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I've heard Audio Slave riffing and, to be honest, it ain't that impressive. What is impressive is a now defunct band called Atomic Bitchwax (the 1st CD). They makes Audio Slave sound like snotty English prep school boys. Morello gives you the pentatonic scale but he doesn't dig deep with it or takes any chances. It may be that he wants a radio friendly formula, more cash to pay for his rock star lifestyle indulgences... Metallica did the same move in the 90s.

Chris Cornell is talented, intelligent and apolitical but he's in a band that cut its teeth on the side of the Left -- and they still come across that way (Live in Cuba CD). The irony is that they are probably spoiled rotten and can only imagine even more of everything and anything Capitalism has to offer... If they didn't why bother leaving Cuba.

If I ever met them I'd have to say, Adios Slave.

I don't know how much of a rock and roll lifestyle any of them in the band have. They are all near 40. Most rockers have to give it up around then. I can't really speak for how spoiled they are, but more than most other celebrity crusaders they do actually put time into helping people instead of just helping money. I find that easy to respect even if I don't agree with them politically.