Tom Morello: RS Interview Special Edition
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2020
- Brian Hiatt spoke with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello about the early days of his career, Portland protesters singing "Killing in the Name," Audioslave, the future of the guitar, and Black Lives Matter.
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This is my first time seeing this interviewer, and having worked in journalism for 10+ years myself, I can confidently say that he did an excellent job in guiding this conversation.
It is so wonderful to see and hear Tom talk about his history, our country’s history, music, politics, and especially his family. I had the great pleasure of living with Tom and the girl who eventually became his wife. Sadly I haven’t seen Tom or Sweet D in far too long, but listening to him talk brings me back to that wonderful time so long ago. Tom continues to inspire me all these years later and makes me so proud to have been a small part of his life. I send my love and eternal admiration to Tom and Denise and their beautiful family. I am looking forward to seeing Rage play when they are back out on the road (assuming they stop in Denver, my most recent new home). Fantastic interview! Thanks so much for publishing it.
You dont look old enough to have done that, lol. But, cool.
Funny how life goes.
How did you end up living with them?
“My vernacular is not stereotypically urban.” Best comment ever. I love how articulate he is.
Commies are usually adept at sophistry.
@@philiom7724 ..especially the ones who went to Harvard, like Tom.
@@philiom7724 Watch how tom "Karen" morello got destroyed by a Seattle cafe owner for being a commie jerk: th-cam.com/video/hS5mWYnmQC0/w-d-xo.html ☺
@@anthonybelvin2085 Bill Hicks ridiculed a waitress for just asking him why he was reading a book, Noam Chomsky is now singing high praises to Joe Biden, Keith Richards went on a silent generation rant on Metallica "not being music". Our heroes will never be perfect, no matter how much we want them to be or how we make them look in our wet dreams. "The original fire has died and gone, but the riot inside move on." They die or we see their imperfections, their messages and meanings are what live forever. Sincerely, a Church lector who would have literally killed himself if not for the lyrics of a band with a cross amidst a no-smoking sign.
Oh and all of those I mentioned including the band Bad Religion, whose Stranger Than Fiction album saved my life one night, are all over 50 and Bill would be nearing 60 if alive today.
1992 Lollapalooza, I didn't even know who Rage was! lol, and we're in the front getting crushed, security lifts us over and we get stopped by security "THE BAND WANTS TO MEET YOU GUYS!!!" long story short, for ten minutes, Zach and the boys just wanted to know if we were ok, let us cool down on a damn hot day, and even fed us from their rider, and now I am fan for life.
Nico Capannelli 1993
That is an awesome story, they played two times at the Lollapalooza in `92 and were so unique!
His mother was a great teacher at LHS...i recall her talking about apartheid and Biko - i'm sure she opened a few student's minds in that town
Someone get Tom Morello onto JRE. Hes intelligent, motivating, and a f******* badass guitar player!
I would probably say hes a creative guitar player.
@@purex167 Oh would you, thanks for letting us know that pointless detail lol
Now I just want to know what his favorite episode of TNG is.
I know they’re frenemies, but I’d love Zach and Tom on there together.
Meissa Phi I believe Barry is acknowledging the shade being thrown by Dusty. See how I say Tom is Fucking badass, and dusty is using a less intense adjective? It seems Barry is trying to shit on Dusty for giving Tom a lesser title than “fucking badass”. Am I wrong? Prolly not
Great guitarist even better man, loved RATM since I first heard them in 92, keep rockin
Great interview. I'm a 58 year old fairly new to being a musician. Our band always closes our shows with Killing in the Name. It's fun to play, apparently fun to listen to, and I think it is such an important message. I feel like it hit the scene when America thought it was dealing with the problem of racism. But now we see, in the Trump era, that nothing was dealt with, and the music from the past, turns out to be the music from the future.
Love Tom Morello. He's so f'n awesome, smart and f'n badass. I love that he grew up with Adam Jones from Tool. Two amazing, gifted guitarists who ended up in 2 of the most incredible bands of the 90s.
Terrific interview! Thank you Tom for all that you have done and continue to do.
It's so good when a performer you admire is also a decent, likable guy. Cheers, Tom.
@@nathanlibertyreal I don't want to troll you. I understand.
Shit Hawk we all have our low moments. Fellow Rock’n roll true stories subscriber?
yeah he's so cool and seems so nice! Love that his first band was named after a Phillip K Dick book (which was made into the movie Blade Runner)
@Shit Hawk Elaborate please. I'm curious. I know there are some people who don't like RATM now and call them Rage For The Machine, but I haven't really looked into it myself.
Caleb th-cam.com/video/hS5mWYnmQC0/w-d-xo.html
Sucks that RATM will always be relevant and the struggle never ends. Thanks for the sound track to the resistance of abusive power.
Hell yeah, so glad Morello proves a proud black man who is intelligent, loves to rock the f*** out, speaks well and holds family dear! I'm sick as hell of stereotypes. Then again RATM has always been about breaking stereotypes.
🎶"Yeah, I'm rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun"🎶
That was really a fantastic interview. Shout out to both of you.
What an incredibly articulate, avant-garde musician. Been a rage/Tom fan since my intro back in the day at ‘92 Lollapalooza in Nashville.
Starwood Ampitheater. It was 93 though. \m/ \m/
"soundtrack of protest", he sums up himself perfectly- bring it on!
I adore this man.
I'm speechless. Morello is someone who can never be replaced.
I may not see the world and politics the way he does, but this doesn't change the respect I have for him as an artist. Him saying that he started playing guitar late at 17 is inspiring.
I agree. I really respect a passionate guy, that is going his own way in life, and that has stayed away from the self-destructive side of the business. He's a great, great guitar player and seems like a decent guy.
@@svarthelikoptern Well as it turns out, he isn't the nicest guy. But even if he and all of Rage are jerks, I'll still enjoy the music and separate the art from the artist.
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@@CalebHimself Ouch. That's nasty!
Awesome hat and shirt, my dude. Hello from the Chicago ‘burbs. ❤️ I listened to you so much in the 90’s, slam danced in the pits to your music during the epic Chicago club scene back then, and now my kids have discovered you! 🥰 So we blast your stuff in the car together lol
So glad to see you’re well.
This was a great interview. Tom is a brilliant guy.
A weak and delusional socialist.
I could listen to him lecture all day. He hit's the nail on the head.
I love this man. Amazing intervuew, thanks y'all.
and from his description, I also love his Mom!
look at me i am biracial and obsessed with being black even though my black daddy abandoned me
No lie. As a person of mixed race its almost relieving to hear the things he went through revolving around his race are the same as mine. Make no mistake that being someone who is mixed of race is almost worse than being someone who has one race. We have no one homeland we can go back to, no set sub culture to fall back on in the social environment when growing up. When growing up as someone whos mixed of race with one of those races being Caucasian, you come to find that the people and culture of the half that isn't white is much more inviting and accepting of your color and upbringing. I thankfully grew up being close to the black side of my family, but just knowing that Tom didn't have that some connection but was able to build that connection just based off the hate he received for being mixed is what's relieving to me. Nothing but respect and love for him.
Ok am I the first to say that's a kick ass shirt he's wearing?
Took 30 min for me to realize it’s a clash shirt
The Clash one, or the "Class War" one? :)
The most badass jersey I’ve seen
Love it
YES! One of my heroes! Tom Morello, The Night Watchman!
I love his mother! Wow!
She was my history teacher. Used to talk about Zeppelin all the time.Great teacher and person.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE! RATM.
The people have power but it's the masses that have none.
@Allin rammit Who is that comment directed to?
@Allin rammit Thank you. I hate that expression. I think it's something people spout out to seem like a radical lol
Marxists get a choice: explusion or death
Rage needs a live stream concert during these troubling times. That and my chance to see them went away this summer.
Amazing interview!
What would make that Jersey even more badass is if the Clash was actually from Chicago.
Great interview, and love the new song too.
Your Mum sounds awesome too, Tom!
What a great interview. Thumbs up Brian Hiatt!
Great interview. The AudioSlave stuff starts @31:52 ...
Thanks!!!
Fantastic interview , Thank you Tom, He is like your normal guy you can buy a beer for and have a great chat . Good for him. Would love to see the first Internet Rage Concert for Fans . A covid concert to prepare the Fans for concerts. Get their message out and rock their fans during this time .
Bullet in the Head. Epic. Thank you for this alltime hall of fame masterpiece! Timeless
Thanks Tom. Thanks Tom's mom.
Love how hard you are repping chi town! Respect! Can wait for the tour!!!!
The man..the legend..
Tom is so electrifying. what a brilliant brother and comrade! #ArmTheHomeless
Great Interview with some interesting questions, you did a good job sir!
The structure is set, ya never change it with a ballot pull
I love this interview. As someone that was born in 76, watching the world hurtle towards the future into the 90s I felt like we were doing so much..... Then to hear Public Enemy, RATM, and now RTJ, I feel even more anger and distrust. My saving grace is that I have raised six children (mine and hers before you guys get bent out of shape) to push back, and not accept bullshit non-answers to real problems. We need MANY more to speak out against this wanna be dictator in D.C. Let's end him in November!
Oh my Lord could you imagine Tom Morello and Run The Jewels
Hey man Nice to see you Tom!!! Welcome back!!!
This guy does not age.
Tom, Will Rage do any Audioslave songs live? I love both bands ..Keep rockin !!!
Great interview! Have on Zack tho!
Respect from Detroit, Tom
When I grow up I wanna be able to express myself as well as Tom Morello.
Great guy. Smart too.
Mr. Morello is one of the most intelligent and talented individuals I've ever seen.
I see you your standard for intelligence is abysmally low.
You need to get out more and meet some more people.
@@elgatofelix8917 Did you get a degree from Harvard too? Legacy degrees don't count .
@@jgaffney567 nah he got his degree from trump university
I learned about "cognitive dissonance" in Womyn's Studies 101. Besides learning about "First Wave" and "Second Wave," my professor posed a very important question to some women who were running some NGOs targeted at helping women: "What is the use-value of death?"
I love RATM (I had tickets to see them this month!). First time I heard their music back in '92 it immediately resonated with me - I wore out that cassette of the first record (that's right I said CASSETTE!). I'll be honest I didn't delve into subject matter of their lyrics too deeply at that time, it wasn't until later that I understood. I don't see eye to eye on everything Tom stands for politically but I do understand the reasons why we're going through what we're going though at this point and time in the country's history. But I do know this -- Tom is one of the last, great rock guitar hero's. I have an immense amount of respect for him as a musician, songwriter and performer. Really nice interview,...I bit too much politics but, thanks.
Tom Morello to Guitar/Rock Music is what Bill Hicks was to comedy.
Everything he said about Lake county is 100% true.
good job Brian Hiatt, good to hear Tom hangin in there!
Tom Morello for President.
So grateful to have seen Rage Against The Machine during their last rare reunion tour in 2008 during the presidential republic convention in St. Paul while the show was in target center in mpls MN and there were seat guard around the venue because they thought people were going to riot after the show but Zack and Tom wisely said to not act violent toward them as it only plays into their cards and the best thing we should do is vote and speak our voices and use artistic expression and to even vote with our money and not get suckered into their system of fear.
Best show of my life! They were so tight and on point that night playing wise. The riot teams surrounding the Target Center!
What's up Morello. You da man
Awesome!
Who's the guy giving interview?
I had no idea Tom grew up in Central Illinois. How cool!
America would do well to push Morello for President. Watching from the UK, he speaks more sense than any other!
Morello is f&cking awesome.
RESPECT
9h Tom Morello, how I love thee.
What a great interview with a great guy. Tom is by far one of my favourite guitar players and he's a great person. It was quite interesting to hear that he grew up with Adam Jones. The creative vibes must've been amazing! Keep on rockin', Tom!
That jersey is awesome.
The system isn't broken. It is working as intended.
It just isn't working in favor of 90% of the population.
And that is as intended.
What has America not done for you jelly bean, how have you been oppressed?
Ass. I am not American. So what has America done for me? Not much at all.
Tim Perry a little personal responsibility goes a long way
@@timperry6948 don't feed the trolls. I agree with you. If you're rich here in America, you can buy your freedom (bail)
You can get away with murder. For the rest of us average folk, it's guilty until you prove your innocent. The elites already have the local/state and federal government in their pockets. They create and pass laws for themselves to make themselves richer and the poor poorer.
@@xYouthAttackx Do you think living under a communist regime would be better? I seriously doubt there would be a RATM in a communist shithole country. Let history reflect.
Please interview Chris Hannah from Propaandhi, thank you.
Hannah is a god
I want that shirt!!
He's an interesting person whose limited edition book is clocking in around 385.00 U.S. Dollars. Unsigned and regular edition is priced for the working class. Hopefully he will have some signed copies available of the regular hardback for his fans.
Love this guy!! A true one off!
I've met TM many times as we have a very mutual loving trusted friend we both rely on.. behind the scenes he's so down to earth and kind. He's also funny as hell and full of fun. We don't always agree on what should be done or even what the issues are but he's a person I learn from because he speaks from fact. Tom is really an educator. A teacher. He doesn't really come off as someone who wants to tear it all down rather more of a peacemaker calling for more integrity in well, everything (just my opinion) as he has thrived in a capitalist society to enormous personal wealth. He also loves his mom and kids so much. Treats everyone w respect, like everyone. Seen it many times. Good dude, period. I'm not going to watch the interview because its RS and they have one agenda, and one agenda ain't cool and it's boring. Get TM on Joe Rogan, please. My one issues is - I honestly think the MACHINE is Facebook, Amazon, and Google now and I'm surprised TM doesn't yell about tech more - rather embraces it - love to see more focus on that but that's not really his deal, Tech is the Machine now and that can't be debated.TM music lives on AudioSlave, Rage, Nightwatch yada yada - everyone stop arguing - don't you see you're being played?
Can see how him and chris Cornell crossed paths if thats the case...
Great guitar player even better human being
Lake county, IL was a strange place to grow up. But we had Fodraks.
you're a legend dude! Gen X represent!
Hi Tom!
Tom is freakin great!
Do whatever you do, Tom, but please keep the laid back metal funk.
I like what you're saying but it's kind of a contradiction in terms.
Nico Capannelli Laid back, for me, means a non-rushed deep implied pocket preferential to 2 and 4. The metal funk component includes the guitar riffs with effects that are well balanced in the ensemble sound. Of course rap vocals feed into the sound without losing the deep pockets and create the needed anger. I’m partial to Rage Against the Machine. Does that help?
Your the best rocker ever! Made my life! Bulls on parade!!
😂 He’s just so darn articulate !!! 🎸
Tom for President... who's with me !!
Tom's an anarchist. He would never run.
But I get where you're coming from, he makes more sense than the dumbasses in DC.
"radical, systemic transformation..."
agreed 100%
Genius
This man is well awake.
Legend
Entire reason I picked up a guitar.
I may not agree with him on everything but god damn who doesn’t like rage riffs?
Well... I made it to 0:07 before checking out.
Great interview. He changed history for the guitar and Rock similar to Jimmy Hendrix. The master.
Not really. And it's Jimi.
I'm waiting for a Tom Morello stamp in the future.
From whom? A privatized U.S.P.S. and all the stamp's and packaging will be paid for by Tax Payers and the profits going to private owners and they are not paying any taxes?
EDIT: packing to packaging
@@stantondinger5836 there was a Springsteen stamp and a Malcom X stamp. There's also post offices outside the US.
🤘Tom Morello🤘
Ghost of Tom Joad is perfect for this time.
Wtf. How do you not ask how ratm reunion came about? New album? Why has there been no ratm interviews since they announced their return?
6:00
That hippo looks suspiciously relevant to the ones on his Arm the Homeless guitar.
I want to see Morello sit down with Pinfield.
Hey Tom, I'm a great fan since always. Politically always there! Perhaps reasoning my comment ... I don't know the origin for the book title you're due to release... "Whatever it takes" has been coined lately by another "neo-liberal hero" Mario Draghi, when ensuring the political backing to the Euro back in 2012. Undoubtedly there will be such an association. Unless if on purpose from your side, in a confrontational perspective))
CLASH .... 🤘🏽
Hell yeah Tom