Evil Empire marked a turning point for Rage. Their later work began to sound more like whining than anything else. Still, songs like the extremely popular Bulls on Parade and the Grammy nominated People of the Sun sound enormously good. To further their causes, the liner notes contain photos of books that include topics like the Black Panters, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Che Guevara, and Marxism. A funny thing happened in the mid to late 1990s.
Swing music become popular again.
But this neo-swing was so bland, derivative and interchangable that it faded after a couple of years. The Squirrel Nut Zippers were grouped with bands like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies simply because they were so different that they didn't fit any other mold. Well, they were around before, and they still are around, minus a couple of members and a lot of the publicity surrounding their second album. The Inevitable was their first album, released two years after their formation. It is a nice blend of hot jazz and big band music.