It's been years since I listened to their self-titled and I enjoyed it quite a lot when I was a teen. Not quite sure what level of enjoyment I'd get from it now. But I can certainly say that Evil Empire and The Battle of Los Angeles were nowhere near as good as it. They were also a tight live band when I saw them in 2008 when they reformed.
I can't remember who it was (it might have been Urban) who described RATM as something along the lines of 'Fisher-Price My First Political Band', which might be somewhat accurate as in they are a gateway band to better political music.
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