On Thursday (July 10), Tom Morello<\/a> joined Loudwire Nights<\/em><\/a> to celebrate the release of his latest solo track, “Pretend You Remember Me<\/a>.” Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.<\/p>\n “Over the course of the last year, I’ve been working on what will be my first solo rock album,” Morello shared with Loudwire Nights<\/em> host Chuck Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I’ve made 22 albums in my career…but I’ve never made a solo rock album, and I wanted to. The last couple of years I’ve been touring and sort of paying honor to that entire lifetime of music and those shows are so kind of life-changing for me \u2014 to be able to embrace that history while pushing forward.”<\/p>\n With that in mind, Morello said the new album he’s working on captures the big riffs of Rage Against the Machine<\/a> and Audioslave<\/a> while balancing the songwriting side of his world.<\/p>\n “‘Pretend You Remember Me’ is a song that’s written for these times,” he admitted.<\/p>\n “I’ve been on the front lines in the streets of Los Angeles in this ongoing immigration war that has been happening here and standing up for immigrants who are being kidnapped by these masked agents.”<\/p>\n Morello partnered with The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights<\/a> for “Pretend You Remember Me” to help raise awareness in the continued fight against the injustices he sees around him.<\/p>\n “I’m in favor as much as anyone of going after people who are violent criminals, whether they are documented or undocumented,” he said.<\/p>\n “You know, some of the biggest violent criminals happen to sit in Washington…and I definitely think that they should be gone after. But when it comes to just hard-working people who are just like you and [me] trying to make a decent life for their families, if you’re going to deport anything, let’s deport injustice.”<\/p>\n Along with diving into Morello’s new theater production, Revolution(s)<\/em>, that debuts at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago later this year<\/a>, he also spent some time discussing the legacy of Rage Against the Machine.<\/p>\n “The fact that the band still comes to mind in troubled times means that we did good work,” Morello said.<\/p>\n “We’ve played 19 shows in the last 14 years, so it’s a real testament to the legacy of those albums that people care. When I was in the streets of Los Angeles protesting against ICE over the last couple of months, half of the signs and half of the tunes being blasted are from that band.”<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Daron Malakian Discusses Scars on Broadway’s New Album + Writing For System of a Down<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Morello said that while he finds great pride in that, he also believes it means there is still a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n “I continue to carry that torch and do that work every day in my own life.”<\/p>\n Tom Morello\u00a0joined\u00a0<\/em>Loudwire Nights on Thursday, July 10;\u00a0the show replays online here<\/a>, and you can tune in live every weeknight at 7PM ET<\/a> or on the Loudwire app<\/a>; you can also see if the show is available on your local radio station<\/a>\u00a0and listen to interviews on-demand<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Going year by year, looking at the best albums in hard rock of the ’90s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Loudwire](\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/loudwire.png?w=100\")
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What Else Did Tom Morello Discuss on Loudwire Nights<\/em>?<\/h3>\n
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Listen to the Full Interview\u00a0in the Podcast Player Below<\/h3>\n
The Best Hard Rock Album of Each Year of the 1990s<\/h2>\n