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"Help needed (RATM politics)"

*Sorry 4 uzin txt shorthand and poor punctuation, grammar etc., i'm in a bit of a rush!!!*

Ok, u should all know by now (especially if u've red any of my rage related posts) that I'm nuts about rage against the machine.....despite the fact that they've split up! I've been tryin 2 get a Rage tribute band 2g4 4 a while now, and I've finally found a local-ish vocalist and drummer who are out tryin 2 do the same thing. SUCCESS!!! Actually no. As u would expect, they've refused 2 take me on as lead guitarist. Not because I'm not good enough, but because i'm not at all in2 the politics side of Rage. I'm just in it for the music! (and yes i do know how chessy that sounds!). After all, that woz the whole point of rage, the politics bit, which is y audioslave r nowhere as big as rage were: 90% of rage fans were in it 4 the politics...i think. Since this is a dream come tru 4 me and i really want 2 get this band goin, can NE1 recomend anywhere i can get some info on left-wing politics from, or woteva it woz that rage were all about.

Cheers!

Rage are/were much better

Probably coz "the vocals are now actually singing rather then rapping, which adds another melody line to the music which therefore influences the guitar sound". Or so says Tom Morello.

I know Audioslave are 3/4 RATM. But they just don't seem as heavy anymore.

I prefer RATM to Audioslave. They were heavier.

Goatboy wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> I ignored most of teh politics because I always got the feeling that
> De LA Rocha was an ill informed idiot.
> ---
>
> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
> *wipes eyes*
> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> Yeah, that's right. Buy "Battle of New Mexico" DVD and
> watch the interview with him and Noam Chomsky.
> "ill informed idiot"
> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I didn't say he was, just that I always got that feeling. Just never could really take him seriously.

I've been listening to Battle of Los Angeles all day

It rules

Lights out
Guerilla radio
Turn that sssshiit up

What about Ms Dynamite VS David Dimbleby?

I prefer the interview between Busted and Salman Rushdie, personally.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> I ignored most of teh politics because I always got the feeling that
> De LA Rocha was an ill informed idiot.
---

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*wipes eyes*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yeah, that's right. Buy "Battle of New Mexico" DVD and watch the interview with him and Noam Chomsky.
"ill informed idiot"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Audioslave are just about as big as Rage. The album has gone platinum. And in a quicker time frame than Rage's debut did.

I ignored most of teh politics because I always got the feeling that De LA Rocha was an ill informed idiot. The rest of them were not so political and were OK. Which is why I prefer Audioslave.

If a covers band want you to know the politics then that's just sad. They are not being themselves. There is a difference between paying homage and being a copy.

Form your own band. One that won't control you.