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'''Prophets of Rage''' was an American [[rap rock]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]]. Formed in 2016, the group consisted of three members of [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[Audioslave]] (bassist and backing vocalist [[Tim Commerford]], guitarist [[Tom Morello]], and drummer [[Brad Wilk]]), two members of [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] ([[DJ Lord]] and rapper [[Chuck D]]), and rapper [[B-Real]] of [[Cypress Hill]].<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prophets-of-rage-inside-new-ratm-public-enemy-cypress-hill-supergroup-20160531|title=Prophets of Rage: Inside New RATM, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill Supergroup|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=May 31, 2016|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=June 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/music/news/tom-morello-republican-convention-prophets-of-rage-1201788651/|title=Prophets of Rage Plan to ‘Cause a Ruckus’ at Republican Convention, Tom Morello Says|first=Ted|last=Johnson|date=June 3, 2016|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=June 8, 2016}}</ref> The band disbanded in 2019, following the reuniting of [[Rage Against the Machine]]. During its three-year existence, Prophets of Rage released one EP and one full-length studio album.
 
==History==
[[File:Prophets Of Rage @ Tinley Park, IL 9-3-2016 (29882366702).jpg|alt=The band onstage with a large banner reading "Make America Rage Again"|thumb|The band on tour, 2016]]
Morello declared to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'': "We're an elite task force of revolutionary musicians determined to confront this mountain of election year [[bullshit]], and confront it head-on with [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall stack]]s blazing."<ref name="rollingstone.com"/>
 
The band's name derives from the title of the Public Enemy song "Prophets of Rage" from its 1988 album ''[[It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back]]''. To coincide with the band's protest performance at the Republican National Convention, it released its debut single, titled "Prophets of Rage". The band played its first live show on January 20, 2016.