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Watch 1000 Musicians Play Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’

You’ve heard the Rage Against The Machine classic, “Killing In The Name” a thousand (or more) times, but you probably haven’t heard it played by a thousand people. Brace yourself. …

INDIO, CA – APRIL 29: Musicians Zack De La Rocha (L) and Tom Morello from the band “Rage Against the Machine” perform during day 3 of the Coachella Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2007 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

You've heard the Rage Against The Machine classic, "Killing In The Name" a thousand (or more) times, but you probably haven't heard it played by a thousand people. Brace yourself. 

Rockin 1000 is a project that, in 2015, organized a group of one thousand musicians to perform "Learn to Fly" by the Foo Fighters in Cesena, Italy, in hopes of getting the Foo Fighters to play in their town (which they eventually did). Since then, they've organized 1000-member-superband performances of the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind," Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Queen's "We Will Rock You" and David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel."

Last month, they organized another one-thousand song performance, this time performing Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name." They recently posthttps://youtu.be/D7KxKG7pmL4ed the video; check it out below.

Brian has been working in pop culture and media for about three decades: he’s worked at MTV, VH1, SiriusXM, CBS and Loudwire. Besides working as a writer and an editor-in-chief, he’s also appeared on air as a pundit, guested on radio shows and hosted podcasts. Over the years, he’s interviewed the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, the members of U2, Beyonce, Pink, Usher, Stevie Nicks, Lorde… and is grateful to have had the chance to interview Joe Strummer of the Clash and Tom Petty.