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Rage Against The Machine Bust Up ‘X Factor’ Pop Monopoly
Mon Dec 21 2009 by Robbie Daw
Every year since 2005 the current winner of The X Factor has nabbed the Christmas #1 single in the U.K. But that all came to a screeching halt last week when a Facebook campaign to get Rage Against The Machine's 1992 single "Killing In The Name" to trump 2009 X Factor champ Joe McElderry's "The Climb" proved victorious. More »
Can Joe McElderry Keep Rage At Bay With His Video For ‘The Climb’?
Fri Dec 18 2009 by Robbie Daw
Despite The X Factor ending last weekend with a victory for Joe McElderry, the 18-year-old British crooner is still facing some stiff competition.
McElderry's by-the-numbers winnner's song, a cover of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb (see the video below in all its slapped-together-in-two-days glory)," should have been a shoe-in for this year's Christmas #1 single in the U.K. However, a massive anti-X Factor campaign to get Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name" to the top kicked off started on Facebook earlier this month, and both singles are now in a neck-and-neck race. More »
Rage Against The Machine Take On The Cops, Electricity
Wed Sep 3 2008 by Maura
Yesterday, a free Rage Against the Machine show outside of the Minnesota state capitol in St. Paul that was scheduled to coincide with the Republican National Convention–which is taking place in that city–was shut down by local police, who claimed that the band couldn’t play because it was going to take the stage too close to the show’s 7 p.m. curfew, and besides, Zack de la Rocha and his pals didn’t have the proper permits to perform, even though the rest of the festival apparently went on without incident. This year’s RNC, like the ones in 2000 and 2004, has seen its share of protests and heavy-handedness on the part of law enforcement, so it probably isn’t surprising that organizers of Ripple Effect, the festival where all this went down, are saying that state troopers tied up the band until it was too late for them to go on. After the jump, video of what happened after the mics were cut: de la Rocha led the 2,000-strong crowd in an a capella version of “Bulls On Parade,” complete with simulated wah-wahs from the mouth of Tom Morello.
Sun Aug 3 2008 by Maura
Rage Against The Machine’s Lollapalooza set was marked by crowd surges, gate-crashers and fence-jumpers (as many as 2,000, according to some estimates), injuries, and Zack De La Rocha admonishing the hyperactive crowd to “save that shit for the streets.” More »
Sun Aug 3 2008 by Maura
Rage Against The Machine’s Lollapalooza set was marked by crowd surges, gate-crashers and fence-jumpers (as many as 2,000, according to some estimates), injuries, and Zack De La Rocha admonishing the hyperactive crowd to “save that shit for the streets.” More »
Zack De La Rocha Is Finally Releasing Some New Music
Wed Jul 2 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
After spending the better part of a decade working on solo material after the break-up of Rage Against The Machine, Zack De La Rocha has not only announced a new project, One Day As A Lion, but a record label (Anti) and release date (July 22) for its EP. What does it sound like, you ask? “A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask.” That’s what you always say, Zack. Still, less than a month before he more than doubles the amount of new music he’s released since The Battle Of Los Angeles by putting out five whole songs! Nice! Judging by the two he’s officially released so far, his standards are pretty high.
