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AFI Treat Despair Faction to Debut of "Crash Love" in Minneapolis
On an appropriately cold and rainy Friday night in the Minneapolis warehouse district, the Despair Faction, AFI's fan militia, was working itself up, chanting the intro to Black Sails in the Sunset ("Through/Our bleeding!/We/Are one!") and throwing up martial fist pumps. The all-ages crowd had already been primed by opening act Gallows, whose lanky, ginger […]
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Rage Against the Machine Ask Fans to Fight "Fascist Republican Agenda" at Fierce Minneapolis Gig
Clad in Guantanamo-style orange jumpsuits with black hoods cinched over their heads and their hands behind their backs, Rage Against the Machine were led onstage to deafening air raid sirens and cheers in Minneapolis last night. The band faced the crowd for a second — as if waiting for a firing squad — before their […]
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Rage at the RNC: "It's Important to Call Out the Economic Crimes at Home and the War Crimes Abroad"
"It's so insulting, it's so outrageous for [the Republican Party] to open their convention on Labor Day," Tom Morello said backstage after playing Monday's Take Back Labor Day Concert. "It's the party, not that the other party isn't like this too, but it's the party that just rubs labor's nose in it. I think it's […]
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Rage Against the Machine Lead March to RNC After Police Shut Down Impromptu Show
The rumors of a secret Rage Against the Machine concert turned out to be halfway true late Tuesday afternoon, when local blogs confirmed the free show on the lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol at 6:30 p.m. But, reportedly, as Anti-Flag — one of the scheduled performers for the Ripple Effect music festival — introduced […]
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Tom Morello, Mos Def Narrowly Avoid a Riot at Minnesota's Take Back Labor Day Concert
As the Take Back Labor Day concert opened on Harriett Island in St. Paul, Minnesota, Billy Bragg's cover of Laura Nyro's "Save the Country" drifted over a hot, sluggish Mississippi River and mixed with the lingering traces of tear gas from outside the RNC. The Mississippi divided two very different scenes: On the south bank, […]
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