Tom Morello will look to share memories and highlights from throughout his life and career as a member of bands like Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage in a forthcoming photo-based book, the guitarist has announced. To be titled, Whatever It Takes, the hardback photo memoir is scheduled to arrive on October 13th through Genesis Publications.
Morello will provide the copy to help guide readers through a life-spanning collection of photographs, handwritten notes, concert setlists, and more. A hardback bookstore edition of Whatever It Takes will be available upon release, in addition to a limited edition signed copy (limited to 2,000 copies) which comes with an exclusive 7″ vinyl, and a booklet of chord charts from his Nightwatchman song catalog.
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A statement from Morello shared with the announcement reads,
This is a book about a lifelong mission–A mission that more often can be felt rather than articulated. There are clues to the nature of the mission in the guitar riffs, the crazy solos, the lyrics, and in the shared sweat and solidarity of friends and comrades onstage and off.
I dug deep into my garage and photo albums to find pictures that I hadn’t seen in many years. Some of the photos show history in the making. Some are historically rocking. And some are historically embarrassing.
Watch a video trailer for the book featuring some of the never-before-seen photos to be included below.
Tom Morello – Whatever It Takes (Book Trailer)
[Video: Genesis Publications]
The Rage Against The Machine catalog recently experienced a return to the music charts, as the resurgence in Black Lives Matter protests have inspired fans across the country to revisit the band’s material rich in anti-authoritarian themes.
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