Tom Morello executes at Lucca Summer Festival on July 06, 2024 in Lucca, Italy. Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images
Tom Morello is surging versus Elon Musk.
The Rage Against the Machine rocker required to social media sites on Sunday (Sept 15) to satirize Elon Musk after the Tesla chief executive officer tweeted, “Why are so many people raging FOR the machine?”
While it’s unclear that the blog post was a straight hit at RAGT, Morello reacted to the view, creating, “Funny cuz Elon was the kid on the cover of Evil Empire.” He likewise shared the cover art for the band’s 1996 student cd, Evil Empire, which includes a boy on the cover that births a similarity toMusk
Funny cuz Elon was the youngster on the cover of Evil Empire https://t.co/RaUhHANxxV pic.twitter.com/SNxUM3ZzGx
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) September 16, 2024
Morello has a lengthy background of political discourse in his songs and past. Per The Harvard Crimson, Morello as soon as explained himself as “the only anarchist in a conservative high school.”
This month, he will certainly be granted with the 2024 Woody Guthrie Prize The yearly honor acknowledges a recipient that symbolizes the spirit of Guthrie’s social awareness and music tradition. Previous guest of honors consist of Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Kris Kristofferson, John Mellencamp, Chuck D, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Pussy Riot in addition to revolutionary television manufacturerNorman Lear
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“Woody Guthrie was a fearless agitator, a six-string instigator, a poetic truth teller and a harmonizing hell raiser,” Morello stated in a declaration.“He was the original punk rocker whose life, music, art and lyrics were beacons of justice and liberation for the downtrodden and oppressed. In my own work, Woody has been an inspiration to tell it like I see it without compromise or apology and to play my songs (and his songs) on the picket line and at the barricade whenever and wherever people are taking a stand.”
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