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“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

By Phil Weller published

While Commerford's words do bass player stereotypes no favors, they at least spark some hope for the future of the political rockers

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#

Tim Commerford and a pedalboard

Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah: the most recognizable effects pedal ever made?

By Nick Wells published

Classics don’t come much more heavyweight than the Cry Baby wah-wah and the 105Q Bass edition is no exception

[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

Tim Commerford

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

Ernie Ball Music Man Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRay

Ernie Ball Music Man Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRay review

By Kevin Johnson published

Testing the Rage Against the Machine bass player's innovative active short-scale model

Tim Commerford

Tim Commerford: "I’ve always shied away from having basses made for me, but with Music Man I’m really happy to say that this is a bass I’m part of"

By Kevin Johnson, Joel McIver published

The Rage Against the Machine bassist breaks down his tricked-out Ernie Ball Music Man Artist Series StingRay

Tim Commerford Artist Series StingRay

Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford partners with Ernie Ball for the Music Man Artist Series StingRay Bass collection

By Matt Parker published

The RATM and Audioslave bass hero issues four exhaustively spec'd models limited to just 50 instruments each

Tim Commerford: "My tone is always a work in progress, and the stage is my laboratory"

By Jon D’Auria published

The Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave bassist talks Prophets of Rage, songwriting and his practice regimen

Tim Commerford Stars in Ernie Ball Music Man’s New ‘Inspired By’ Web Series

By Guitar World Staff published