this morning, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Office has partnered THIS class of 2023which includes Rage Against the Machine. Today, the band shared a statement thanked the Rock Hall for the induction, and recounted the long, radical journey that led to the honor. “It’s been an amazing trajectory for us to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” Rage Against the Machine wrote on social media. “In 1991 four people in Los Angeles founded a music group to stand where sound and unity intersect. We call ourselves Rage Against the Machine.
The group continued: “A band as well known for our albums as our fierce opposition to the US war machine, white supremacy, and exploitation. A band whose songs took alternative radio to new heights while right wing media companies tried to purge every song we wrote from the airwaves. Find Rage Against the Machine’s full statement below.
Rage Against the Machine has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a total of five times. They were inducted alongside Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, George Michael, Willie Nelson, and the Spinners. The 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday, November 3, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Last July, Rage Against the Machine Walk their first tour for over a decade, set to run well into 2023. Unfortunately, vocalist Zack de la Rocha sustained a foot injury during their second concert in Chicago. By August, the band had canceled the European stint of the reunion tour, followed by the cancellation in October of their 2023 journey across North America. The band revealed that the decision was due to de la Rocha’s leg injury—a tear in his left Achilles tendon.