Tom Morello — “Save the Hammer for the Man” from World Wide Rebel Songs
In history, musicians have always brought a conscious voice to the masses, perspective in times of confusion, and a sense of activism among the chaos.
And what better musician to represent our breaching revolution than Tom Morello, famed guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
Morello played in New York City’s Zuccotti Park for the protestors of “Occupy Wallstreet," a movement that is fighting back against greedy, corporate giants.
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Morello, who’s been arrested on countless occasions for his defiance of authority, has always been a notable campaigner for truth and the end of corruption.
His new album, World Wide Rebel Songs was released through New West, a small indie label (rather than the commercial label, Epic) that allowed him the artistic freedom to do and say anything.
The result—a remarkably blunt reflection and call-to-action for the current state of our society, that includes irony, discontent, and rage. Resembling a fusion of Rage’s distinct, hard-rock style with folk-acoustic strumming, Morello’s track titled, “Save the Hammer for the Man” is sung with singer-songwriter, Ben Harper, and digs deep into the social conscious.
With lines like “I leaned against the hot and bothered wind beneath a hateful rain/Politics, apocalypse start to look the same/For the pasts of my redemption will mean the end of many things/The ransom for my soul the blood of generals and kings," Morello proves himself candid yet poetic in his harmonious rebellion that manifests in this new project.
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