Posts Tagged ‘rage against the machine’

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. MORE »

Does Morello wear a baseball hat for that part?

Dude never takes it off.

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Oh yeah, with all the They Might Be Giants videos and rhinestones and my general Dante-from-Clerks attitude this week, I almost forgot to mention that Rage Against The Machine and Wilco have been added to the list of Bands That Might Be Playing Lollapalooza (But Maybe Not). MORE »

"I'm not even supposed to BE here today!"

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Tom Morello, lefty union fan and man who has made guitars go zeedle-eedle-eedle in Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave, “serenaded an estimated 3,000 picketers involved in the Hollywood screenwriters strike who were massed outside Fox’s Century City headquarters Friday morning,” as “The Battle… MORE »

I've always thought of Morello's guitar as more sklor-wowr-zhip than zeedle-eedle-eedle.

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Breaking: At least one person out there thought that Ann Coulter’s Flock Of Seagulls/Rage Against The Machine joke that came after Zach De La Rocha’s Coachella proclamation that the Bush Administration should be tried for war crimes was “a good quip.” MORE »

Bigger news is that Paul Stanley suffered a heart problem over the weekend and KISS went on to perform as a trio rather than cancel and issue refunds to ticketholders (assuming it wasn't a free show).

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Ann Coulter Rages Against Her Lack Of Agit-Rock Knowledge

Last night’s Hannity & Colmes opened with a segment on Rage Against The Machine singer Zack De La Rocha’s Coachella proclamation that the current Presidential administration “should be hung, and tried, and shot.” That soundbite allowed the show to book a bit that featured Ted Nugent referring to Rage as a bunch of “dopey, hippy rock ‘n’ roll numb nuts” and the praying mantis-like pundette Ann Coulter, who seemed to be trying out for the long-canceled rock-critic throwdown Four On The Floor: MORE »

Coulter: "These people are animals and it's not helping the Democrat's P.R. campaign to look like civilized people"

But, the war in Iraq is doing wonders for the Republicans to exhibit their humanity!

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Liner Notes: Rage Against The Machine Keep On Shilling In The Name Of

- Rage Against the Machine will hit the road for three dates with the Wu-Tang Clan, a jaunt that could yield the most coconuts backstage-rider demands of all time. MORE »

Crazy back-stage rider?

For me, Rage will never be able to top the inclusion of Nabisco Saltine Crackers on the thank-you listing for Battle of Los Angeles. As well, in retrospect, the shout-out to Kobe on same album is ill-considered, in light of post-Eagle, Colo., revelations.

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Reunion-Tour Profits Will Make Even Zach de la Rocha Rethink Evils Of Capitalism

Today’s Wall Street Journal examines the concert industry’s newfound love of reunion tours: With the number of reliable, big-ticket headliners dwindling, reformed acts stand to make a small fortune on the road (Van Halen, for example, is projected to generate sales of $34 million, which could make… MORE »

You're not funny.

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Coachella Attendees To Party Like It’s Woodstock ‘99

A report appearing in Monday’s Los Angeles Times says that Rage Against The Machine will reform for a one-off show at this spring’s Coachella Valley Music Festival. MORE »

$18 bottles of tap water, $10 slices of dry pizza and rampant rapes here we come!

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