U1-Tom Morello

 Tom Morello was born in Harlem New York, on May 30^th, 1964. He is best known as the lead guitarist for “Rage against the Machine” and “Audioslave”. His mother was a Caucasian school teacher and activist. His father was a Kenyan, who fought for his country’s independence from the British. Raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois he picked up a guitar at the age of seventeen. Inspired by his love for punk rock, and metal he began to play music. Morello is a graduate of Harvard University, which surprises most people.  Morello teamed up with Zack De La Rocha, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk who all eventually formed Rage against the Machine. It was with Rage when Morello became famous for his style of guitar playing. Morello has one of the most distinct guitar styles. When you hear it once, it is not something you quickly forget. When Rage went on hiatus, Morello got in contact with Chris Cornell formerly of the band 

“Soundgarden” to become “Audioslave”. Morello’s crazy guitar style clashed very hard with Cornells mid tempo vocal style, but it created something awesome. The band released three commercially successful albums. Audioslave ended in 2005, and Morello greatly wanted to stay involved in music. He created an alter ego, whom he calls “The Nightwatchman”. He recorded his first solo album in 2007. His guitar style was greatly different from his days with Rage, and Audioslave. The Nightwatchman was an acoustic based, folk music. Morello is a phenomenal musician, who sends out a very good message.  I think he will always be a part of the music industry. Hopefully one day, Rage against the machine will do a reunion tour. I along with thousands of others would love to see Morello and the rest of Rage perform live.