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RAGE AGAINST BANNED CURSE WORDS

 Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 11:00am by

Writing headlines for Rage Against the Machine is too easy, because those dudes just rage against everything (except a couple of shitty Audioslave albums… oh snap! But I did enjoy the first one). Rage, rage, rage.

The latest raging is happening in the U.K., where the band are jumping on board with a fan-led initiative to land “Killing in the Name” on Top of the U.K. Christmas Singles chart. MS Maniac Charlie F. sent in this clip of Zack and Tom doing an interview with the BBC, followed by a full-band live electric performance of the track. The performance is passionate and fierce, and the song is still as vital as ever all these years later. Make sure you listen to the entire performance (which starts around 4:10); there’s a special surprise at the end that would make Howard Stern proud.

Man, when this album came out I could not get enough of the “Fuck you! I won’t do what you tell me!” part. My ten year old ass was running around screaming that shit EVERYWHERE! It still gives me shivers.

After you listen to the performance below, click through the jump for a special surprise that’s a new take on an old joke but still really fucking funny [thanks: Morizz].

-VN

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  • Moose_Knuckle

    This is a good campaign, the charts mean shit to me but all of this x factor bullshit is getting really tired. I see it as essentially fake music. It would make those fuckers who watch or are involved in the x factor pretty pissed, which has to be good.

  • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

    I don’t care if Rage Against The Machine are capitalist phonies or whatever… that song still makes me bang my head.

    MOTHERRR FUCKERRRRRRR

    • Aaron

      Actually they’re one of the few politically charged bands I’ve ever seen have a huge amount of success and still stay true to their message and roots. I have a ton of respect for every one of them as artists and I also don’t think they ever really sold out their message. They were such an important band specifically because they were so huge and got a lot of kids thinking, questioning and looking into concepts and ideas that would lead them to become who they are. Also they in a round-about way got me into some fucking killer punk and hardcore so hell yes.

      • rickyslate

        Aren’t these guys supposed to be anti-corporation/capitalist… but are signed to Sony?

        • rickyslate

          And of course de la Rocha thinks it’s a great statement for people to BUY HIS FUCKING MUSIC!!!

          • Aaron

            These kind of arguments fall flat, it’s an ignorant statement to just dismiss a person for not practicing what they preach when they live within the confines of a capitalist society. People just won’t be happy unless these guys drop off the grid entirely and live on some Anarchist/Marxist community in the woods somewhere.

            They’re getting their message out there in a way that bands that aren’t signed to majors simply can’t, is it a slightly hypocritical move to be signed to a major? Sure but that’s the world we live in, Rage has been more important to people precisely because they were in a position to target people who otherwise wouldn’t be exposed to these ideologies and ideas.

            They’re the gateway drug to real politically charged music and for that we should be thankful that something is getting on the radio with a real message because sugar-coated pop shit will never have any meaning and your favorite ideologically “pure” independent DIY hardcore band will never be known by anyone who isn’t actively searching for that sort of music, Rage made kids like me look for that music and that was always the point.

          • dot

            YES. your statements need to be copied and pasted to RATM’s wikipedia page just so the people who use the same dumbass arguements over and over again finally stfu.

            i need to listen to this when i’m 40 just so i avoid getting jaded, bitter, disillusioned and whathaveyou about everything.

          • dot

            wrong post. please ignore.

          • dot

            wrong post. ignore. (where’s the delete button when you need it)

      • rickyslate

        I’m not saying I don’t like them, I’m just saying I don’t believe anything they say.

      • dot

        YES. your statements (including the other post) need to be copied and pasted to RATM’s wikipedia page just so the people who use the same dumbass arguements over and over again finally stfu.

        i need to listen to this clip when i’m 40 just so i avoid getting jaded, bitter, disillusioned and whathaveyou about everything.

  • bearbomb

    I really hope this happens. It’s too bad we have to use actual good music in a viral sort of way, while throw away bullshit dominates the charts.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kasper-Maigaard/1027001938 Kasper Maigaard

    Hahahaha, poor Hitler..

  • cougar party

    Goddamn, this song was fucking great when it came out and it still sounds holds up. Shit the whole album is still kicks ass. Rage never really could duplicate what they did on their first record, but it was one hell of an album.

  • Ryan

    HAHAHAHA, that’s fucking great at the end. How didn’t they expect that from them?

    • brandog the meowiest

      “We asked them not to do it but they did it anyways.”

      Bahaha, they asked for it.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Colin-OConnor/1491245262 Colin O’Connor

      That part cracked me up. Awesome.

  • matt

    tom morello sounds like seth macfarlane

  • Biff Tannen

    Goddamn, what a horrible fucking band. you guys do realize that this is not metal, right? At the very most, it is nu-metal. Their fans are nothing but liberal, suburban white (and jewish) kids who think saying “Fuck you, mom, I won’t do what you tell me” is the coolest thing ever. THIS IS RAP people,RAP. Listen to Zachy delahokarokahorchada…he is RAPPING. RAP. Not METAL, RAP

    • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

      Rage is one of the few bands to mix rock and rap and do it well.

    • bearbomb

      If I told you I was a fan of both Rage and Pantera would that make your head explode?

      • Biff Tannen

        “If I told you I was a fan of both Rage and Pantera would that make your head explode?”
        Not at all. I’d expect a fan of one horrible popular band to like another horrible polular band. Why stop at just one serving of shit, am I right?
        Stupid is as stupid does, Forrest.

    • Spike

      download the shitty xfactor song then, wanksplat.

    • Aaron

      Why don’t you post your phone number here fuck face. GTFO loser.

    • Discipleofthewatch

      We don’t even care if it’s not metal. We love it, no matter what it’s called!

      • Sickboy666

        Yeah, good call, Discipleofthewatch .

        “you guys do realize that this is not metal, right?”

        Yes, we do, but it still sounds fucking great. So what if it’s “not metal”?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Colin-OConnor/1491245262 Colin O’Connor

      You continually prove you have the worst taste in music ever in the history of bad music taste.

      • Jerome

        By far the most idiotic song ever written. You’d have to have the mind of a 10-year-old to enjoy it.

        People! It’s not Revolution, it’s Product!!

    • Alkahest

      Faith No More isn’t metal either, but metalheads love them anyway.

  • http://www.myspace.com/whitearmsofathena Josh

    FIGHT THE POWER!

  • erock

    THAT

    IS

    FUCKING

    AWESOME

  • Jay-P

    Good as fuck. Nice to see they still wont keep to radio rules.

  • The M_F Beard

    I’m getting my campaign in early to get Cannibal Corpse’s ‘Entrails Ripped From A Virgin’s Cunt’ for Christmas no 1 in 2010. For a Christmas themed version you could change the title to ‘Jesus Ripped From The Virgin Mary’s Cunt’. Not sure how far I’ll get with that plan though to be honest.

  • Savage

    I think were missing the main point Vince was only ten when song came out, holy hell I feel old

  • DemonicLemming

    Violent and political songs are still allowed in England? I’d have thought they were banned, along with about every other fucking thing on this planet, over there.

  • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

    Did you just say you were TEN when this came out?

    Yeah……So maybe i wont take this site so seriously anymore…

  • Discipleofthewatch

    Oh, ha, I was twelve when it came out! I always loved that song, and I still do.

    • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

      Jeezus im old…..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward-Wilfred/100000007099811 Edward Wilfred

    I was one when it came out. :-p

    • Anthony

      3 or 4 over here.

  • nuno cal

    heres the live the video for BBC
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUGeoJtTnZQ

  • http://www.myspace.com/badkarma619 Alan

    LOL at the Captain Obvious. Thanks, I thought that RATM was extreme, but you really opened my eyes there.

  • The Overmatt

    What’s awesome is that the money’s going to charity, whereas I sincerely doubt those X-Factor fucks will do anything other than line their own pockets.

  • SourDeez

    I’ve seen variations on that video, like the one where he finds out that Brett Favre signed with the Vikings.

  • sewageking

    I love the part when they’re getting ready to play. The host tries to say, “The band warming up to play the best so-(onomatopoeia for the cacophony of Rage’s guitar, bass and drums).” Besides that, though, it’s a great cause,and I wish I lived in the UK so I could contribute to it. Now, if only we could get another RATM album…

  • Mark

    It made it! It’s the UK Xmas number one this year, awesome!

  • Chimp-O-Neg

    Epic Win for Rage!

    Love it.

  • moforuss

    I think all you people that are slagging rage of must be in your teens because rage are part of metal..rock .rap whatever you want to call it… history.So fuck you educate yourself about music before you open your mouth,Oh i forgot you like to listen to shouty grunting non musical shite..Sad

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Bullard-Jr/500191336 Tony Bullard Jr

    I don’t care what anyone says, I still think it’s one of the most annoying opening riffs EVER.

    The rest of the song is great, though.