Tom Morello says Post Malone and the late Chris Cornell shared similar writing styles

PostMalone And Tom Morello are cooking something – and the multi-hyphen has a lot in common with one of rock’s most iconic frontmen, according to the Rage against the machine guitarist.

In a recent appearance on The Eddie Trunk Podcast, Morello revealed that Post Malone and his late Audioslave bandmate Chris Cornell have a similar songwriting process. “When we wrote songs with Chris, we would throw music at him – whether it was a simple chord progression like ‘I Am the Highway’ or a more complicated, heavy riff – and he would immediately come up with a bunch of great melodies.” that we would put down, and then he would write words for whatever,” Morello recalled.

“And that’s exactly how Post Malone does it. Excellent melody – hit, hooky, beautiful, haunting melody one after another. And that’s one thing they have in common.”

Chris Cornell and Tom Morello performing with Audioslave in California in August 2003.

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The singer, who released his debut country album F-1 trillion in August, and the acclaimed guitarist collaborated on an hour-long studio session “over five or six years ago” and recorded a song. But according to Morello, “I can’t get him to finish it… He’s busy and he’s busy with his work.” a stadium tour right now, but we have a really great song together.”

“We wrote a song together that sounds to me like ‘Beat It’ Michael Jackson. It’s a blast. It’s an absolutely amazing rock song,” he said of his unreleased Post Malone track.

While it may take some time before the collaboration with Malone sees the light of day, Morello said he was one of the most prolific guitarists of a generation.

Post Malone will perform in San Francisco in August 2024.

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“I would challenge you to find someone who hasn’t been a session musician for the last fifty years who has played with a more diverse set of artists than I have,” Morello said, discussing his collaborations with Paul McCartneythe Wu-Tang Clan, Kris Kristofferson And Metallica.

He also said that Rage Against the Machine’s sparse discography prompted him to collaborate to satisfy the desire to play. “Rage made records like one every four years and I’m really productive,” he said. “I Love to play. If there’s a studio door, I walk through it. I started collaborating and learning so much from a real diversity of artists that I just kept going.”