Tom Morello on collaborating with his son on his first solo rock album: “I have a guitar player there who may be giving me a run for my money”

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Tom Morello has caught up with NME at Download 2024, and opened up about his forthcoming single ‘Soldier In The Army Of Love’.The guitarist – who has also been a part of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage and more – caught up with us backstage at this year’s edition of the Donington festival to discuss his latest ventures.It comes just days after he announced ‘Soldier In The Army Of Love’, the forthcoming first single from his first-ever solo rock album.

Set for release on June 28, the track sees the metal icon join forces with his 13-year-old son Roman, and channel the rock in its purest form.Shortly before taking to the Opus Stage on Saturday (June 15), Morello also performed an intimate last-minute gig at the historic Electric Ballroom venue in Camden, where he celebrated the news of new material with a career-spanning set including hits from across his discography.“It was an electric affair.

It’s such a historic ballroom and I think we put one on the books there,” he told us. “It was really awesome, playing songs from across a 22-album career.

We had tracks from Rage [Against the Machine], Audioslave, Prophets of Rage, The Nightwatchman, ‘Atlas Underground’, Bruce Springsteen… The roof came off the place.