Tom Morello Rejoices Over Obama's Election

Posted on Nov 6th 2008 10:00AM by Spinner Staff
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President-Elect Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech Tuesday night from a stage in Chicago's Grant Park. Music fans should've recognized the landscaping and the view of the skyline: it's the same location Lollapalooza parks itself for three days come August.

Ironically, Obama's musician endorsement list looks like a dream line-up for next year's fest: Dave Matthews, Jay-Z, R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and so on and so forth.

Add Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello to that list. In the middle of a solo tour under his moniker the Nightwatchman, Morello tells Spinner that, for once, he's pleased with the American majority. "I honestly thought I'd never live to see this day," Morello tells Spinner. "Obama's election is a huge step towards civilization for a country whose past is so steeped in racism."

Never one to pat his own back (or yours or ours), Morello adds, "I think it's imperative for us to continue to organize and push for human rights, peace, and economic justice no matter who is in the White House. Undoing the domestic and international crimes of the Bush administration will not be easy."

Next order of business: perhaps we'll see the Nightwatchman perform at the first Lollapalooza under Obama's presidency?