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Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and Boots Riley of Oakland, CA rap group The Coup have joined forces to create a new musical entity dubbed Street Sweeper. 

“It’s revolutionary party jams,” said Morello of Street Sweeper. “It’s got huge steamroller riffs combined with depth, charge, funk, while Boots unloads clip after clip of incendiary rhymes rich with satire and venom.” Riley added, “This is a time when the working class is being fleeced left and right.  More families will be homeless and more people will be jobless.  They’ll need something to listen to on their iPods while storming Wall Street.”  

To hear “Fight! Smash! Win!”, the first official track from Street Sweeper, click here. 

While no official date has been set for the new group’s album release, Street Sweeper will embark on a tour with Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction starting this May. The schedule is below.

May 8 – West Palm Beach, FL  Cruzan Amphitheatre  
May 9 – Tampa, FL   Ford Amphitheatre  
May 10 – Atlanta, GA  Lakewood Amphitheatre 
May 14 – Albuquerque, NM  Journal Pavilion  
May 15 – Phoenix, AZ  Cricket Wireless Pavilion  
May 16 – Chula Vista, CA  Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre   
May 18 – Las Vegas, NV  The Pearl  
May 20 – Irvine, CA  Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 
May 22 -Mountain View, CA  Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View  
May 26 – Englewood, CO  Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre  
May 27 – Kansas City, MO  Starlight Theatre  
May 29 – Chicago, IL  Charter One Pavilion at Northern Island (NIN/SS ONLY)
May 30 – Noblesville, IN  Verizon Wireless Music Center  Indianapolis 
May 31 – Clarkston, MI  DTE Energy Music Theatre  
June 02 – Toronto, ON  Molson Amphitheatre  
June 03 – Darien Lake, NY  Darien Lake Performing Arts Center  
June 05 – Camden, NJ  Susquehanna Bank Center  
June 06 – Holmdel, NJ   PNC Bank Arts Center  
June 07 – Wantagh, NY  Nikon at Jones Beach Theater  
June 09 – Columbia, MD  Merriweather Post Pavilion 
June 10 – Burgettstown, PA  Post-Gazette Pavilion  
June 12 – Charlotte, NC  Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte  

Click there to read GIANT’s interview with Tom Morello.