Brass Against

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• Brad Hammonds (guitar/band leader)
• Andrew Gutauskas (baritone sax)
• Sophia Urista (singer)
• Mazz Swift (violin)
• Mariel Bildsten (trombone){{cite web |title=Brass Against official |url=https://brassagainst.com/ |access-date=5 February 2023}}

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Brass Against is a musical collective that creates brass-inflected cover versions of rock songs. The collective chooses politically charged songs and other socially conscious music in order to raise awareness of various issues and to encourage activism and social change.

Brass Against was founded by guitarist Brad Hammonds. Hammonds was galvanized by the rise of Donald Trump. Hammonds later said he felt "we needed Rage Against the Machine more than ever" in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election "and wanted to do something besides simply expressing views on social media." Hammonds and saxophonist Andy Gutauskas gathered some friends who recorded their first video, a cover of "Bombtrack" released in September 2017.{{cite news |last1=Lewry |first1=Fraser |title=Meet Brass Against, the band reinventing protest music in the age of Trump and Brexit |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/brass-against-reinventing-protest-music-in-the-age-of-trump-and-brexit |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Louder |publisher=Future Publishing |date=4 December 2018}}

In 2021, lead singer Sophia Urista urinated on a fan onstage during a Welcome to Rockville performance at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Brass Against apologized, tweeting that Urista had gotten "carried away". They added: "That's not something the rest of us expected, and it's not something you'll see again at our shows." The band was banned from performing at the festival and future NASCAR events.{{cite news |last1=Marr |first1=Madeleine |title=What does the urinating singer say now about Florida concert? 'I am not a shock artist' |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article255958312.html |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Miami Herald |publisher=McClatchy Media Network |date=19 November 2021}}

Their cover of Rage Against the Machine's song "Wake Up" was featured in the end credits of the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections.{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Ellie |title=Brass Against reinvent Rage Against The Machine's 'Wake Up' for 'The Matrix Resurrections' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/brass-against-reinvent-rage-against-the-machines-wake-up-for-the-matrix-resurrections-3125092 |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=NME |publisher=NME Networks |date=23 December 2021}}