TOM MORELLO
having an instantly recognizable style was clearly understood by guitarist, songwriter, singer and political activist Tom Morello, who radically reshaped the sound of rock guitar in the ’90s with the rap-metal band Rage Against the Machine, and later, Audioslave and Prophets of Rage. Morello basically invented a new way of speaking guitar by infusing his crushing riff-rock style — which he says is based on ’70s-era Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi and Ritchie Blackmore — with noise-making elements
