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| Left to right, Chuck D, B-Real, Tom Morello |
Rage against the Machine
split in 2000, when vocalist Zack de la
Rocha went into reclusion, and the remaining three members, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk, formed Audioslave with Soundgarden's
Chris Connell. Audioslave's split coincided
with Rage against the Machine reuniting for a festival tour in 2017. Since
then, both Rage against the Machine and Audioslave remained dormant. In 2015,
RATM guitarist Tom Morello invited Commerford and Wilk to join him in forming a
new rap/rock supergroup with two members of Public Enemy (rapper Chuck D
and DJ Lord), and rapper B-Real of Cypress Hill. The band would be named Prophets of Rage after a Public Enemy song. In 2016, Prophets of
Rage released an EP and dedicated six months to a "Make America Rage Again
Tour," which included performances at a pair of guerilla protest rallies near
the Republican National Convention. This was followed by a 2017 "Make the
World Rage Again" tour and a self-titled debut album to be released on
September 15, 2017.
Headlining tonight at the Apollo Theater three days before the new album release, Prophets of
Rage performed several new songs, but the set was heavily loaded with the band
members' catalogues. All total, Prophets of Rage reinterpreted eight Rage
against the Machine songs, one Audioslave, two Public Enemy, and two Cypress
Hill songs, and introduced four new collaborations. The rappers left the stage
for the musicians' tribute to the late Chris Connell, inviting the audience to
provide the vocals to "Like a Stone." Morello walked off stage for a
while as the rappers performed a medley of some of their greatest hits. Prophets
of Rage revamped the familiar songs, with Chuck D rapping what Sen Dog rapped in Cypress Hill and
B-Real rapping what Flavor Flav rapped
in Public Enemy, for instance, and both Chuck D and B-Real covering what de la
Rocha did in Rage against the Machine. The unifying factors gluing the set were
that all the players retained the propulsive intensity, boldness, integrity and
urgency of their earlier associations. Morello's furious guitar chops, the
cutting rhythm section, and the scratching at the turntables became the perfect
foil for Chuck D and B Real switching lead and hype man duties. As Morello has
said in interviews, these were "dangerous song for dangerous times."
Visit Prophets of Rage at www.prophetsofrage.com.
Setlist
- Prophets of Rage (Public Enemy cover)
- Unfuck The World
- Testify (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- Take the Power Back (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- Living on the 110
- Hail to the Chief
- Guerrilla Radio (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- (Rock) Superstar (Cypress Hill cover)
- Fight the Power (Public Enemy cover)
- Medley: Hand on the Pump (Cypress Hill cover) / Can't Truss It (Public Enemy cover)/ Insane in the Brain (Cypress Hill cover)/ Bring the Noise (Anthrax & Public Enemy cover)/ I Ain't Goin' Out Like That (Cypress Hill cover)/ Welcome to the Terrordome (Public Enemy cover)/ Jump Around (House of Pain cover)
- Sleep Now in the Fire (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- Like a Stone (Audioslave cover) (instrumental)
- Radical Eyes
- Know Your Enemy (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- Strength in Numbers
- Bullet in the Head (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- How I Could Just Kill a Man (Cypress Hill cover)
- Bulls on Parade (Rage Against the Machine cover)
- Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine cover)
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