Rage Against the Machine Fan Jordan Peele Hat Tips Band in Latest Hit Film, ‘Nope’

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Zach photo by Gie Knaeps, Jordan via Wikipedia
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Anyone who’s a fan of acclaimed horror & sci-fi director Jordan Peele’s movies knows that thoughtfulness and attention to detail are tenants of his craft. Nothing is an accident, including the character wardrobe choices. So, it’s not too surprising to read that those 90’s alt rock shirts that appeared throughout the movie were quite intentional. EW.com recently spoke with the film’s fashion designer, Alex Bovaird, who shed some light on Peele’s decision making process and why he outfitted key characters with Rage Against the Machine and 90’s noise-rock heroes, The Jesus Lizard, t-shirts:

“Every costume means many things, sometimes just to Jordan… they’re Angel’s [‘Nope’ film character] band T-shirts. And the methodology of that was he wears his favorite band T-shirts now, but these were things he was listening to a couple years ago. His band T-shirts are either post-punk or proto-grunge. And again, there’s a bit of personal stuff going on there, because Jordan and [producer] Ian [Cooper]… they’re making a movie that they want to see, and so sometimes that pops into the costumes.

As well as Angel’s the kind of character who likes obscure bands… definitely like The Jesus Lizard, and Wipers and Rage. I mean, they’re all bands of Jordan’s teenage years. So, I think it works on a lot of levels for Jordan. It was something that Angel would be into, but also meaningful for him, and me too.”

The Jesus Lizard shirt in ‘Nope’:

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Rage Against the Machine Shirt in ‘Nope’:

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Rage fans will likely notice that the shirt is a nod to Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican revolutionary who was the main inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo. The members of the Liberation Army of the South were led by Zapata and came to be known as “Zapatistas.” Rage Against the Machine has long used their influence and reach to support the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Their story is perhaps best summarized in the Rage song, ‘Zapata’s Blood:’

Like they deserve
Wasn’t spilt in vein
So now you’re pullin’ the moves pullin’
the moves pullin’ the moves
We’ll wage, we’ll wage we’ll wage war
To replace our name
Some guys got blurred
So now you’re pullin’ the moves, pullin’
the moves, pullin’ the moves
We’ll wage, we’ll wage, we’ll wage war
To reclaim our terrain
On January 1st, 1994
The indigenous farmers of Southern Mexico
Declared war on an unjust
and illegitimate government
Of of the debt of the most wild, the most poor
Came a just arm struggle
for democracy, justice, and liberty
And it won’t stop until that 65 year old dictatorship,
the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
(Institutional Revolutionary Party) is buried in the ground
and the people’s voice is heard once again
So check it out:
On January 1st, they became known as
the Zapatista movement
And they have a saying, and I want you all to
sing along with me real quick.
It goes something like this
It goes, everything for everyone…
and nothing for ourselves.
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
Yeah, sing that shit…
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves.
Everything for everyone, and nothing for ourselves…

If you want to grab the Rage shirt for your own wardrobe, head HERE.

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