A cryptic website popped up this week that had Rage Against The Machine fans excited for a possible reunion. Now it's looking like Public Enemy and Cypress Hill fans have reason to get excited too.
The site — ProphetsOfRage.com — doesn't give too many clues about what's going on. There's a logo (pictured above), a timer counting down (with about 1 week, 4 days, 19 hours to go at press time), a hashtag #TakeThePowerBack (also the name of a song from Rage's 1992 self-titled studio debut), and a place to submit an email address.
Posters with the same logo and the website address also started popping up around Rage's hometown of Los Angeles over the last few days.
A source spilled the beans about what's going on to Billboard, explaining that the band (minus singer Zack de la Rocha) is teaming up with Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and Cypress Hill's B-Real to perform songs by the three groups, with their concert debut set for Hollywood Palladium on June 3.
On May 17, Chuck D tweeted out a couple of links to videos of a Rage performance from 2010. 'Prophets Of Rage' is also the name of a track off Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
Chuck D has collaborated with the group before, taking the stage for a performance of 'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos' at the Pinkpop festival in the Netherlands in 1996, and he also teamed up with Rage's Tom Morello for a performance with LL Cool J and Travis Barker at the 2013 Grammys.
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