# Calm Like a Bomb guitar solo

> Tom Morello's guitar solo on Calm Like a Bomb by Rage Against the Machine (1999) starts at about 2:40. From the album The Battle of Los Angeles.

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Rage Against the Machine, 1999, from *The Battle of Los Angeles*. Solo by *Tom Morello*.

Morello's solo wrings squealing, harmonica-like tones and feedback swells out of the Whammy and wah. It sounds like a malfunctioning machine but is tightly controlled.

Calm Like a Bomb by Rage Against the Machine is #8 in our ranking of the best Rage Against the Machine guitar solos. The solo is played by Tom Morello and the song was released in 1999.

## In our lists

- [The Best Rage Against the Machine Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rage-against-the-machine-guitar-solos/) — #8
- [The Best Tom Morello Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/tom-morello-guitar-solos/) — #13

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Calm Like a Bomb?

Tom Morello played the solo on Rage Against the Machine's Calm Like a Bomb (1999).

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