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Rage Against the Machine will reunite for Coachella
Red Hot Chili Peppers and Björk also top the bill for the three-day music festival.
By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
January 22, 2007

Rage Against the Machine, the seminal L.A. band that made heavy music into political manifesto, will reunite after a seven-year lull for one show as the headliners at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Sources say Rage, which played the main stage at the first Coachella in 1999, will be joined by other familiar faces for the eighth edition of the festival, which covers three days this year and begins April 27: Red Hot Chili Peppers, which headlined in 2003, are back, as is Björk, who topped the bill in 2002.

Organizers were mum this weekend and it was not clear which day Rage or the other acts were slotted to play; that announcement is expected in the next few days. Other acts expected in the eclectic lineup: Arcade Fire, Interpol, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Manu Chao, the Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto and Kings of Leon.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, via Ticketmaster. Three-day passes will cost about $250 and there will be a limited number of single-day passes available.

The headliners are not novel, but they are potent. The Peppers are up for their first best album Grammy right now, and Björk remains a mesmerizing figure to fans of avant pop. But in Southern California rock circles, there is very little that could compete with the excitement of a Rage Against the Machine reunion. The quartet's hybrid of funk, rap, metal and leftist ideology was as subtle as a Molotov cocktail; in the 1990s, its aggro-anthems made it the only band that mattered to a fan base that included East L.A. protest kids as well as those in Hollywood punk circles, college dorms and mainstream rock festival mosh pits, where politics were secondary to the group's feral energy.

The band is vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Their split came amid rumors of bad blood between De la Rocha and his mates, who went on to work with Chris Cornell in Audioslave. However, Morello and De la Rocha appeared together at a 2005 rally for the urban farmers of a South Los Angeles community garden.

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DAMN! SANA MAGING WORLD TOUR TO ANG THE BAND WILL REUNITE FOR GOOD! WE REALLY NEED THEIR MUSIC RIGHT NOW! :excited:

ok sna kung tuloy2 na ulit 4 ratm to...they are the most successful band that dwells into political/social themes...of course the market for this type of music does not really fit the bill as of those justin timberlake-type of music, etc. but bands/musicians who dwell into this very very rare genre are, for me, the most honest people in the music industry...i remember going into a state university at college during the early 90's and filipino musicians/bands like buklod, yano, etc. not hitting the mainstream yet with political issues as their main topic. they are sold at this mini-store at P70 each (cassette tapes lang) its true..we need their music right now!

Rage Against the Machine adds more dates!

The reformed band will Rock the Bells with Wu-Tang Clan on a summer tour.
By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer

It turns out Rage Against the Machine will play more than one show after all--the seminal L.A. band will join the Wu-Tang Clan for three shows under the banner of Rock the Bells, the acclaimed hip-hop festival that kicks off in New York on July 28 and hits Southern California on Aug. 11.

That local show will be at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino while the third show, on Aug. 18, will be in San Francisco. The sites of the New York and San Francisco shows as well as ticket sales information will be announced by organizers on Monday.

Rage is already the closing-night headliner of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 29 in Indio, a festival that sold out 80 days in advance due to the pent-up fan demand for the Los Angeles band. Rage played their last show in 2000.

That Coachella show was announced as a "one-and-done" affair but the quick sellout and the harsh-priced ticket scalping already underway are among the factors in the added shows, according to sources close to the band. There's also the historical punch of performing with Wu-Tang Clan, one of the most ambitious and influential hip-hop outfits ever.

"Rage will do four shows and just four in 2007," said Chang Weisberg, the founder of Guerilla Union and organizer of Rock the Bells. "Coachella is first, that's the granddaddy. And now these three with the Wu-Tang Clan represent a very, very special thing."

The New York hip-hop collective has already announced the planned summer release of "8 Diagrams," the Clan's first album since "Iron Flag" in 2001. The album will feature new contributions from eight of the nine members from its classic line-up: RZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, GZA, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa. The ninth member, the late ODB, who died in 2005, will appear in the form of previously recorded material.

RZA said in a released statement in November that the contemporary doldrums of hip-hop demand a return by the flamboyant and potent Clan: "People want something that gives them an adrenaline rush. We're here to supply that fix. How could hip-hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever? We're here to revive the spirit and the economics and bring in a wave of energy that has lately dissipated."

More details on the shows, including an on-sale date, will come Monday via the "Kevin & Bean" morning show on KROQ-FM (106.7), the powerhouse rock station in Los Angeles.

Fans have been hopeful that Rage will tour but, according to Weisberg, these three new dates and the Coachella appearance are the extent of the current comeback. Rage helped launch Coachella in 1999 when the band co-headlined the inaugural edition of the huge festival.

Rage guitarist Tom Morello has said that the reunion is driven in part by politics and a desire by him and his compatriots to rally young people against President Bush, the war in Iraq and the Republican Party.

When Rage split, frontman Zack de la Rocha went solo while Morello, drummer Brad Wilk and bassist Tim Commerford went on as Audioslave, adding singer Chris Cornell and releasing three albums. That band's future came into question with the recent Rage reunion stirrings and likely ended altogether with the Feb. 15 announcement by Cornell that he is moving on due to "irresolvable personality conflicts and musical differences."

Morello, meanwhile, is also launching a new solo career as the Nightwatchman, the stage name he uses for his aggressive and largely acoustic protest music. His album, "One Man Revolution," is due in stores April 24 and he will tour in the spring.

If Rage as a whole also tours soon it would add to a summer of major reunions hitting the road; the members of the Police and Genesis have set aside their famous quarrels and are gearing up for road runs, while the notoriously fractious Eagles are finishing their first studio album since 1979 and are expected to tour as well.

wow nadisband pala sila... panalo din to..

^ Where have you been? :confused:

uuy RAM i remember nung nag-concert sila dito sa araneta eh riot ang nangyari

uuy RAM i remember nung nag-concert sila dito sa araneta eh riot ang nangyari

its not in araneta bro..its in cuneta astrodome...

i think that was 1997...riot talaga nangyari noon...i remember my ticket was 267pesos,bleacher section un sa may taas n may harang na rehas...front bands were razorback and wolfgang...nung tumugtog ung razorback medyo ok pa crowd,tapos ng razorback wolfgang naman..medyo may konting gulo na....tapos nung lumabas n mga members ng RATM..ung rehas sa harap namin nagiba..talunan kami lahat sa ibaba (courtside n ata un)..nagreklamo ung mga nagbayad ng 1k+ hahahaha..sobra gulo talaga first time ko nasama sa "mosh pit" grabe sapakan..sikohan...tadyakan..tapos naman yakapan na kahit d mo kilala (peace man!)...background nila flag ng pinas at USA..ung sa US na flag nakabaligtad.i wont forget that night,sarap ulitin!!!:praise::thumbsup:

its not in araneta bro..its in cuneta astrodome...

i think that was 1997...riot talaga nangyari noon...i remember my ticket was 267pesos,bleacher section un sa may taas n may harang na rehas...front bands were razorback and wolfgang...nung tumugtog ung razorback medyo ok pa crowd,tapos ng razorback wolfgang naman..medyo may konting gulo na....tapos nung lumabas n mga members ng RATM..ung rehas sa harap namin nagiba..talunan kami lahat sa ibaba (courtside n ata un)..nagreklamo ung mga nagbayad ng 1k+ hahahaha..sobra gulo talaga first time ko nasama sa "mosh pit" grabe sapakan..sikohan...tadyakan..tapos naman yakapan na kahit d mo kilala (peace man!)...background nila flag ng pinas at USA..ung sa US na flag nakabaligtad.i wont forget that night,sarap ulitin!!!:praise::thumbsup:

Swerte mo! :praise: