Prophets of Rage tackle gun violence in new music “Pop Goes the Weapon”: Stream
Prophets of Rage are again with one other politically charged new music. This time, the band addresses gun violence on the observe “Pop Goes the Weapon”.
B-Actual handles lead vocals on the observe, which takes some musical cues from his longtime group Cypress Hill. Lyrically, the rapper presents up strains like, “Who’s that knockin’ on my door/ What ya tryin’ to trouble me for/ Don’t need none of what you’re sellin’/ I do know you’re rotten to the core/ So my 44 mags about to place one in your melon.”
“‘Pop Goes the Weapon’ displays the continuing gun violence occurring in America,” acknowledged B-Actual in a press launch.
Guitarist Tom Morello, who provides a drone-y riff to the music, added, “Weapons are each the topic of non secular worship AND large income in the US. Mixed with emboldened white nationalism the latest epidemic of massacres is little shock. ‘Pop Goes the Weapon’ channels our ‘ideas & prayers’ by Marshall stacks and microphones.”
An accompanying video for the observe scrolls by the seemingly limitless listing of mass shootings in the US to date in 2019.
Along with B-Actual and Morello, Prophets of Rage are rounded out by Morello’s Rage Towards the Machine bandmates Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, in addition to Public Enemy members Chuck D and DJ Lord. The band beforehand launched the one “Made With Hate” in June.
So far as a brand new Prophets of Rage album is anxious, Morello knowledgeable us on the Sonic Temple Competition again in Might, “We’ve been engaged on new music. … It’s like The Avengers — all of us come collectively for the Infinity Struggle!”
Watch our video interview with Morello above, and take a look at the brand new observe “Pop Goes the Weapon” beneath.
