Rage Against The Machine were locked in a room by Secret Service after ‘SNL’ performance

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Rage Against The Machine were locked in a room by the Secret Service after their performance on Saturday Night Live in 1996.The band appeared as the musical guests on an episode of the US sketch show hosted by billionaire Steve Forbes, who was a recent Republican presidential candidate at the time.During a new documentary titled Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years Of SNL Music, RATM guitarist Tom Morello recalled an incident that occurred after the group performed ‘Bulls On Parade’.Morello and co.

had their crew hang upside-down American flags on their amps, but these were removed by the SNL crew just before the band began the song.

They never got to play their second track, ‘Bullet In The Head’, and have never been invited back to play on the programme.“One thing I think is very important is to weave your convictions into your vocation, whatever it is, whether you’re directing a film or running a camera or playing guitar in a rock ‘n’ roll band,” Morello explained in the doc.“And for a band like Rage, SNL was a perfect opportunity to do that.

Being on SNL was something that was valued. It was a part of the DNA of American culture and entertainment.”Bulls on Parade / SNL / April 13, 1996Bulls on Parade / SNL / April 13, 1996Posted by Rage Against The Machine on Tuesday, April 13, 2021He continued: “So, when the offer came to be on it, we were like, ‘We’d be happy to’.