Don’t ask Tim Commerford in regards to the standing of Rage Towards the Machine: “I don’t know. I don’t get entangled in that. I’m the bass participant,” he informed Rolling Stone in a brand new interview.
Earlier this 12 months, drummer Brad Wilk introduced that Rage Towards the Machine would “not be touring or taking part in dwell once more,” successfully signaling the top of the band. “I’m sorry for these of you who’ve been ready for this to occur,” Wilk wrote in an Instagram publish on January third. “I actually want it was…”
Till now, RATM’s different three members had not addressed Wilk’s proclamation; within the case of Commerford, it was as a result of he had nothing so as to add.
Requested by Rolling Stone if RATM is certainly over, Commerford responded, “I don’t know. I don’t get entangled in that. I’m the bass participant. I simply wait for somebody to inform me what to do. Brad mentioned what he mentioned, however he’s one step above me. He’s within the quantity three spot. I’m the low man on the totem pole. That’s all I can let you know. I’m the bass participant. The bass gamers at all times are the final individuals to seek out out about shit like that.”
As such, Commerford additionally isn’t closing the door on future Rage Towards the Machine actions: “When the Rage gentle will get shined up within the clouds, just like the Bat-Sign that Batman would see and would know that he needed to go do some shit…that’s how I dwell it. And that feels the very best for me. That is the primary time in my life that I’ve been capable of actually take away myself from it and be like, ‘Yeah, I dwell off the grid.’ And that in itself is sufficient.”
For now, although, Commerford and his RATM bandmates have their consideration elsewhere. Commerford informed Rolling Stone that Wilk simply had a brand new child, whereas frontman Zack de la Rocha continues to be recovering from the Achilles damage he sustained in the course of the band’s 2022 reunion tour.
As for Commerford, he was recognized with prostate most cancers in 2020 and, although his numbers are good, he stays vigilant. “When you may have prostate most cancers, they take a look at your PSA [Prostate-Specific Antigen] degree. I’m at a zero proper now. However I get examined each three months. I’m going to be actually careworn earlier than the subsequent take a look at,” he defined.
He additionally continues to launch music along with his challenge 7D7D, which options drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Jonny Polonsky.
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