Rage 2022 in Cleveland.
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Why are all of their songs still relevant 30 years later?
Because the problems they raged about are systemic, and the system didn't change.
Because humans are fucking stupid and history always repeats itself.
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Because those that work forces are still the ones that burn crosses
Because nobody actually listened to and took seriously what they were saying 30 years ago.
Fun fact: After 9/11, various songs evoking 9/11, such as 'Learning to Fly' by Tom Petty, 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin, 'It's the End of the World as we Know it' by REM ... all banned from airing for about 120 days.
Oh.
And literally everything from Rage Against the Machine.
Other fun fact about this?
This censorship wasn't done by the FCC.
It was done by ClearChannel, aka iHeartRadio, aka, the corporation that now owns or controls basically all terrestrial radio stations.
https://www.kerrang.com/here-are-the-164-songs-that-were-banned-from-american-radio-after-9-11
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The same reason socialist theory is still relevant 150+ years after it started
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Drove all the way to NYC to see them with Run the Jewels after the pandemic. 100% worth it, one of the best shows I've ever been to.
Tim Commorford is weird to watch though. He kinda hops awkwardly from foot to foot.
It's so disappointing to hear Killer Mike spit revolutionary lyrics like in 'close your eyes' only to find out IRL he's into lame shit like black capitalism.
Yeah. The music still slaps though.
RATM's bassist is into some weird fringe right-libertarian stuff too if I recall
Nobody's perfect 🤷♂️
or they changed. 30 years is a long time.
their debut was released
- 3 years after the fall of Berlin wall
- a year after the dissolution of USSR
- 9 years before the September 11 attacks
- 15 years before iPhone
- 24 years before the election of a reality tv entertainer/real estate conman as POTUS
- China wasn't a superpower back then
- EU didn't exist in its current form
- Apartheid was still an actuality
- internet wasn't omnipresent
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I saw them in Cleveland on that tour. Zach had hurt his foot so he sat on the monitor speaker the whole time, but the rest of the guys made up for it.
I paid a LOT of money to get good tickets, and it was 10000% worth it. I’d never seen rage live and figured I might not get to again, so spend the money. Also I’m an rtj fan.
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I preferred them when they weren't so political.
/S obviously haha. I'm currently cutting a stencil that says "Nazi lives don't matter" to make some shirts.
lol
30 years later and more relevant than ever... That's not a good thing. Continue to rage.
Nazi lives matter a little. You can tally them up to keep score.
Save a life, punch a nazi
They need to release one new song, it would be appropriate. Don't let the fascists win.
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Fuck Nazis
Mary Morello deserves some love as well. Tom has a show on sirius xm. I was introduced to Zeal & Ardor bc of them.
I'm going to my states senate office on Monday with a megaphone and will not leave until the police are called. I'm going to write out what I want to say because I'm too heated to speak freely. Naysayers need not reply.
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