sweet

tom rocks.

This feel stupid but....

1)Who is Tome Morrelo? I know he is part of Axis of justice but....

2)when did RATM split?

you dont know who tom morello is? well yeah thats kinda stupid..he was RATM guitar player and now he's Audioslave's. and yeah, he rocks

i think RATM split in 2000... they've had an album full of cover songs, then Zack (vocals) left the band... anyways, Audioslave has the same producer as SOAD, alas Rick Rubin (he may have been the producer of RATM as well, i can't remember) - he was the guy who suggested Morello to ask Chris Cornell if he wanted to join, that's how Audioslave started. they've released their S/T debut in 2002.

I like it that Audioslave and SOAD are close...I love Soundgarden (especially Chris Cornell...Not in a gay way), RATM is really growing on me, and needless to SOAD...:D

Tom Morello rocks. He's a great gutarist (not as good as Daron though)....

I don't like too much Rick Rubin, he's the kind of producer who works for plastic-rock hits and he doesn't let the band play in the way they were ment to play. He like a genius of marketing music and he has the right formula to reach success.

RATM are awesome I adore them, but I never knew they split! thats creepy how I never knew...Lead singer was gorgeous. I have an amazing pic of him on my bedroom door along side

Dave Grohl and many other artists

"Yeah, I definitely agree that System Of A Down is carrying the banner of the overtly political rock, but it's not just that they're a political rock band. There are many political rock bands. They're a great band that has politics in it, and that's an important difference. Because the reason why bands, whether it's Rage [Against The Machine] or System, or the Clash or Public Enemy, why those bands get over, it's not because of the message exclusively, it's because message has such a powerful musical engine that it rides o­n. And that's when you really connect is the combination of culture and politics."

I chose to read this article based on what Tom has to say about the band. I heard somewhere before that he said when he first heard SOAD that he thought it was music for crazy people. But, since I did read it, and here goes my "mumbo-jumbo" (heh heh)... just like Tom says here, the torch isn't necessarily getting passed. They aren't picking up where Rage left off. Audioslave is picking up where Rage left off, simply because it has 3 remaining members, but Audioslave's content is much softer and deeper than Rage, IMO. I think the only way a torch gets passed is when we are teachers.

nice article...