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Rumor? Rage Against the Machine Reuniting For New Album
Well this is some news that is sure to get fanboy Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan excited: Rage Against the Machine is rumored to be working on reuniting for a new album.
Of course, "rumor" is the key word here. The source of this musical tidbit is TMZ, who caught up with Rage bassist Tim Commerford outside a Malibu cafe. They asked if the band was up to anything together these days, and in response:
in a very coy way ... like he really WANTED to tell us something but couldn't ... Tim replied, "Maybe ... maybe."
Hmm, is that maybe what TMZ thinks it is?
Rage Against the Machine (which is vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk, and Commerford) broke up in 2000, but has come together to play several live shows since 2007--like this one at the Palladium in 2010. But they haven't hit the recording studio...yet.
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