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Rage Against the Machine
“I don’t want to string people or myself along any further”: Rage Against the Machine are finished, according to drummer Brad Wilk

By Phil Weller Published

The drummer has said the band will not be rescheduling RATM’s cancelled shows, ending hopes of the rap-rock legends hitting the stage again

Bands
Roman Morello playing onstage during Rage Against The Machine soundcheck
“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

By Matt Owen Published

The youngster, who can “shred circles around” his father, filled an empty arena with Whammy-laden lead lines back in 2022 in the latest example of his impressive soloing chops

Artists
Jack Black and Roman Morello performing Mr Crowley
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

By Matt Parker Published

The clip of Roman’s performance at his grandmother’s 100th birthday has gained the approval of Randy Rhoads’ sister

Guitarists
Emily Wolfe performs onstage at the Haute Spot in Cedar Park, Texas on June 26, 2021
Gossamer tremolo picking and the stuff of Phrygian nightmares: This week's essential guitar tracks

By Matt Owen Published

Unmissable new songs from Fiddlehead, HotWax, Guns N’ Roses, Emily Wolfe, Born of Osiris, Babymetal ft. Tom Morello, CLT DRP, and more

Music Releases
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
Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde and Steve Vai
“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

By Richard Bienstock Published

Brian May, Zakk Wylde, Steve Vai and Tom Morello join an all-star cast to explain what makes the Extreme virtuoso one of the guitar world’s most valuable players

Guitarists
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
Slash and Tom Morello perform live at Graspop Metal Meeting 2023
Slash and Tom Morello recreate their epic Guitar Hero duels in live shred-off

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The pair unleashed solo fireworks aplenty as they gave their 2020 collaboration Interstate 80 its live debut

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
Buddy Guy (left) and Tom Morello perform onstage, Tom Morello plays Buddy Guy's spotted Strat onstage at the Best of Blues and Rock Festival 2023 in São Paulo, Brazil
Watch Tom Morello trade blues licks with Buddy Guy on the Strat legend's spotted Fender

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Joining Guy onstage at the Best of Blues and Rock festival in São Paulo, Morello laid down some licks far bluesier than those that populate his catalog with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

Guitarists
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