It seems that half-assed band reunions and cashgrab-happy collaborations are all the “rage” these days.Yes, that pun is definitely intentional because at first glance, supergroup-by-definition Prophets of Rage awkwardly falls somewhere between the two.So who exactly are these angry, divine inspirators who graced Toronto with their presence at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on Wednesday August 24th? Allow me to educate y’all…Prophets of Rage are essentially Rage Against the Machine with Public Enemy’s Chuck D and B-Real of Cypress Hill trading “rebellious, ass-rocking” rhymes, playing a 2-hour set’s worth of selections from all three hip-hop meets rap metal music entities.No, it’s not RATM proper. You would think that if there was EVER an event that could make the legendarily defiant LA quartet reunite (again) and rally against perceived wrongs in the world, it would be Donald Freaking Trump as a presidential candidate. Apparently not even this impending apocalypse can force Zach de la Rocha out of hiding so like it or not, Prophets of Rage will have to do.

But seriously, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better MC-type frontman than Chuck D, with a voice that still booms with authority after thirty years in the game. He is also no stranger to fire-stoking, fist-in-the-air politicized anthems, several of which have been reconstructed by the instrumental backbone of Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk for the “Make America Rage Again” tour.The ten Rage Against the Machine tracks performed didn’t deviate much structurally from the original album compositions all 16,000 Amphitheatre attendees know, love, and chanted along with. Where Prophets of Rage particularly got creative in terms of arrangements was when they mashed up the beat to Audioslave song “Cochise” with the lyrics of “She Watch Channel Zero?!”, an experiment they repeated later with “No Sleep till Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys and “Fight the Power”.B-Real showed solidarity by sporting a bright red Public Enemy hoodie, while Chuck wore a Cypress Hill T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Rise Up” (which Tom Morello shreds guitar on).

Fans got an up close look at their threads when the duo freestyled a stripped-down medley of hits from the first few rows, accompanied only by turntablist DJ Lord.The collective expanded their ranks by inviting back opener Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION fame to warble “The Ghost of Tom Joad” à la Bruce Springsteen, and not the heavier version off of all-covers Rage Against the Machine recording Renegades. Speaking of that Y2K effort, Prophets of Rage saved their biggest surprise for the second last song of the night. They invited some dude you may have heard of named Dave Grohl on stage to do justice to MC5 classic “Kick Out the Jams”.Now what exactly everyone’s FOOvourite rocker is doing in the Big Smoke of T.O. is anyone’s guess. Maybe he was taking in our Canadian National Exhibition with his kids. Perhaps Davy Grolton was scouting studios for a Great White North sequel to Sonic Highways. One thing I DO know for certain is there wasn’t anyone who didn’t feel privileged by his appearance, whether in person or on the livestream.

And I am very confident an exclusive group of VIPs no doubt enjoyed the rest of their evening – and early morning – at Cherry Cola’s Rock ’n’ Rolla Cabaret & Lounge 😉Don’t believe my hype as to how awesome this show was? Relive the full experience below, and be sure to give their just-dropped debut EP The Party’s Over a listen. Yjual hoodie zaskiaour comments are important! Jfdm hoodiesoin the conversation on social media:zapdos hoodieLast year’s winners are among the finalists for the 2015 Molson-Coors St. John’s Athlete of the Years Awards which will be handed out tonight at St. John’s City Hall.hoodies janoskians Soccer player Malorie Harris is actually up for her third straight annual city female athlete of the year honours, having won in 2013 and 2014. hoodie terraria

The other female finalists for 2015 are target shooter Samantha Marsh and ball hockey player April Drake.Marsh is nominated for two awards this year, as she and Canada Winter Games teammate Hayley Marsh comprise the gold medal-winning duo that is up for 2015 team of the year honours, which also will be revealed today. netrunner hoodiesOther team of the year finalists are Brad Gushue’s curling rink and the Galway Hitmen, national senior men’s softball champions.The inclusion of the Hitmen among the team of the year finalists means Sean Cleary also has a chance for double honours. Cleary, who was the 2014 capital city male athlete of the year, was a member of the Hitmen. Other finalists for the 2015 male award are powerlifter Josh Hancott and wheelchair basketball and sledge hockey player Liam Hickey.The awards banquet starts 7:30 tonight in the E.B. Foran Room at City Hall.• Led the provincial Jubilee Trophy senior women’s soccer league with 31 goals for C.B.S. Kirby United SC.

She was named regular-season MVP and all-star striker• At the 2015 national championships, led Kirby United with three goals in four games• Named Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association’s senior female player of the year for a sixth straight year• Scored 16 goals in five games to help Reign FC, an Alberta-based team, to a bronze medal in women’s soccer at the World Police and Fire Games• At the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C., won gold in women’s individual air rifle and teamed with Barrett to win gold in women’s team air rifle• Finished third at the North Atlantic air gun championships• Finished fourth in the women’s 10-metre event at the Canadian national rifle championships, and also competed at the ISSF World Cup and Junior Cup rifle/pistol championships• Scored five goals and added two assists to help Canada to a gold medal at the world ball hockey championships in Zug, Switzerland.• Scored three goals and had two assists in seven games for Newfoundland United, silver-medal winner at the Canadian Ball Hockey Association’s women’s A nationals• St. John’s senior league: 6-2, 1.48 ERA, 106 strikeouts;

playoff MVP (5-4, 3.37 ERA, 103K; .300BA, 8R, 5HR, 10RBI) as he helped the Kelly’s Pub Molson Bulldogs win• Provincial championship: Tournament MVP (3-0, 2.80 ERA, 38K, 7-11, .636BA) and top batter as Bulldogs won a third straight provincial title.• National championship: playoff MVP. Pitched a pair of wins in the playoffs, including the final, which saw him strike out 16 batters to help the Galway Hitmen win a fourth straight Canadian title. Also tossed a 13-strikeout one-hitter in the semifinal. In 17 innings pitched at nationals, Cleary surrendered just five runs and fanned 36 batters.• World championship (Team Canada): 5-0, 33IP, 2.97 ERA, 47K... 3-0, 17IP, 1.35 ERA, 23K in the preliminary round; went 2-0, 16IP, 4.37 ERA, 24K in playoff round. Canada won gold.• Pan American Games (Team Canada): 4-0, .97 ERA, 40K. 2-0 in round robin; tossed one-hitter in 2-0 win over Argentina in playoff round; 7IP, 1R, 1H, 3W, 6K vs. Venezuala in final. Canada won gold.• Other: Played with the Toronto Gators at the ISC World Fastball Tournament, winning silver.

Named to second team All-World pitcher. 38.8IP, 2.02 ERA, 67K; Voted top Canadian pitcher in an informal poll of non-Canadians conducted by Al’s Fastball, a website dedicated to the coverage of men’s fastpitch softball.• Arnold Sports Festival: set four world records, including a new open and junior division standard in the squat with a lift of 573 pounds; also set a new world record with a 374-pound bench press and his total meet lift of 1,520 pounds was a new world junior mark; won his weight class in both the open and junior divisions, was named best junior overall, and was second place overall in the pound for pound measurement.• National championships: named the Canadian Powerlifting Union male powerlifter of the year and the best overall junior; claimed gold medal in the 74 kilogram classic division, hitting seven of nine lifts attempts (squat of 553 pounds, benched 364 pounds, and dead lifted 595 pounds). His total combined weight of 1512 pounds was just four pounds off the world record set at Arnold Sports Festival• World Classic Championships: was on track for another title, having squat 242.5 kilos and benched 171kg, but due to a nagging back injury he wasn’t able to deadlift 250kg in three attempts.• Parapan American Games: helped Canada win silver;

had 16 points in a 73-34 quarter-final win over Puerto Rico; came off the bench to finish sixth in Canadian team scoring at the with 55 points in six games.• 2015 Canada Winter Games: led the tournament in scoring (130 pts and 39 asists) and helped the underdog P.E.I. squad to a best-ever fourth place finish.• Americas Wheelchair Basketball Challenge: Helped Canada to a 3-2 record• Maritime Wheelchair Basketball League: Playing with P.E.I. Mustangs, averaged 17.3 points per game in the league’s third tournament• Other: Named to Canadian wheelchair basketball team for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro; on the camp roster for Hockey Canada’s 2015-16 sledge hockey team; named Wheelchair Basketball Canada’s junior male athlete of the year. • Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker defeated Gary Wesman in three straight games at Tankard provincial men’s curling championship; ninth straight for Gushue as skip, 12th overall• At 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, posted a 9-2 round robin record and finished fourth overall after losing 7-5 in an extra end to Steve Laycock in the bronze-medal game.• Other: The team played in 11 World Curling Tour events, reached the final nine times and won six.