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Ongoing History Daily: Rage Against the Machine facts

Here’s some stuff that you might not know about Rage Against the Machine. 

First of all, where did they get their name?  It was originally a song title written by a band called Inside Out.  Inside Out was a hardcore punk act from Southern California that had strong ties to the Hare Krishna movement and broke up in 1991 when their guitarist went off to become a Hare Krishna monk. 

Their singer was a young guy from East L.A. named Zack de la Rocha, the guy who now sings for Rage.  There is only one Inside Out record in existence.  It’s a long-lost 7″ indie single on Revelation Records called “Burning Fight.”       

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  • Why ? Who are we to demand anything from Dave Grohl or anyone else in regards to his death. The details will assuredly become public as the police and other institutions seem to be unable to respect families feelings and privacy. Could it be that it is still too painful for Dave ? Or that he is one of the few to respect the family ? You do realize how long it took for Dave to talk about Curt and he never sunk to his widows level..even when she accused him of impropriety with Frances Bean. It was F.B. who publicly denied things and chastised her mother. W(ho)TF are you people and w (hy)TF do you entitled sits feel you are owed anything by anybody? If I had to guess…wait. You’re both millenials ! Right???
    Must have been hard for Alan C. (The man) to bite his lip and not block you
    It’s not all about you and you wonder why SOME millenials have a bad rap…. Too bad because some of you are way more evolved for your ages than any other generation before you Garry W

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