Rage Against the Machine’s music is a confusing stunt even for rap rock king Die Hard in the 90’s, at which point it’s rattling from Vancouver radio station speakers for more than two days.
KISS FM Vancouver announced on Tuesday that two of their top anchors, Kevin and Sonia, are having their final show at Soft Rock Station.
Since then, Station has begun playing the California band’s 1992 hit “Killing in the Name” in a continuous loop, although editing has muted the song’s most famous refrain “f ** k you”. , I don’t do what you tell me! ‘
As of Thursday morning, an anti-police single, self-titled record from the band’s debut, now under the “Sonic Radio: New Alternative” brand, was still playing.
However, around 6am local time, listeners noticed that the stunts were finally over and the new station was playing Queens of the Stone Age’s “No One Knows.”
It seems to suggest that the move is not a middle finger to the station’s boss, but a stunt to facilitate a change in the station’s format.
Rage Against the Machine’s music is a confusing stunt even for rap rock king Die Hard in the 90’s, at which point it’s rattling from Vancouver radio station speakers for more than two days.
KISS FM Vancouver announced on Tuesday that two of their top anchors (Kevin and Sonia) are playing their final show at Soft Rock Station.
As of Thursday morning, an anti-police single, self-titled record from the band’s debut, now under the “Sonic Radio: New Alternative” brand, was still playing.
In fact, some saw it as a potential protest against the layoffs and cuts by parent company Rogers, while others speculated on a format change.
However, the dismissed host wrote about the change on his Facebook page. “KiSS has changed and unfortunately I was informed that I wouldn’t participate in this new chapter,” the host writes in a Facebook post. “We are very grateful to everyone who shared the morning with us and invited us into their lives through the radio and podcasts. We took you for granted. It is not.”
According to Vancouver is Awesome, the station finished 12th out of 19 with the latest released ratings.
The person who went only by the name “Apollo” told the Guardian that he did not answer the question about the stunts.
“I’m not allowed to say. I’m just a guy in the booth, playing Rage many times,” Apollo said. ‘What do you think? do you like it? ‘
Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello and Brad Wilk will perform on stage at Finsbury Park on June 6, 2010.
The new Sonic Radio website promotes alternative music and articles listing “Favorite Alt Canadian Tracks” for Canada Day stations.
On Wednesday, the day of mischief, the station began accepting callers requesting something other than “Killing in the Name.”
However, the station just kept playing the left-wing rocker song over and over again.
The KISS FM website says: ‘Thank you for listening to KiSSRADiO in Vancouver and the Valley. This KiSS says goodbye, but Edmonton, Ottawa, and Toronto KiSS radios can still be heard on their respective websites or smart speaker devices.
The new Sonic Radio website promotes alternative music and articles listing “Favorite Alt Canadian Tracks” for Canada Day stations.
Hi! We are SONiC, a new alternative everywhere from Chilliwack to Vancouver and everywhere in between. If you like Weezer, Florence + The Machine, Arcade Fire, Metric, Foo Fighters, Green Day and more! ?? We will do well. “
Even Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello got a lot of attention and retweeted the listener who informed him about his efforts, and the stunt became viral.
“Killing in the Name” has often lived its own life from its origins as a protest against RATM’s breakout singles and police atrocities.
In 2009, UK listeners bought 500,000 songs to make them the number one Christmas single in the UK, surpassing Simon Cowell’s powerful X Factor star.
The band responded by giving a free concert at Finsbury Park in London.