Audioslave — the supergroup featuring three members of Rage Against the Machine and late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell — had a relatively short existence, but there’s a wealth of unreleased material that guitarist Tom Morello hopes will be unveiled to the world one day.
The hard-rock outfit, which brought together Cornell, Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk, released three albums during their run from 2001 to 2007. As Morello explained in a new interview with the YouTube channel snsmix, the band had extra songs from each of its three studio albums that have never seen the light of day.
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“There’s probably like an album’s worth of great Audioslave songs that were not released,” said Morello when asked about the unreleased material. “When bands are deciding what songs go on their records and what don’t, it’s not always sensible. It’s not like here’s the 10 best jams. Sometimes it’s like, someone likes this one, someone’s not feeling that one. So, we had from each of the three Audioslave records, we had songs left over, some of which are really great.”
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He continued, “It’s not for lack of anything other than that just we don’t have it together. There’s no plan to not put it out. I would love for it to get in the world, and hopefully it will one day.”
Audioslave did reunite in January 2017 for their first performance in 11 years, a few months before the tragic death of Cornell. The band played a three-song set at Prophets of Rage’s “Anti-Inauguration Ball” in Los Angeles. Following Cornell’s passing, Morello and Wilk performed a handful of Audioslave songs at a tribute to the singer in January 2019, with guest vocalists such as Perry Farrell, Brandi Carlile, and Dave Grohl.
In the meantime, Morello has a number of solo dates on his schedule, including shows in Atlantic City, New Jersey this Friday, November 21st, and Ledyard, Connecticut this Saturday, November 22nd. Tickets to his upcoming shows are available here.
See Tom Morello talking about the unreleased Audioslave material toward the end of his interview with snsmix below.