}} "Guerrilla Radio is the second track from the 1999 album [[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]by the band Rage Against the Machine The band won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for this song. It has remained one of their signature tracks. "Guerrilla Radio" was also featured on the soundtracks for video games such as [[Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2]] and [[Madden NFL 10]] as well as being a downloadable track for the [[Rock Band]]series. "Guerrilla Radio" was performed live on [[The Late Show With David Letterman]]in 1999. During the commercial break, "Bulls on Parade was played and was re-joined in progress while the credits were playing. Letterman joked that "he hoped they (Rage Against the Machine) werent neglecting their school work". The performance was controversial due to Zack de la Rocha giving the middle finger on live TV and wearing a "Free Mumia Abu-Jamal t-shirt. On January 28, 2000, documentary film maker Michael Moore convinced campaigning politician Alan Keyes to mosh in a truck with young teenagers listening to "Guerrilla Radio". Keyes, who was campaigning for the Republican nomination at the Iowa caucuses agreed to join in the mosh for the endorsement of Moores satire television show [[The Awful Truth (TV series)|The Awful Truth]] http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate2000-01-28 How We Got Alan Keyes to Dive Into Our Mosh Pit (and other scenes from our first week of shooting)Article from michaelmoore.com The song was covered by lounge/comedy group Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine whose band name also spoofs Rage. In April 2007, Alanis Morissette covered it live.http://youtube.com/watch?vc1JJo7BvHcc It is worth noting that Rage Against The Machines [[Evil Empire]]bumped her album [[Jagged Little Pill]]from the number one spot on the Billboard 200 back in 1996. On July 2007, the songs video for "Guerrilla Radio" was ranked #45 on MuchMusic s 50 Most Controversial Videos for extreme amounts of profanity. Though, it appeared in RTPN dverts in the summer of 2006, as an instrumental song. This song is featured on the album [[Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran]] "Guerrilla Radio" made its live debut on September 11, 1999, at the Oxford Zodiac in England. The song is one of 31 music files in RIAA v. Tenenbaum case, which resulted in finding the individual file-sharer guilty of copyright infringement in July 2009, demanding an award of USD 2,500 a song. In December 2009, Guerilla Radio was placed #54 on Channel Vs Top 1000 Noughties Music Videos of the decade, Countdown.

Music video

The promo was shot by production company Squeak Pictures in Los Angeles in October 1999 and directed by Honey, i.e., the husband-and-wife directorial team of Laura Kelly and Nicholas Brooks. The video which, among others, touches upon the exploitation of garment workers, parodies the popular late 90s Gap (clothing) commercials directed by Pedro Romhanyi.lt;/ref> These ads featured attractive young people singing songs while against a white backdrop, wearing Gap clothing. The phrase "everybody in denial" (the denial being Gap brand leather, vests, etc) then flashes loudly across the screen. The video begins with bland, generic, elevator music music being played. There are shots of sweatshop workers (UNITE! union members playing themselves) at their tables, against a white backdrop. Shortly, the phrase "everybody in denial" is flashed on screen. The band is then seen standing against a white background, calmly playing their instruments. As the song picks up, pictures are seen of a man putting money from the workers in his pockets, taking a girl away from her mother, and the band playing live in a dark, strobe-lit room.

Track listing

#"Guerrilla Radio" #"Without a Face (Live Version)"

Limited edition versions (UK)

In the United Kingdom, two Limited Edition versions of the single were released. Most notably, Part 2s alternative album artwork is red where as the standard is white.

Part 1

#"Guerrilla Radio" #"No Shelter #"The Ghost of Tom Joad (song)

Part 2

#"Guerrilla Radio" (Radio Edit) #"Fuck tha Police (Live) (N.W.A cover) #"Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song) (Live)

Other versions

DJ Quik produced a remix of the song, featuring rearranged instrumentals and new verses by Zack de la Rocha along with the original versions chorus and outro. As part of his solo project, The Nightwatchman Tom Morello plays an acoustic version of this song at live shows. Parody lounge music singer Richard Cheese performed a version on his album [[Lounge Against the Machine]] The song also appeared in the video game of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

References

External links

* http://www.axisofjustice.org/ Axis of Justice] Tom Morello and Serj Tankian s Activist Website "Axis Of Justice * http://www.vietnow.org/ Vietnow.org] Rage Against The Machine news resource and forum Rage Against the Machine}} Category:1999 singles Category:Rage Against the Machine songs Category:Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine songs Category:Protest songs Category:Songs produced by Brendan O'Brien nl:Guerrilla Radio no:No Shelter pl:Guerrilla Radio