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Brad Wilk
Brad Wilk performing at the 2007 Coachella Festival with his band Rage Against the Machine.
Brad Wilk performing at the 2007 Coachella Festival with his band Rage Against the Machine. Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is
Background information
Born September 5, 1968 (1968-09-05) (age 39)
Origin Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genre(s) Alternative rock
Rapcore
Alternative metal
Funk metal
Hard rock
Funkcore
Post-grunge
Years active 1991 - Present
Label(s) Sony BMG
Epic
Interscope
Associated acts Rage Against the Machine
Audioslave
Puscifer
Greta

Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968 in Portland, Oregon) is an American drummer, famous for being the drummer in Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Rap rock is a fusion genre of rock and hip-hop. It blends vocal and instrumental parts of hip-hop and various forms of rock including punk and rock Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Interscope Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Audioslave was an American Hard rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles California in 2001 Puscifer (ˈpʊsɨfɚ is a Side project of Maynard James Keenan from the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. Greta is an American Hard rock band formed in 1992 by Paul Plagens Kyle Baer Josh Gordon and Brad Wilk. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Audioslave was an American Hard rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles California in 2001

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Personal life

Brad was born in 1968 in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers He lived in Chicago in his childhood, and then later settled in Southern California. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Wilk started to play the drums when he was 13 years old and got his first kit when he was 14.

In late 2005, Brad Wilk married his girlfriend Selene Vigil. The wedding ceremony took place on 10 December at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe[1] with only family in attendance. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. They have one child, Luca.

Musical career

Rage Against the Machine (1990-2000; 2007-present)

Brad's success as the drummer of Rage Against the Machine came from the failure of a different band; he once auditioned for a band called Lock Up, who released one album (titled Something Bitchin' This Way Comes) through Geffen records in 1989 and broke up when the album received little media attention upon release. Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Lock Up is a rock band that featured Tom Morello on guitar before Rage Against the Machine was formed Something Bitchin' This Way Comes is an Album by Lock Up, released in July 1989 Former Lock Up guitarist Tom Morello was looking to pick up where Lock Up left off and start a new band, and contacted Brad, who was playing with the band Greta, to see if he was interested in playing the drums. Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30 1964 is a Grammy Award -winning American Guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine Greta is an American Hard rock band formed in 1992 by Paul Plagens Kyle Baer Josh Gordon and Brad Wilk. A short while after, the duo met Zack de la Rocha, a rapper, and through de la Rocha met bassist Tim Commerford (a childhood friend of Zack's) and Rage Against the Machine was born. Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is an American rapper, Singer Tim Robert Commerford (born February 26, 1968 in Irvine California) also known by his various monikers/stage names ( Timmy C After frequenting the L. A. club circuit, Rage signed a record deal with Epic Records in 1992, that same year RATM released their self titled debut. They achieved a phenomenal amount of mainstream success and released three more studio albums.

In late 2000, frontman Zack de la Rocha quit the band. Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is an American rapper, Singer On September 13, 2000, Rage Against the Machine performed the last concert at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Grand Olympic Auditorium is the former name of a sports venue in Los Angeles California, United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The remaining members formed Audioslave with former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. Audioslave was an American Hard rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles California in 2001 Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American rock musician best known as the Lead singer

On April 29th 2007, the band reunited at the Coachella Music Festival. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice Originally thought of as a one-off reunion, the band later played four shows in the Hip Hop festival Rock the Bells with the Wu Tang Clan, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill. This article is about the hip-hop festival for the LL Cool J song see Rock the Bells (song. Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island New York, known for its politically charged Lyrics, criticism Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles California. They added an additional night in New York City after the first night sold out in twenty minutes. The City of New York Rage also played their first (non-festival) concert in 7 years at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisconsin, supported by Queens of the Stone Age in August 2007. The Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 40000 capacity Amphitheatre in East Troy Wisconsin. East Troy is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Queens of the Stone Age (also known as QOTSA or simply Queens) are a rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States The band played co-headlining spots at New Orleans' Voodoo Music Experience in late October and the Vegoose Festival in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Vegoose was an annual Halloween music and arts festival that took place in 2005 2006 and 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On January 18th 2008, the band played their first show outside of the U. S. since their reunion in Auckland, New Zealand as part of the Big Day Out festival series. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 The band also played 8 shows in Australia including 2 headlining shows in Melbourne and Sydney. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The band continued to Japan to play 3 sold out shows in Osaka and Tokyo. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.

Audioslave (2001-2007)

After Zach de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine, music producer Rick Rubin suggested the three remaining members of Rage get together with former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, and “see what happens”. Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10 1963 in Lido Beach New York) is an American Record producer and is currently Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American rock musician best known as the Lead singer

By May 2001, they had begun to work in the studio, writing their first song “Light My Way”. By April of 2002, the newly formed band had split due to “outside” pressures, mainly from management companies. They soon got back together though, and on November 19, 2002 they released their eponymous debut, which would attain triple platinum status. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Audioslave attained a large amount of success, and released another two studio albums. On May 5, 2005 Brad & Audioslave played a free concert in front of 65,000 Cuban fans, becoming the first American rock band to play a concert within Cuba. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la

On February 15, 2007, Chris Cornell officially announced his departure from Audioslave, disbanding the band. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American rock musician best known as the Lead singer

Other projects

Wilk and bandmate Tom Morello joined with Maynard James Keenan of Tool and Billy Gould of Faith No More to record the song "Calling Dr Love" for the 1994 Kiss tribute album Kiss My Ass. Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan on April 17 1964 When Keenan was 11 his mother suffered a paralyzing Cerebral aneurysm, which would later serve as Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Faith No More was an American Alternative metal band that formed in San Francisco, California from 1982 to 1998 The lineup was billed as Shandi's Addiction.

Brad Wilk and bassist Tim Commerford contributed in Keenan’s side project Puscifer and his album "V" Is for Vagina on the track "Momma Sed". Puscifer (ˈpʊsɨfɚ is a Side project of Maynard James Keenan from the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. "V" Is for Vagina is the first regular studio album by Maynard James Keenan 's Side project Puscifer, released on.

In addition, Brad composed the song "Snoop Bounce (Roc N Roll Remix)" for Snoop Dogg's Death Row's Greatest Hits CD. Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr (born October 20 1971 His mother nicknamed him " Snoopy " as a child because of the way he dressed and because of his love of

Equipment

The following are the drum kits used by Brad Wilk during his musical career:

Discography

Studio albums:

With Rage Against The Machine

With Audioslave

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Axis of Justice (HTML). Axis of Justice (August 6, 2007). Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on [[January 9, 2008]]. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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