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SXSW: Morello, Tankian and Harper Deliver Weighty Sets for “Body of War”

Follow all of RollingStone.com’s ongoing SXSW coverage here. For photos, stay tuned here. Serj Tankian asked the audience to “imagine an upside down world,” while Tom Morello traded in his Rage for melody at Stubb’s Thursday evening for an event celebrating the release of the documentary Body of War and its two-disc soundtrack. The film’s subject, Tomas Young — his spine severed by a bullet during his first week in Iraq — sat sidestage in his wheelchair, chain smoking cigarettes during a rapid-fire set that also featured heartfelt songs from Ben Harper, a brilliant Billy Bragg set as well as performances from RX Bandits and Brendan James. Before the show, Young’s muscle-bound, tattooed Iraq Veterans Against the War buddies (sporting matching IVAW T-shirts) mingled backstage with Morello, who announced “The Nightwatchman needs his whiskey.” Tankian delivered piano-based versions of songs from his solo debut, including “Elect the Dead” and “Sky Is Over,” while Morello performed an acoustic version of “Guerilla Radio” (”Hopefully this will be sung in the streets when George W. Bush and his cronies are brought before a war crimes tribunal,” he proclaimed), along with songs from One Man Revolution. His “Battle Hymns,” during which he asked the audience to tell anyone around them making noise to “shut the fuck up,” was a highlight, as was a duet on Harper’s “Gather ‘Round the Stone.” The whole lineup came back out for a rollicking take on “This Land Is Your Land,” and as Morello introduced Kimya Dawson to close the show, he left the audience with a simple edict: “Never give up and never give in. Take it easy, but don’t take it.” For photos live from SXSW 2008 in Austin, TX, click here. Related Stories: “Body of War” Hero on Eddie Vedder, SXSW Vedder, Springsteen, Rage on &#

Published: 2008-03-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, SXSW

To Do: Your Weekend Of Wandering A Small Stretch Of Sunset Blvd. While Grievously Drunk

Friday · The Anthony Project premieres at the O'Melveny Gallery, a multimedia exhibition that "explores how terminal cancer affects all whom it touches, beginning with the patient and radiating outward," and which pays tribute to cancer victim Anthony Glass, who died in July of 2006. More info here. · Music round-up: Brodie Hubbard at M Bar; Buzzcocks at Spaceland; Golden State at the Viper Room. · Some young Hollywood go-getters would like to invite you to spend a relaxing evening at Ritual with the 1,400 or so of the industry assistants who replied in the affirmative to this Evite. Saturday · Two eagerly anticipated, yearly festivals will compete for Los Angeles' very soul: Sunset Junction and Tofu Fest. Choose wisely. · The 7th Annual Fantasy, Horror & Science Fiction Festival Party at the Egyptian should boast a "gathering of the ghouls" only slightly less terrifying than the ones you'll see at the Junction. Sunday · More music: Beastie Boys at the Greek; Poets & Pornstars CD release party at the Roxy; RX Bandits at the Troubadour. · Whenever you wake up in a Sunset Blvd. gutter on day two of the Junc't, wander up the street to the Echo Park Film Center for their Detroit Film Night.

Published: 2007-08-17 Provider: Defamer Keywords: To Do

Mandala - RX Bandits

Mandala by RX Bandits

Published: 2009-07-22 Provider: iTunes Keywords: Alternative

And the Battle Begun - RX Bandits

And the Battle Begun by RX Bandits

Published: 2008-08-25 Provider: iTunes Keywords: Rock

Live from Bonnaroo 2007 - RX Bandits

Live from Bonnaroo 2007 by RX Bandits

Published: 2009-07-28 Provider: iTunes Keywords: Rock