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89-699: Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Event Center at SJSU is the premier mid-size venue in Northern California. The Event Center was designed to accommodate many different events, including musical concerts, sporting events, conferences and corporate parties. The facility has played host to numerous national entertainment acts such as Rage Against the Machine , Eric Clapton , Jerry Garcia Band , Prince , George Lopez , Drake , Wiz Khalifa , Kelly Clarkson , Conan O'Brien , Korn , and Pearl Jam . It also hosts

178-530: A 2005 protest in support of the South Central Farm . On April 14, 2007, Morello and De la Rocha reunited to perform a brief acoustic set at a Coalition of Immokalee Workers rally in downtown Chicago. Morello described the event as "very exciting for everybody in the room, myself included". Rage Against the Machine reunited to headline the final day of the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 29, in front of an EZLN backdrop to

267-554: A breakup, Audioslave disbanded on February 15, 2007, after Cornell announced he was leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences". In 2003, Morello began playing acoustic folk music at open-mic nights and clubs under the alias the Nightwatchman , which he formed as an outlet for his political views while playing apolitical music with Audioslave. He participated in Billy Bragg 's Tell Us

356-433: A countdown website, prophetsofrage.com, with a clock counting down to June 1. Accompanying the clock was an image of a broken slash through a circle with silhouettes of five people all extending their arms and clenched fists with the hashtag "#takethepowerback" underneath the timer. This led to speculation of the return of the band later in the year. However, a source close to Rage Against the Machine told Rolling Stone that

445-465: A few minutes, Rage Against the Machine was able to shut down American capitalism, an act that I am sure tens of thousands of downsized citizens would cheer." On September 7, 2000, the band performed " Testify " at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards . After the Best Rock Video award was given to Limp Bizkit , Commerford climbed onto the scaffolding of the set. He and his bodyguard were sentenced to

534-820: A hiatus from touring, sparking rumors that they had broken up. According to an anonymous source reporting to MTV News , Rage Against the Machine had recorded 23 tracks with producer Brendan O'Brien in Atlanta starting in November 1994, and briefly broke up due to violent infighting in the band, before regrouping for the KROQ Weenie Roast in June 1995. Morello later said there had been conflict over their musical direction, which were reconciled. The band eventually recorded their long-awaited follow-up album, Evil Empire , with O'Brien in November and December 1995. Morello said that, as

623-465: A lot of Nightwatchman dates in the coming year and continuing the Axis of Justice organization that I run with Serj Tankian. I got a pretty large cache of Nightwatchman songs that I haven't released yet so I'll definitely continue writing and recording. Also, I had a great time playing Rage Against the Machine shows over the course of the year and half and I have no doubt that we'll continue to do more of those in

712-482: A new vocalist. "There was talk for a while of us becoming Ozzy Osbourne 's backing band, and even Macy Gray 's," said Morello. "We informed [ Epic Records ] that losing our singer was actually a blessing in disguise, and that we had bigger ambitions than being somebody's hired musicians." Their friend, the producer Rick Rubin , suggested they play with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden . Along with Cornell, they formed Audioslave . Their first single, " Cochise ",

801-409: A night in jail and De la Rocha reportedly left the awards after the stunt. Morello recalled that Commerford relayed his plan to the rest of the band before the show, and that both De la Rocha and Morello advised him against it immediately after Bizkit was presented the award. On October 18, 2000, De la Rocha announced that he had left the band. He said, "I feel that it

890-530: A prank. On February 10, 2020, Rage Against the Machine announced more worldwide dates for the 2020 reunion tour, now named the Public Service Announcement Tour . It was scheduled to run from March 26 through September 12, making it the band's first full-length world tour in 20 years, after they completed the promotional cycle for their third album The Battle of Los Angeles . The supporting act on all shows but Chicago would be rap duo Run

979-494: A representative for the city's Deputy Commissioner for Public Information. New York City's film office does not allow weekday film shoots on Wall Street. Moore had permission to use the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial but did not have a permit to shoot on the sidewalk or the street, nor did he have a loud-noise permit or the proper parking permits. "Michael basically gave us one directorial instruction, 'No matter what happens, don't stop playing'", Tom Morello recalls. When

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1068-643: A result of the band's musical tensions, the album incorporated greater hip hop influences, describing its sound as a "middle ground between Public Enemy and the Clash ". Evil Empire was released on April 16, 1996, and entered the Billboard 200 chart at number one, selling 249,000 copies in its first week. It later rose to triple platinum status. Rage Against the Machine performed " Bulls on Parade " on Saturday Night Live in April 1996. Their planned two-song performance

1157-984: A sports venue in California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in San Jose, California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage ) was an American rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. The band consisted of vocalist Zack de la Rocha , bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford , guitarist Tom Morello , and drummer Brad Wilk . They melded heavy metal and rap music , punk rock and funk with anti-authoritarian and revolutionary lyrics. As of 2010, they had sold over 16 million records worldwide. They were inducted into

1246-603: A surprise set at a free anti-RNC concert at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul , but were prevented by the police. Instead, De la Rocha and Morello rapped and sang through a megaphone. Later that evening, Morello and Boots Reilly joined the songwriter Billy Bragg and the politician Jim Walsh for a three-hour jam session at Pepitos Parkway theater in south Minneapolis. In December 2008, Morello said his Nightwatchman project would be his "principal musical focus, as I see it, for

1335-509: A vehicle to voice the band's opposition to the " right-wing purgatory " the United States has "slid into" under the George W. Bush administration since RATM's dissolution. On April 14, 2007, Morello and de la Rocha reunited onstage early to perform a brief acoustic set at a Coalition of Immokalee Workers rally in downtown Chicago. Morello described the event as "very exciting for everybody in

1424-467: Is different and we project a lot: we are working on a new album due out next year, perhaps summer for the northern hemisphere". However, in early May 2011, guitarist Tom Morello said that the band was not working on a new album, but would not rule out the possibility of future studio work. "The band is not writing songs, the band is not in the studio", Morello told The Pulse of Radio . "We get along famously and we all, you know, intend to do more Rage Against

1513-426: Is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and from my perspective, has undermined our artistic and political ideal." Morello said, "There was so much squabbling over everything, "and I mean everything . We would even have fist fights over whether our T-shirts should be mauve or camouflaged! It

1602-583: The Billboard 200 chart. During their initial nine-year run, Rage Against the Machine became a popular and influential band, and influenced the nu metal genre which came to prominence during the late 1990s and early 2000s. They were also ranked No. 33 on VH1 's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock . In 2000, Rage Against the Machine released the cover album Renegades and disbanded after growing creative differences led to De la Rocha's departure. After pursuing other projects for several years, they reunited to perform at Coachella in 2007. Over

1691-451: The Godzilla soundtrack in 1998. "Different band members have their different interests that they've been pursuing. But principally, the main reason for the delay between records was trying to find the right combination of our very diverse influences that would make a record that we were all happy with and that was great. That was a long process." In late 1994, Rage Against the Machine took

1780-514: The Arizona SB 1070 law. It was their first U.S. show in two years and according to guitarist Tom Morello it will be their only show in the U.S. for the year. In late 2010 they also completed a short three-date South American tour, including a headline set at the SWU Music & Arts Festival. This was the first time they had played in that continent. Morello stated, the only Rage appearance for 2011

1869-513: The Lollapalooza festival in mid-1993 tour; sales of Rage Against the Machine in the United States increased from 75,000 before Lollapalooza, to 400,000 by the end of the year. The band also toured with Suicidal Tendencies in Europe, and House of Pain . By April 1996, the album had sold over 1 million copies in the United States and 3 million copies worldwide. It was certified triple platinum by

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1958-531: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in May 2000. Rage Against the Machine appeared on the soundtrack for the 1995 film Higher Learning with the song " Year of tha Boomerang ". An early version of " Tire Me " also appeared in the movie. Subsequently, they re-recorded the song "Darkness" from their original demo for the soundtrack of The Crow (1994), while " No Shelter " appeared on

2047-470: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. Rage Against the Machine released their self-titled debut album in 1992 to acclaim; in 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 368 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . They achieved commercial success following their performances at the 1993 Lollapalooza festival. Their next albums, Evil Empire (1996) and The Battle of Los Angeles (1999), topped

2136-469: The Zapatista Front for National Liberation . Rage began an abortive headlining U.S. tour with Wu-Tang Clan . Police in several jurisdictions unsuccessfully attempted to have the concerts cancelled, citing amongst, other reasons, the bands' "violent and anti-law enforcement philosophies". After Wu-Tang Clan failed to appear during a concert at Riverport, they were removed from the lineup and replaced with

2225-411: The son jarocho band Son de Madera , singing and playing the jarana huasteca . The band refused large sums of money to reunite for concerts and tours. Rumors of tension between De la Rocha and the others circulated. Commerford said that he and De la Rocha saw each other often and went surfing together. Morello said he and De la Rocha communicated by phone, and had met at

2314-710: The Brothers Johnson and Wayne Shorter . They are also said to be influenced by hip hop acts such as Afrika Bambaataa , Run-DMC , Public Enemy , and the Beastie Boys , punk rock such as the Clash , Minor Threat , the Teen Idles , Bad Brains , the Dead Kennedys , Black Flag , the Sex Pistols , Fugazi and Bad Religion , and crossover bands like Suicidal Tendencies and Urban Dance Squad . Rage Against

2403-594: The Jewels . On March 12, 2020, the band postponed the first leg of the reunion tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic ; this tour was eventually postponed to the summer of 2021. On May 1, 2020, the band announced that they had rescheduled the remaining dates of their reunion tour to 2021. They were also due to headline the Reading and Leeds Festivals , which would have been Rage Against the Machine's first UK appearance in ten years, but it

2492-507: The L.A. Rising's Facebook page that the festival would once again take place in August 2014. Multiple sources reported that Rage Against the Machine would participate in the festival. However, this never happened. On October 16, 2015, the 2010 gig in Finsbury Park was released as a DVD and Blu-ray titled Live at Finsbury Park . Throughout the entirety of the reunion tour, the band's setlist

2581-495: The Machine , was released in November 1992. The cover featured Malcolm Browne 's Pulitzer Prize -winning photograph of Thích Quảng Đức , a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, burning himself to death in Saigon in 1963 in protest of the murder of Buddhists by the regime of the U.S.-backed prime minister Ngô Đình Diệm 's. The album was produced by Canadian record producer and music engineer Garth Richardson . While sales were initially slow,

2670-455: The Machine had "no plans beyond" the reissue of their self-titled debut album. Morello said he would be open to recording new Rage Against the Machine material, but added that it was "not on the table right now". The band announced on October 9 via their Facebook page that they would be releasing a special 20th anniversary box set to commemorate the group's debut album. The full box set contains never-before-released concert material, including

2759-459: The Machine has been noted for its "fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering leftist rants against corporate America, cultural imperialism , and government oppression into a Molotov cocktail of punk rock , hip hop, and thrash ." Zack de la Rocha's lyrics and choruses are defined by a heavy use of sloganeering and repetition on songs like " Bulls on Parade ", " Guerrilla Radio ", " Testify ", and " Down Rodeo ". Guitarist Tom Morello

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2848-474: The Machine is in Prophets of Rage." In May 2018, Wilk stated that "nothing would make him happier" than if the band was to reunite, but stated "it's just really a matter of getting us all on the same page". In November 2019, Chuck D and B-Real confirmed that Prophets of Rage had disbanded. On November 1, 2019, it was reported that Rage Against the Machine were reuniting for their first shows in nine years in

2937-790: The Machine played their first concert in 11 years at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin . After De la Rocha ruptured his Achilles tendon during a show in Chicago in July, Rage Against the Machine canceled their European tour and their remaining North American tour dates. Rage Against the Machine was nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility in 2017, and again in 2018, 2019, and 2021. They were inducted on November 3, 2023, by Ice-T , at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Only Morello attended

3026-525: The Machine stuff in the future, but beyond sort of working out a concert this year, there's nothing else on the schedule (for 2011)". The band created its own festival, the L.A. Rising. As Morello stated, the only Rage Against the Machine appearance for 2011 was a performance on July 30 at the L.A. Rising festival with El Gran Silencio , Immortal Technique , Lauryn Hill , Rise Against and Muse . During an interview on July 30, 2011, Commerford seemingly contradicted Morello's comments, stating that new material

3115-415: The Machine's 2011 performance at L.A. Rising was their final show. In February 2015, Tim Commerford said that uncertainty over when they might play again was typical of the band's functioning, speculating: "It could be tomorrow; it could be 10 years from now". On October 16, 2015, the 2010 gig in Finsbury Park was released as a DVD and Blu-ray called Live at Finsbury Park . In May 2016, the band launched

3204-467: The Netherlands on June 9. Zack de la Rocha had stated that it was a definite possibility that the band would record a new album, the first time since 2000's Renegades . Morter confirmed this, stating the discussions he and the band had backstage before the Finsbury Park gig saying the band did write new material, but they had no motivation to release them until now. De la Rocha mentioned

3293-779: The Park in Scotland, the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden, the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England and the Oxegen Festival in Ireland. They also performed on August 2 in Chicago at the 2008 Lollapalooza festival. Morello said they had no plans to record a new album, and said: "Writing and recording albums is a whole different thing than getting back on the bike ... But I think that the one thing about

3382-499: The Prodigy , Stereophonics , BBC Radio 5 Live , and even the 2004 X Factor winner Steve Brookstein , amongst numerous others. On the morning of December 17, Rage Against the Machine played a slightly censored version of "Killing in the Name" live on Radio 5 Live , but four repeats of 'Fuck you I won't do what you tell me' were aired before the song was pulled. During the interview before

3471-401: The Prophets of Rage website had nothing do with the announcement of a "Rage-specific reunion", but added that "some of the members" of the band were working on a project that would include live shows. It was later confirmed that Prophets of Rage were a new supergroup formed by Morello, Wilk and Commerford, with Chuck D of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill . The band toured through

3560-456: The Rage catalog is that to me none of it feels dated. You know, it doesn't feel at all like a nostalgia show. It feels like these are songs that were born and bred to be played now." De la Rocha said," As far as us recording music in the future, I don't know where we all fit with that. We've all embraced each other's projects and support them, and that's great." In July 2008, De la Rocha and

3649-549: The Roots . Sony Records released Live & Rare , compiling B-sides and live performances, in Japan in June 1998. A live video, Rage Against the Machine , was released later the same year. In 1999, Rage Against the Machine played at the Woodstock '99 concert. Their third album, The Battle of Los Angeles , debuted at number one in 1999, selling 450,000 copies in the first week and

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3738-603: The Stooges , and Bob Dylan . It achieved platinum status a month later. The following year saw the release of another live video, The Battle of Mexico City , while 2003 brought the live album Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium , an edited recording of the band's final concerts on September 12 and 13, 2000, at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. It was accompanied by an expanded DVD release of

3827-580: The Truth tour with no plans to record, but recorded a song for Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 , "No One Left". In April 2007, he released an album, One Man Revolution , followed by The Fabled City on September 30, 2008. Morello and the rapper Boots Riley formed the rap rock group Street Sweeper Social Club , and released their debut self-titled album in June 2009. De la Rocha had been working on an album with DJ Shadow , Company Flow , Roni Size and Questlove , but dropped

3916-600: The United States, including Lollapalooza in Chicago, Illinois . In 2008 the band also played shows in Denver, Colorado and St. Paul, Minnesota ; the locations of the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention , respectively. In December 2008, PremierGuitar.com conducted an interview with Tom Morello and when asked about his plans for 2009 he replied: "Well, I know for sure that I'll be doing

4005-798: The War , led the 8,000 attendees to the Denver Coliseum on a six-mile march to Invesco Field, host of the DNC. After a four-hour stand-off with police, the Obama campaign agreed to meet with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and hear their demands. In September 2008, Rage performed at the Target Center in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention . The previous day, they attempted to play

4094-582: The achievement. True to their word, the band announced that they would be performing a free concert at Finsbury Park, London, on June 6, 2010. The concert, dubbed "The Rage Factor", gave away all the tickets by free photo registration to prevent touting over the weekend of the February 13–14, followed by an online lottery on February 17. This proved to be popular, with many users facing connection issues. The tickets were all allocated by 13:30 that same day. After allowing ticket holders to vote for who they wanted to be

4183-455: The album became a critical and commercial success, driven by heavy radio airplay of the song " Killing in the Name ", a heavy, driving track featuring only eight lines of lyrics. The "Fuck You" version, which contains 17 instances of the word fuck , was once accidentally played on the BBC Radio 1 Top 40 singles show on February 21, 1993. The band's profile soared following a performance at

4272-626: The band in 2007. On January 18, 2008, the band played their first show outside of the U.S. since their reunion in Auckland , New Zealand, as part of the Big Day Out festival series. The band also played seven shows in Australia including several headlining shows in Melbourne , Sydney , Adelaide , and Perth . The band has since continued to tour around the world, headlining many large festivals in Europe and

4361-605: The band left the steps, police officers apprehended Moore and led him away. Moore yelled to the band, "Take the New York Stock Exchange!" In an interview with the Socialist Worker , Morello said he and scores of others ran into the Stock Exchange. "About two hundred of us got through the first set of doors, but our charge was stopped when the Stock Exchange's titanium riot doors came crashing down." Moore said: "For

4450-416: The band's 2010 Finsbury Park show and footage from early in their career, as well as a digitally-remastered version of the album, b-sides and the original demo tape (on disc for the first time). The band released 3-disc and single-disc versions. The collection was released on November 27. In an April 2014 interview with The Pulse of Radio, drummer Brad Wilk indicated that, as far as he knew, Rage Against

4539-495: The campaign to get "Killing in the Name" to the No. 1 spot at Christmas, Zack de la Rocha stated that it was a "genuine possibility". Stating that they may use the momentum from the campaign to get back into the studio and write a follow-up record to 2000's Renegades after 10 years. When talking to NME, Zack de la Rocha said: "I think it's a genuine possibility, We have to get our heads around what we're going to do towards

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4628-529: The ceremony. On January 3, 2024, Wilk confirmed that Rage Against the Machine had disbanded again. Inspired by early heavy metal instrumentation, Rage Against the Machine has been influenced by a variety of music, including acts like Rush , Led Zeppelin , Bob Dylan , U2 , the Red Hot Chili Peppers , Iron Maiden , Kiss , Black Sabbath / Ozzy Osbourne , the Police , Devo , Living Colour , Queen ,

4717-474: The cold embers of Rage Against the Machine are now the burning fire of Prophets of Rage. Where Rage Against the Machine lives, is this summer in these songs that we are playing. And we have nothing but the greatest love and honor and respect for Zack de la Rocha, the brilliant lyricist of Rage Against the Machine, who is working on his own music, which I'm sure will be fantastic—he's a great artist in his own right. But where you're going to hear Rage Against

4806-595: The coveted Christmas number one slot in the UK Singles Chart , which had been dominated for four consecutive years from 2005 by winners from the popular TV show The X Factor . Before the chart was announced on December 20, 2009, the Facebook group membership stood at over 950,000, and was acknowledged (and supported) by Tom Morello , Dave Grohl , Paul McCartney , Muse , Fightstar , NME , John Lydon , Bill Bailey , Lenny Henry , BBC Radio 1 , Hadouken! ,

4895-866: The crowd that ticket sales—all of which are non-profit to the bands—had raised $ 300,000. The band has been confirmed to do a short South American tour in October, performing at venues such as the SWU Festival in Brazil, the Maquinaria Festival in Chile, and Pepsi Music Festival in Argentina. It was the first time the band played in those countries. After the "Rage Factor" celebratory show in Finsbury Park in London on June 6, 2010, after

4984-534: The drummer Jon Theodore , formerly of the Mars Volta , released an EP as One Day as a Lion . In August 2008, during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Rage headlined the free Tent State Music Festival to End the War . They were supported by Flobots , State Radio , Jello Biafra , and Wayne Kramer . Following the concert, the band, following uniformed veterans from the advocacy group Iraq Veterans Against

5073-435: The end of the year and finish up on some other projects and we'll take it from there." During an interview with the Chilean newspaper La Tercera in October 2010, De la Rocha allegedly confirmed that a new album was in the works, with a possibility of a 2011 release. De la Rocha is reported as saying, "We are all bigger and more mature and we do not fall into the problems we faced 10 or 15 years ago. This

5162-402: The exception of 2009, before going back on hiatus; the band would not tour again until 2022. Rumors that Rage Against the Machine could reunite at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were circulating in mid-January 2007, and were confirmed on January 22. The band was confirmed to be headlining the final day of Coachella 2007. The reunion was described by Morello as primarily being

5251-407: The fall and spring convocation ceremonies for both the College of Engineering and the College of Business at San José State University. Annually, the Event Center hosts the FIRST Robotics Competition Silicon Valley Regional. The San José State University Career Center also uses the arena to host its fall and spring career fairs, which generally feature hundreds of potential employers for students of

5340-418: The final album—two were eventually included as B-sides , while three others never saw an official release. Several record labels expressed interest, and the band eventually signed with Epic Records . Morello said, "Epic agreed to everything we asked—and they've followed through ... We never saw a[n] [ideological] conflict as long as we maintained creative control." The band's debut album, Rage Against

5429-402: The first night sold out in 20 minutes. Rage also played their first (non-festival) concert in seven years at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisconsin , supported by Queens of the Stone Age in August 2007. The band played co-headlining spots at New Orleans' Voodoo Music Experience in late October and the Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas. These shows were the last performances by

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5518-415: The future." In 2009, Morello also went on to work with his nonprofit, Axis of Justice. Another leg was added for Europe in 2010. The leg included dates at indoor arenas, and outdoor festivals. The band also headlined the Download Festival at Donington Park , on June 12. On July 23, Rage performed at a benefit concert at the Hollywood Palladium theater in their hometown of Los Angeles to protest against

5607-444: The largest crowds of the festival. Morello said they reunited to voice their opposition to the "right-wing purgatory" the United States had "slid into" under the George W. Bush administration since their dissolution. Rage Against the Machine continued to tour in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. They played a series of shows in Europe in 2008, including Rock am Ring and Rock im Park , Pinkpop Festival , T in

5696-413: The last show, which included a previously unreleased video for " Bombtrack ". In the wake of the September 11 attacks , the controversial 2001 Clear Channel memorandum contained a long list of what the memo termed "lyrically questionable" songs for the radio, uniquely listing all of Rage Against the Machine's songs. After the breakup, Morello, Wilk, and Commerford decided to stay together and find

5785-560: The next four years, the band played live venues and festivals around the world before going on hiatus in 2011. In 2019, Rage Against the Machine announced a world tour that was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was cut short after de la Rocha suffered a leg injury. Wilk confirmed in 2024 that the band had disbanded for the third time. In 1991, following the break-up of guitarist Tom Morello's former band Lock Up , former Lock Up drummer Jon Knox encouraged Tim Commerford and Zack de la Rocha to jam with Morello as he

5874-461: The project in favor of working with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails . The album was not released. A collaboration between De la Rocha and DJ Shadow, the song "March of Death" was released free online in 2003 in protest of the imminent invasion of Iraq . The 2004 soundtrack Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 included one of the collaborations with Reznor, " We Want It All ". In late 2005, De la Rocha performed with

5963-524: The records people wanted us to make. We never played by the rules people wanted us to play by. And here we are, 25 years later, still a band. Clearly that means something. And if we did ever play or make new music or anything, it would be a very big deal. And there's a lot of bands that I've seen come along during that 25-year period that did everything the record companies and the powers-that-be wanted them to do, and they sold millions of records. But where are they now? They're gone." Morello added, "Right now ...

6052-434: The remainder of 2016 and played the songs of the three bands in which the members of this group participated in before. Despite Morello, Wilk and Commerford's commitments to Prophets of Rage, the latter confirmed in a May 2016 interview with Rolling Stone that Rage Against the Machine had not split up, explaining, "We just do things our own way. Throughout our career, we never did what anyone wanted us to do. We never made

6141-399: The remainder of my life". He repeated this point in an interview with the Los Angeles Times . In December 2009, a campaign was launched on Facebook by Jon Morter and his wife Tracy, in order to stop, most notably, The X Factor hits from becoming almost automatic Christmas number ones on the UK Singles Chart. It generated nationwide publicity and took the track " Killing in the Name " to

6230-475: The room, myself included." This was followed by the scheduled Coachella performance on Sunday, April 29 where the band staged a much anticipated performance to the largest crowds of the festival. This was originally thought of as a one-off show, which later turned out to be untrue. The band later played four shows in the Hip Hop festival Rock the Bells with the Wu Tang Clan , Public Enemy and Cypress Hill , and later an additional night in New York City after

6319-522: The song they reiterated their support for the campaign and their intentions to support charity with the proceeds. The campaign was ultimately successful, and "Killing in the Name" became the number-one single in the UK for Christmas 2009. Zack de la Rocha spoke to BBC One upon hearing the news, stating that: We're very very ecstatic and excited about the song reaching the number one spot. We want to thank everyone that participated in this incredible, organic, grass-roots campaign. It says more about

6408-473: The spontaneous action taken by young people throughout the UK to topple this very sterile pop monopoly. When young people decide to take action they can make what's seemingly impossible, possible. The band also set a new record, achieving the biggest download sales total in a first week ever in the UK charts. De la Rocha also promised the band would perform a free concert in the UK sometime in 2010 to celebrate

6497-574: The spring and summer of 2022. By June 11, 2020, every Rage Against the Machine album had entered the top 30 of Apple Music's Rock Albums chart, and their debut album had entered the Billboard Top 200 at number 174. The resurgence of interest in the band's music and politics was widely attributed to renewed worldwide Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by law enforcement. On July 9, 2022, Rage Against

6586-405: The spring of 2020, including two appearances at that year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival . On November 25, 2019, an alleged leaked tour poster made its way online indicating the band would be going on a world tour throughout 2020. This was later debunked by Australian-based publication Wall of Sound who broke the news that a concert poster troll photoshopped and released it online as

6675-661: The support acts for "The Rage Factor", it was announced that Gogol Bordello , Gallows and Roots Manuva would support Rage Against the Machine at the concert. In addition to the free gig at Finsbury Park, the band headlined European festivals in June 2010 including the Download Festival at Donington Park , England, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in Germany and Rock in Rio Madrid in Spain. They also performed in Ireland on June 8 and

6764-524: The university. The Event Center also housed a fully equipped student recreation center, which comprised basketball and racquetball courts and a weight room, before it was replaced in 2019 by a much larger, $ 130 million facility located next door to the arena. In August 2019, the university reached an $ 8.1 million, 20-year deal with Provident Credit Union to rename the Event Center Arena to Provident Credit Union Event Center. This article about

6853-453: The very strong reaction from the Download Festival 2010 audience as an incentive for releasing new material. In addition, the band returned to Los Angeles on July 23, 2010, for their first U.S. show in two years and their first hometown show in 10 years. The concert benefited Arizona organizations that are fighting the SB1070 immigration law. On the night of the show, a spokesperson announced to

6942-405: Was a performance on July 30 at the L.A. Rising festival with El Gran Silencio , Immortal Technique , Lauryn Hill , Rise Against and Muse . Morello hoped that Rage Against the Machine would tour in 2012 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album , but this never came to fruition. On July 30, 2013, exactly two years after its original performance, it was announced on

7031-452: Was also considered the DJ of the group. Rage Against the Machine reunion tour The Rage Against the Machine reunion tour was a concert tour by American rock band Rage Against the Machine that took place from 2007 to 2011. It was the first tour for the band since they broke up in 2000. This tour saw Rage Against the Machine performing live worldwide sporadically for four years, with

7120-510: Was announced on May 12, 2020, that the festival was cancelled. Despite having rescheduled all of their tour dates, Rage Against the Machine was initially still scheduled to play Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , which had been postponed from April to October 2020 before it was officially cancelled that June. On April 8, 2021, it was announced that the Public Service Announcement Tour had once again been rescheduled to

7209-417: Was associated, coined the phrase "rage against the machine" in a 1989 article in his zine No Answers . The blueprint for the group's major-label debut album and demo tape Rage Against the Machine was laid on a twelve-song self-released cassette, the cover image of which featured newspaper clippings of the stock market section with a single match taped to the inlay card. Not all 12 songs made it onto

7298-498: Was being written, and specific plans for the next two years were in place. In an October 2012 interview with TMZ , bassist Tim Commerford was asked if Rage Against the Machine was working on a new album. He simply responded, "maybe". Asked by TMZ again in November 2012 whether a new album was being worked on, Commerford replied "definitely maybe ... anything's possible". Later that month, however, Morello denied that they were working on new material, and stated that Rage Against

7387-486: Was certified double-platinum . That year, the song " Wake Up " was featured on the soundtrack of the film The Matrix . The track " Calm Like a Bomb " was used in the sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003). In 2000, the band planned to support the Beastie Boys on the "Rhyme and Reason" tour, but the tour was cancelled when the Beastie Boys drummer, Mike D , suffered a serious injury. In 2003, The Battle of Los Angeles

7476-515: Was cut to one song when the band attempted to hang inverted American flags from their amplifiers ("a sign of distress or great danger"), in protest of the program's guest host, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes . In 1997, the band opened for U2 on the PopMart Tour . Their profits went to organizations such as the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees , Women Alive and

7565-483: Was looking to start a new group. Morello soon contacted Brad Wilk, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for both Lock Up and the band that would later become Pearl Jam . This lineup named themselves Rage Against the Machine, after a song De la Rocha had written for his former underground hardcore punk band Inside Out (also to be the title of the unrecorded Inside Out full-length album). Record label owner and zine publisher Kent McClard , with whom Inside Out

7654-564: Was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . On January 26, 2000, during filming of the video for " Sleep Now in the Fire ", directed by Michael Moore , an altercation caused the doors of the New York Stock Exchange to be closed and the band to be escorted from the site by security after band members attempted to gain entry into the exchange. The video shoot had attracted several hundred people, according to

7743-578: Was released in November 2002, and their self-titled debut album followed to mainly positive reviews. In contrast to Rage Against the Machine, most of Audioslave's music was apolitical, although some songs touched on political issues. Their second album, Out of Exile debuted at the number one position on the Billboard charts in 2005. Audioslave released its third album Revelations on September 4, 2006, but did not tour as Cornell and Morello were working on solo albums. After months of inactivity and rumors of

7832-611: Was ridiculous. We were patently political, internally combustible. It was ugly for a long time." De la Rocha's departure was voted the "shittiest thing" of 2000 in the Kerrang! readers' poll of that year. The band's next album, Renegades , was a collection of covers of artists as diverse as Devo , EPMD , Minor Threat , Cypress Hill , the MC5 , Afrika Bambaataa , the Rolling Stones , Eric B. & Rakim , Bruce Springsteen ,

7921-446: Was usually of the same structure for every show. The band played various songs at different shows. On each leg of the tour, the band played a new song(s) and added them regularly to the setlist. At a regular performance, the band would play 14 or 15 songs, including an encore. Encore The Internationale Intro song to all shows on this leg of the tour. Encore Guantanamo Bay Intro In occasion in Europe, and in Minneapolis,

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