Rage Against The Machine frontman Tom Morello has attacked vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan in a scathing magazine article after the politician named the rock band among his favorite artists.

The Republican candidate, who has been chosen as Mitt Romney's second-in-command, recently opened up about his love for the stars, but his comments have not sit well with Morello, who has campaigned endlessly with Occupy Wall Street activists calling for an end to corporate greed.

The musician takes issue with Ryan in an op-ed piece in Rolling Stone, insisting his conservative views and policies...

Following his death on Tuesday, many celebrities paid tribute to "The Jeffersons" star Sherman Hemsley, including Josh Duhamel, Kevin Smith, Denise Richards and Lenny Kravitz.

Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas, from apparent natural causes. He was most famous for his role as George Jefferson in sitcom "All in the Family" and spin-off series, "The Jeffersons," which featured a predominantly black cast.

Kravitz, whose late mother Roxie Roker was Hemsley's co-star on "The Jeffersons," wrote, "Rest in peace Sherman Hemsley. You are legendary. Your contribution changed the fabric of A...

Rocker Tom Morello has been honored for his political and social activism efforts.

The Rage Against The Machine star has been one of the most fervent supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in New York last year, and has travelled across the U.S. and Canada, and even to London to perform for demonstrators calling for an end to corporate greed.

He also led hundreds of protesters in a musical march through the streets of the Big Apple on May Day for the so-called Occupy Guitarmy event, and his campaign work earned him special recognition for public service at the 2012 H...

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian, Tom Morello and Disturbed star David Draiman were among the rockers who paid tribute to late Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott at a marathon party in Hollywood on Wednesday night.

The trio joined members of Pantera, Sebastian Bach, Duff McKagan and singer/songwriter Ben Harper at the Dimebag Bash, which annually honors the memory of Abbott, who was the victim of a crazed gunman at a concert in 2004.

The night's highlights included a version of Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" performed by Morello and Tankian, and a reworking of P...

Sting has given the Occupy Wall Street protests a miss because he doesn't think rock stars and other celebrities should get involved in such demonstrations.

New Yorkers spearheaded the now worldwide Occupy anti-corporate greed movement in New York in September and impressed Sting has watched from afar as determined protesters let their voices be heard.

But he has steered clear of joining the likes of Kanye West, Russell Simmons, Tom Morello and Susan Sarandon on the front lines.

He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I'm intrigued by the Occupy movement... (but) I don't think celebrities shou...

Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest guitarist in history by Rolling Stone magazine.

The revered music publication put the Purple Haze legend ahead of Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin star Jimmy Page, who came in at second and third respectively.

A team of experts from the industry, including guitarist Tom Morello, came together with editors to decide their favorite guitar player for the poll, which was released on Wednesday.

Morello says, "Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated the guitar, the whammy bar, the studio and the stage."

The countdown als...

"Sin City" director Frank Miller has taken aim at the Occupy Wall Street protesters in a furious new blog post, urging the anti-corporate greed activists to get organized or go home.

While many celebrities are supporting the movement, which began in New York over two months ago and is now spreading worldwide, the writer/director is far from impressed with what he's seen and he considers the individuals taking part nothing more than "losers."

He writes, "The 'Occupy' movement... is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid f...

Brad Pitt has come out in support of demonstrators who have set up camp in cities across the world to protest against corporate greed.

The Occupy Movement first hit headlines in New York in September, with the demonstration in Wall Street, and it has since spread to cities including San Francisco, California and London.

Stars including Kanye West, Tom Morello, Mark Ruffalo and Russell Brand have already shown their support for the campaigners, and now Pitt has thrown his star power behind the movement.

The actor is convinced the campaigners have a relevant point and urges them not to ...

Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello has landed a special O Music Awards honor for performing at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York.

The rocker made his voice heard in the campaign against corporate greed and social inequality, and MTV bosses have created a special trophy for him ahead of their second annual ceremony on Monday night.

On landing the Most Memorable OWS Performance prize, Morello says, "It's an unusual title for an award, but it's an award that is for the worldwide rebels who are now occupying 1,300 cities around the planet."

"The one thing that all the Occu...

Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello is to perform at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York on Thursday.

The rocker will be making his voice heard in the campaign against corporate greed and social inequality at Zuccotti Park, just five days after performing for activists at Occupy Los Angeles.

Morello is the latest of a growing number of stars who have visited the New York protesters - Kanye West, Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore and Mark Ruffalo have also walked among the activists, offering support, beverages and advice.

Rage Against The Machine rocker Tom Morello has predicted more riots will break out across the globe unless there is massive political upheaval.

The U.K. was hit with four days of unrest last week following a police shooting in London, and other countries in Europe have also seen rioting in recent years over mismanaged economies. And Morello is adamant disaffected youths will continue to take to the streets unless there is a huge shift in the way nations are governed.

The guitarist tells Kerrang! magazine, "It's a time of global unrest because the poor and the working class have clearly...

Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello has teamed up with comic book bosses at Dark Horse to create a new graphic novel series, called Orchid.

The first issue of the rocker's new publication will hit comic book stores in October. Orchid is a futuristic fantasy tale about a teenage prostitute living in a world full of ferocious new animal species.

He's not the first rocker to team up with Dark Horse for a comic book line - the firm also gave My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way the chance to realize his dream of becoming a graphic novelist when bosses released his The Umbrella Aca...

Rockers Jane's Addiction are to be inducted into Hollywood's Rock Walk.

The band, Stephen Perkins, Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell, will place their hands into the cement outside Los Angeles' fabled Guitar Center at noon on June 1st.

Rage Against the Machine star Tom Morello will induct the band at the ceremony.

Jane's Addiction's handprints will reside alongside the handprints, signatures, and faces of other accomplished musicians and innovators including Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Elvis Presley.

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Singer Rob Thomas has pledged his support to the Arizona state boycott as his rock peers fight to overturn controversial new immigration laws.

Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello is leading the Sound Strike campaign to speak out against the new legislation, which gives Arizona police new powers to arrest and detain anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant. Morello's strike has won the support of artists including Maroon 5, Bright Eyes and Kanye West, who have vowed to boycott all gigs in the state until the laws are changed. Thomas admits he is watching the campaign unfold from...

Rockers Rage Against The Machine have kept their promise to reward fans for helping them top the U.K. Christmas charts - they have booked a massive free gig in London in June.

The Californian band snatched the coveted top spot from the winner of Simon Cowell's talent show The X Factor, following an internet campaign to stop a four-year run of reality show stars ruling the festive charts. The Guerrilla Radio hit-makers topped 18-year-old Joe McElderry with the re-release of their 1992 hit Killing In The Name in December.

The rockers pledged to hold a free show for their fans if they...

Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave star Tom Morello has been declared a soldier for peace by a group of Iraq War veterans. The rocker has been presented with one soldier's medals for fighting for an end to war back home in America.

Proud Morello tells Spin magazine, "A member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War gave me his medals after I played a Nightwatchmen show at the Winter Soldier conference. He gave a moving speech, saying, 'The real battle for freedom and democracy is not overseas; it's here. And you're a soldier in it.'"

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Rocker Tom Morello's great uncle was Kenya's first President, Jomo Kenyatta. The Rage Against the Machine star grew up with a photo of the leader hanging on his parents' wall at home - and it left him thinking every kid had a big name in the family.

He tells Spin magazine, "I just thought everyone had a Kenyan independence leader in their family."

Morello still owns the photo and he has also picked up an authentic Maasai tribe fly swatter, just like the one Kenyatta was always pictured with.

He jokes, "I like to wield my authority with it."

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Rage Against The Machine star Tom Morello is adamant the rockers will not release any more new material - because he wants to concentrate on his solo project.

Rumors of a new record have dogged the band ever since they reformed in April 2007 to play California's Coachella festival. The group has since played numerous shows, including a series of politically-themed gigs in the U.S.

However Morello insists that fans hoping for an album will be disappointed as he is too focused on his Nightwatchman solo work to record any more songs with Rage Against The Machine.

He tells NME...

Rage Against The Machine led their fans in protest after they were banned from playing at a U.S. political rally on Tuesday.

The outspoken rockers had planned to play an impromptu performance at the Ripple Effect rally, a left-wing gathering held to coincide with the Republican Party Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. But when the band was informed they could not play because they arrived too late, they gathered fans and led a 200-strong crowd to march across the state capital lawn, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The crowd chanted the band's signature mantra, "F**k you...

Rockers Rage Against The Machine are planning another major politically-charged concert by scheduling a Minneapolis, Minnesota gig during the same week as the Republican National Convention. The group will play at the Target Center on September 3, just 10 miles from the convention in St. Paul.

The last time the band performed in the same city as a major political event police had to use tear gas and pepper spray to calm fired up fans - that was in 2000 when the band played Los Angeles during the Democratic National Convention.

Meanwhile, Rage guitarist Tom Morello will get even cl...

Jessica Simpson was left dazzled by boyfriend Tony Romo's rocking skills at Hollywood's Key Club on Monday night when he took the stage for a rendition of Guns N' Roses anthem "Sweet Child O' Mine."

The hot couple was among the stars in the crowd at tribute rock band Steel Panther's weekly residency at the venue, when American footballer Romo decided to surprise his girlfriend.

Despite butchering baseball anthem "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" at a recent Chicago Cubs game, Romo was game to give his singing skills another go.

He jumped up onstage with Steel Panther and dedicat...

It's not every day that you are given the opportunity to witness performances by top notch musicians including Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave), Slash (Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver) Perry Farrell (Porno for Pyros, Jane's Addiction) and Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), as well as numerous other talented musicians all on the same stage. However, on Thursday evening, April 17th, thousands of music fans gathered together at the Nokia Theater in New York City, to watch these artists rock out in celebration of Road Recovery's 10th year anniversary.

Road Recovery is a pro...

What do the Nike swoosh, or the McDonald's "M", or the signature for Coca-Cola all have in common? They're all among the most instantly recognizable brand logos in the world. You can go anywhere-from Times Square in New York to the Congo in Africa, and people will know these logos and be able to tell you with great certainty who they belong to.

And yet, none of these logos have been reproduced or used throughout the world quite as extensively as the photograph of one man, who, even fifty years later continues to mean different things to different people.

"Chevolution" is such an essent...

Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning will wed his fiancee Abby McGrew in Mexico this weekend, according to reports. The sports star is reportedly planning a private ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. A family pal tells the New York Daily News, "It will be small, just friends and family." McGrew's father Tom recently confirmed the couple would wed "toward the end of April."

High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale is in negotiations to star in a remake of 1989 movie Teen Witch.

Paris Hilton and Good Charlotte rockers Joel and Benji Madden are set to celebrate the 50th anniver...

"I've always had low self-esteem, and I still do. What's weird about that is being onstage, and the love that you get, and the adoration that you feel from your real fans." Mariah Carey's self-analysis.

"I've never felt so happy and in love, he's such an amazing guy and life has never been better. It's so much fun going to their shows every night, I now know every song by heart." Paris Hilton loves touring the world with Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, her new boyfriend.

"What wedding? I was watching a movie on Friday night." Gwyneth Paltrow refuses to confirm she attended pal...

There are many rock bands out there that have evolved over the past eight years, but only a few of them have really made a difference in the music world today. Of course, everyone has different tastes when it comes to rock music, but when researching to see which bands really made an impact on the 21st Century, these five bands seemed to appear wherever I looked.

1. Audioslave: Audioslave caused quite a hype when they first came together. The band consisted of former Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell, and former Rage Against the Machine guitarist, Tom Morello, so for anyone who was a...