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Nuno Bettencourt explains what’s underrated about Tom Morello’s guitar playing – and why it “pisses me off a little bit”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Extreme virtuoso voiced his thoughts on his Rage Against the Machine guitar buddy in a recent joint press conference

Tom Morello’s guitar rig is now a Neural DSP plugin – watch the Rage Against the Machine firebrand demo his signature software… with a wrench
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Archetype: Tom Morello crams the iconic pedalboard and long-serving Marshall JCM amp into your computer – but does it nail those trademark Whammy tones?

Rage Against the Machine, Sheryl Crow, Link Wray, Willie Nelson lead 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees
By Jackson Maxwell published
Notably omitted from this year's list were nominees like Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Joy Division, New Order and Warren Zevon

That time Guthrie Govan covered Rage Against the Machine’s Bulls on Parade and took Tom Morello’s solo to mind-boggling new heights
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Some groundbreaking lead work – including two-hand tapping with a glass slide – highlighted the virtuoso’s awe-inspiring performance

Tom Morello says he has been relegated to rhythm guitar at home as his 11-year-old son “can shred circles around me”
By Matt Parker published
There’s fresh material on the way from the father/son duo, but the Rage Against the Machine guitarist remains tight-lipped about the band’s future

Iron Maiden, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, The White Stripes lead 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations
By Jackson Maxwell published
This year's nomination class also includes Joy Division and New Order, Missy Elliott, The Spinners, Willie Nelson and Warren Zevon
![[L-R] Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qp6KwQp7utSnfC5jHaNaAA-320-80.jpg)
Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky on the unlikely origins and promising future of their eclectic new trio project, 7D7D
By Richard Bienstock published
The Rage Against the Machine bassist on why playing with Polonsky is like “jamming with Hendrix”, and his failed experiments with short-scale basses in RATM

Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford reveals he has been battling prostate cancer: "I would be on stage looking at my amp in tears"
By Matt Owen published
The bassist has opened up about his private battle with cancer, and revealed he had surgery just two months before the band set out on tour earlier this year

Rage Against the Machine cancel 2023 North American tour dates following Zack de la Rocha's Achilles tendon tear
By Sam Roche last updated
“It’s been almost three months since Chicago, and I still look down at my leg in disbelief,” the frontman writes in an apologetic letter to fans, his bandmates and crew
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