# Whatz up wit Zack de la Rocha? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456 "2003-05-21T01:52:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![InLikeFlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@InLikeFlynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLikeFlynn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/1 "2003-05-21T01:52:10Z")
I heard he’s working with Trent Reznor. Is that true or is he just using his state of the art studio to drop bombs? any release dates? album names? Any dope on that?? ---
**Author:** ![InLikeFlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@InLikeFlynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLikeFlynn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/2 "2003-05-21T03:36:10Z")
I got the previous info from here [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457027/20020814/story.jhtml](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457027/20020814/story.jhtml) but it leaves much to be desired by hard core RAGE fans. I don’t think that this is even the correct type of board to gain hard core info from anyeway but I am simply starving for more info on the topic and will take it from any source possible (no matter how unlikely!) THX, PeaceOut “g” ---
**Author:** ![InLikeFlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@InLikeFlynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLikeFlynn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/3 "2003-05-21T03:48:42Z")
He did a compilation with DJ Extreame called “March of death”. You may want to Shareza the demo (extreamly fresh and and novel) This is some cutting edge stuff from one of the most innovative lyricists in the scene (if you dig on that type of stuff) I miss DA rage badly!!! I like Audio Slave but Zack was and is da BOMB!! Enjoy ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/4 "2003-05-21T03:56:29Z")
I thought he was working with DJ Shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/5 "2003-05-21T10:28:19Z")
[Zack De La Rocha Official Page](http://www.zackdelarocha.com/). Kinda sparse at the moment. The March of Death download ain’t working though. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/6 "2003-05-21T13:33:54Z")
_March of Death_ was with DJ Shadow. I thought it was alright, but I expected more from such a pairing. Of course, it blew Audioslave away. Not that that’s saying much. News about the album: [http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/02-12/11.shtml](http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/02-12/11.shtml) March of Death download (legal): [http://www.marchofdeath.com/](http://www.marchofdeath.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/7 "2003-05-21T14:32:44Z")
It seems like he’s not doing squat. But, Chris Cornell and the remnants of Rage - Audioslave are tearing it up. ---
**Author:** ![InLikeFlynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@InLikeFlynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLikeFlynn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/8 "2003-05-23T03:05:51Z")
Don’t get me wrong I dig Audio Slave but it’s nowhere near as innovative as RAGE was with Zack blowing up the mic. I know that he must want to upstage his former band mates and that might be why he is waiting until his new shit is brightly polished before he puts it out but it is taking way too fuckin long!! I miss Da’ Rage badly!! That was a serious innovative ass kickin sound they had and nothing out there today comes even close to it yet!! Hurry Up Zack!! ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/9 "2003-05-23T06:43:07Z")
I am damn suprised by Audioslave. That group came out great. I was a big fan of both bands (at different points in my life) and was expecting audioslave to suck balls but they can rock. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/10 "2003-05-23T06:48:21Z")
I thought Audioslave broke up already? ---
**Author:** ![deball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/11 "2003-05-23T12:31:44Z")
Anyone know what the hell Zack was thinking during his hardcore Hare Krishna band _Inside Out_ (Revelation Records) phase? I saw their show with _Shelter_ around '90 and it was a full fledged, high pressure, Krishna recruitment drive aimed at (pre-Nirvana) disenfranchised punk rock kids (an easy target). Myself and most of my friends left in disgust when it started to get really bad. (This wasn’t just singing songs about Krishna, which is fine, or expressing devotion to their religion, this was in your face witnessing times a billion, from the stage and with robed Krishnas everywhere in the crowd literally signing kids up.) I couldn’t listen to RATM without wincing after that display. I mean, an anti-establishment band derived from a band that tried to recruit people to a religious establishment, screw that. They weren’t going to see a nickle from me. But the more I think about it, was Zack a part of all that, or just a caught in an odd situation at that time? If he was part of it, is he still? Or, what made him change? ---
**Author:** ![deball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatz-up-wit-zack-de-la-rocha/176456/12 "2003-05-23T12:44:40Z")
Eeeks, my post sounds pretty angry. Sorry about that, still got some of that PR angst left I guess! The actual questions are, Was Zack involved with Hare Krishna recruiting during his shows with Inside Out and Shelter? If so, is he still involved with that? If not, is that part of why he left and started RATM? Thanks!