In a follow-up to a previous piece here at RE, in a move that can only be called genius, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has joined forces with Coup MC Boots Riley to form a new group called Street Sweeper Social Club. I can’t tell you how excited I am for this: Boots has always been a lyrical hero to me and a storyteller par excellence, add that to Morello’s funky wa-wa guitar playing and we may just have a winner on our hands.
(Spoiler: the music is fucking awesome!)
Morello described their music as, “revolutionary party jams. It’s got huge steamroller riffs combined with depth, charge, funk, while Boots unloads clip after clip of the incendiary rhymes rich with satire and venom”. You decide what you think.
[mp3] Street Sweeper Social Club – “Clap For The Killers”
Their debut album is due on June 16, 2009 and the pair will be the supporting the record as the opening act on the upcoming Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction, NIN/JA tour. You can check out two more sample songs on their MySpace page
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You guys got that track up real quick. Thanks!
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