MY jewellery collection is a graveyard of single earrings, separated from their partners once lost to the many Rage Against the Machine-inspired moshpits of days gone by.
So the plan – when they play their free Finsbury Park gig on Sunday – is to either stand safely at the back, or leave the earrings at home.
The BBC weatherman predicts temperatures of 25 degrees so it should be a joyful day, if a relatively early night.
In 1992, their eponymous debut album served a great purpose.
It was an outlet for teenagers everywhere to let off steam within the safe confines of the nearest indie/metal club or locked away in their bedrooms.
Singles Bombtrack, Killing in the Name and Bullet in the Head were anthems for our angst.
And it felt good when we managed to convince the DJ to play these 'provocative', political tracks at the school disco. But then we grew up and, apart from keeping a nostalgic admiration for these standout tracks, oft revived on road trips, many of us forgot about Rage altogether.
That's not to say they haven't maintained a loyal following.
That's not to say they haven't maintained a loyal following.
I can’t say I’m familiar with much subsequent work, though this doesn’t make the prospect of seeing them live at Finsbury Park any less attractive.
It’s odd to think that the only reason Rage are coming to Finsbury Park at all is thanks to X-Factor.
Perhaps it's fitting that this eccentric event – a thanks to the thousands that helped screw with the man by subverting the Christmas number one, and dashing the hopes of the latest forgettable X-Factor finalist at the same time – is finishing at the tame old time of 10.30pm.
Will there be riots down Blackstock Road as the park gates shut? Or will the 30-something Rage fans hop into their cars and return home to bed before 11pm, basking in the glow of a nicely controlled bit of reactionary revelry?
Support comes from gypsy punk group Gogol Bordello, rapper Roots Manuva and punk band Gallows.
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