Rage Against the Machine to play during RNC

[gtc08]

Political rap-rock giants Rage Against the Machine will make a rare stop at Target Center in Minneapolis on Sept. 3, which not so coincidentally is the same week as the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. for $60.


Target Center's press release for the concert makes no mention of any political overtones, but fans know to expect plenty of verbal fireworks. Rage guitarist Tom Morello has already committed to a solo performance in St. Paul with country-rocker Steve Earle at a union rally Sept. 1, the first day of the convention. The band has lashed out at the Bush administration at its few other shows this year, including last weekend's mammoth Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.


Known for such feisty radio hits such as "Killing in the Name of," "Bulls on Parade" and "Testify," Rage also performed during the Democratic National Convention in 2000 in Los Angeles, a free outdoor show that turned into a melee where police used tear gas and pepper spray in the crowd. The concert in that case was purportedly a protest of the two-party system.
The band broke up soon after that show. It reunited for a few shows last year but is not a full-time band. Vocalist Zach de la Rocha's first solo album is due later this month.

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only rock band i will listen to. going to get tickets saturday

"Yes I know my enemies
They’re the teachers who taught me to fight me
Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
All of which are American dreams"-know your enemy

 

[D2bets]

That's the day after Ron Paul's rally at the Target Center. Guess RATM is going for the libertarian crowd.

 

[barman]

This video best played Really Fucking Loud

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[barman]

"Fuck you, I won't do what you told me..."

 

[RobFunk]

That's funny. A lot of their music is politically charged. Reminds me of when they had Steve Colbert speak at the dinner.

 

[Romanowski]

really cool band when I was 18

 

[MinnesotaEconMajor]

I'll be working there. Should be an interesting time :nohead:

 

[artiesliver]

Great band. Thanks for the thread and

B'man--Thanks for the vid. Can always count on you to come through.

 

[gtc08]

i remember when they played at LA in 2000 during the dem convention. crowd got past the guards had to use tear gas to try and drive em back.

 

[gtc08]

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bombtrack

 

[gtc08]

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killing in the name of

 

[tiznow]

i never understood why so many commies like their music saw so many stupid che (failed revolutionary) shirts when i went and saw them

i guess its all you own interpretation

i see it more as an anti-fascist, anti-establishment, anarchist type message but to each his own i suppose

they did play outside of the libby national convention you know

 

[RobFunk]

I like bulls on parade

 

[tiznow]

I like bulls on parade

they need to make a bears on a parade for the current state of affairs :lolBIG:

 

[D2bets]

i never understood why so many commies like their music saw so many stupid che (failed revolutionary) shirts when i went and saw them

i guess its all you own interpretation

i see it more as an anti-fascist, anti-establishment, anarchist type message but to each his own i suppose

they did play outside of the libby national convention you know

Interpret how you want, but you are wrong...




The band are vocal supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), especially de la Rocha, who has taken several trips to the Mexican state of Chiapas to aid their efforts. The flag of the EZLN serves as the primary recurring theme in the band's visual art. Morello described the EZLN as "a guerrilla army who represent the poor indigenous communities in southern Mexico who, for hundreds of years, have been trodden upon and sort of cast aside and which really are the lowest form on the economic -social ladder in Mexico. In 1994, on New Years Day, there was an uprising there and they were led by the very charismatic Subcomandante Marcos and it's a group which is tremendously supportive of the most objectively poor and continues to fight for dignity, for all people in Mexico."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference">[45]</sup> An interviewer was once told by de la Rocha, "Our purpose in sympathising with the Zapatistas is to help spark [real] dialogue."<sup id="cite_ref-Juice_39-1" class="reference">[40]</sup>
De la Rocha has been particularly outspoken on the cause of the EZLN. He explained the importance of the cause to him personally:
<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote2" align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 40px; font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20">“</td> <td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top">It is important for me, as a popular artist, to make clear to the governments of the United States and Mexico that despite the strategy of fear and intimidation to foreigners, despite their weapons, despite their immigration laws and military reserves, they will never be able to isolate the Zapatista communities from the people in the United States... Through concerts, videos, interviews, broadcasting of information at concerts, and our songs' lyrics we have placed within reach of young people, our audience, the experiences of the Zapatistas; we act as facilitators of the ways in which they can participate and put them in contact with the organization and the Zapatista support committees in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-chiapas_45-0" class="reference">[46]</sup></td> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 40px; font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20">”</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The EZLN and de la Rocha's experiences with them inspired the songs "Wind Below", and "Without a Face" from Evil Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-chiapas_45-1" class="reference">[46]</sup> and "War Within a Breath" from The Battle Of Los Angeles.
The EZLN flag was used as a stage backdrop to the 2008 Oxegen and T in the Park concerts.

 

[gtc08]

i never understood why so many commies like their music saw so many stupid che (failed revolutionary) shirts when i went and saw them

i guess its all you own interpretation

i see it more as an anti-fascist, anti-establishment, anarchist type message but to each his own i suppose

they did play outside of the libby national convention you know

you saw them play?

 

[tiznow]

y vegoose in vegas

 

[tiznow]

EZLN isn't commie they just wanna be left the fuck alone and keep their land

so many tyranical regimes have come under communism

look at putin, chavez, mao, etc....

morello does seem pretty commie to me...not sure about zach....

regardless like i said its music

interpret it how you want....that's what its for.....for the listener to decide......

 

[Uno]

i am now voting republican

 

[gtc08]

wind below is one of the best rage songs

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