Word: morello
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.../hard-rock quartet Rage Against the Machine has proved to be one of the most exciting bands around during its eight-year run, melding slashing guitars, rap rhythms and political fervor with unsurpassed skill. Recently, though, front man Zack de la Rocha announced plans to go solo. Rage guitarist Tom Morello says the band will continue, but he's not sure it will do so under the same name. Is there a chance de la Rocha might rejoin his mates after he gets this solo thing out of his system? Says Morello: "We're not planning a reunion tour just...
...necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed," he says. "It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band and, from my perspective, has undermined our artistic and political ideal." ("Creative differences" would have sufficed.) Guitarist Tom Morello says the band will survive with 25% less rage and that 29 tracks mastered by rap-rock producer Rick Rubin are ready for the next album. "We'll keep it loud, keep it funky and most definitely rock on." As for the lack of a lead singer, David Lee Roth...