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CREDIT: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Rage Against The Machine were locked ... “[Bassist] Timmy [Commerford] doesn’t like things like that. And he expresses himself. So, what he did was he took ...

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Despite many musicians, like Rage Against the Machine, causing controversy on 'Saturday Night Live', Lorne Michaels is adamant that none have been "banned." ...

Rage Against The Machine have reacted to outgoing ... will not be touring or playing live again,” he wrote at the time. Bassist Tim Commerford then went on to say that he was unsure of the ...

Incensed by the band having a song cut from their set last-minute, Tim Commerford marched into the dressing ... At this point, the frustration got too much for Commerford, who balled one of Rage ...

The Secret Service was involved.Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has famously said that the show's never truly banned anyone, but Rage Against the Machine almost got there.When they appeared ...

Red Stripe optional. Rage Against The Machine's brand of funk-metal lends itself perfectly to loud, powerful, low-strung bass riffs. This example sees bassist Tim Commerford taking it easy with a ...

Rage Against The Machine were no strangers to controversy ... Frustrated with this, bassist Tim Commerford chose to head across the hall into Steve Forbes’ dressing room. “He took one of the American ...