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Tom Morello, pictured on the Hollywood picket line with striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA members
Tom Morello breaks out the Takamine and joins the Hollywood picket line as he plays Woody Guthrie for striking union members

By Jonathan Horsley Published

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist dropped by earlier this week to play a short set to support striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA members

Guitarists
Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine performs at Madison Square Garden on August 08, 2022 in New York City.
“Whenever we’d drop that bass riff, places would become unhinged”: Listen to Tim Commerford’s isolated bassline on Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine

By Nick Wells Published

The beginning of RATM best-known song is a sinister D plus octave of D#

Bassists
Tom Morello says his favorite Nuno Bettencourt solo has never been recorded
Tom Morello says his favorite Nuno Bettencourt solo is one you haven’t heard – and it’s “his version of Eruption”

By Matt Parker Published

The Rage Against the Machine guitarist says he followed Extreme religiously on the Boston circuit before they were signed: “I was blown away by this 16-, 17-year-old guitar phenomenon”

Guitarists
Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt perform live
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

Guitarists
Neural DSP Archetype: Tom Morello
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?

Plugins & Apps
(from left) Tom Morello, Sheryl Crow, Link Wray and Willie Nelson perform onstage
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

Artists
Guthrie Govan performing live at the International Music Show, Excel, London, UK on June 14 2008.
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

Guitarists
Tom Morello onstage in 2023
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

Guitarists
(from left) Adrian Smith, Tom Morello, Chris Cornell and Jack White perform onstage
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

Bands
[L-R] Tim Commerford and Jonny Polonsky
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

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