Tom Morello to be 'the Hendrix of now' on new solo album

Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello has revealed more details of his forthcoming solo album, saying, "The model is the Hendrix of now."

The singer spoke to Rolling Stone at the Courage Campaign awards ceremony in California, during which he was awarded the Spirit Of Courage award for his work to increase the minimum wage in Seattle.

During the interview, Morello discussed his forthcoming solo record, which he says is seperate from his other solo alter-ego The Nightwatchman.

"My next musical direction is going to be very hard and very funky," he said. "The model is the Hendrix of now. I want to take my guitar playing places it's never been. I want to take the musical underpinnings of what I do and blow them up and put something brand new together."

He added: "So while I admit that I'm addicted to the guerrilla style, one-man with an acoustic guitar approach and the mobility that gives you to instantly be on the front, I think it's time to bring out the big guns. It's time to rock...

"I want it to feel like it's 10 steps into the future. I have one recorded and about another 19 percolating. Through the rest of the fall, that's what I'm going to be working on."

In slightly less philanthropic news, Morello recently got into a fairly ugly public spat with the owner of a US cafe after he accused their doorman of treating him rudely.