Greta Van Fleet drummer Danny Wagner liked a never before seen photo of Tool and Rage Against The Machine supergroup The Electric Sheep on Instagram.
Former Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello wrote, “The Electric Sheep circa 1982. Left to right: @adamjones_tv @tommorello, Ward ‘Yardstick’ Wilson, Randy Cotton, Geoff Johnson, performing “Born To Be Wild” at Libertyville Public High School auditorium. (PS- that Gibson Explorer guitar currently resides at the @metmuseum ha) #YaGottaStartSomewhere.”
Tom Morello described himself and Tool guitarist Adam Jones as being ‘virgins’ when they formed their band The Electric Sheep when they were 18, and not losing virginity until being college age in a new Loudwire video.
“The Electric Sheep formed in 1982, and Adam [Jones] was in that band, and then when I would return home for summers in college, I was in different cover bands, I would come home in the summer and The Electric Sheep continued on. Adam Jones was the bass player in The Electric Sheep.
I wrote a political song or two. My first political song was called ‘Salvador Death Squad Blues.’ Most of the the subject matter was very Brett Kavanaugh, I hate to admit it.”
“It was pretty sexist,” Morello admits. “I wish there was a little more rebellion and a little less [sexism]. We were all virgins, by the way. We sort of wrote as if we were Mick Jagger and we were certainly not.”
Tom Morello discussed a surprising band he had early in his career in a new Hard Drive Radio interview. Ultimate-Guitar transcribed his comments. Morello previously stated that Maynard James Keenan almost fronted Rage Against The Machine. The new Tool album is set for release on August 30th.
He explained the “a gap” between himself and his rock and roll heroes.
“I didn’t think I could do it because those guys had expensive Les Paul guitars and songs about the devil and groupies.
“And I didn’t have expensive guitars, I didn’t have expensive amps, there were no groupies present, I was not down with the devil… I don’t know how I’m gonna build a bridge here. But I loved the sort of power of it.”
Morello also recently discussed The Electric Sheep not having the ‘technical ability’ to play covers.
“Literally, I got the Sex Pistols record and within 24 hours I was in a band without knowing how to play a chord on a guitar. Like, ‘A band is forming, no experience required, I’m the guitar player, let’s go.’
“You know who else was in that band? Adam Jones from Tool. Chris George was the lead singer, Ward Wilson was the drummer – he didn’t have drums – and then there was a saxophone player named Phil Johnson who is known as Mooney the Magnificent.
“That [band was called] the Electric Sheep. We didn’t have the technical ability to play covers, so we wrote our own songs.”
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