AUDIOSLAVE To Perform SOUNDGARDEN, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Material On Upcoming Tour?

April 14, 2005

AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello has told Billboard.com that fans may be treated to a few gems from band members' erstwhile outfits RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and SOUNDGARDEN when the group kicks off its U.S. tour in Las Vegas Thursday (April 14).

"Let's just say there are going to be some surprises this time out," Morello told Billboard.com. "We feel that we've established AUDIOSLAVE as its own titanic powerhouse that can stand with our previous work. It was very important the first time around not to lean on that crutch. To really stand on our own work and having done that, we're feeling a little more liberal about looking at the possibility. There are exciting things happening in the rehearsal room."

21 songs were recorded for consideration on the group's sophomore album, "Out of Exile", due May 24 via Interscope/Epic. Said Morello: "'Your Time Has Come' is a ferocious rocking anthem; 'Doesn't Remind Me' is very different from anything we've ever done before and combines a sweetness and brutality rarely mixed together in a song; 'Out of Exile' is a huge riff rocker mixed with almost a Civil War melody; and 'The Worm' is probably the heaviest track on the record."

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