Rage Towards The Machine kicked their long-awaited reunion tour off final July, just for vocalist Zack De La Rocha to tear his ACL on stage. The band sadly canceled their European tour as a precautionary measure whereas De La Rocha headed to bodily remedy. The damage turned out worse than anticipated, inflicting Rage Towards The Machine to cancel their future North American dates as properly.
Then issues took a flip for the bizarre post-touring. Solely guitarist Tom Morello confirmed as much as Rage Towards The Machine‘s Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame induction, whereas drummer Brad Wilk stated the band is not going to play any extra exhibits or go on any extra excursions. And y’know, when you’re not touring or making new music then… it is throughout, proper?
“I do know lots of people are ready for us to announce new tour dates for all of the canceled RATM exhibits,” wrote Wilk. “I do not wish to string folks or myself alongside any additional. So whereas there was some communication that this can be occurring sooner or later… I wish to let you already know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) is not going to be touring or enjoying reside once more. I am sorry for these of you who’ve been ready for this to occur. I actually want it was…”
So what is going on on? Do not ask bassist Tim Commerford, as no one’s informed him something. Commerford stated in an interview with Rolling Stone: “I do not know. I do not become involved in that. I am the bass participant. I simply wait for somebody to inform me what to do. Brad stated what he stated, however he is one step above me. He is within the quantity three spot. I’m the low man on the totem pole. That is all I can let you know. I am the bass participant. The bass gamers at all times are the final folks to search out out about shit like that.”
Regardless of the anomaly in Rage Towards The Machine‘s scenario, Commerford notes that he is prepared to return to the band in the event that they resolve to do extra. “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 is how I reside it. And that feels the perfect for me. That is the primary time in my life that I have been in a position to actually take away myself from it and be like, ‘Yeah, I reside off the grid.’ And that in itself is sufficient.”
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