<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Tom-morello ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/tom-morello Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:20:21 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “This may be the best album Peter’s ever made”: Peter Frampton announces first album in 16 years – and it features an all-star cast ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/peter-frampton-carry-the-light 89cKqHydYXrSjFXdkHfrdC Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:20:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s more to life than just guitar. Once you've had a heart attack there’s always that thing in your mind that it could happen again”: How Al Di Meola’s heart attack led to his anti-ICE concert with Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/al-di-meola-heart-attack-ice-protest dXLxmCZVac87L7HkDGDY5Z Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:56:56 +0000 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:14:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My main guitar is a Squier. My first guitar teacher gave me that. It’s a very important guitar for me”: How Thomas Raggi produced his raucous, all-star solo album,with a little help from Tom Morello ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/thomas-raggi-masquerade RiuPyadYJZnBe6qeKhbUJc Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:30:01 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:31:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can recognize Tom by his sound. I would love to do the same. I'm trying to find the right pedals”: Måneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi reveals the piece of advice Tom Morello gave him that defined his debut solo record ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/maneskin-thomas-raggi-on-the-invaluable-advice-tom-morello-gave-him MMvUJdedfamMzTRUeFJvX8 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:55:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You still have to pay for the actual gig. No bands got paid, and most of the crew donated their time”: Jack Osbourne sets the record straight on how much Back to the Beginning actually donated to charity ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/jack-osbourne-on-how-much-back-to-the-beginning-actually-donated-to-charity oYiRWe2U3DoJqvRLHmhh6g Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:51:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For the Love of God, written by Steve Vai and performed by my 14-year-old son Roman”: Tom Morello says “there is hope” as his son shreds Steve Vai's For the Love of God ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/roman-morello-shreds-for-the-love-of-god yM3pR6LFRFkK4hesyMDD8R Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:11:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the worst guitar I’d ever played. I’d spent all my money making it. I was stuck with it. So I started writing songs”: Arm the Homeless was a disaster, then it changed rock history. Tom Morello reveals how Fender replicated its misfit charms ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-fender-arm-the-homeless o2jDrfa7bZRakQrX8cAPub Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:58:49 +0000 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:47:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “On the real Arm the Homeless guitar, a dog chewed the headstock. Other than that, they’re absolutely identical”: Tom Morello has been playing a Fender Arm the Homeless replica live and none of us noticed – now it’s available to buy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-tom-morello-arm-the-homeless-guitar vFWaFX4FDR4SG2X2mYzjrk Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:09:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ The lost Ace Frehley interview, the year's best new gear and 2025's guitarists of the year – only in the new Guitar World ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/magazines/the-lost-ace-frehley-interview-the-years-best-new-gear-and-2025s-guitarists-of-the-year-only-in-the-new-guitar-world xmsZ2d7p3NK22V2DHCvKRg Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I feel as if those who made music history are placing a hand on my shoulder, saying, ‘You’re on the right path’”: Måneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi steps out on his own with debut solo album – produced by Tom Morello ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/maneskin-guitarist-thomas-raggi-announces-debut-solo-album-produced-by-tom-morello ggMCN9nhh6frw8jyMC292f Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:49:06 +0000 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:18:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Morello was like, ‘Hey, you can't do that. I think Metallica was gonna do that…’” Halestorm reveal the song they were originally set to play at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s final show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/halestorm-reveal-the-song-they-were-originally-set-to-play-at-ozzy-osbourne-final-show X6Azi2wbTP3BRziRAXAQTD Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:38:57 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:50:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Without him, I don’t know whether I would’ve ever wanted to play guitar”: Tom Morello on why Ace Frehley is his ultimate guitar hero – and why he owes him a “life debt” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-on-why-he-wouldnt-have-been-a-guitarist-if-it-werent-for-ace-frehley H77rMjQLQMTy8iW8sNQkTV Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:28:31 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:20:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alex Lifeson joins Tom Morello onstage to jam a Rush classic – during surprise guest spot in the band’s home city ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/tom-morello-and-alex-lifeson-jam-rush-limelight-in-toronto tKfTtaDzfApQvWA3Ydguyf Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:38:49 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:23:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ The ‘metal Yardbirds’ assemble at Back to the Beginning – as Billy Corgan, Adam Jones and Tom Morello put on a supergroup set that’s been years in the making ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morellos-all-stars-back-to-the-beginning xTk56pLuUXTjb7tuGr2xCR Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:53:15 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:50:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I called everybody! I looked at my heavy-metal Rolodex and just called up friends who Ozzy, Sharon and I had talked about having there”: Tom Morello on honoring Black Sabbath with the biggest metal show ever, and the all-star jam he is most psyched about ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-on-black-sabbath-final-show-back-to-the-beginning 3F9ZnZbTMAp3jo2XsfjN9Y Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:47:13 +0000 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:49:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Tom Morello said, ‘I can’t see this going on without Jake E. Lee in there somewhere’”: Ozzy Osbourne’s last show will feature an army of heavy metal greats – but it all hinged on Jake E. Lee’s involvement ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jake-e-lee-on-tom-morello-and-back-to-the-beginning NWJ6UCcyfXCUVU5dGWsf95 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:51:03 +0000 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:13:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went, ‘I’m sorry we all couldn’t do it.’ Tom Morello goes, ‘Well, Dan and Maynard are playing with these people.’ I went, ‘I didn’t know that…’” Adam Jones on why Tool weren’t originally going to take part in Ozzy Osbourne’s last-ever show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-adam-jones-wasnt-originally-going-to-take-part-in-ozzy-osbournes-last-ever-show RLMpxfhrQLZW5RJUBKrR2g Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:53:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s gesturing wildly to us and finally he gets the courage to come over. He says, ‘You guys are sitting on the pyro!’” The time Ozzy Osbourne almost blew up Tom Morello and Slash ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-time-ozzy-osbourne-almost-burned-tom-morello-and-slash-to-a-crisp a6qxEnYFrQJMTkxTuDkRgf Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:22:58 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:13:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Missed out on tickets to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s last-ever live gig? Here’s how you can still watch the “greatest heavy metal show ever” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning-live-stream ZCKGkAuKgGrujZVL6jkraG Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:29:56 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:12:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The MC5's roaring distortion sound in a box”: MXR and Daredevil bottle Wayne Kramer’s gritty and explosive tone into the Jail Guitar Doors Drive pedal – and it has Tom Morello’s approval ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/mxr-jail-guitar-doors-drive-pedal-wayne-kramer ma8cvowPJCoVZ23YVPkXLR Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:29:41 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:35:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That is called ‘playing the s**t out of the guitar!’”: Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt and Smokey Robinson join forces on their own rendition of a Motown classic at the 2025 American Music Honors ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/bruce-springsteen-steven-van-zandt-smokey-robinson-motown-classic-2025-american-music-honors xp9x3RExLMg7GLB7DGDjTD Thu, 01 May 2025 11:39:48 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:42:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I take the job of curating this very seriously. Not just to honor the living members of Black Sabbath but also Randy Rhoads”: Tom Morello is honoring one of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest collaborators at the Sabbath legend’s final show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/tom-morello-randy-rhoads-tribute-ozzy-osbourne-final-show 2J6DgBxyvhewTZA4V3MrFK Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:54:59 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:27:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Somebody will get mad at me, but it’s the closest thing to Beck, Clapton and Page. What was in the water we were all drinking?” Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/billy-corgan-tom-morello-adam-jones-yardbirds-link TJm76kfE9Cz2hMxsmpSTPA Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:58:44 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:14:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Sounds just like Slash, doesn't it?” Slash joins forces with Tom Morello for a three-song cameo at LA Wildfire Relief shows – taking on MC5 and an AC/DC classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-slash-la-wildfire-show tZginz4QZWZZQx6hGm4iRS Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:21:45 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You wouldn't have thought that you would see those three guys together”: Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show will play host to a Tool, Rage Against the Machine and Smashing Pumpkins supergroup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/ozzy-osbourne-and-black-sabbath-final-show-tool-rage-against-the-machine-smashing-pumpkins-supergroup pKAkAmvT5eF2vweGumSKG6 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:55:29 +0000 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:53:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He showed me chords, pinch harmonics, and was ceaselessly encouraging to me when I was a beginning guitarist”: Tom Morello reflects on his high school band with Adam Jones – and how the guitarist shaped him into the player he is today ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-adam-jones-high-school-band VYqSmrHiUx8hzUUxYKNxqS Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:24:46 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:13:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was having so much anxiety about getting a great sound that I wasn’t writing songs… I said, ‘I’m gonna stop thinking about it. This is going to be my sound’”: Tom Morello on his tone struggles and what he learned from teaching his son Roman how to play ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-one-last-dance JCrbD9PGgqAV89vrW9DSSP Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:51:17 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:12:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don't have a vast collection of notable guitars, but I'm open to that idea”: Tom Morello’s ‘Arm the Homeless’ guitar is one of his most iconic instruments – and it could be revived as a signature run ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/tom-morello-arm-the-homeless-potential-signature V226hCvguZKbLdxhs8aGFb Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:10:27 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:52:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Tom Morello ended up flying to Seattle and doing the vocals with Layne Staley. Tom came back and was like, ‘He’s in really bad shape. It’s scary’”: Martyn LeNoble on a career spent working with alt-rock icons – and the kindness of John Entwistle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/martyn-lenoble-porno-for-pyros rdeLUpJxpaBKCUjsvbdyGk Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:33:20 +0000 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:36:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You could sing along to the songs – including the solos. You can really mess a song up by playing the wrong solo. You can put people off”: Phil Collen on Def Leppard x Tom Morello, his love of thick guitar necks – and why Pyromania still blows him away ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/def-leppard-phil-collen-just-like-73 bUpnKrzZ9MKdsYPFnDCNh9 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:18:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d never played a Strat before. But when Audioslave was forming, I was looking for a new guitar. I went into a Guitar Center and found this Strat on the wall. It spoke to me deeply”: Tom Morello on the origins and mods of his Soul Power Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/tom-morello-soul-power-strat PN84qAW3tGm3QLVP4WNwrQ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:47:04 +0000 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:46:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Completely melted the faces off of the entire continent of Europe”: 13-year-old Roman Morello proves his father right – he can shred circles around him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roman-morello-shreds-on-stage-in-europe WeL8xxnmZmMs7W8moCki9M Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:19:14 +0000 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:45:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If you’ve seen them play live the crowd goes off! It looks a lot like some of the big bands of the ’90s”: Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi joins Tom Morello on stage in Italy – with a special appearance from Morello’s son Roman ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-maneskin-thomas-raggi-live-in-italy 7zG84T67sJqoof26pLhhD3 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:33:17 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:25:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Unapologetic, fearless with their own musical and personal style and really able to challenge the conventions of what hard rock music is”: Tom Morello reveals his two favorite contemporary hard-rock bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-on-babymetal-nova-twins bqhAWC9ZhqbQWsTuKmLN9h Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:11:33 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:35:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Big riff energy is in this kid’s blood – and he might even solo better than his dad…” June 2024 Guitar World editor’s picks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/june-2024-guitar-world-editors-picks yxkJBeM7ypgqSpCja62nVV Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:31:47 +0000 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:41:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Look what the cat dragged in!” Tom Morello shreds Dave Navarro’s PRS – with his teeth – as he joins Jane’s Addiction to tear through Mountain Song ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-janes-addiction-prs-mountain-song UqaJrPqtcoF3DFradexZnG Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:59:42 +0000 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:14:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The other bands had a top-notch Yngwie-level player, and that’s what I was trying to be. If some awful gig already has two of those dudes, it doesn’t need a third”: Tom Morello on the throwaway club show that changed his guitar playing forever ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-moment-his-guitar-playing-changed-forever 4QhRWMfrzkRjwSXvfn8gyZ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:13:06 +0000 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:05:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I feel like I owe you this, because I don’t think I’d be in this position without you”: Double Whammy pedal master Sean Long gifts Tom Morello his Charvel signature guitar to thank him for decades of inspiration ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/sean-long-tom-morello-charvel-gift LCoqURwdyPP7HLoong2xwZ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:16:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Co-written with my guitar wizard son”: Tom Morello announces his first-ever full-length solo rock album with single co-written with Roman Morello – who can “shred circles” around him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-and-roman-morello-collab 6kj6Dzk7BPvzF2DCATTbaV Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:12:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The solo is an attempt to conjure the screaming lost souls of social justice struggles past”: Tom Morello reunites with Bruce Springsteen for some show-stopping leads ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-bruce-springsteen-los-angeles Dt2scUspNRhos6X4g5ytgY Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:39:37 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:54:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The sound of other guitars is leading the player. With the Stratocaster, the player leads the sound”: Tom Morello explains why the Fender Strat is unlike any other electric guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-fender-stratocaster-unlike-any-other-guitars xQn2i5LyKpf8MpTYiKr22Z Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:21:58 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:14:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Forever ahead of its time”: Fender kicks off the Strat’s 70th anniversary party with star-studded Voodoo Child (Slight Return) mega-jam – featuring Tom Morello, Nile Rodgers, Mateus Asato, Ari O'Neal and Rei ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-stratocaster-70th-anniversary-voodoo-child-jam bG52xa5izKwtXmtsdrcXoD Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:42:15 +0000 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:34:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bass players always are the last people to find out”: Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford doesn’t know if the band is over or not ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tim-commerford-bass-player-last-to-know-ratm WFrvPUrwr5FopMzpDS2kpB Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:56:08 +0000 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:56:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t want to string people or myself along any further”: Rage Against the Machine are finished, according to drummer Brad Wilk ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/brad-wilk-ratm-wont-play-live-again H6NkzetV6rdw4Ntmt3X8yi Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:05:03 +0000 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:51:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of my favorite memories”: Praise rolls in for Tom Morello’s 12-year-old son, Roman, as footage emerges of him nailing Killing in the Name during Rage Against The Machine soundcheck ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roman-morello-tom-morello-killing-in-the-name-soundcheck gcuV4PjQnLjY8qZb2PABBY Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:01:08 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:06:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Morello says his 12-year-old son “can shred circles” around him – watch Roman Morello tackle Ozzy Osbourne’s Mr. Crowley… with Jack Black on vocals ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roman-morello-jack-black-mr-crowley JKScdXUzC4N54Mf7szVMUj Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:28:06 +0000 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:09:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Gossamer tremolo picking and the stuff of Phrygian nightmares: This week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/essential-guitar-tracks-gossamer-tremolo-picking-phrygian-nightmares VwgK4y8dMYwbG5tqw79XQm Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:31:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Morello breaks out the Takamine and joins the Hollywood picket line as he plays Woody Guthrie for striking union members ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-hollywood-strike-acoustic-set ixSM4QYWoYxG3gWS8AJBqP Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:00:27 +0000 Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:04:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s the funkiest dude in the shredder family tree”: The world’s greatest guitarists explain why Nuno Bettencourt isn’t your typical guitar hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/why-nuno-bettencourt-isnt-your-typical-guitar-hero bvpAiAHxPsXgBHMyz9m4Ah Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:17:16 +0000 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:27:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tom Morello says his favorite Nuno Bettencourt solo is one you haven’t heard – and it’s “his version of Eruption” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/tom-morello-favorite-nuno-bettencourt-solo-like-eruption NxagigJdCXhMvyrYoGt5j8 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:37:50 +0000