RATM Perform New Song

After last week’s cancellation of the band’s surprise performance in front of the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, many fans left wondering if the band would still be able to play their show scheduled at the Target Center the following night. Well luckily the band performed as intended, but not without a surprise for those in attendance.

Midway through their set the band unveiled a new song about the people of New Orleans during the devastating Hurricane Katrina. The song was reportedly mellower than is usual from the band, but still displayed guitarist Tom Morello’s love of effects pedals. This only fueled rumors that the band is working on new material for a new record.

Rage Against The Machine broke up in 2000 due to internal conflicts. Since then vocalist Zach De La Rocha went on to pursue solo activities and recorded an EP with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore under the pseudonym “One Day As A Lion”. Meanwhile the rest of the band joined up with Chris Cornell to form the equally short-lived Audioslave. After the break-up of Audioslave in 2007, the band reunited to continue touring and have been dodging rumors of a new album ever since.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[soulflyV]

Awesome!

Really want to hear this song.

[DesertEagle]

2nd! sounds cool

[Zao_89]

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xdeva2PE5lA

[soundgarden19]

Kickass man, hope they come out with a new album.

[GREENWARRI0R]

I really hope we see a new album soon.

[GuitarJunkie]

a new rage album would make juices flow from my penis.


Yea, I really think it will be that good

[Weiss_xc]

I hope there's a new album!

[flea878]

You would hope that writing a new song together is a step in the right direction (and I think we can all agree Rage re-forming is indeed the right direction), lets just hope they continue in this fashion.

[MaXiMuse]

Tom Morello’s love of effects pedals

Come on!
He has OD/Dist, Whammy, Phaser, Wah and a Equalizer. Maybe one more but that`s it!

[Jackolas]

Sounds good to me. I'll check the video out later

[Huggy (-.-)]

:O pure bad-ass

[tamargoguitar]

MaXiMuse wrote:

Tom Morello’s love of effects pedalsCome on!
He has OD/Dist, Whammy, Phaser, Wah and a Equalizer. Maybe one more but that`s it!

forgot delay, but yeah you are right hahah is not like he has 123712831986 pedals that he uses

[Metallicaloveu]

Give us a nwe album - its inevitably going to happen...

[ZeppelinruleZ]

I was there, the song was mellow but still very good. Hopefully this means new material

[moofoodooloo]

I was at the show and heard the song. It was great. Mellow and very powerful. Tom was awesome throughout. Overall, the show was definitaly top 2 shows I've ever seen. They played a 2 and a half hour set that nobody wanted to end. The had the crowd wrapped around their fingers.. There is not a chance anyone left even slightly disappointed. Even those who aren't fans would have gotten something out of this show, guaranteed.

[Zebra_Planet]

sounds like evil empire era experimental stuff,love it and looking forward to more new material.

[Tallman1984]

"Zach De La Rocha... recorded an EP... under the pseudonym “One Day As A Lion”. Meanwhile the rest of the band joined up with Chris Cornell to form the equally short-lived Audioslave."

How are they 'equally' short-lived? One Day as a Lion put out their first release less than two months ago whereas Audioslave was around for about 7 years.

Anyway, its awesome to hear Rage is working on new stuff. It still would've been nice to have them around for the majority of the Bush administration though.

[TimboSlice]

"Equally short-lived"

I think 3 LPs, Grammy nominations, Gold albums, and a few tours thrown in do not equate to 1 EP. I could be wrong, I'm no mathemagician.

Don't get me wrong, I love the ODAAL project, but come on, give credit where credit is due.

All that said, the second coming of Christ will manifest itself in a new Rage album.

[ShadowsThatMove]

yas

[southern_stylin]

MaXiMuse :
Tom Morello’s love of effects pedals
Come on!
He has OD/Dist, Whammy, Phaser, Wah and a Equalizer. Maybe one more but that`s it!

Yeah but he loves each and every one of them very, very much!

Just for the hell of it, they should see what it sounds like to put Zach up front singing for Soundgarden. Hey?

[Scorge]

clearly jon theodore has a thing for front guys with afros ;P

[SplutterBrain]

If this was played before born of a broken man, which I'm almost certain it was from checking the setlist, then they played this at Reading Festival 2008.
I thought it was just an extended intro/jam to BoaBM as the lyrics referenced his father. Something along the lines of "I'm coming to see you father"

Checked.

Now, I would say to stop arguing, but it does produce absolutely hilarious results. For example, someone responding to a guy calling RATM commies by saying "They played the republican convention, that makes them conservative, dumbass."

this is awesome. i really hope this means they are going to put out a new album.

[Black Hole Sun]

This isn't the first time the song's been played live. It was played at the Reading (and most likely Leeds) Festival last month also, and probably before then too.

[southern_stylin]

A new Rage album would definately make my year.

And when someone starts posting about politcs as related to music, the collective intelligence of this site does drop substantially. Just sayin'.

[Tenacious Z]

OMG, a song about Katrina and NOLA? So original!

[iamadrummer]

im ****ing tired of hearing about god damn katrina.

[Badmotorfever]

Yeah, theres not really any lyrics are there?

Saw this at Reading Festival, just thought it was a cool jam thing, nobody really seemed bothered. Didn't hear any ZOMG NEW MATERIAL. Its not like Zach was like "Sup Reading heres a new one for ya!".

More evidence required before album rumours can really start circulating.

[motorbreath_445]

holy shit, if these guys get back together, i can die a happy man. and im sure everyone knows now that their gonna write a new album and tour that, so then i can finally ****ing see them, lol.

[acshadow25]

I never knew zack and jon theodore did some work together, thats pretty kl coz i luv mars volta as much as RATM, but i hope this means we've got a new rage album in the works

[highwayone73]

I read the interview in the LA times with Zach last week. Based on what he was saying I wouldn't hold my breath for a new album, maybe a single on a live dvd or something. Hes pretty dedicated to ODAAL and Tom has "The Night Watchman" thing going on so it might be awhile. Heard the show was classic.

[therescue06]

soundgarden19 wrote:

Kickass man, hope they come out with a new album.

awesome.
i hope they record some shit

[shotgunjoe]

Well, for starters, calling One Day As A Lion seems like a false statement, seeing as Zach has said that he and John are trying to get a band together for things like live dates and stuff. Also, that new song just sounds like a jam. Its cool, but it doesn't seem... cohesive enough to feel like a proper song. Its hard to explain. Just sounds like a live jam to me, nothing more. I'd love to hear a new Rage album though.

[y-e-a-r-z-e-r-o]

new rage is not likely in my opinion
the new song is cool and like shotgunjoe said its kind of just a jam.....
its cool that they did it but dont get your hopes up people....
being a big fan of rage i cannot let myself get to excited for a new album....becasue if they didnt go for it i would be so so saddd ....

[_bacon_]

At least put this out as a single, PLEASE.

[J.Dawg]

I really hope they will make another album.

[alliwant]

YEY! Fingers crossed for another album and tour. I have to see them live before my time is up.

[dgme92]

I want a new RATM album...

[sottpwn]

I thought so.

It was only a matter of time..

[Shaharz]

Oh, new RATM songs. Am I in heaven?

[badfish2829]

No better time for Rage to come back than now. Politically speaking of course. Its always a good time for rage :

[kop4]

Actually Audioslave`s song from the last album "Wide awake" is about Katrina and it`s an anti-Bush song, the only political song of Audioslave I guess...

[shwilly]

I always wondered what it would be like if these guys started making music again. Would they sound like in the old days or would the reunion mark a change in their musical style.

Who knows what might happen (if anything happens at all) but so far this song sounds beautiful. Tom deserves a statue

[GuitarSymphony]

I WANT IT NOW

[ALittlesEnough]

Come back Rage!

[AngerIsAGift06]

Black Hole Sun wrote:

This isn't the first time the song's been played live. It was played at the Reading (and most likely Leeds) Festival last month also, and probably before then too.

im glad i aint crazy i thought it sounded familiar

[Soozy]

The world needs RATM to get back together.


The rock industry needs it too.

[the_maestro]

So it was a new song.

The only song I wasn't familiar with.

Such a kickass show. I hope I can see them again.

[lbj273]

was looking forward to the free show at the capital, the actual conceert sold out too quick to get a ticket.

[Slawter666]

A new rage song?
Thats like jesus being put into instruments

Checked

[hailtheheelz]

hell yeah

[LegsOnEarth]

oohh shiiitt yeeessss!

[Clutch32192]

I knew this was coming
thk god its here
maybe a new tour
RAGE ROCKS

[insurgentsteve]

MaXiMuse wrote:

Tom Morello’s love of effects pedalsCome on!
He has OD/Dist, Whammy, Phaser, Wah and a Equalizer. Maybe one more but that`s it!

But he puts them to better use than anyyyyyone else. And just cause he has a few pedals doesn't mean he doesn't have a big heart for them

[tristan_deity]

insurgentsteve wrote:

MaXiMuse wrote:

Tom Morello’s love of effects pedalsCome on!
He has OD/Dist, Whammy, Phaser, Wah and a Equalizer. Maybe one more but that`s it!


But he puts them to better use than anyyyyyone else. And just cause he has a few pedals doesn't mean he doesn't have a big heart for them

I totaly agree he is most certainly one of the leaders in effect pedal use and of coarse he loves using them there in like every single song he has created

[tristan_deity]

If there is a new RATM album i hope its full throttle and not mellow like ths new song. But then again i love RATM just as much as the next guy so any RATM is good RATM

[redhotsexmagic]

as short lived as audioslave was they put out 3 albums (all great imo) in 4 years and a live in cuba dvd. That just doesn't happen with most bands now. Gotta applaud the hard work there. Its hard enough to get one album from a high profile band in 4 years

[nanaya]

It's jams like this I wish would of made it to their albums. They got a lot of left over riffs and stuff left.

[acdclandon]

does anybody find it weird that RATM were performing at the rnc in minnesota?
huh?
i thought ratm were like major ass liberals, what the hell (i'm independent btw, no bias)

[tomsawyer67]

dude am i the only person who thinks one day as a lion is one of the best band names ever? reguardless of the music, which doesnt even touch rage. new album tho please ratm.

[tristan_deity]

tomsawyer67 wrote:

dude am i the only person who thinks one day as a lion is one of the best band names ever? reguardless of the music, which doesnt even touch rage. new album tho please ratm.

Dude i would rather be in a band called Penis then in a band called one day as a lion. It is the worst name ever, Preiod!

[zombiekangaroo]

tristan_deity wrote:

tomsawyer67 wrote:

dude am i the only person who thinks one day as a lion is one of the best band names ever? reguardless of the music, which doesnt even touch rage. new album tho please ratm.

Dude i would rather be in a band called Penis then in a band called one day as a lion. It is the worst name ever, Preiod!

probably cuz u dont know what it means, do sum research artard, this name is completly suited to zakk de la rocha

[f1sk]

wtf no way

[Ironpriest]

these guys are by no means my favorite band, but i definitley wanna see a new album by them!

[Bunyip]

Tom Morello is in my opionion one of the all time most original guitarist

[Gmurcielago14]

this is awesome.

[RobertiusB]

Tom Morello’s love of effects pedals

He only has a few, Omar Rodriguez Lopez has shitloads more.

[Mayor West]

well nobody cares about Omar Rodriguez Lopez do they.

[tristan_deity]

zombiekangaroo wrote:

tristan_deity wrote:

tomsawyer67 wrote:

dude am i the only person who thinks one day as a lion is one of the best band names ever? reguardless of the music, which doesnt even touch rage. new album tho please ratm.

Dude i would rather be in a band called Penis then in a band called one day as a lion. It is the worst name ever, Preiod!


probably cuz u dont know what it means, do sum research artard, this name is completly suited to zakk de la rocha

The band's name derives from an infamous black and white graffiti photograph taken by Chicano photographer George Rodriguez in 1970 with a caption reading "it's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb."

Whatever... id still rather be called Penis lol

[mikko 9119]

not too excited for it. especially since they made a big mess during the RNC.

[larzthemonkey]

i pray to whatever is out there...

"bring back Rage"

[SOADriff]

sounds like they may make a new album if they are writing new material allready.

[rancidryan]

new rage?

AWESOME!!!

[Amito]

think its more of a random jam than anything

[str84ever]

Rage against the machine to record new album = rage against the machine to become product of the system.

AND WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY RAGE? THEY ARE A GERMAN METAL BAND. ITS RATM OR RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

[pringa]

what the hell? no way

[shwilly]

str84ever wrote:
WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY RAGE? THEY ARE A GERMAN METAL BAND. ITS RATM OR RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

You REALLY don't like these guys do you? I read an article on UG a while ago about Rage and guess who I saw dropping exactly the same complaint: you!

Oh, and they could use some new material as all of their old songs have been added to the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum (songs that won't be played after 9/11 by a large number of radio stations)

[StereoFlare]

Why would you ever get back together just to jam? Audioslave did RATM covers, they could have stayed with that. It seems clear that they'll release a new record before 2009 ends. ODAAL and The Night Watchman isn't enough for them to "live" off of, it only makes sense to do a new album. The world's moer than ready.

[spazzymagee]

Dear Lord

Thank you for this great news.

Amen

[con job]

This is what I've been waiting for. Good music will live again.

[pootoob]

RobertiusB wrote:

Tom Morello’s love of effects pedals

He only has a few, Omar Rodriguez Lopez has shitloads more.

It doesn't say he has thousands. It's just saying he loves to use effect pedals. Which he does.
Sorry to burst your bubble. Idiot.

[Martin259]

str84ever
AND WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY RAGE? THEY ARE A GERMAN METAL BAND. ITS RATM OR RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

Facepalm..

[ElDiabloMuerte]

acdclandon wrote:

does anybody find it weird that RATM were performing at the rnc in minnesota?
huh?
i thought ratm were like major ass liberals, what the hell (i'm independent btw, no bias)

They played it as a protest against the Republicans. Look it up on Youtube, it was a pretty weird event.

[PhilpyAustralia]

HOORAY!. Guitars might not be extinct in modern music anymore! :