Tom Morello Fan First Podcast: Atlas Underground Fire, RATM Tour Bus, Chris Cornell More

Tom Morello dives deep into his personal journey as a fan and a musician from the albums that inspired him to first pick up guitar to the experience of working with two of the greatest vocalists of all time, Zack de la Rocha (in Rage Against the Machine) and Chris Cornell (in Audioslave). He also discusses how Soundgarden changed rock roll, what was on the stereo in the RATM tour bus, how he invented a new guitar language, what flipped his hate of electronic music into love, and the dark story of his new Atlas Underground Fire LP, out this Friday October 15th. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: TOM MORELLO CONTENT GUIDE: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Growing up as the child of rebels 03:56 The first artist you put on a pedestal 04:44 When did you discover rock and roll and radical ideas could come together 07:38 The medium is the message 09:28 The first musical storyline you connected with 10:52 The Sex Pistols cassette and your first ba