Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello says he's “disgusted” by young musicians who don't want to put in the time and effort necessary to learn their instruments.
Morello told Metal Hammer, “I’m disgusted by the fact that a lot of young people these days aren’t willing to sit down and practice the electric guitar for eight hours a day. They are all looking for an easier route to becoming famous. Look at the Top 50 songs on the radio in the U.S. — there are no guitar solos in them.”
But Morello also admitted that the current music industry does not favor guitar-based music. He explained, “If a new Metallica or a new Rage Against The Machine came along, there’s not the apparatus to shove it down the world’s throat that there was 20 or 25 years ago.”
Morello is hopeful, however, that rock will always come back, saying, “It's true that hip-hop, pop, and R&B are more popular than rock music these days . . . But times change and trends ebb and flow. The thing is, metal will be here long after other genres have come and gone.”
Rage Against The Machine recently rescheduled this year's reunion tour — its first live appearances since 2011 — for 2021.