Tom Morello: “The Prodigy are one of the few live bands that gave Rage Against The Machine a run for our money”

1You played crewman Mitchell in a 2000 episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Which area of the ship do you give Captain Janeway instructions to? “I tell her: ‘To the left, ma’am.’’ CORRECT-ISH. She asks for directions to Junction Room 16 – but you do indeed respond, ‘to the left, ma’am’. “‘To the left, ma’am’ could have also been the name of my new album! [Laughs] I was also in Star Trek: Insurrection, two years earlier, as a So’na alien. I had to be there at 4am every morning for five hours of make-up. The other So’na actors were bummed-out because they had to be there so early, but I was like a kid in a candy store because I got to be in Star Trek and meet the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation who are TV heroes of mine. None of the extras knew that I was the dude from Audioslave or Rage Against The Machine, so they were confused about why Captain Picard was talking to So’na Number 4. But when they found out, they all handed me their demo tapes from their bands! [Laughs]” 2What band T-shirt are you wearing on Rage Against The Machine’s first UK TV appearance on The Word in 1993 performing ‘Killing In The Name’? “Jeez! I remember that performance well as it caused a stir. Was it a Wa...