Tom Morello's approach to guitar playing makes him one of the most distinctive players going. His work with Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and as a touring guitarist in the E Street Band is searingly intense, but he does acoustic solo tours.  Morello was born on this day in 1964 in Harlem.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on May 30 include...

 

1955 Topper Headon of the Clash born.

1966 Jefferson Airplane does a benefit concert for the Haight-Ashbury Legal clinic in San Francisco.

1967 Black Crowes bassist Sven Pipien born.

1968 Beatles start recording the White Album.

1969 The Rolling Stones record Honky Tonk Woman.

1972 Roxy Music makes live debut in Lincolnshire, UK.

1973 George Harrison releases Living In The Material World.

1978 Led Zeppelin sessions for In Through The Out Door start.

1980 Derek & the Dominos bassist Carl Radle dies of kidney failure.

1983 Day three of the US Festival in San Bernadino, California features sets from David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, John Mellencamp, U2, the Pretenders, Missing Persons, Quarterflash, Berlin and Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul.

1987 Ritchie Blackmore breaks a finger and Deep Purple cancels their House of Blue Lights tour.

1987 David Bowie opens his Glass Spiders tour in Rotterdam.

1990 Midnight Oil does a live set outside Exxon Mobil's New York City HQ to protest the Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska.

1992 Paul Simon and Eddie Brickell marry.

1996 Jerry Garcia Band bass player John Kahn dies of an overdose

1997 Neil Young postpones European tour when he slices his finger while slicing a sandwich.

1990 Midnight Oil protests Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska by performing outside Exxon corporate HQ in New York City on a flat bed truck.

1992 Paul Simon & Edie Brickell marry.   

2009 Ozzy Osbourne files suit against Tony Iommi over Black Sabbath royalties.

2015 Bono leaves waitress a $150 tip on a less than $20 meal at the Center Deli in LA and then gives the deli a shout-out on stage at the U2 Forum concert.

2016 Ron Wood a father again at 68 as Sally Humphreys gives birth to twin girls.