Tom Morello: Miksi Rage Against The Machine hajosi

Yhdysvaltalaisen metalliyhtye Rage Against The Machinen kitaristina tunnettu Tom Morello vieraili hiljattain Metallican rumpalin Lars Ulrichin radio-ohjelmassa ”It’s Electric”. Vaikka haastattelu keskittyikin miehen sooloalbumiin, kertoi Morrello myös syitä sille, miksi Rage Against The Machine hajosi. Morello kertoo:

“I’ll put myself first and foremost. It was a lack of emotional maturity in being able to deal with each other as people. We had political vision and the shows never suffered, but we just couldn’t agree on stuff and that sort of unearthed feelings that made it hard to make records. I think there were competing visions of what Rage was supposed to be and competing feelings about what it was like to be in the band that we didn’t deal with.”

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Morello myös avasi syitä sille, miksei bändi palannut lopullisesti yhteen vuonna 2007. Hän kertoo:

“We got together in 2007 and we had a great time. We had fun onstage, offstage, playing ping pong, going out, to me it felt like there was a lot of camaraderie, but one of the things we kind of helped that and took off the table was everything that had been controversial before—writing music, doing interviews, having a manager—we’re just not going to do that stuff. We’re just going to play shows and have a nice time and be able to look each other in the eye and have a nice time and not be anything that had stirred controversy in the past.”