Tom Morello playing the Arm the Homeless guitar with Prophets of Rage, and pointing at the photographer

Prophets of Rage at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

I really needed this.
To go to a gig in a venue full of like-minded people who want to Unfuck the World (as the Prophets of Rage say) was a very cathartic experience!

Shouting obscenities against injustice as loud as I can, jumping around with all my might and everyone else doing the same…  such a release.
I’ve seen Prophets of Rage before, but this time it was a different atmosphere, the crowd were fuelled by genuine despair at the times we live in.

So much energy to change what is going on but nobody knows where to put it to stop this madness, Prophets of Rage gave us all an outlet on a Monday night.

Killing in the Name is sadly more relevant than ever, nearly a decade after I helped get the song to number one, I hope for a day when songs like this are no longer needed and are just a part of our history, a story about the times when people used music to fight back.

Knowing artists like this are making music to give us a voice, a venue full of people showing me that I am not alone.
I have hope.

  • Tom Morello in action on stage with B-Real in the background
  • black and white photograph of Tom Morello pointing in the air with his Fender Telecaster Sendero Luminoso at 2019 Prophets of Rage gig
  • Chuck D holding the microphone at a Prophets of Rage gig, timmy C in the background
  • Prophets of Rage on stage performing a the Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • B-Real performing in 2019
  • B-Real and Chuck D on stage at the Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • Black and white photograph of B-Real performing and being photographed
  • Tom Morello playing the Fender Telecaster Sendero Luminoso
  • Tim Commerford, Brad Wilks and Chuck D at a London gig in 2019 at Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • B-Real performing in 2019
  • Chuck D and B-Real in a black and white photograph from a London gig
  • Fuck Boris on the back of the Arm the Homeless guitar being held up by Tom Morello
  • Chuck D
  • black and white photograph of Tom Morello playing his Arm the Homeless guitar in 2019 in London
  • Tom Morello playing his Arm the Homeless guitar in 2019
  • Chuck D performing in Prophets of Rage
  • Chuck D performing in Prophets of Rage in London in 2019
  • Black and white photo of Tom Morello playing his Sendero Luminoso guitar, DJ Lord is behind him
  • Tom Morello and B-Real in London 2019 on stage
  • Tom Morello playing his Arm the Homeless guitar in 2019
  • Tom Morello playing the Sendero Luminoso on stage with Prophets of Rage
  • Tom Morello playing the Sendero Luminoso guitar with Prophets of Rage in 2019
  • B-Real and Tom Morello in a black and white photograph on stage at Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • B-Real performing in Prophets of Rage in London
  • Tom Morello with B-Real on stage in London with Prophets of Rage
  • B-Real with Prophets of Rage
  • children backstage watching Tom Morello play with Prophets of Rage
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  • black and white photo of B-Real
  • Tom Morello playing the Fender Telecaster Sendero Luminoso
  • Chuck D on one knee on stage with Prophets of Rage