premise: Rage Against the Machine stopped being together.
hypothesis: Rage Against the Machine . The same year , growing tensions over the direction of the band prompted de la Rocha to quit , leading to the band 's breakup . De la Rocha started a low-key solo career , while the rest of the band formed the rock supergroup Audioslave with Chris Cornell , then-former frontman of Soundgarden ; Audioslave recorded three albums before disbanding in 2007 . The same year , Rage Against the Machine announced a reunion and performed together for the first time in seven years at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2007 . Renegades is the fourth studio album by the American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine , released on December 5 , 2000 by Epic Records .