In each case the timbres were extracted from individual vocal performances, percussion hits or instrument riffs performed during the Grateful Dead's concert at the Carousel Ballroom 44 years ago.

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Led by vocal activist front man Zack de la Rocha and guitarist and labor union supporter Tom Morello, Rage staged a protest concert on the lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol during the Republican National Convention in 2008.

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