AUDIOSLAVE Get Political In Their Own Way

October 14, 2005

Launch Radio Networks reports: Although AUDIOSLAVE features three former members of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE's music has stayed away from the heavy political content of RAGE's songs. But bassist Tim Commerford told Launch that he feels AUDIOSLAVE's involvement in events like its recent trip to Cuba has made the band more politically active than RAGE ever was. "In RAGE, we tried to go to Cuba and play, and we were not able to get on the same page as a band to do it," he said. "I feel like we dropped the ball big time in RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. And here we are with AUDIOSLAVE, maybe not as overtly political as RAGE, but we are doing things. We're playing Cuba, we're playing Live 8, we're playing the Katrina benefit. We're doing with AUDIOSLAVE, and that's a great feeling."

In addition to Commerford, AUDIOSLAVE also features ex-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk, along with former SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell.

AUDIOSLAVE's "Live In Cuba" DVD, which documents the band's historic trip to Cuba last May as the first American rock band to play a concert in the embargoed country, was released on Tuesday (October 11).

AUDIOSLAVE is currently on a North American tour that brings them to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma tonight (Friday, October 14).

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