Thousands of war protesters march in Denver

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged near security gates outside the Democratic National Convention hall on Wednesday, chanting slogans and asking to talk to party officials about getting U.S. troops out of Iraq.

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Rage Against the Machine in Denver amid convention

Rage Against the Machine will perform at an anti-war music festival during the Democratic National Convention.

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Logan D's Top 50 Albums Countdown: #49

For those of you that know my taste in music, it won't come as a surprise that it's extremely eclectic. Today's album is quite a departure from the mellow harmonies of Radiohead into the intensely political and hard-hitting world of Rage Against the Machine.

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I imagine that any song played for 20 days on repeat would be torturous.

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Depending on people's musical tastes, responses to reports that music has been used to torture prisoners often produces flippant comments along the lines of, "If I had to listen to David Gray's 'Babylon'/the theme tune from Barney (the purple dinosaur)/Christina Aguilera, I'd b …

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Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello: "I suggest they level Guantanamo, but they keep one small cell and put Bush in there."

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On September 2, at the Parkway Theatre in Minneapolis, Morello explains what happened when the police tried to stop Rage Against the Machine from playing for protesters.

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102 arrested during protest after Rage Against the Machine concert in Minneapolis

102 people were arrested after fans took to the streets in an impromptu protest march after a Rage Against the Machine concert in Minneapolis Wednesday night.

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"This isn't going to end well": Protesters and Police Clash after Poor People's March

The five motorcycle cops speeding down St Peter Street got the attention of everyone dining at the Great Waters restaurant.

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"I know a lot of you feel the way that we do," he said. "In our small way, together we come to spots like this to interrupt and to disrupt and to not be passive in the face of all this death and destruction that this party brought to this country and the world.

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Ripple Effect Concert at the Capitol: The Calm Before the Storm

One nice thing about having a major convention in your city is that you are never at a loss for things to do.

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A peaceful concert on the capitol lawn took a turn when rumors started circulating that Rage Against the Machine would play. Supposed headliners Anti-Flag finished up their set and told the crowd: "Stay put: @!$%#'s gonna get crazy."

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The need for this kind of clarity, historical and ideological is what is missing with many of us here on Newsvine.

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The schedule is here! Looks like Nine Inch Nails is the festival closer. And I'll be missing Rage Against the Machine to see Wilco, even though I've seen them a thousand times. Jeff Tweedy of Wilco also has a short solo set squeezed in there.

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amazingly, of the fourteen performances scheduled this weekend for the main stage, only one featured a woman performer - erykah badu played one set on early sunday evening, as the sole woman included amongst the festival's main attractions.

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The nostalgic hip-hop tour Rock the Bells came to town, with a second stage courtesy of the indie-rap tour Paid Dues. Not coincidentally African-Americans were a tiny minority in the crowd.

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The initial lineup for this year's Vegoose festival includes Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, the Shins, Queens of the Stone Age and Muse.

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This is far fetched, but it would be great.

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Rating the Reunions-All Band Resurrections Were Not Created Equal

The Police, Genesis, The Eagles, The Smashing Pumpkins, Rage against the Machine and all the other rockers resuscitating their old alma maters took one of Neil Young's most prescient lyrics to heart: "my, my, hey, hey rock'n'roll is here to stay." Of course they also  …

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Citing incendiary 'Rage' lyrics that call for the president to be "hung, and tried, and shot" Gibson made the claim, "These radical lefties not only want the president impeached, they want him dead."

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If you had working knowledge of the Pixies' and Stooges' albums, you may have been stunned by how sophisticated live sound has become since those bands disappeared the first time, and how they have adapted the advances to their own needs.

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This isn't exactly news, but I had never heard of this until just now and so I thought I'd share. Were you aware of this? Clearchannel put together a list of "questionable songs" after 9/11.

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I found this new song from Dj Shadow and Zack De La Rocha, former Rage Against The Machine lead singer. ...it's the the march of death -Dave

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Rage Against the Machine, the seminal L.A. band that made heavy music into political manifesto, will reunite after a seven-year lull for one show as the headliners at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

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Jody Thompson checks out UK rap/rock hopefuls Weapons...

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