On Sunday, July 23, Tom Morello was honored in his household’s ancestral hometown of Pratiglione, Italy.

The 59-year-old RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist shared the information in an Instagram submit, writing: “I simply grew to become an honorary Italian citizen & obtained the important thing to town of the Morello ancestral hometown of Pratiglione, Italy! Bands performed! Kids frolicked! Dozens of Morello cousins partied! The mayor wore blue! Superior guitar statue erected on the town sq. subsequent to the memorial for native partisans who died combating the Nazis! Grazie, Pratiglione!”

The honorary citizenship was given to Morello by the mayor of Pratiglione, Giovanni Trucano, by advantage of the guitarist’s Pratiglione origins. In truth, a century and a half has handed since Tom‘s great-great-grandfather, Carlo, left Pratiglione for the USA.

In an interview with Rolling Stone speaking about his current collaboration with Italian rockers MÅNESKIN, Morello mentioned: “I am very happy with my Italian heritage … I’ve at all times felt a really sturdy reference to that nation.”

Morello is a founding member and guitarist of the rock bands RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE. The 2 bands are accountable for a number of Grammy Awards and a mixed greater than 30 million albums bought worldwide. Morello has additionally obtained important acclaim as a solo artist often known as THE NIGHTWATCHMAN. Extensively celebrated for his distinctive voice as a grasp electrical guitarist, he’s acknowledged by Rolling Stone journal as one of many “100 Best Guitar Gamers Of All Time.”

Morello graduated from Harvard College with honors as a political science main and has been a widely known political activist all through his profession. With SYSTEM OF A DOWN‘s Serj Tankian, Morello shaped Axis Of Justice, a company whose objective is to convey collectively musicians, music followers, and grassroots political organizations to combat for social justice.

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