What is Zack de la Rocha?
[[Image:Zach de la Rocha at 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Zack de la Rocha in 2007]] '''Zack de la Rocha''' (born January 12, 1970) is the lead [[singer]] of [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] [[band]] [[Rage Against the Machine]].<ref name=ref1>[http://www.realmusicforum.com/the-rmf-loves/rage-against-the-machine-rage-against-the-machine-1992/20090608396/ The RMF Loves Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913084022/http://www.realmusicforum.com/the-rmf-loves/rage-against-the-machine-rage-against-the-machine-1992/20090608396/ |date=2010-09-13 }} ''[http://www.realmusicforum.com/ Real Music Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429040249/http://www.realmusicforum.com/ |date=2009-04-29 }}''</ref> He was born in [[Long Beach, California]]. ==Biography== ===Early life (1970-1991)=== Zack was interested in [[punk rock]] - including bands such as the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[the Clash]] - from a young age. In seventh grade, Zack played guitar in a punk band called Juvenile Expression, along with his friend [[Tim Commerford]], who played [[Bass guitar|bass]]. As a teenager, Zack grew to like [[hardcore punk]] bands such as [[Minor Threat]] and [[Fugazi]], and joined Hardstance as a guitarist. In 1988, Hardstance changed it's name to Inside Out, and Zack became vocalist. Inside Out broke up in 1991.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.zdlr.net/bio/zdlrbio.htm | title=Zack de la Rocha Biography &#91;zach ZDLR bio&#93; | access-date=2011-03-28 | archive-date=2007-07-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708200444/http://www.zdlr.net/bio/zdlrbio.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> In August of that year, while performing in a club, Zack was approached by [[Los Angeles]] local [[musician]]s [[Tom Morello]], a guitarist, and [[Brad Wilk]], a drummer and the three agreed to form a band called Rage Against the Machine, which was the name of a song Zack had written when he was vocalist.