Street Sweeper Social Club | |
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 Morello and Riley performing live. | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | SSSC |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2006–2010 (on hiatus) |
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Street Sweeper Social Club is an American rap rock supergroup, formed in Los Angeles, California in 2006.[2] The band primarily consists of guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and vocalist and emcee Boots Riley of the Coup. The band had been testing songs out during Tom Morello's Nightwatchman tour and released an album on June 16, 2009.[3] Stanton Moore drummed for the group for the recording of the album[4] although he did not join the band for the following tour. Street Sweeper Social Club opened for Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction in May 2009.[5] Street Sweeper Social Club describes itself as "more than a band, it's a social club."[6] Their 2010 EP The Ghetto Blaster EP includes covers of M.I.A. "Paper Planes" and LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out".
- ^ "Boots Riley (The Coup/Street Sweeper Social Club)". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Ernest Jasmin Street Sweepers to feature The Coup's Boots Riley, Audioslave’s Tom Morello Archived 2009-04-07 at the Wayback Machine thenewstribune.com Retrieved: 2009-07-09
- ^ Boots Riley MySpace blog Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today myspace.com Retrieved: 2009-07-09
- ^ Mike Greenhaus Stanton Moore to Release New Studio Album with Tom Morello and Boots Riley Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine relix.com Retrieved: 2009-07-09
- ^ "Trent Reznor blog posting". Nin.com. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ Tom Morello Tom Morello explaining band name twitter.com Retrieved: 2009-07-09