Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello has spoken further on his plans for his new solo album. His latest discussion took place with Rollingstone.com and excerpts from it can be found below:
On the album itself:
“My next musical direction is going to be very hard and very funky. The model is the Hendrix of now. I want to take my guitar playing places it’s never been. I want to take the musical underpinnings of what I do and blow them up and put something brand new together that’s not the Nightwatchman, that’s not Rage Against the Machine, that’s not Audioslave, that’s not Street Sweeper Social Club – it’s something completely different and that feels like an exciting challenge. So while I admit that I’m addicted to the guerrilla style, one-man with an acoustic guitar approach and the mobility that gives you to instantly be on the front, I think it’s time to bring out the big guns. It’s time to rock.”
On how far along the album is:
“I have a lot of songs. In the past, my process was: You have songs, you go in the studio, you record the songs. This time, I’ve got the songs and I’m really going to challenge myself in the presentation of those songs. I want it to feel like it’s 10 steps into the future. I have one recorded and about another 19 percolating. Through the rest of the fall, that’s what I’m going to be working on.”
On who will be working with him on it:
“The Freedom Fighter Orchestra, my core band, will always be involved. Those guys are great. But the key, the guiding light of it – it’s got to rock furiously, but in a way that you haven’t heard yet. Aim high in both your social-revolutional expectations and your musical expectations. Aim fucking high. The Courage Campaign is going to be the last show. I got to get in the bunker and figure this record out.”
