Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968 in Portland, Oregon) is an American drumm… Read Full Bio ↴Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968 in Portland, Oregon) is an American drummer. He lived in Chicago in his childhood, and then later settled in Southern California. Wilk started to play the drums when he was 13 years old and got his first kit when he was 14. After placing an advertisement in a local newspaper Wilk joined Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Zach De La Rocha to form Rage Against the Machine. They went on to release four albums before breaking up in 2000. Wilk, Morello and Commerford went on to form Audioslave with former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. Brad is a Buddhist, and is seen by many as being very grounded and compassionate. He is also a Type 1 Diabetic, and has said in a recent interview with Countdown magazine, that if he were not making music, he would be finding a cure for the disease.

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 Somethin' Bitchin' This Way Comes) through Geffen records in 1989 and broke up when the album received little media attention upon release. Former Lock Up guitarist Tom Morello was looking to pick up where Lock Up left off and start a new band, and called up Brad to see if he was interested in playing the drums. 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.

When Zack De La Rocha left Rage Against the Machine in late 2000, Brad and the two remaining members, Tom Morello and Tim Commerford, opted to stay together to form a new rock band. Producer Rick Rubin suggested they have a jam session with former Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell. The meeting was an immediate success and they subsequently formed a band called Civilian, which was later renamed Audioslave. Brad Wilk has been the drummer of Audioslave since its formation in 2001.

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Brad Wilk Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Brad Wilk:

Ashes in the Fall A mass of hands press on the market window Ghosts of…
Bombtrack Uh! Hey yo, it's just another bombtrack, uh! Hey yo, it's …
Born As Ghosts The hills find peace locked armed guard posts Safe from the…
Born of a Broken Man My fears hunt me down Capturing my memories The frontier o…
Calm Like a Bomb (Feel the funk blast) (Feel the funk blast) Feel th…
Maria Tha sun ablaze as Maria's foot touches tha surface of…
Mic Check Wait a minute now Wait a minute now Check To tha young …
New Millennium Homes Hungry people don't stay hungry for long They get hope from…
Sleep Now in the Fire Yeah The world is my expense It's the cost of my desire …

Snoop Bounce Just bounce to this (Snoop Dogg) Bounce to this (Snoop Dogg)…
Testify Uh! The movie ran through me The glamour subdued me The…
Voice of the Voiceless Uh, uh C'mon, check it Through steel walls Your voice i…

War Within a Breath Every official that comes in Cripples us leaves us maimed …

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Metamorbis92

15y

Flea is undoubtedly the best bass player of his generation and one of the best all-time. Well done gentlemen! Fantastic show!

mee sou

18y

the best bass player I know...not only agile,skilled talented etc. but has some kind of own hot funky style...that's what counts. It's crazy.I can't even THINK that fast as fast he plays-

Adrián Tuero

15y

Long life flea and brad! Best bassist and drumer last 10 years. (I think so)

Wagner Calegare

15y

Flea awesome bassline! The best bassist

George Millo

16y

i love how brad does so much with such a small kit.

Folaholic

17y

i love it at 1:11 to the end, when flea turns to his side to face tom morello and plays his solo to the end!

Beau Carr

15y

is it just me or did flea seem to drive the hole jam? thair is some of the best musicans of our time in this video, love it

Robert Collins

14y

i never heard the bass sound so good.

35TCK

15y

This is an awesome jam. And im not just saying this because audioslave rhcp and soad are my top three fav bands

Jules Tiu

15y

flea just comes from every direction with his attack , genius

eyasw0rld

15y

one hell of a jam session

Jake Daniel

16y

Wow i love this video flea is so good on the bass, serj should have busted out some more singing though, just made more cool noises haha

Ivan Nychyporuk

15y

amazing jam !

Justin Bernard

15y

if you guys knew serj, its simply his style. i enjoyed it

Brutus Smithicus

15y

There are plenty of faster bass players then Flea, but he has all the speed and technique anyone could possibly need IMO. Where he really shines (for me) is when he forgets about speed and gets slow and DIRTY. For those numbskulls who were slagging off Serj, try listening to music that isn't just simple rock once in a while. His playing here was straight out of the Bernie Worrell masterclass. This is JAZZ baby.

Wings of Apollo

11y

HELL YEAH! This is awesome! Brad is a bad ass

Jinglebell1011

15y

Correction: He IS the drummer in RATM and Audioslave. Even though I'm not sure if Audioslave still exists after RATM's reunion.

mrf1shie

16y

He can, he played all the instruments (sans drums) on his solo record.

Andrew McClure

15y

they go great together, whoever says serj sucks is wrong.

prosser1215

15y

Go Brad Wilk!!!

Bartholomule01

16y

I agree with finaff. I don't play piano but I play Bass and it's fun to jam out on Bass and not to difficult but yoo gotta admit Flea got skills.

finaff

16y

And it's so easier to jam on base or drums than on piano

Felipe Rodriguez

14y

The best Drummer

mullsork

16y

Brad ain't no Chad, but he sure as hell ain't bad at what he does.

noce46

17y

Flea is the best...

Mister F

16y

aaah! Flea owns! So does Brad, though I don't know wtf Serj was doing on that piano - either he was just warming up or he has no idea how to jam.

geraci89

16y

he's right tho, he's just saying that each make amazing music in their own way. but its not really based on opinion to note that flea>tim chad>brad fru and morello are totally different so i cant really compare but john hits the spot for me personally.

K.C.

15y

he was the drummer in rage against the machine and audioslave

Owninator666

16y

flea and brad are owning but serj is just fucking around the whole time

Wagner Calegare

15y

Flea <3

pedrofg

17y

Les claypool isnt that much faster then him in the old days (when he used to play faster ) and even so I dont think speed is that important...look at Soul to Squeeze bass line...is just plain beauty

David Droster

13y

serj fits, its just jazz now. Kinda like when you fuck up a realistic painting and call it abstract, its still just as cool.

JimboRHCP86

16y

i really dont think u can call the chili peppers a subpop band tho. they dont really fall into any category its more of their energy being channeled into their music. they have been doing there thing for 25 years which during that time RATM broke up. im not hating on RATM either tho bc i think their a good band as well. and actually "pop" is short for popular and i dont think any body can say that RATM was not popular during their time and i def. dont consider them subpop.

MarineCyborg

12y

@brutussmithicus Flea's lines in Scar Tissue and Desecration Smile are my favourite rock basslines ever. Fuck his playing philosophy in Mother's Milk.

35TCK

11y

Serj fit perfectly to me.

canadianmaple09

15y

That jam would have been much improved without Serj. He sounds like a 5 year old kid experimenting with the piano for the first time, while Flea and Brad demonstrate their complete mastery of their instruments.

darxide55

15y

Dude, not starting an argument, but Claypool owns Flea. And I'm speaking within Flea's generation.

Jordanfan908

16y

brad is soo groovy

MrTehproworld

12y

I bet that most of the people who critize Serj Tankian don't even know how to play the keys.

pimp

15y

DAMNIT SERJ YOU FUKED IT UP!!!!

TheEl Durko

13y

Flea is a GREAT bass player! Les Claypool is better.

Jacob Seales

18y

Haha dude.. best bass player you know? I mean come on.. he's a great player, but Les Claypool, Billy Sheehan, they COMPLETELY leave his ass in the dust when it comes to speed. But he is still an awesome player no doubt.

darthnegate

17y

i dont know dude, check out "my name is mudd" thats INSANE!

Andy Preece

16y

i wonder why i didn't know that. cheers dude.

anderson pantoja

15y

Flea is god

35TCK

16y

Audioslave is my fav. band and the chilis are my second. so wen some of u people compare rage and the red hots it pisses me off. They're both really musically talented so it's tough to really compare. It all comes down to opinion

millerflea

15y

Flea \0/

Andy Preece

16y

who does brad wilk play for?

emelianenkov

15y

yeaa brad!

Dan Smith

11y↑1

Sorry to jump on the bandwagon but FLEA WITH A SHIRT ON??? IMPOSSIBRU!!!!

Neil Eddington

17y

haha every video i see with any good bass player always has an argument over who the best bassist is

keitaro21

13y

@DeathQuestion AH AH AH Piano is the base ! you should listen more jazz, every instrument is good for Jam, it depends on the player

filmssk

16y

when was this?

BoustoTV

12y

look at 0:17. SERJ COULD NOT HEAR THE OTHER TWO GUYS. THAT'S WHY HE COULDN'T FIT IN.

Jordanfan908

16y

yea i hear ya

Neil Eddington

17y

haha every video on youtube with any good bass player has an argument about who the best bassist is

Sean Manzellis

16y

please stop comparing RATM and RHCP, they are equal in music, but we all know you'd have to turn the talent side to rhcp. But rage is much more influential and instead of making one feel gay, they make you wanna beat the hell outta someone.

K.C.

14y

uhhh, i wouldnt go that far

Simon Berger

16y

U right

35TCK

16y

lol. sweet. just wonderin wats you 3rd fav band?

Dillon Sommerville

16y

nether does anthony :p, lmao

samboyaus

16y

i dont think this was even a jam.. seems like a sound check that flea and brad just wer enjoying abit too much.. if you look at serj realy early he signals he cant hear properly n just keeps fiddling like hes waitin for his monitors to start working

kajangga jangga

17y

serj should have stayed out of this. sheehan is still tops cuz his style is more astute. sheehan is classic, flea is just mainstream

Jon Matilda

14y

@gazbostuart yup

Andy Preece

16y

that was directed at userspike7847. sorry if i offended anyone.

droidbooth

14y

@giodoh ain't that the truth !

figsandlimes

17y

A really good jam but the piano ruins it

GreggleZz

17y

of course u do

Kubolski

18y

Nice. Flea's impressive (as always), but Serj completely spoils it. He can't play sh*t on the piano.

CheyenneDepp1

12y

@k0stil Shuddup

Andy Preece

16y

how old are you? seriously dude. grow up.

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