PROPHETS OF RAGE members Tom Morello and Chuck D spoke to Uproxx about last Saturday's events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one woman was killed, two Virginia state troopers died, and nineteen others were injured during a white nationalists' rally and a gathering of counter protesters. President Donald Trump placed blame for the violence on "both sides," the white supremacists and the counter-protesters, of the conflict, even after one alleged white nationalist was charged with murder after ramming his car into a crowd of protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. "We should be totally pissed off by what happened in Charlottesville and what our president is saying," Morello told Uproxx. "I mean, he is clearly on record who he's representing." Chuck D added: "[Trump] knows damn well that there's a contingent out there that he inspired and made rise with all the rhetoric he was spinning in [his] campaign." Asked if he thinks it's morally righteous to punch a Nazi in the face, Morello said: "Are you fucking kidding me?" He laughed before adding: "Resistance to injustice happened before Donald Trump, it'll happen during Donald Trump [and] it'll happen after Donald Trump. So, it's, like, can it get worse? Of course it can get worse. The Nazis and the KKK have unhooded themselves, because they've taken off the hoods in the Oval Office, so they feel more comfortable taking off the hoods on the streets." Said Chuck: "It's very important that culture and music speaks its loudest as being a voice, because we can't rely on government. Things don't fix itself; you've gotta make it happen." PROPHETS OF RAGE's self-titled debut album will be released on September 15 via Fantasy Records. The disc was recorded with legendary producer Brendan O'Brien who has done notable work with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE.
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