Zack de la Rocha
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American singer, rapper and activist (born 1970)
OverviewAI-generated
Zack de la Rocha is a male American artist whose professional career began in 1988. He is associated with the genres of hip hop, political hip hop, and rock. His work has been tagged with descriptors including political, alternative, and rap. The artist has five recorded works and maintains an official website.
His writings include statements such as "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" and "Fools follow rules when the set commands you." Other quotes attributed to him include "Shackle your mind when you bend on the cross,When ignorance reigns life is lost" and "If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face." He also asked, "Is all the world jails and churches?"
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1970-01-12
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 113,692
- Total plays
- 454,478
Tags
Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper, musician, poet and activist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine. His latest release has been under the name One Day As A Lion. In 1983, de la Rocha's father Roberto (known as Beto)—a member of Los Four, the first Chicano art collective to be exhibited at a major museum (LACMA, 1974)—suffered a nervous breakdown and took his religious ideals to extremes. <a href="https:/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,405x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,186x
- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,967x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,286x
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Quotes
- “Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.”
- “Fools follow rules when the set commands you.”
- “Something must be done,about vengeance, a badge and a gun.So rip the mic rip the state rip the system,I was born to rage against them.”
- “Shackle your mind when you bend on the cross,When ignorance reigns life is lost.”
- “If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face.”
- “Is all the world jails and churches?”
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Key facts
- Born
- Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha , ( 1970-01-12 ) January 12, 1970 (age 56) , Long Beach , California , U.S.
- Genres
- Rap metal alternative metal funk metal hardcore punk youth crew political hip hop rap rock
- Occupations
- Musician rapper singer songwriter activist
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar drums keyboards jarana jarocha
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Formerly of
- Rage Against the Machine Hard Stance No For An Answer Inside Out Farside One Day as a Lion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Long Beach
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rap rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- www.zdlr.net
- Image
- Zach de la Rocha at 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Zack de la Rocha
- date of birth
- 1970-01-12
- member of
- Rage Against the Machine
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- pseudonym
- Zack de la Rocha
- birth name
- Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha
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Encyclopedic overview
Zacharias Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970) is an American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine. Through both Rage Against the Machine and his activism, de la Rocha promotes left-wing politics in opposition to corporate America, the military–industrial complex, and government oppression.
Early life
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