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Paul Ryan's Love For Rage Against The Machine Is Amusing, Because He Is The Embodiment Of The Machine That Our Music Has Been Raging Against For Two Decades

Things Like Rebellion And Resistance To Authority Are Absolutely As Much A Part Of The Human Experience As Love And Cars Are, And It's A Part That Doesn't Get Covered Very Much In Pop Music.

I Didn't Choose To Be A Guitar Player. That Was Something That Felt Like It Was Chosen For Me. And With That Blessing And Curse, I, Throughout My Entire Career, It's Been My Job To Weave My Convictions Into My Vocation. And Whether I'm Standing In The Streets Of Chicago Or The Occupy Wall Street Or In Madison, Wisconsin, My Job Is To Steel The Backbone Of People On The Frontlines Of Social Justice Struggles, And To Put Wind In Sails Of Those Struggles. And People Who Are Fighting On A, On A Daily Basis, At A Grass Roots Level, For The Things That I Believe In.

There's A Lot Of Injustice In The World And It's What I Sing About In My Music And What I Try To Confront In My Life As An Activist.

If Aliens Came Down And Challenged Us To A Battle Of The Bands To Decide The Fate Of Planet Earth, I Would Feel Very Confident Putting Early Van Halen Forward As Our Champion.