Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

The Nightwatchman sings for change

|
|
 
  
Published: April 24, 2007 at 8:22 AM

LOS ANGELES, April 24 (UPI) -- Tom Morello, the California-based guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, said he wants to be "the black Woody Guthrie."

He's staking that claim with his first solo album, "One Man Revolution," which Morello recorded under the moniker of his acoustic guitar playing, protest-singing alter ego The Nightwatchman.

Its 13 tracks deal with a variety of social and political issues, urging listeners to "seize the time and storm the tower!"

"Since I was young I've been encouraging people to find their voice and speak the truth as they see it in an uncompromising way, regardless of consequence," Morello said. "I decided to finally take that advice myself in making (the album)."

Morello said he plans to tour as The Nightwatchman. He's also playing a series of reunion dates with Rage Against the Machine, starting with this weekend's Coachella festival in Indio, Calif.

Topics: Tom Morello, Woody Guthrie
© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Apparently one of the 11 secret herbs and spices KFC uses is wood harvested from Indonesia's endangered...
New York Times jumps on goofy trend piece bandwagon, explores hot trend of 16-year-old "young cougars"...
Body found floating in Nova Scotia river stuffed in hockey bag. If this story was any more Canadian,...
Photoshop this gripping girl
Jail in South Carolina to allow alcohol, but only if you believe in Jesus
Arizona spends $125 million per year on 13,000 K-12 students who don't exist. Can I haz Arizona...