Tom Morello about when RATM caused the shutdown of Wall Street
http://rockandrollgarage.com/tom-morello-about-when-ratm-caused-the-shutdown-of-wall-street/

We can only hope they realize they are starting it with their grandchildren's future. But then again there is always that meteor with our name on it.

Where are all the superheros when you need them? Welcome to the machine.

https://videosift.com/video/Tom-Morello-Teaches-Electric-Guitar

Morello doesn't seem to understand that the majority victimizing the minority is a bad precedent and should be fought against, not merely used now that he's in the majority.

Especially not against someone who is merely wrong.

Find him lynching a black man for getting "uppity"? I'm full on immediate capital punishment for that shit, but this is erroneous opinion and zero fashion sense.

Edit, lulz, auto correct said "zero fascist sense".

Very analogous to Westboro Baptist "church" stooges. They (ab)use their constitutionally protected rights to free speech to say the most offensive and provocative crap that they can come up with, specifically with the intention to incite a (violent) reaction against them. Why? Because pretty much the entire Phelps family are lawyers, and they know that they can generally win any assault case that they can provoke people into. All that hate they spew boils down to a stupid, petty moneymaking scam.

Is the Seattle Nazi that devious and cunning? I doubt it. Probably just a crazy / fucked up guy, as Maher said. That doesn't excuse his fuckwittery, but it does reinforce Maher's argument that punching the guy is NOT the best response.

Morello is awesome, with RATM and Audioslave, and now Prophets of Rage, etc. But he's dead wrong on this issue, and comes across as a bit of an "internet tough guy". Outside of just ignoring them, I kinda think the only way to one-up these people is to know the law, what constitutes assault etc., and essentially beat them at their own game (ie. provoke them into doing something to you). On the other hand, there's something to be said for using using passive-aggressive snark to mock / humiliate them in a nonviolent way, ala the Foo Fighters:

Role model status is irrelevant here. They are using their fame to spread a message. If it gets a few celebrity watching idiots to sit up and think about this issue (even if it's for the wrong reasons, "ooh such and such told me to care about this"), that's still a positive outcome.

As much as the cult of the vapid celebrity offends me, I don't have a problem with this. At least most of the people I recognise in this video have actually done things (Stone, Morello, etc)

>> ^shagen454:

Its strange to think that the term RATM was first purposed by a guy named Kent McClard of Ebullition Records. Back then Ebullition was one of the most underground, innovative and radical hardcore labels in th world. I guess Kent proposed the name for an Inside Out album to be released on Ebullition... Which seems strange since Ebullition and their bands were way more politically radical than Inside Out or RATM.
Dont know what the story is with this being a whole album performed live for a first show but maybe the band had be playing for a while and waiting for the right vocalist who happened to have a good band name in mind?


If I remember my RAGE history, Morello (lead guitar) founded the band with Zack (singer), they were the first two members.

Does Tom Morello ever come up with a guitar riff that ISN'T oozing with funk and dopeness?

Wow, thanks for the recommendation. That was a great film.

In reply to this comment by MrConrads:
Thanks for the heads up, bummer I can't find a replacement yet. If you're interested here's another of his (Anthony Lucas's) animations; it's absolutely brilliant! FYI though, it's about 26 minutes long. Enjoy!

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Mysterious-Geographic-Explorations-of-Jasper-Morello

In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
*dead unfortunately

Thanks for the heads up, bummer I can't find a replacement yet. If you're interested here's another of his (Anthony Lucas's) animations; it's absolutely brilliant! FYI though, it's about 26 minutes long. Enjoy!

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Mysterious-Geographic-Explorations-of-Jasper-Morello

In reply to this comment by chilaxe:
*dead unfortunately

Last night I was at a Tom Morello show and he was talking about how the government is using Rage Against the Machine as torture. They are trying to sue the government to stop using their music.

I don't know either. 'Long' is getting harder and harder to sift as our attention spans...

What was I saying?

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
A thousand thanks! I don't know why this has been so hard to sift.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Oh so *promoteable, my good man!

A thousand thanks! I don't know why this has been so hard to sift.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Oh so *promoteable, my good man!

kind of a step backwards. tom morello once said "a good song makes you tap your foot and want to get with your girl. a great song makes you want to flip police cars and riot. i'm only interested in writing great songs." upvote anyway, in spite of the toe tapping factor.

Awesome. Its funny how far removed from real guitar playing this game is. Just like Tom Morello.

This was just as entertaining as the material it parodies (which I also happen to enjoy). Both are formulaic and largely filled with ignorant, though sometimes accurate, diatribes (except this video wins points for admitting to its ignorance). Simply proffering an opinion contrary to that of the unwashed masses doesn't automatically confer accuracy.

My awakening, for the record, came when Yahtzee implied Tom Morello was a musician of little importance. Once I'd seen behind the curtain, it wasn't hard to see how vapid the character he presents actually is.