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System of a Down, Flobots, Rise Against & Rage Against the Machine aren't popular music?
Yes, but how often do you see them in mainstream media these days?
So now the qualifier is mainstream media & popular music?
The qualifier listed by op was "popular music"
Those are definitely the most popular artists in our current day. Rage out out a new album only 20 years ago.
SOAD has new songs out now & are working on a another album.
Rise Against released an album last year & the year before that.
Tom Morello released an album in 2021 & also has an XM radio show.
Is SOAD currently popular? Ministry just put out an album with a lot of political lyrics (like they always have) but I wouldn’t consider them a currently popular band either.
Also, Tom Morello’s solo output is not Rage Against the Machine, and if you heard it, it would be pretty clear to you.