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Rage to reunite - for one show

gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
edited January 2007 in Other Music
I saw the Audioslave thread; I just thought this needed it's own.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...tainmentNews-2

Rage Against the Machine to reunite, report says
Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:32 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The leftist rock band Rage Against the Machine will reunite after a seven-year hiatus for a single performance at a southern California rock festival in April, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.

The chart-topping quartet, famed for its angry denunciations of capitalism even as it recorded for a label owned by Sony Corp., will play the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the paper said, quoting unspecified sources.

The desert festival will take place over three days beginning April 27, about 130 miles east of Los Angeles.

The paper also said former headliners the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bjork will return to the event, which is in its eighth year. The lineup is expected to be announced this week.

Rage, which broke through in 1992 with the defiant single "Killing in the Name," won fans across the social spectrum with singer Zack de la Rocha's rap-based lyrics backed by the band's hard-rock melodies. They topped the U.S. pop album charts in 1996 with "Evil Empire" and in 1999 with "The Battle of Los Angeles."

Amid continued internal friction, de la Rocha left in October 2000. His bandmates -- guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk -- formed Audioslave the following year with former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. They recorded three albums, and in May 2005 became the first American band to play an outdoor show in Cuba. Cornell is now focusing on resurrecting his solo career.
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  • mookie blaylock 10mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    wow! if anyone did not have the opportunity to see these guys before, drop whatever you are doing in april and go see them!!! :D

    thanks for the post, gue_barium. :)

    RAGE!
  • thankyougrandmathankyougrandma Posts: 1,182
    wow, there's hope...
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  • lee25lee25 Posts: 13
    RATM were awsome!!!! No getting away from a RATM basslines!!!.
    Should be a good gig that one.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    mookie blaylock 10 wrote:
    wow! if anyone did not have the opportunity to see these guys before, drop whatever you are doing in april and go see them!!! :D

    thanks for the post, gue_barium. :)

    RAGE!

    Hell yeah people, if this is the only time they are playing again definitely try and see them, last time I saw them they were jaw-droppingly good!
  • O_G_DO_G_D Posts: 542
    Me thinks we may see a Soundgarden reuinion as well even if just for one show.
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    One show :(

    ARGH!
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  • larslars Posts: 524
    Rage against the machine is so 1994
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  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    i wish i lived in california so i could go see rage....maybe theyll just get back together for good and tour all over the place
  • edigerediger Posts: 308
    well, is anyone else going down to Coachella now?
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  • phatuciniphatucini Posts: 399
    They should at least do a little club tour in the states following Coachella and then do a little festival tour in europe just to fuel a little revival!!!

    I mean who's "real" these days anyway they're all doing it for the money and to feed their families... Zack's probably out of money, doesn't seem to have done anything music wise for the last seven years...
  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    phatucini wrote:
    They should at least do a little club tour in the states following Coachella and then do a little festival tour in europe just to fuel a little revival!!!

    That would be more than great. A definite must-see if they made it this way, for me.
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  • Lisa81Lisa81 Posts: 132
    Saw Rage before they split up, but Soundgarden, there's a band I would love to see. I was too young when they were around, and Cornell is my fave singer.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    I actually spoke to Tom Morello last Tuesday and he said it was just this one gig... no tour, no studio work. He and Zach have been talking about it since last Summer, during the protests in Los Angeles.
    When I asked him about 'Audioslave'... he said that was still going. Chris doesn't want to tour, which is why there was no tour supporting their last CD. But, he did say Chris will probably do either a small tour or one-off appearances to perform his solo stuff.
    Oh... and when he (Tom) took the stage... right off the bat... he said, "No. I can't hook any of you up with Coachella tickets."
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