Rage Against the Machine wear orange in solidarity with the tortured prisoners currently in U.S. custody all around the globe.
Fan-filmed video footage of the four members of RAGE AGAINST THE
MACHINE entering the stage while dressed up as Guantánamo prisoners in
orange jumpsuits and black hoods at the beginning of their performance
yesterday (Sunday, June 1) at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, The
Netherlands can be viewed below. As previously reported, the band
pulled a similar stunt at the opening night of its current European
tour, which kicked off Friday (May 30) at the Electric Weekend in
Madrid, Spain.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello recently chose not to
comment when asked by MTV.com about rumors spreading that RAGE was in
the studio recording a new album. Morello was questioned during a shoot
for “The Bright Lights of America”, a new video from political punk act
ANTI-FLAG. Morello plays a cranky sports coach in the video, which is
taken from the title track of the Pittsburgh act’s newly released
eighth album. Morello called ANTI-FLAG “the best punk rock band of our
era.”
RAGE reunited last year for a series of concerts and festival
appearances that continues in 2008. But the group has not announced any
official plans to record new music.
Morello says he’s watching this year’s presidential election closely,
but told The Pulse of Radio he’s not ready to commit himself to a
candidate. “While Barack Obama and I share some eerie similarities,
both having Kenyan fathers and white Midwestern mothers, and having
attended Harvard and both being devastatingly handsome, it’s kind of
eerie,” he said. “But I’m not a Democrat; the Democratic Party is about
10 miles to the right of my politics.”
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