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"I was in spandex pants, reading Karl Marx." From birth in Harlem to graduation from Harvard to stripping, Rage Against The Machine and fighting the KKK: this is the incredible life story of Tom Morello

The Rage Against The Machine legend takes a deep dive into his unique life and career

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"Brandon Lee was always laughing, fun-filled and determined – a beacon of light." From HIM to Avatar and Ice Nine Kills, 90s cult hit The Crow has had a lasting impact on metal culture

From HIM to Avatar, The 69 Eyes and Ice Nine Kills, The Crow has had a lasting impact on metal's aesthetic and themes

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“I’d never played a Strat before. But when Audioslave was forming, I was looking for a new guitar. I went into a Guitar Center and found this Strat on the wall. It spoke to me deeply”: Tom Morello on the origins and mods of his Soul Power Strat

The Soul Power was the instrument of new beginnings for Tom Morello, a stock, off-the-wall Guitar Center purchase that was soon to be customized, soon to be iconic in Audioslave. This is its story

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“A noose was put in my family’s garage.” Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello remembers the racism he endured as a kid

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist reflects on the darker details of his Chicago childhood in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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“When I went into that fire burn I was thinking, ‘What's the worst that could happen?’” That time Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerfordinjected himself with steroids then set himself on fire

The RATM bassist went all out for Future User’s Mountain Lion video – which also features a cameo by Lance Armstrong

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“I don't believe that a company like Barclays, given their financial ties to war crimes, has any place at a metal festival.” Why the conversation around Britain's summer festival season has been all about Gaza, Barclays, and boycotts

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

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"My doctor said, 'He might as well be in pain on crutches at the Led Zeppelin show.'" Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello on his love of Jimmy Page, and the childhood injury that nearly robbed him of seeing Zeppelin live

Rage Against The Machine shredder Tom Morello opens up on one of his favourite bands

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Hear Def Leppard team with Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello on groovy new single Just Like ’73

The hard rock legends teased the single on social media earlier this week

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"I let my rock work do the cool thing for me, which means in my private life I can be whatever the hell I want": Tom Morello is a Star Trek nerd and proud of it

Tom Morello might be Mr Politics, but the Rage Against The Machine guitarist is proud to fly the geek flag

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Kyle Teel likely headed back to IL after ugly ankle injury during White Sox win at Texas

The Sox went on to win 10-3, but they face big questions behind the plate with the trade deadline looming.

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Yes! A decent Macklemore protest anthem

A decade ago would you have thought the widely dissed white rapper would earn Tom Morello's approval?

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We Ranked The 20 Best Like A Version Covers Of All Time To Help You Zhuzh Up Your Daily Playlist

We’re counting down the best-ever covers on triple j series, from Denzel Curry to DMA’S.

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Watch Tom Morello perform two long-unplayed songs with Bruce Springsteen live in Los Angeles

Rage Against The Machine’s guitarist joined The Boss onstage on Monday to unearth two rare tracks

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Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello announces super-intimate London gig

Former Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Prophets Of Rage player Tom Morello will perform to just 1,500 people in London this summer

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“It’s just one of those days!” Watch a 100,000-strong Argentinian crowd sing every word of Limp Bizkit’s Break Stuff

South America, once again, makes a convincing case for having the most avid heavy metal fans in the world

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“I don’t think there was a single riff I wrote after 1992 that Zack de la Rocha even liked”: how Audioslave saw Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello escaping his own past

In 2006, Audioslave’s Tom Morello and Chris Cornell sat down with Classic Rock to reveal all about their third album, Revelations

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"I don't know, I'm the bass player": Tim Commerford admits he has no idea if Rage Against The Machine have broken up

Bassist Tim Commerford addresses Rage Against The Machine's alleged split and admits his prostate cancer diagnosis affected him on the band's ill-fated comeback tour

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Wayne Kramer’s Rage Against the Prison Machine

Years behind bars for drug dealing led the influential proto-punk rocker to work for criminal justice reform.

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MC5 Co-Founder Wayne Kramer Dies at 75 from Pancreatic Cancer

Wayne Kramer, founding member of MC5, the influential protopunk band, has passed away at 75. His raw music and political activism left a lasting legacy on ...

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10 heavy metal bands who need to reunite in 2024

We’re not ready to bid farewell to Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Black Sabbath just yet…

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

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

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Rage Against The Machine will not be touring or playing live again: “I don’t want to string people or myself along any further” says drummer, Brad Wilk

The announcement comes 16 months after RATM’s last live performance

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Rage Against the Machine ‘will not be touring or playing live again,’ drummer says

Fans had been waiting for the rescheduling of shows postponed in 2022 and 2023.

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Rage Against The Machine "will not be touring or playing live again", says drummer

Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk has said the band have no plans for future live shows

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20 metal bands with no bad albums

From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues

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