of variety in the music and I think that's for the best. Maybe the Chris Cornell/RATM project (which I hear is getting back together) will attempt to bring more variety to the sound.

Oh yeah, and Zack De La Rocha is doing a solo record and *GASP* Trent Reznor is working with him! Here's a link to that news story.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457027/20020814/de_la_rocha_zack.jhtml