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Nuno Bettencourt explains what’s underrated about Tom Morello’s guitar playing – and why it “pisses me off a little bit”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Extreme virtuoso voiced his thoughts on his Rage Against the Machine guitar buddy in a recent joint press conference

Watch Tom Morello trade blues licks with Buddy Guy on the Strat legend's spotted Fender
By Jackson Maxwell published
Joining Guy onstage at the Best of Blues and Rock festival in São Paulo, Morello laid down some licks far bluesier than those that populate his catalog with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

Watch Tom Morello and Nuno Bettencourt trade solos as they cover Audioslave’s Cochise with Gary Cherone
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The two Extreme members joined Morello for a version of the Chris Cornell-fronted classic – complete with an extended guitar solo section

Tom Morello’s guitar rig is now a Neural DSP plugin – watch the Rage Against the Machine firebrand demo his signature software… with a wrench
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Archetype: Tom Morello crams the iconic pedalboard and long-serving Marshall JCM amp into your computer – but does it nail those trademark Whammy tones?

Nuno Bettencourt says one of the new Extreme songs made Steve Vai and Tom Morello cry
By Matt Owen published
Spoiler alert: it wasn't Rise – a track that Bettencourt says has become so popular because he didn't play it sitting down

That time Guthrie Govan covered Rage Against the Machine’s Bulls on Parade and took Tom Morello’s solo to mind-boggling new heights
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Some groundbreaking lead work – including two-hand tapping with a glass slide – highlighted the virtuoso’s awe-inspiring performance

Tom Morello says he has been relegated to rhythm guitar at home as his 11-year-old son “can shred circles around me”
By Matt Parker published
There’s fresh material on the way from the father/son duo, but the Rage Against the Machine guitarist remains tight-lipped about the band’s future

Tom Morello says he wrote a “phat jam” with Post Malone that could be the rap superstar’s Beat It
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist says it could be like Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson using rock guitar for something unexpected, and calls on Malone to finish the track and release it

Watch Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi trade licks with Tom Morello in fiery Gossip performance on The Tonight Show
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Italian rocker shone on his Strat while the Rage Against the Machine guitarist deployed his trademark Whammy tricks

From Periphery's jazz turn to Måneskin's team-up with Tom Morello: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Matt Owen, Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche, Jackson Maxwell published
Killer six-string tracks to get the year started by Black Stone Cherry, Enter Shikari, Sleep Token, Etta Marcus, Daughter, The Hold Steady, H.C. McEntire and more
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