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Street Sweeper Social Club

Formed in LA in 2005 by guitarist Tom Morello (Trend Against the device, Audioslave, Nightwatchman) and rapper Shoes Riley (the Coup), Road Sweeper Social Golf club crafts self-described “revolutionary get together jams” steeped in funk, rock, hip-hop and straight-up blue-collar rock and roll & move that reveal the duo’s progressive …

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(hed) p.e.

Huntington Seaside, California’s (hed) p.e. (the “pe” means “THE WORLD”) had been founded in 1994 by frontman Jahred (aka M.C.U.D. aka Jared Gomes), whose objective was to fuse the region’s long-standing punk rock and roll traditions with G-funk-inflected hip-hop — a audio he tagged “G-punk.” 3 years and a self-financed …

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Rage Against the Machine

Trend Against the device earned acclaim from disenfranchised supporters (rather than insignificant derision from critics) because of their bombastic, fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering leftist rants against commercial America, cultural imperialism, and federal government oppression right into a Molotov cocktail of punk, hip-hop, and thrash. Trend formed in LA …

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Tom Morello

Few rock guitarists within the 1990s were as groundbreaking as Trend Contrary to the Machine’s Tom Morello, who integrated an array of different designs into his personal playing. Given birth to in NEW YORK on, may 30, 1964, Morello grew up by his mom (who, decades later on, would help …

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Mindless Self Indulgence

THE BRAND NEW York City-based punk/industrial/hip-hop group Mindless Personal Indulgence debuted an over-the-top sound on the 1999 album Tight, and their equally outrageous concert events won them opening spots on tours with Rammstein and Insane Clown Posse. The group adopted this achievement with 2000’s The Frankenstein Women Will Seem Strangely …

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Flux of Pink Indians

A fiercely political leftist punk music group formed in Hertfordshire, Britain in 1980, Flux of Red Indians comprised vocalist Colin Birkett, his bassist sibling Derek, guitarist Kevin Hunter and drummer Martin Wilson. Previously dubbed the Epileptics (later on rechristened Epi-X after grumblings from your English Epilepsy Association), in 1981 the …

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Embodyment

Originally comprising senior high school friends Andrew Godwin (guitar), Mark Garza (drums) and Kevin Donnini (bass) and Jason Lindquist (guitar), Embodyment debuted in 1993 and fit directly into the metal/ hardcore real estate scene of Dallas, TX. After four years, three demos and several displays with touring serves such as …

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Audioslave

When Zack de la Rocha still left Trend Against the device in Oct 2000, the band’s future was placed into issue. Within months rumours flew that ex-Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell would replace de la Rocha. And gossip fueled truth, for Cornell became a member of the others of Trend in …

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Pandora’s Box

This one-off project was come up with by US producer Jim Steinman (b. 1 November 1948, Claremont, California, USA) to record his rock and roll opera, Initial Sin. The music group presented Roy Bittan (piano), Jeff Bova (synthesizers), Jim Bralower (drums), Eddie Martinez (acoustic guitar) and Steve Buslowe (bass). Employing …

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Prophets of Rage

In a year of political upheaval in america, Prophets of Rage united people of Rage Against the device, Public Foe, and Cypress Hill to make a voice for the frustrated and discontent. Shaped in early 2016 by Trend guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk, Open public …

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