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Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave’s Tom Morello performed with both K.Flay and Vic Mensa at an event to celebrate the American Civil Liberties Union’s 100th anniversary in Los Angeles.  The ACLU is currently hosting a tour across the U.S. to celebrate its birthday, and both Morello and K.Flay also appeared at the SXSW shows. […]

Tom Morello became a new ambassador for ACLU—plus, don’t miss a new music video from Lauv. Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. Lauv drops new video for “i’m so tired…” Lauv released a new video and stripped version of “i’m so tired…” featuring Troye Sivan. The track includes a never-before-heard […]

Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave presented at the Oscars, and many people on Twitter were confused by his appearance. The musician presented Vice as a Best Picture nominee at the Academy Awards. Read more: Tonight Alive’s Jenna McDougall opens up about her eating disorder recovery Backstage at the #Oscars with @tmorello […]

Tom Morello and Pussy Riot member Nadya are the latest headliners announced for Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival‘s SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent, where speakers such as Henry Rollins and comedians including Pauly Shore and Andrew Dice Clay are scheduled to entertain at the new festival. Rock On The Range’s co-creator Danny Wimmer Presents announced […]

[Photos by: Frank Maddocks, Travis Shinn] The instrumentalists of Prophets Of Rage were joined by System Of A Down's Serj Tankian for a live tribute to late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell last night with a performance Audioslave's “Like A Stone”—watch it below. Read more: Watch Pearl Jam's live tribute to Chris Cornell It's not the […]

Now that we know when Tool are expected to release their new album, we also have a bit of an idea as to what their new record is going to sound like. Prophets of Rage and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello shared a post on social media yesterday saying he was “the first outsider” to hear new […]

[Photos by: Travis Shinn, Pledge Music, Wikimedia Commons] Rage Against The Machine and Prophets Of Rage guitarist Tom Morello is unpacking the questionable content offered by some of his favorite classic rock bands, saying that he still loves acts such as Mötley Crüe and AC/DC despite their pervasive misogynistic, and often nefarious, lyrical themes. Read […]

[Photo credit: Instagram/Whitney Newell] Prophets Of Rage and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello has penned a new tribute to his late bandmate and Audioslave collaborator, Chris Cornell, imploring fans and artists to make pledges of love and support to Cornell's family and to each other. Read Morello's letter below. Read more: Audioslave salute […]

Here's a great lineup for a great cause: Desaparecidos will team up with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, the So So Glos, and the Freedom Fighter Orchestra for a charity concert benefiting the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project. The show takes place on November 10 at the Pressroom in Phoenix, Arizona.  Read […]

TOM MORELLO will sacrifice big crowds for a big issue. The singer-songwriter’s third Justice Tour is booked for just three small club shows the week of Labor Day. It’s a huge change of scale for the guitarist, who performs fiery solo sets as the Nightwatchman. Earlier this year, he played to crowds of 100,000 Wisconsin […]

Tom Morello could have been president. Instead, the Harvard-educated, Kenyan-American guitarist found different venues to participate in America’s political dialogue. He spent most of the ‘90s in firebrand rap-rock group Rage Against the Machine and launched a solo career under the moniker the Nightwatchman in 2003, using the latter project to turn attention to his […]

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