Tom Morello.
A new US-based record label for 鈥渞ebel music鈥漢as been launched by Rage Against Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who also performs as solo act the Night Watchman, reported on June 4.
鈥淧eople always ask me, 'Why aren't there artists writing lyrics like Public Enemy or the Clash or Rage Against the Machine?,鈥 Morello told the magazine. 鈥淎nd my answer is always, 'There are. They may not be currently at the top of the chart and you have to seek to find them, but there are.'鈥
To give such acts a home, Morello is launching Firebrand Records. Co-founded with Ryan Harvey of the Riot-Folk Collective, Firebrand features 鈥渘ot-yet-famous鈥 activist musicians such as Egyptian revolutionary Ramy Essam, San Francisco indie rockers Built for the Sea, Swedish punks Lycka Till and Bronx-based post-rock singer Bell's Roar, among others.
Morello said: 鈥淔irebrand artists are black, white, Arab, Jewish, men, women, queer, straight, folk, punk, hard rock, hip-hop, but they all have one thing in common: They play music with a sense of purpose to create a more just planet.鈥
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