Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about ZACK DE LA ROCHA!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha is an american musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, and activist . he is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of rock band Rage Against the Machine . in high school, he joined the straight edge band Hard Stance . the band released a single record, No Spiritual Surrender, on Revelation Records in 1990 . de la Rocha later described Irvine as “one of morello recruited former Greta drummer Brad Wilk to play drums . de la Rocha recruited former Juvenile Expression bandmate Tim Commerford to play bass . band named after an unreleased Inside Out record, Rage’s second and third albums peaked at number one in the united states . he became increasingly restless and undertook collaborations with artists such as KRS-One, Chuck D, and Public Enemy de la Rocha started a new collaboration with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails . around 20 tracks were produced . the album never came to fruition . de la Rocha appeared on “centre of the storm” from the Roni Size/Reprazent album In the Mode . in 2002, he appeared in a minor role in the first part of the Blackalic john avlon joins millions who have stood up to oppose the u.s. empire expansion . he says this song will inspire others to act and raise their voices . “i hope it not only de la Rocha performed with Son Jarocho band Son de Madera in 2005 . he sang and played the jarana with the band, and performed his own new original material . on September 8, 2016, it was reported that the band was confirmed to be headlining the final day of Coachella 2007 . the performance was initially thought to be a one-off, but this turned out not to be the case . band played in front of a Za the band played 7 more shows in the united states in 2007, and in January 2008, they played their first shows outside the US as part of the Big Day Out Festival in Australia and New Zealand . the band continued to tour around the world, de la Rocha and the rest of Rage Against the Machine reunited for one final show, headlining, LA Rising July 30, 2011 . we’ve all embraced each other’s projects and support them, and that the band is scheduled to perform 52 shows (39 in the United States, 5 in Canada, and 8 in Europe) from March 26th to September 12th . they later added Joey Karam of The Locust on keyboard the group combines rock drumming, electro keyboards, and hip-hop vocals . they released their debut EP, One Day as a Lion, on July 22, 2008 . the band’s name derives from de la Rocha has been particularly outspoken on the cause of the EZLN. Zack’s Chicano identity informed his band’s commitment to the struggles of immigrants, people of color, and the Zapatista the EZLN and de la Rocha’s experiences with them inspired the songs “People of the Sun” and “War Within a Breath” Zack dela Rocha asked their record label, Epic Records, for the EZLN flag has been used at all of the band’s shows since their reunion in April, 2007 . on his post-Rage political music, de la Rocha admitted that it was near impossible for him to draw ISBN 0-312-27326-6. Stenning, Paul (2008). Rage Against the Machine: Stage Fighters. Independent Music Press. ISBN 978-1-906191-07-8.