AUDIOSLAVE Begin Work On New Material

AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello has told MTV.com that the band have already written several new tunes for the follow-up to this year's "Out of Exile", some of which AUDIOSLAVE will debut on the road this fall.

"What we're hoping to do is follow in the footsteps of some of our favorite bands, like THE BEATLES, and make more music and not have it be two or three years between albums," Morello explained to MTV.com. "We want to make a lot of music. We enjoy writing music, recording it, putting it out and touring. We're going to try and make that cycle shorter so there's a lot more AUDIOSLAVE music."

AUDIOSLAVE shot a video for the third single off "Out of Exile", "Doesn't Remind Me", last month in Los Angeles with director Chris Milk, who has previously worked with KANYE WEST and MODEST MOUSE.

"I had the idea [for the lyrics to] 'Doesn't Remind Me' the day before [the band played me the music in the studio], and it seemed like the perfect song to try out that idea," singer Chris Cornell told MTV.com. "One of the things that's very exciting to me is you have four accomplished musicians completely willing to play a three-chord song if it's a great song. That's important to me and speaks well of the band I'm in."

"When we wrote 'Out of Exile', we had a great deal of confidence in each other in the creative process, and we felt confident bringing any idea in," Morello added. "We just make music to please ourselves, and we're really happy to make a record as diverse as our various influences."

Upcoming AUDIOSLAVE tour dates:

Sep. 24 - Bakersfield, CA @ Rabobank Arena
Sep. 25 - San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Sep. 27 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
Sep. 28 - Everett, WA @ Everett Events Center
Sep. 29 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
Oct. 01 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
Oct. 02 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
Oct. 05 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Center
Oct. 07 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 08 - Montreal, QC @ University of Montreal
Oct. 12 - Columbus, OH @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Oct. 13 - Jackson, MI @ Mississippi State Fairgrounds
Oct. 14 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Cox Convention Center
Oct. 15 - Shiner, TX @ Bocktoberfest at Green Dickson Park
Oct. 17 - Tampa, FL @ USF Sundome
Oct. 18 - Coral Gables, FL @ University of Miami Convocation Center
Oct. 19 - Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Oct. 22 - Houston, TX @ Buzzfest at Minute Maid Park
Oct. 23 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Music Centre
Oct. 25 - Duluth, GA @ Arena at Gwinnett Center
Oct. 26 - Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
Oct. 28 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Oct. 31 - Lowell, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena
Nov. 01 - Hartford, CT @ New England Dodge Music Center
Nov. 02 - Portland, ME @ Cumberland County Civic Center
Nov. 04 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel
Nov. 06 - Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
Nov. 07 - Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
Nov. 09 - Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA
Nov. 10 - Indianapolis, IN @ TBA
Nov. 11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
Nov. 12 - St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Nov. 18 - Long Beach, CA @ TBA