Tom Morello and Boots Riley team up to form Street Sweeper Social Club

Street Sweeper Social Club, the brianchild of former Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello and Boots Riley, best known as the leader of hip-hop act the Coup, will release their anticipated self-titled debut album June 16 through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. The 11-song set was produced by Tom Morello and features Boots Riley on vocals, Morello on guitar and bass, and Stanton Moore (Galactic) on drums.



“It’s revolutionary party jams,” said Morello of Street Sweeper Social Club. “It’s got huge steamroller riffs combined with depth, charge, funk, while Boots unloads clip after clip of incendiary rhymes rich with satire and venom.” Riley added, “This is a time when the working class is being fleeced left and right. More families will be homeless and more people will be jobless. They’ll need something to listen to on their ipods while storming Wall Street.”



The songs “Fight! Smash! Win!,” “Clap For The Killers,” and “The Oath” can be heard now on
Myspace.



The group will be on tour this summer with Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction.