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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE has released a statement thanking the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their upcoming induction

“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,” RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE wrote.

“In 1991 four people in Los Angeles formed a musical group to stand where sound and solidarity intersect. We called ourselves RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. A band who is as well known for our albums as we are for our fierce opposition to the US war machine, white supremacy and exploitation. A band whose songs drove alternative radio to new heights while right wing media companies tried to purge every song we ever wrote from the airwaves.

“A band who wrote rebel songs in an abandoned, industrial warehouse in the valley that would later dethrone Simon Cowell‘s ‘X Factor’ pop monopoly to occupy the number 1 spot on the UK charts and have the most downloaded song in UK history.

“A band who funded and organized delegations to stand with Mexican rebel Zapatista communities to expose the Mexican government’s war on indigenous people. A band whose experimentation in fusing punk, rock and hip hop became a genre of its own. A band who shut down the NY Stock Exchange for the first time in its history. A band who was targeted by police organizations who attempted to ban us from sold out arenas for raising our voices to free Mumia Abu JamalLeonard Peltier and other political prisoners. A band who sued the US State Department for their fascist practice of using our music to torture innocent men in Guantanamo Bay.

“Many thanks to the Hall Of Fame for recognizing the music and the mission of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE,” the band added. “We are grateful to all of the passionate fans, the many talented co-conspirators we’ve worked with and all the activists, organizers, rebels and revolutionaries past, present and future who have inspired our art.”

In addition to RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, fellow inductees include Willie NelsonMissy ElliottKate BushGeorge MichaelSheryl Crow and THE SPINNERS. All will be inducted during a ceremony held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on November 3. Chaka KhanAl Kooper and Bernie Taupin will be honored with the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame‘s Musical Excellence Award. Meanwhile, DJ Kool Herc and Link Wray will receive the Musical Influence Award. The late creator and host of “Soul Train” Don Cornelius is this year’s recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award, which honors non-performing industry professionals.

Details of the TV broadcast of the ceremony will be announced in the days ahead.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE is vocalist Zack De La Rocha, bassist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk

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