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“The other bands had a top-notch Yngwie-level player, and that’s what I was trying to be. If some awful gig already has two of those dudes, it doesn’t need a third”: Tom Morello on the throwaway club show that changed his guitar playing forever

Morello pinpointed the moment that encouraged him to adopt a new approach to the guitar, which would influence his trailblazing work in Rage Against the Machine and beyond

Guitar World

“I feel like I owe you this, because I don’t think I’d be in this position without you”: Double Whammy pedal master Sean Long gifts Tom Morello his Charvel signature guitar to thank him for decades of inspiration

The heir to Morello's Whammy throne thanked his hero with a gift the Rage Against the Machine trailblazer has promised he'll put to good use

Guitar World

“I’ve been relegated to being the rhythm guitar player in my family - I have a shredding prodigy now who’s really giving me a run for my money”: Tom Morello on making music with his son

Tom Morello on making music with his son

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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

Metal Hammer

“Co-written with my guitar wizard son”: Tom Morello announces his first-ever full-length solo rock album with single co-written with Roman Morello – who can “shred circles” around him

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist's first rock solo album releases later this year, and it will showcase the next generation of Morello shred

Guitar World

"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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Glam session: Def Leppard and Tom Morello join forces for new song Just Like '73

Morello has got his Whammy out but he keeps it melodic

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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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The Strat turns 70 and the return of the cooler-than-ever Creed – only in the new Guitar World

Featuring new interviews with Ritchie Blackmore, Brian May, Buddy Guy, Alex Lifeson, Adrian Belew, Tom Morello, Yngwie Malmsteen and Mick Mars and a review of the new PRS Mark Tremonti MT 100 amp

Guitar World

"A snapshot of a guitar man at the height of his powers": The first MC5 album in half a century is confirmed – first single out now

Originally slated for release in 2022, Heavy Lifting will finally see the light of day later this year

Louder

Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Turner, Elvis Costello, Tom Morello and more to cover Jesse Malin songs for forthcoming benefit/tribute album

Stars come together for Silver Patron Saints: The Songs of Jesse Malin to raise funds for New York singer/songwriter's healthcare

Louder

These 15 pioneering Fender Stratocaster players made the model their own – and learning their trailblazing approaches shows why the Strat is still one of the most versatile electric guitars

Learn the signature styles of 15 Strat-wielding icons – including Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Nile Rodgers, H.E.R., Mark Knopfler and more

Guitar World

"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

Metal Hammer

“The kid lost his mind: ‘You’re the guy from Guitar Hero! Do you play real guitar too?’”: how a 2000s video game phenomenon made Slash famous all over again

Guitar Hero was a worldwide smash hit – and it introduced Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash to a whole new audience

Louder

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“Tom Morello is my idol! The way he approaches guitar in a non-traditional way was really inspiring”: Introducing Glytsh’s Claire Genoud, the London shredder taking “horrible” sounds and turning them into alt-metal bangers

Inspired by Tom Morello and Alexi Laiho, the inventive guitarist in UK duo Glytsh is always looking for weird tones – although her pedalboard is surprisingly straightforward

Guitar World

“It makes me sick to even think that I spent that much money on a guitar. Nile Rodgers was like, ‘What is that?!’” Tash Sultana on the magic of Strats and blowing a guitar legend’s mind with an extremely rare model

The musical polymath reveals what the future holds for their signature Strat, and why jamming with Nile Rodgers, Mateus Asato and Tom Morello was just what the doctor ordered

Salon

Yes! A decent Macklemore protest anthem

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

Louder

“No-one understands why Maynard James Keenan chooses blue body paint or why Adam Jones creates such disturbing art. They just pretend to”: The enigma of Tool up to 10,000 Days

Sacred geometry, lunar currents, media baiting, arena shows… nothing has been beyond the pale for the ever enigmatic and elusive band

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“The solo is an attempt to conjure the screaming lost souls of social justice struggles past”: Tom Morello reunites with Bruce Springsteen for some show-stopping leads

After collaborating on two albums, Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen brought the star power to LA's Kia Forum this past weekend

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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

Louder

“He’s like, ‘Ed, I got an idea... first song, AC/DC Highway to Hell, you take a verse, I take a verse....’: It's now been 10 years since Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder rocked Australia with their covers of a Bon Scott-era AC/DC classic

Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello playing Highway to Hell in Melbourne and Brisbane in 2014 was a good time for everyone involved

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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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Clapton, Iommi, Bonamassa, Tedeschi, Trucks, Townshend, Slash... New video for Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes version of Going Home reveals who played what and when on the all-star charity single

Jeff Beck's final recorded solo opens a track featuring 50-plus guitarists and all the proof if needed that Guy Fletcher is a genius producer to be able to stitch all of this together

Metal Hammer

“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

Louder

“It brings you to tears”: Listen to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson plus Jeff Beck's last-ever recording on stunning new version of Mark Knopfler's Going Home, raising funds for US and UK cancer charities

Hear some of the world's most iconic guitarists play together on one of rock's great instrumentals, re-recorded for charity, and available to purchase now

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