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.
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Ghostface's cameo in Iron Man has been snipped from the final cut of the flick, which opens this Friday, but there's a new song of his, "Slept On Tony With Dirt," on the soundtrack. But while Ghost wound up on the cutting-room floor, the suits behind the movie thought that Tom Morrello was worthy of cameo time; his "olive skin and and Mediterranean-like features (he's actually of Kenyan/Irish descent) were evidently enough to get him cast as a member of the terrorist insurgents with Al-Qaeda like beard and all." Ooh, political! [
