File:RageAgainsttheMachineRageAgainsttheMachine.jpg

This is the front cover for the studio album Rage Against the Machine by the artist Rage Against the Machine. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Epic, or the graphic artist(s).

The cover art can be obtained from Epic.

Rage Against the Machine (album)

Whole portion of front cover used. This photograph is that of a Buddhist monk protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government by self immolation. Moments before this image was taken, he had doused himself with gas from a 5-gallon Gerry can and set himself on fire, circa 1963. There were both an AP still photographer and moving picture cameraman present. The album cover was adapted from one of these real life images. The original copyright is more than likely with the AP. The monk did not survive.

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