Here Are the Rage Against the Machine Memes Post-Fan's Shock

June 11, 2020 12:06 PM EDT

A Rage Against the Machine fan said he was surprised to learn that the band that wrote songs like, “Wake Up”, “Killing in the Name of,” “Bulls on Parade,” and “Take the Power Back” was politically minded. After making his feelings known on Twitter about how he may have been accidentally listening to pointed songs for years, other Twitter users have been mercilessly roasting them for it, and the band’s guitarist Tom Morello joined in the fun.

It started when a Twitter user named Scott Castaneda tweeted at Morello on Tuesday night. “I used to be a fan until your political opinions came out. Music is my sanctuary and the last thing I want to hear is political BS when I’m listening to music,” Castaneda wrote, seemingly unaware that he had been listening to one of the more popular political rock groups the whole time.

Morello responded to his evidently former fan’s query. “Scott!! What music of mine were you a fan of that DIDN’T contain “political BS”? I need to know so I can delete it from the catalog,” he tweeted.

Scott!! What music of mine were you a fan of that DIDN’T contain “political BS”? I need to know so I can delete it from the catalog. https://t.co/AMpmjx6540

The exchange prompted thousands of replies and jokes that skewered Castaneda for apparently missing the group’s political bent that is clear in its song and album titles, lyrics, and band name.

Take the Power Back is actually about recharging batteries.

i too enjoy the band Rage Alongside The Machine

Deciding you're no longer a fan of Rage Against the Machine after 20 years for speaking politics is like being a bird lover all your life then deciding you don't like them anymore because they have feathers.

I used to like peanut butter until I found out it has goddamn peanuts in it. Now as far as I'm concerned it's completely done.

What... machine did you think you were raging against? The busted up toaster? A faulty dryer? Did the printer run outta toner?

To dude who used to be a fan of Rage Against the Machine until Tom Morello allowed his political opinions to come out, I feel you. I was gutted when I saw a tweet from Cookie Monster saying he liked cookies. I'm all "Keep it to yourself, my furry friend. I thought I knew you." pic.twitter.com/KFdFiedZDA

Congrats to everyone who just found out Rage Against the Machine is a political band. Next you should check out my favorite puppy calendar, Animal Farm.

if Rage Against The Machine gets cancelled for being political does that mean we've finally made it to the end of the internet?

When reached for comment—and to confirm he was not a bot, but a real person—Castaneda told the Detroit Metro Times, that while he knew the band was political, he was “tired” of hearing “political stuff” from musicians and feels that “it’s getting worse and worse and worse,” which lead him to tweet his dismay. While Castaneda told the outlet that he “rarely” went on Twitter, he now appears to have deleted his account entirely and may have missed some of the 10,500 replies his tweet garnered.

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