- Music
- 19 May 16
No Zack De La Rocha means no new Rage Against The Machine material or a proper reunion.
Rage Against The Machine will not be reuniting this year. Instead three members of the band have formed the supergroup, Prophets of Rage, with Chuck D of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill.
Guitarist Tom Morello, drummer Brad Wilk and Bassist Tim Commerford will join forces with the hip hop stars.
RATM frontman Zack De La Rocha will not be working with the group. The group will make their live debut at the Hollywood Palladium venue on June 3. It is unclear whether or not any new material will be performed but the setlist will include tracks from the RATM, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill back catalogues.
The group are expected to make more announcements in the future but the exact nature of these announcements are not yet knowns. The website, prophetsofrage.com is currently counting down to May 31. Billboard reports that summer tour is "being considered".
The three quarters of RATM members have worked with out De La Rocha in the past. They formed the backing band for Chris Cornell's Audioslave in 2010 and Tom Morello performed with Chuck D at the Grammys in 2013.
Talk of a fully fledged Rage Against The Machine reunion were fuelled earlier this week when the Prophets of Rage website went live and posters bearing the logo and the hashtag of the same name began appearing around Los Angeles.
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