Tom Morello
Tom Morello grew up in the Libertyville, Illinois area. He received a BA in Social Studies from Harvard University before becoming a rock god. Morello met Zack de la Rocha in the 1990s. Tom and Zack established Rage Against the Machine, one of the most prominent and influential rock bands of the 1990s. In Los Angeles, Rage Against the Machine performed outside the Staples Center Convention Center, which was hosting the Democratic National Convention at the time. The audience became increasingly outraged and angry as the act progressed, eventually resorting to throwing rocks at one point.
Tom Morello
Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young was born in Sydney, Australia, and co-founded Australia’s biggest rock band, AC/DC, with his brother Angus at the age of 20. While Angus took the lead, Malcolm began to play rhythm guitar. They adopted the name AC/DC after noticing the letters on the top of their older sister Margaret’s sewing machine, according to tradition. By the late 1970s, Malcolm and his band were touring Europe with Black Sabbath. They were thought to have had a strained relationship with Black Sabbath. When things got heated, Sabbath musician Geezer Butler allegedly pulled out a knife on Malcolm, according to one report.
Malcolm Young