Hijacking the Mainstream

The organization has taken off, the only complaint at concerts where the tent always is that the tent isn’t big enough to fit all the fans trying to gain some knowledge on recent political issues. “Axis of Justice is non-profit political organization formed by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Serj Tankian of System of a Down. “Rage Against the Machine, the most visible leftist rock group of the 1990s”(Ann Powers), their fight for fairness in society and the way the government rules its people still exists inside each of the band members, and until the enemy machine runs out of steam, Rage Against the Machine will continue their fight to inform. lo were already exposed to the problems that existed in society. The two later departed after the long interview and spontaneously shouted “power to the people” (Morello). Zack also made it a point to include striking students and how the public and private universities are being separated more and more. html) In 1991 the band produced a self made cassette containing twelve songs which lead them to a deal with Epic Records (George-Warren). Even after their departure from the music world, the bands rage was still present in the notorious machine. “Since the Zapatista revolutionaries first made their stand in 1994, he’s (De la Rocha) helped organize a delegation of college students and activists to visit Chiapas, given presentations to high school students and been involved with various organizations-notably the El Paso, Texas-based National Commission for Democracy in Mexico, USA-established to raise funds and support. Just as with many rock groups before kids and other listeners were drawn to anything that was a bit out of the ordinary and had some punch to it.

Rage Against the Machine voiced their political beliefs loud and clear to the public and used their popularity to fight for those who did not have the ability or the strength to speak up and fight on their own.