Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Press Here Most people will always associate singer Chris Cornell with the hard rock sound he made with his band Soundgarden . But over the years, Cornell has incorporated different styles in his own solo work -- such as pop and hip-hop elements -- while still maintaining his distinctive gritty and stirring vocals. [...]
Yesterday word got out that Tom Morello was in New York to perform for the Occupy Wall Street protestors, and now, of course, there is video of that event, which you can check out below. There isn't really all that much I can say about this, so I'll just echo Vince's words from yesterday: "God [...]

Today, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave visited the Occupy Wall Street protest movement that has been going on in Downtown NTC for the past four weeks.
It will probably not surprise you to learn that I'm a big fan of politically-themed talk shows that are hosted by sarcastic pricks and feature panels of people arguing and often insulting one another. And one of my favorite such shows is HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, which I watch religiously. And I found [...]
Though I tried, and tried harder by giving it a few spins, James Morrison 's comeback track, "I Won't Let You Go" simply failed to convince me. No wonder then, that the Mark Taylor assisted uptempo "Slave To The Music" has been picked as the lead single in France, to launch the singer's third offering, The Awakening . This one, instead, is an instant smash. Perfectly mixing Rock and Soul influences with some stunning vocals reminiscent of Terrence Trent D'Arby , its infectious chorus caught me hooked [...]
On Thursday I stopped by City Winery to see Tom Morello performing as The Nightwatchman. I was only familiar with a handful of songs prior to the show and I had mixed feelings about what I had heard. I didn't know what to expect. We were given seats a couple of feet away from the stage. I scanned the room and saw an surprising amount of middle aged dudes in collar shirts. It looked like a
I'm going to put about as much effort into this introduction as I put into trying to be sensitive to Hinder's feelings. We begin today's cinemetal round-up with "Irresistible Force," the first new video from Jane's Addiction since whenever the last time they released a video was. The clip has some stuff going for it [...]
If memory serves, the Spawn movie which came out in 1997 was pretty terrible, but we did get one great thing out of it: the soundtrack. It was pretty much like the Judgment Night soundtrack, only instead of combining metal bands with rap acts, it teamed up metal bands with electronica acts. And every song [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases , Q + A Neil Lupin, Redferns As a man of principle, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello knew he'd have to make sacrifices for his beliefs; as a father, he understood his actions would come to be reflected in those of his children. So when the lifelong union man heard of right-wing Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's plan to strip his state's [...]

Tom Morello , el guitarrista que formó parte de importantes bandas de rock como Rage Against The Machine y Audioslave , famoso por su agresivo pero elegante sonido, firmó recientemente un contrato con la compañía disquera New West Records para un nuevo disco como solista bajo el nombre de The Nightwatchman, el cual llevará el nombre de World Wide Rebel Songs y se espera que tenga los mismos tintes de rock folklórico de protesta como sus dos antecedentes: One Man Revolution de 2007 y The Fabled City de 2008, los cuales [...]

I'm about to set off on an epic journey from Indianapolis to Los Angeles, spanning the weekend with majestic spots in our country's greatest sights like the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and the Pacific Coast Highway. With that said, I am not sure what my internet situation will be for the next week, but you can follow me on twitter @mpheilbrunn to keep up with me balling out of control on 4Square and sharing all random insights. In my leave of absence, I've provided an eclectic 45 song mix to keep your iTunes occupied, a sampling [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Former Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello will headline the "Rally for Wisconsin's Workers" concert in Madison today in support of workers flocking to the state capitol to protest the challenge to their collective bargaining rights. "I really think that the future of the rights of working people in this country is not going to [...]
...the fuck? So the Times of Grace tour is now underway, and I don't think I was alone in wondering if the band would playing any vintage Killswitch Engage material out on the road. I mean, it would make sense - 3/5ths of the KsE Alive or Just Breathing line-up is Times of Grace, and, [...]

Damn it, I hate it when this happens! Ok, here's the truth. I know music is going digital, but here at the Ripple office, we get so many cool CD and vinyl submissions that the digital promos tend to . . .er . . . wallow on my hard drive for some indeterminate amount of time before I get around to playing them. Sorry, that's just the facts. In the car, I play CD's. In my office I play vinyl. I play digital . . . when? Then something [...]
One of these men will not be on the new Kyuss album. Guess which one? Kyuss Lives!, the ridiculously monikered Kyuss non-reunion which replaces Josh Homme with some dude no one has ever heard of, are apparently "thinking of doing another record," according to this interview with vocalist John Garcia. I object to the use [...]
Dear Chris Cornell, THANK YOU for going back to where you belong, back in front of Soundgarden ( official / wiki / allmusic ) . that is your band, dude! Soundgarden was a great band that needs to come back! fans of really good crunchy loud music need a band like Soundgarden right about now. i know you [...]

Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk "Now renegades are the people with their own philosophies They change the course of history Everyday people like you and me" So, this song has been around for awhile, and I have heard the song countless times on the radio, but I came across it today and have finally realized the title of the song, and the lyrics? This happens to me quite often. I don't know what lyrics I was singing before when I heard the track, but love it none the less. [...]
For whatever reason, I just haven't gotten that excited about the Soundgarden reunion yet. Maybe it's not "real" enough for me at this point; maybe when the band finally does a proper tour and I'm holding the ticket in my hand, I'll suddenly be really, really stoked. Or maybe Chris Cornell has just pissed away [...]
The interwebs are all aflutter today because Dave Grohl has announced that his former Nirvana bandmate, Krist Novoselic, is going to make a guest appearance on the new Foo Fighters album - which is also being produced by Garbage's Butch Vig, a.k.a. "The Dude Who Produced Nevermind." This will mark the first time Grohl and [...]
The interwebs are all aflutter today because Dave Grohl has announced that his former Nirvana bandmate, Krist Novoselic, is going to make a guest appearance on the new Foo Fighters album - which is also being produced by Garbage's Butch Vig, a.k.a. "The Dude Who Produced Nevermind." This will mark the first time Grohl and [...]