Rage Against the Machine have responded to this morning’s news that they are among the inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. The groundbreaking band cited “a surprising trajectory” while thanking their “passionate fans” and others for their inspiration over the years.
In addition to Rage Against the Machine, the 2023 class includes Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott, Kate Bush, George Michael, Sheryl Crow, and The Spinners. With other nominees like Iron Maiden and Soundgarden missing the cut, Ratm are essentially the lone “rock” act being inducted this year.
In acknowledging the honor, Ratm pointed out their long record of anti-establishment in their statement, which reads as follows:
“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1991 four people in Los Angeles formed a musical group to stand where sound and and solidarity intersect. We called ourselves Rage Against the Machine.
In addition to Rage Against the Machine, the 2023 class includes Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott, Kate Bush, George Michael, Sheryl Crow, and The Spinners. With other nominees like Iron Maiden and Soundgarden missing the cut, Ratm are essentially the lone “rock” act being inducted this year.
In acknowledging the honor, Ratm pointed out their long record of anti-establishment in their statement, which reads as follows:
“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1991 four people in Los Angeles formed a musical group to stand where sound and and solidarity intersect. We called ourselves Rage Against the Machine.
- 5/3/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Rage Against the Machine, the rare metal band to catch the ears of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters, have thanked the institution for their upcoming induction in the class of ’23. In a joint statement from all four members, the band called the recognition “surprising” and appreciated Rock Hall voters “for recognizing the music and the mission of Rage Against the Machine.”
“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” the group wrote. “In 1991 four people in Los Angeles...
“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” the group wrote. “In 1991 four people in Los Angeles...
- 5/3/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday morning, from the White House lawn, President Joe Biden announced Brittney Griner would be coming home, proclaiming “I’m proud that today we have made one more family whole again.” But among the millions of families made incomplete by the American carceral state, many won’t share his pride in the United States.
Griner’s release was garnered through a “prisoner swap” in which Biden freed and sent convicted arms Viktor Bout dealer to Russia. Her arrival back to her home country ends a nine-month-long ordeal that began when the basketball star,...
Griner’s release was garnered through a “prisoner swap” in which Biden freed and sent convicted arms Viktor Bout dealer to Russia. Her arrival back to her home country ends a nine-month-long ordeal that began when the basketball star,...
- 12/10/2022
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Ed Asner, the prolific character actor and seven-time Emmy winner best known for playing Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died Sunday at his home in Tarzana, California, The New York Times reports. He was 91.
Asner’s death was confirmed by his family on Twitter, though no cause was given. “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully,” the Asner family said. “Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head — Goodnight dad. We love you.”
We are...
Asner’s death was confirmed by his family on Twitter, though no cause was given. “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully,” the Asner family said. “Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head — Goodnight dad. We love you.”
We are...
- 8/30/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sundance Institute Announces Participants & Projects For Weeklong Creative Film Producing Initiative
Today, the Sundance Institute announces the participants for its weeklong Creative Film Producing Initiative at the Sundance Resort in Utah. This includes 11 feature film and documentary projects for the Creative Producing Labs, and more than 50 industry leaders for the Creative Producing Summit. The Institute’s Creative Producing Initiative encompasses a year-round series of Labs and Fellowships, nurturing the next generation of independent producers so that they can help sustain and support the vibrancy of independent film.
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The Feature Film Creative Producing Lab takes place from August 1st through 5th. It identifies emerging producers and, under the guidance of Creative Advisors, allows them to develop their creative instincts and evolve their skills at all stages of the project. Lab Fellows continue on through the Creative Producing Summit and receive ongoing yearlong mentorship, granting, and...
Read More: Sundance Institute Announces Projects For Its 2016 Screenwriters Lab, Doc Edit and Story Labs & Theatre-Makers Residency
The Feature Film Creative Producing Lab takes place from August 1st through 5th. It identifies emerging producers and, under the guidance of Creative Advisors, allows them to develop their creative instincts and evolve their skills at all stages of the project. Lab Fellows continue on through the Creative Producing Summit and receive ongoing yearlong mentorship, granting, and...
- 7/18/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Public Enemy played a highly anticipated set at Jay Z's Made in America Festival on Saturday, bringing their brand of oldschool hip hop and political commentary to Philadelphia. Chuck D began the set by instructing "real hip hop heads" to "put a fist in the air," and that pretty much set the tone for the rest of the performance, which featured references to Trayvon Martin (Chuck D: "He got killed in cold blood"), Mumia Abu Jamal and even a special guest from the Philadelphia school system. Chuck D vowed to donate $10,000 to public schools in the area.
Take a look below and be sure to check out Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar's Made in America performances as well.
Take a look below and be sure to check out Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar's Made in America performances as well.
- 9/2/2013
- by Kia Makarechi
- Huffington Post
First Run Features film will release Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal on iTunes and DVD on June 11. The home video package will Include the explosive new short film Manufacturing Guilt, which details the efforts of the Philadelphia Police Department and District Attorney's office to frame Mumia Abu-Jamal, as the press release states. Featuring contributions from the likes of Cornel West, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Rubin Hurricane Carter, Dick Gregory, Peter Coyote, Ruby Dee, M-1, Giancarlo Esposito, Amy Goodman, and many others, Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal, focuses on Abu-Jamal's career as a prolific writer and...
- 6/4/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
First Run Features opened the film at Cinema Village theaters in New York City, on February 1, 2013, and it's been traveling the country since then. It was scheduled to next open in Newark, NJ, but that's not going to happen. Why? Here's what I received: Newark Denied Again By Wealthy Elites On Thursday [Last week] we found out Newark's only movie theater, Cityplex-12, the ownership of which includes Shaquille O'Neal and Boraie Development, a theater that symbolizes the redevelopment of Newark and which has been championed by Mayor Cory Booker, suddenly Cancelled our film about Mumia Abu-Jamal, pulling it from their schedule. With this act they...
- 4/24/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
By Alex Simon
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of journalism’s most outspoken voices for nearly forty years. However, Mumia’s greatest fame has come not from his written work, but from the fact that he is one of the most famous state “employees” in the country: he has been in state prison since 1982, serving on death row until just over a year ago.
Born Wesley Cook in Philadelphia, Abu-Jamal made his name as a tireless writer and journalist during the racially-charged 1970s that often portrayed the City of Brotherly Love as anything but. With his intense coverage of the M.O.V.E. organization, a black empowerment group whose ongoing battle with the police and city hall came to a fiery end in 1985, Abu-Jamal became a constant thorn in the side of the city’s powerful establishment. Things came to a sudden head for Abu-Jamal himself on the evening...
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of journalism’s most outspoken voices for nearly forty years. However, Mumia’s greatest fame has come not from his written work, but from the fact that he is one of the most famous state “employees” in the country: he has been in state prison since 1982, serving on death row until just over a year ago.
Born Wesley Cook in Philadelphia, Abu-Jamal made his name as a tireless writer and journalist during the racially-charged 1970s that often portrayed the City of Brotherly Love as anything but. With his intense coverage of the M.O.V.E. organization, a black empowerment group whose ongoing battle with the police and city hall came to a fiery end in 1985, Abu-Jamal became a constant thorn in the side of the city’s powerful establishment. Things came to a sudden head for Abu-Jamal himself on the evening...
- 2/24/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumia Abul-jamal is a documentary from producer, director, cinematographer Stephen Vittoria about convicted cop killer and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal (real name: Wesley Cook), an articulate, relatively intelligent radical with a distinctive speaking voice and a passion for public relations. Slickly produced, and with an excellent original score by Robert Guillory, the film is presented as a collective form of tribute to Mumia, with dozens of “witnesses” including Amy Goodman, Angela Davis, Dick Gregory, Ruby Dee, Cornel West, Peter Coyote, Lydia Barashango, Juan Gonzalez, and Linn Washington, all testifying on-camera to the brilliance of the subject’s writing skills. Mumia himself is represented through archival footage, voice-over, prison visitation footage, and by an actor portraying the convicted killer moping in his prison cell.
Before viewing, I had never paid much attention to the Mumia Abu-Jamal case, but the film inspired me to do some research.
Before viewing, I had never paid much attention to the Mumia Abu-Jamal case, but the film inspired me to do some research.
- 2/5/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Doc NY documentary film festival kicks off in NYC today with a strong lineup, and noteworthy selection of films of the Diaspora that we strongly encourage you all to check out, if you live in New York, or will be here for the duration of the festival. Tambay already highlighted a few of them, and reviewed 2 (Venus And Serena, the opening night film, and The Central Park Five, the closing night film - both he gave enthusiastic thumbs up to). Looking at the line up Diaspora films, if I could identify a running theme it would be one of struggle. A few examples: A Journey With Mumia Abu-Jamal, to Melvin & Jean: An American Story, and The Central Park Five. Actually, you...
- 11/8/2012
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Alex Simon
"Wrapped in the sweet, false escape of dreams, I hear the unmistakable sounds of meat being beaten by blackjack, of bootfalls, yells, curses; and it merges into the mind's movie-making machine, evoking distant memories of some of the Philadelphia Police Department's greatest hits--on me. "Get off that man, you fat, greasy, racist, redneck pig bitch muthafucka!" My tired eyes snap open; the cracks, thuds, "oofs!" come in all too clear. Damn. No dream. Another dawn, another beating on B-Block, another shackled inmate at Pennsylvania's Huntingdon prison pummeled into the concrete by a squadron of guards." -Mumia Abu-Jamal "B-Block Days & Nightmares"
Stephen Vittoria is that rare commodity in Hollywood today: a filmmaker with a conscience. To be more precise, a filmmaker with a strong political conscience. After making two feature films, Black and White (aka Lou, Pat & Joe D., 1987) and Hollywood Boulevard (1996), as well as...
By Alex Simon
"Wrapped in the sweet, false escape of dreams, I hear the unmistakable sounds of meat being beaten by blackjack, of bootfalls, yells, curses; and it merges into the mind's movie-making machine, evoking distant memories of some of the Philadelphia Police Department's greatest hits--on me. "Get off that man, you fat, greasy, racist, redneck pig bitch muthafucka!" My tired eyes snap open; the cracks, thuds, "oofs!" come in all too clear. Damn. No dream. Another dawn, another beating on B-Block, another shackled inmate at Pennsylvania's Huntingdon prison pummeled into the concrete by a squadron of guards." -Mumia Abu-Jamal "B-Block Days & Nightmares"
Stephen Vittoria is that rare commodity in Hollywood today: a filmmaker with a conscience. To be more precise, a filmmaker with a strong political conscience. After making two feature films, Black and White (aka Lou, Pat & Joe D., 1987) and Hollywood Boulevard (1996), as well as...
- 3/11/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Mumia Abu-Jamal, a convicted murderer whose case has become a cause celebre for Hollywood celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Sheen and members of the band Rage Against the Machine, will not be executed, prosecutors in Philadelphia announced Wednesday. Abu-Jamal will instead spend the rest of his life in prison. In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of shooting Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner to death, and sentenced to death. His case has since been the subject of an HBO documentary, the 1996 "Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt?" His supporters also include Michael Moore, Mike Farrell,...
- 12/7/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
- An impression amount of submissions (620 to be exact) in the World Docu Competition category - and looking back at last year's selection is a good sign for the things to come. "Alone in Four Walls" (Germany), directed and written by Alexandra Westmeier, which focuses on Russian teenage boys whose life confined to a rural home for delinquents might be preferable to freedom."The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins" (New Zealand), directed and written by Pietra Brettkelly, in which a woman's obsession to adopt Sudanese twin orphans raises many questions about Western attitudes concerning Africa."A Complete History of My Sexual Failures" (U.K.), directed by Chris Waitt and written by Waitt and Henry Trotter, in which the filmmaker consults the women in his life, past and present, to learn exactly how the opposite sex views him."Derek" (U.K.), directed by Isaac Julien, an artistic illumination of the
- 11/28/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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