Check out the Spitfire Tour's website: http://www.colleges.com/spitfire/ - in the Zack de la Rocha section, it reads:

Although De La Rocha helped to form the tour, his actual involvement remains to be seen. According to Spitfire's spokesperson, the singer is busy with a Rage album and a solo debut and therefore could not be at any of the dates already scheduled. However, he may be available next Spring, when Spitfire rounds up speakers for a full-scale nationwide excursion.

Apparently, Tom Morello has remixed the heavily-played song "Battleflag" by the Lo-Fidelity All-Stars. It's been playing frequently on KROQ in New York. Check it out!

Tom Morello has posted a new message to fans on the official Rage Against the Machine website. It reads:

"We had a great time at our recent shows in New York City and Chicago. Rage fans are the best. Our apologies to our fans in Holland- at the last minute, The Milarepa Fund (who hosts the Tibetan Freedom Concert) asked us to play the Chicago show instead of Amsterdam in an attempt to sell out the huge Alpine Valley venue. They hoped this would help heighten awareness of the cause and so we obliged. Anyone who's seen our home video knows that our fans in Holland (at The Pink Pop Festival) rock to a shockingly high degree, and we look forward to playing there again- hopefully soon.

Work on the record is still coming along. No release date yet. Woodstock, the Mt. Fuji Festival, and shows in Seoul and Hawaii are looming. We have an old song ("Wake Up") on that "Matrix" soundtrack, and our Springsteen cover, "The Ghost of Tom Joad", appears on the "No Boundaries" CD, a benefit for Kosovar refugees. This is a benefit record for strictly humanitarian aid, and our participation should in no way be misconstrued as an endorsement of the brutal U.S.- led bombing of the region. Oh, and finally, "Snoop Bounce", the track that Timmy, Brad, and I did with Snoop Dogg, is coming out on the Surfrider Foundation's benefit album: "MOM III", Music for our Mother Ocean- Volume III. It's a jam and a half. Check it out."

See you at Woodstock, kids.

Tom Morello

Etc. Also, in retrospect to the bit about Zack allegedly stalking an Australian woman, it should be interesting to know that another Australian woman had previously claimed that Silverchair's Daniel Johns was stalking her. To quote the mass of rock journalist's everywhere, "There must be something in the water down under."

From the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Austrilia...

Lisa Fulmer, 27, claimed Zack has "spasmodically" stalked and harassed her since the pair met backstage at the Hordern Pavilion after a Big Day Out concert in 1996. A written complaint from Ms. Fulmer, alleges Zack followed her to the NSW ski fields, a Sydney movie theatre and even Bali in his pursuit of her. She also said the singer had assaulted her and blamed him for drugging her drink and throwing a rock through the window of her Kingsford unit.

Seeking an apprehended personal violence order against De La Rocha in Waverley Local Court yesterday, Ms Fulmer alleged she spotted him as recently as last week, sitting in a car outside her home. But her claim came as a surprise to the band's record company, which said De La Rocha was now in the United States recording new material.

"They're in the US working on a new album which we hope to have out by the end of the year," Epic Records national publicity manager Brent Hampstead said. As far as his company was aware, De La Rocha was last in Australia in 1996 when Rage Against The Machine toured for the Big Day Out.

But Ms Fulmer's grounds for complaint, lodged with the court, tell a different story. "The defendant has been harassing and stalking the complainant over a number of years," it alleged. "When (Ms Fulmer) resided in Jindabyne, the defendant was observed hanging around (her) premises. When (she) returned to Sydney, she observed the defendant walking past her friend's premises whilst she was there." The complaint also alleges De La Rocha approached Ms Fulmer in Bali, threatened her and spiked her drink. Earlier this year, Ms Fulmer claims De La Rocha placed a Valentine's Day card under her door. The case was mentioned briefly yesterday but was adjourned for six weeks after the court heard De La Rocha had not been served with a summons to attend.

Thanks to Rodney Bruce for this bit of hilarious information.

The lineup for the latest all-star "Music for Our Mother Ocean" album has been finalized with Smash Mouth, Lit, and a new Snoop Dogg collaboration with members of Rage Against The Machine and the Gap Band coming on as the latest additions. The album, due out on August 10, is the third to benefit The Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the coastal environment. Organizer Pierce Flynn told MTV News, "A lot of the acts contacted us this time around, and most of them this time have given us new or unreleased songs." According to Flynn, Snoop Dogg's "Snoop's Bounce," is a rock and rap track that features Tom Morello, Sim T, and Brad Wilk from Rage Against The Machine as well as backup vocals from the Gap Band. Snoop had originally planned on covering "Rockaway Beach" by the Ramones, but later opted to switch to an original. "MOM I" and "MOM II" raised over $500,000 for the Surfrider Foundation, according to Flynn. "MOM III" will be released August 10 on Surfdog/Hollywood Records.

� 1: Kiss: Destroyer

Morello: "I knew that it was my favorite band before I heard a note of it, just from the record cover, and I was right."

2: Led Zeppelin: Song Remains The Same

"Their oft-maligned live record is a huge favorite of mine -- as close as a 13-year-old was going to get to the live Led Zeppelin experience."

3: Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

"This record is the reason I play in a band. Before this, I thought you had to be some dark, brooding sage on the shores of Loch Ness to conjure up powerful music, whereas, with the Sex Pistols, I thought, 'Well I could maybe do that later this afternoon!' I was in my first band (The Electric Sheep) that same week."

5: Bruce Springsteen: Ghost Of Tom Joad

"This is some of the best lyric writing and storytelling ever, songs about inequality in America and what happens to the people on the wrong side of the equation."

5: Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking

"It legitimized my heavy metal conflict. I loved the genre, but I always thought the lyrics were so stupid. For me, this -- much more than Nirvana's Nevermind -- ushered in a new era of hard music that was more artistically legitimate."

6: Prodigy: Fat Of The Land

"While it's under the umbrella of electronica, it has an awesome hard-rocking sensibility and dynamics that you don't usually find in that genre."

Compiled by Maureen Herman. Thanks to "Pimpy MCBlunt"

From Wu-Tang's website, there is a list of albums being released by members of the Wu-Tang clan. RZA's "The Cure" is featuring Zack de la Rocha, and Force Mds.

Primus has already begun work on its next album, and the band has lined up a roster of collaborators for the effort that includes Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, Tom Waits, "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, and both Metallica guitarists.

"It's sort of an ensemble piece," Primus bassist/vocalist Les Claypool told MTV News of the album during one of the band's stops on this the history of Primus. We did an EP last year with Toby Wright, but we haven't really come across anybody that we've gelled with or that artistically was able to take us in different places. We came up with the concept of working with various artists and producers that we really respect, so this album we had Tom Morello produce and play on a few tracks.

I just added a confirmed tour date that Rage is playing in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 3rd at the Neil S. Blaisdell Arena. This show, as well as the show in Seoul, Korea, and playing the FujiFest in Japan follow Rage's spot on 1999's Woodstock festival.

Here's what Wallofsound.com said:

"Rage's set was simply a scorcher, blowing away both the crowd and their colleagues. Introduced by guitarist Tom Morello's mother, the quartet launched into an explosive "People of the Sun" before blasting through such favorites such "Bulls on Parade," "Kill Your Enemy," and "Killing in the Name Of," as well as "No Shelter" from last year's Godzilla soundtrack and "Testify," a scorching new song slated for the group's next record."

Perhaps "Testify" is "Maria", renamed. There's always the possibility that this reporter doesn't know what he's talking about, though. The excessive use of variants of the word "scorch" in such a short paragraph would hint towards the latter, as would the mislabeling of the song "Know your Enemy".

According to Ryan Condal, who went to the KROQ show, "Maria" has been "completely changed lyrically since the bootleged recording from the Mumia Tribute. The song actually sounds like a revamping of the song "Testify" that has been on many of the bootlegs that are out there. The end where it once was "no witness, no witness, no witness" was nsomething like "you gotta justify to testify" or something like that."

At the request of the Milrepa Fund, Rage Against The Machine will play the Chicago-area Tibetan Freedom Concert on June 13 at Alpine Valley in East Troy Wisconsin, rather than the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Amsterdam as announced previously. This decision was made entirely by the Milrepa Fund, and Rage played no role in the switch. It in no way reflects Rage's attitude toward European fans. Ticket refunds are available at the ticket agency where they were purchased (although I'd still recommend going to the TFC for the cause it supports and seeing other artists, despite Rage's absense). If you have any concerns or questions regarding the switch, they should be directed at the Milrepa Fund. Rage will definately be playing in Holland on their next European tour. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this causes for European Rage fans, and I'm sure Rage is sorry as well.

Zack is in the new Rolling Stone magazine, at the beginning where they have little media snippits. There's some small text about his speech to the United Nations in Geneva captioning a picture of him in a suit-- quite an unexpected, yet understandable sight. Click here to see it.

Korn, Rage Against The Machine, Alanis Morissette, Pearl Jam, and the Wallflowers are among the artists contributing tracks to a benefit album titled "No Boundaries." The project aims to raise funds for the Kosovo refugees and is due out on June 15. Proceeds from the album will be donated to three international charity groups: CARE, OXFAM, and Doctors Without Borders, all of which are working to provide the refugees with such basic needs as food, shelter, and clothing. Rage is contributing "The Ghost of Tom Joad" to the album.

Tom defended rock music saying "there has never been a rock song that has caused someone to kill another human being."� He went on to say, "Its amazing how hypocritical our government can be to point the finger, when they are guilty of bombing Yugoslavia.� Kids look to that as a means to solve their problems by violence, while the US kills children and the elderly.� Theres a big difference between that and Marilyn Manson, who dresses up like its halloween, and sings in a scary voice."

Thanks to John Bacho for this

The chat with Tom Morello and the RIAA on AOL was transcribed. Access it.

Rage Against the Machine are nearly done recording their third album, according to producer Brendan O'Brien. While he was hesitant to describe the new work, O'Brien, who also produced Rage's Evil Empire (1996), said it adds new sounds to the band's funk-rock attack and still "hits pretty darn hard."

Tom� Morello and the RIAA will be doing a chat on AOL about the Littleton CO shootings and the hearings Congress is having next week about violence and the entertainment industry.�� The RIAA is going to be at the hearings and wants some input from music fans. The chat is this Monday 5/3 on AOL at 6:30 pm Eastern.

www.realized.net/unbound has some MP3s from a single entitled "Mumia 911". Zack displays some "mad skills" on this, and comes in around the 3:00 mark.

K-Rock is doing a show that Rage is taking part in. It's creatively (ha) entitled "The Dysfunctional Family III". The line up is Rage, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Limp Bizkit, Live, Blink 182, and Kid Rock. It's at the Jones Beach Ampitheater on Friday, June 11th. Tickets went on sale today at 9am. You can order tickets through Ticketmaster, all Ticketmaster outlets, The Jones Beach Theater Box Office, or Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone: NY: (212)307-7171, NJ: (201)507-8900, LI: (516)888-9000, or (914)454-3388.