I suspected this would be the case, but I didn't have time to look into it until today. In what has to be the most hypocritical example of anti-establishment rockers jumping on board with injection mandates, Rage Against the Machine has gone all in.
For those of you not familiar with this act, they presented themselves as the leading voice of disaffected rebellious youth in the mid 90's. A lot of the iconography in their merchandise featured Che Guevara, and posters bearing his likeness could be seen in dorm rooms throughout the land. I expect many people thought that Che Guevara actually was the lead singer. Of course while they railed against the establishment, they accumulated astounding wealth through their association with major record labels and thanks to the benefit of massive mainstream radio and MTV exposure. Their guitarist and musical leader graduated from Harvard.
Their first big MTV hit was called... "Freedom." The video extolled the virtue of Leonard Peltier and the American Indian Movement's righteous battle against the US government. Perhaps their most notorious song is "Killing in the Name Of," a condemnation of police brutality. I would post it here if not for the extreme vulgarity. The song ends with the repetition of the phrase "F--- you, I won't do what you tell me!" several dozen times.
And now here they are, doing what they were told and requiring everyone else to do it too. I always knew they were phony, even when I was their prime target as a teenager in the mid 90's, but this really cements it. What a pathetic joke. How can anyone take them seriously when they stand on stage and scream about rebelling and resisting authority?
