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Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He is known for his tenure with the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
Rage Against the Machine (often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991.The band consisted of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk.
De la Rocha was born in Long Beach, California, on January 12, 1970, to Robert "Beto" de la Rocha and Olivia Lorryne Carter. [5] His father is a Mexican-American, [6] with distant African and Sephardi Jewish heritage, [7] [8] while his mother was born to Manuel García Urias, a Mexican-American, and Olive Pearl Fleming, who was of German and Irish heritage.
Morello, who had not been announced as a performer beforehand, covered Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad” with No Doubt, while Fishbone’s Angelo Moore and Chris Dowd sang with No ...
With his new album half-finished, Tom Morello releases a new single, co-starring his guitar-shredding 13-year-old son. ... Costco has a holiday find fans call 'worth every penny'
The album’s title was a reference to Republican President Ronald Reagan, borrowing a phrase he used to describe the Soviet Union during the final gasps of the Cold War in the 1980s.
Wilk started his career as a drummer for Greta in 1990, and helped co-found Rage Against the Machine with Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha in August 1991. Following that band's breakup in October 2000, Wilk, Morello, Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell formed the supergroup Audioslave, which ...
In 1991, following the break-up of the band Lock Up featuring guitarist Tom Morello, the band's drummer, Jon Knox, encouraged Commerford and Zack de la Rocha to jam with Tom Morello. Tom soon called drummer Brad Wilk, who had unsuccessfully auditioned for Lock Up. This line-up went on to form Rage Against the Machine.