Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:04:38 +0100
From: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: scrubs...



nick writes:
>You're wrong about one thing, not all political voice is immediatly muted, 
>Rage Against the Machine has consistently delivered strongly politically 
>influenced songs, which has been the springboard for me becoming politically 
>involved.  Yes, they are on Sony's Epic label, but sometimes, you have to 
>make some concessions in order to get your message across to as many people 
>as possible, and as far as I can tell it hasn'y compromised their ability to 
>be extremely radical and support causes like Leonard Peltier, Mumia 
>Abu-Jamal, and the EZLN, among others.

Rage Against the Machine... hmmm.  Little rich boys who think that being
commies is cool.  But I'm afraid that their songs betray a complete
misunderstanding of the issues.  Look beneath the surface veneer of
left-wing pop politics and you'll find very little substance.

I must admit though, they did a wonderful version of a Ginsberg poem on an
EP of theirs.  They edited a small bit out though, because those sections
of the poem weren't cool enough for them.  Still, I'd have to give them a
little credit there for doing something a little less mainstream.

colin