Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) recently spoke to The Socialist Worker about his influences and his solo work under The Nightwatchman moniker.

Tom discusses everything from Billy Bragg, The Clash and Public Enemy with the political newspaper. He notes:

For years while I was in Rage Against the Machine, I was asked, "Why are you guys the only band?" We were all fired up about the Clinton administration! So now, it seems that every CD I've come across shows this, whether it's Nine Inch Nails, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, the Coup's new record, even Linkin Park.

I think this shows that not just artists are disgusted by what they've seen over the course of the last seven years or so, but everybody's disgusted. And some of them happen to have access to recording studios. He doesn't care that his approval rating is around 27 percent. The damage is already done. So I applaud artists and musicians stepping forward. Hopefully, it will spark and galvanize their audiences, or push them toward greater revolutionary fervor.

You can check out the interview here.