That feels unnecessarily harsh. Especially since music is subjective and he’s purposefully not using his greatest skill, the electric guitar… and while I’m not a fan of the nightwatchman stuff, the music itself isn’t bad, just not my cup of tea. Also, the Audioslave stuff is great too, not just RATM. That’s already two hugely successful bands, which is 2 more than most artists.
Audioslave was pretty good too and I also like some nightwatchman stuff, but the three albums he put out as “Tom Morello” (The Atlas Underground Series) are just something else. They basically sound like a compilation of his favorite artists in a 1000 different genres and he overdubbed the whole thing with some guitar riffs.
Sure there might be a decent track here or there (but mostly because of strong guest performances), but other than that the albums are an unfocussed mess. IMO.
If only his solo music was as good as his politics. The difference in quality between his work with RATM and his solo output is mind boggling.
That feels unnecessarily harsh. Especially since music is subjective and he’s purposefully not using his greatest skill, the electric guitar… and while I’m not a fan of the nightwatchman stuff, the music itself isn’t bad, just not my cup of tea. Also, the Audioslave stuff is great too, not just RATM. That’s already two hugely successful bands, which is 2 more than most artists.
Audioslave was pretty good too and I also like some nightwatchman stuff, but the three albums he put out as “Tom Morello” (The Atlas Underground Series) are just something else. They basically sound like a compilation of his favorite artists in a 1000 different genres and he overdubbed the whole thing with some guitar riffs.
Sure there might be a decent track here or there (but mostly because of strong guest performances), but other than that the albums are an unfocussed mess. IMO.