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Tom Morello has hailed Zack de la Rocha as “the greatest frontman of all time” in a new interview.The guitarist praised his Rage Against The Machine bandmate during a recent edition of Revolver‘s Fan First podcast, which was released last week (October 11).“In my opinion, [Zack is] the greatest frontman of all time,” Morello said. “He’s the punk rock James Brown.

Tom Morello has defended his unlikely friendship with Ted Nugent in a new interview with NME.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist previously told The Howard Stern Show back in March that while he and Nugent (who has faced frequent scrutiny over his controversial right-wing views) “certainly have differences, I consider him a friend”.Speaking to NME about their relationship, Morello said that he “reserves the right to be friends with anybody”.“I reserve the right to confront opinions I disagree

Tom Morello has recalled the time a famous metal guitarist who wanted to meet him was disappointed upon learning that the Rage Against The Machine guitarist was Black.Speaking to The Independent, Morello, who released his latest album ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ today (October 15), said he often encounters people who don’t realise he’s not white, including fans of his music.Recalling a particular incident, Morello said he was once backstage at the show of “a famous metal band” and their

“The Atlas Underground Fire,” Tom Morello (Mom + Pop Music)Once the paint-peeling guitar riffs, spleen-shaking drums and rip-roaring parade of guests subside, Tom Morello’s “The Atlas Underground Fire” really gets hearts racing.The final cut is “On the Shore of Eternity,” an 8-plus-minute dance instrumental that makes it sound as if the album has been hijacked by an aerobics class.Morello wants America to shape up.The rock star and social justice warrior delivers that message via a sprawling

Nandi Bushell and Roman Morello have released ‘The Children Will Rise Up!’, a song dedicated to enacting change amid the climate emergency.Bushell, an accomplished child musician who became known last year for challenging Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl to jam battles over lockdown, wrote the song with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello‘s son, Roman.The pair, aged 11 and 10 respectively, wrote the song together to empower young people to push for more action to fight climate change.An

Rage Against the Machine played the inaugural Coachella in 1999, but according to guitarist Tom Morello, the band returned half their fee after the festival lost money in its first year.In a new interview with the Tuna on Toast podcast, Morello said that because the festival had been so unsuccessful organisers asked for half of RATM’s fee back, with the band reportedly happy to comply, “because they were friends”.According to Consequence of Sound, organisers of Coachella lost US$850,000 with the

Tom Morello has called Nova Twins “one of my favourite bands” and said they are “an incredible band who deserve to be huge,” in a new interview with NME.Morello shared his admiration for the former NME cover stars saying: “I love that band. From the first time I saw them in soundcheck, I thought, ‘This is an incredible band who deserve to be huge’.

DEALSWise Music Group has acquired the Emily Music Corporation, which includes in its catalogue songs by Lee Pockriss like ‘Catch A Falling Star’ and ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’.

Tom Morello has teamed up with Bring Me The Horizon for a brand new single – listen to ‘Let’s Get The Party Started’ below.The track is the latest preview of Morello’s forthcoming solo album ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’, which lands next month and serves as the follow-up to 2018’s ‘The Atlas Underground’.Speaking of the collaboration in a statement, Morello said: “Bring Me The Horizon is really the current standard bearer of hard rock/metal today, and thank God for them for that.

Nandi Bushell has jammed with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello and his son Roman.In a new post on Instagram, Nandi shared a video of her playing drums alongside the pair. In the clip, Morello and his son can be seen playing guitar.“Jamming with legendary #guitarist @tommorello (from @rageagainstthemachine / #audioslave) and his #incredible son, Roman,” wrote Nandi on Instagram.“We have written an #Epic song together (not the one you hear in our sweet improvisational jam).

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello is asking for the public's help in assisting female guitar students out of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the capital city, Kabul. Morello penned an open letter calling attention to his friend and musician Lanny Cordola's "Girl with a Guitar" program, which currently has 12 female guitar students ranging in age from 8 to 17 years old who are stuck in Kabul.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has written an emotional open letter pleading for help bringing a group of young female musicians in Afghanistan to safety.

Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello has written an open letter asking for help evacuating a number of girls out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of the country.As Billboard reports, Morello wrote the letter in support of his friend Lanny Cordola, who runs a music school for girls in Afghanistan through his non-profit Miraculous Love Kids.Six years ago in Kabul, Cordola launched Girl With a Guitar, a program that has taught close to 200 students and recorded collaborations with

Tom Morello has enlisted New York electronic indie band Phantogram for a new single ‘Driving To Texas’.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist enlisted the duo for the slow-burning, dramatic track.

Tom Morello has revealed that Kanye West inspired the recording process of his upcoming new album.Earlier this month, the Rage Against The Machine guitarist announced ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ LP, the follow-up to his 2018 solo album ‘The Atlas Underground’.Speaking in a new interview, Morello discussed how West inspired the album, which is set to arrive on October 15 and features a star-studded line-up of guest appearances.“The ‘Atlas Underground Project’ – this is the second ‘Atlas

Tom Morello has teamed up with Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder to cover AC/DC‘s ‘Highway To Hell’ to preview his new album.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist has today (August 4) announced ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ LP, the follow-up to his 2018 solo album ‘The Atlas Underground’.As with the previous record, ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ includes a number of collaborations.

The Linda Lindas have released a brand new single called ‘Oh!’ – you can listen to it below.The Los Angeles viral teen punk sensations have returned with their first new music since their anti-racism track, ‘Racist, Sexist Boy’, went viral back in May, catching the attention of a number of high-profile names including Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello.The four-piece’s latest track – their first for Epitaph Records since signing with the famed punk label in May – hears Lucia (14), Eloise

Nandi Bushell and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders have recorded a “jam” together, the young musician has revealed.The 11-year-old drummer became a viral sensation after posting a video of her covering Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’ in November 2019.Since then, she has engaged in a drum battle with Dave Grohl and received praise from Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Queens Of The Stone Age, Royal Blood and more.Now, Helders has paid Bushell a visit at her home to record what the child star has

Tom Morello and The Bloody Beetroots have released their collaborative EP, ‘The Catastrophists’, after sharing the lead single a couple of weeks ago.The seven-track EP was announced earlier this month along with the single ‘Radium Girls’, and features collaborations with Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova, Amy Interrupter, White Lung’s Mish Way, Ana Tijoux and The Last Internationale’s Delila Paz.

Tom Morello and The Bloody Beetroots (real name Bob Rifo) have joined forces to deliver ‘Radium Girls’, the lead single from their forthcoming collaborative EP.The track fuses both artists’ idiosyncratic styles into a grimy, electro-tinged punk rager, with vocals courtesy of Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova, The Interrupters‘ Aimee Interrupter, White Lung’s Mish Way, and The Last Internationale’s Delila Paz.Check out the video for ‘Radium Girls’, which was also directed by Morello, below:As Rifo

Kiss have shared the trailer for a new documentary about their career called Biography: KISStory – you can watch it below.Directed by D.J.

A post shared by Los Angeles Public Library (@lapubliclibrary)The clip got so much traction, it even got a shout out from Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello, who hailed the track “song of the day” on his Twitter page.The band were previously handpicked to open for Bikini Kill at the Hollywood Palladium in 2019.That brought them to Amy Poehler’s attention, after which they contributed music to her recent Netflix movie Moxie.Meanwhile, Bikini Kill recently postponed their planned 2021 tour

Haley Bosselman editorThe Los Angeles Public Library kicked off its celebration of AAPI Heritage Month on May 4, in line with its “TEENtastic Tuesdays,” with a performance from youthful Los Angeles band The Linda Lindas.But it wasn’t until today that their set exploded over social media when the LAPL posted their performance of “Racist Sexist Boy” to its social accounts. “Song of the day!,” Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello proclaimed on Twitter.

Tom Morello has reacted to a viral Rage Against The Machine-related TikTok – see the clip below.In the video, posted to TikTok by @thejacobgivens and re-shared on Twitter by Paul Bae, Givens re-creates his experience first hearing the iconic political band’s music back in 1993.Set to a soundtrack of the band’s track ‘Freedom’, Givens has his mind blown by the music.

Spotify’s speech monitoring patent.The streaming company had a patent approved earlier this year for a piece of technology that can monitor and record both users’ speech and background noise to help curate music for Spotify users.Now, the likes of Tom Morello, Laura Jane Grace, DIIV, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis, Downtown Boys, Talib Kweli and many more have signed an open letter calling on Spotify to never use, license or sell the patent.

Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello has teamed up with Russian punks Pussy Riot for a new single titled ‘Weather Strike’. You can hear it below.READ MORE: The Big Read – Tom Morello: “If we can’t punch Nazis, who can we punch really?”Morello said of the collaboration: “Pussy Riot is one of the most radical and important activist musical groups of all time.

KISS are set to be the subject of a new four-hour documentary set to air this June.The new project is separate to the band’s upcoming biopic Shout It Out Loud, which looks likely to air on Netflix.Biography: KISStory is set to air on the A&E network in June over two nights, and has the support of the members of KISS, with Paul Stanley calling it “really terrific”.

The Struts have teamed up with Paris Jackson on new song ‘Low Key In Love’ – listen to it below.It’s the glam rock band’s first release since their 2020 album ‘Strange Days’, which saw them collaborate with the likes of Robbie Williams, Tom Morello and Def Leppard‘s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen.“‘Low Key In Love’ was written after a date in Los Angeles at 70’s retro bar, Good Times at Davey Wayne’s,” frontman Luke Spiller said of the track (via Classic Rock).

Tom Morello, Brian Eno, Roger Waters and more are all set to play a special livestream fundraiser gig today (April 10).Live For Gaza aims to raise funds for musicians in the Gaza Strip in Palestine.Waters is set to perform his 1992 track ‘The Bravery of Being Out of Range’ at the event, while Eno has created a special audiovisual piece specifically for the concert.

Metallica, Slipknot and more all feature in the trailer for new hard rock documentary Long Live Rock … Celebrate the Chaos – watch it below.The film, which is set to come out on March 11, also features members of Rage Against The Machine, Guns N’ Roses.Filmed at a number of rock festivals in the US over the years, the film features interviews with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and many more.Watch the new

Chris Willman Music WriterA number of prominent musicians spoke up on social media about the rioting by supporters of Donald J. Trump on Capitol Hill Wednesday, most either condemning the president for being responsible for the violence or comparing the tame law enforcement response to what went down during last year’s Black Lives Matter protests.

Eddie Van Halen during its virtual ceremony last night (November 7), with a powerful performance led by Guns N’ Roses‘ Slash, Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett and Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello.The legendary guitarist died last month after losing a long battle with throat cancer. His passing was confirmed by his son, Wolfgang.“Eddie Van Halen was a tremendously gifted musician,” Slash said at the ceremony.

Nandi Bushell has been winning acclaim for her high-octane drumming skills in the videos she posts on YouTube, drumming along with hard-rock hits and proving she can keep up with the greats.

Rage Against the Machine is one of the most politically outspoken bands currently making music today and singer Tom Morello loves to toe the line. In a recent interview with Yahoo, he recalled the moment his band stormed the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan while shooting their 1999 music video for “Sleep Now in the Fire,” directed by Michael Moore.

Nandi Bushell has been winning acclaim for her high-octane drumming skills in the videos she posts on YouTube, drumming along with hard-rock hits.

Nandi Bushell has been winning acclaim for her high-octane drumming skills in the videos she posts on YouTube, drumming along with hard-rock hits.