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===Future User, Wakrat and 7D7D (2014–present)===
===Future User, Wakrat and 7D7D (2014–present)===
Commerford co-founded the band [[Future User]], together with Jordan Tarlow (keys), [[Jon Knox]] (drums) and producer [[Brendan O'Brien (record producer)|Brendan O'Brien]] (guitars). Commerford plays bass and is the vocalist of the band. Commerford hid several months under the S.W.I.M persona on the first music videos, before unmasking himself in the "Mountain Lion" video.<ref name="Radio.com 2015-01-27">{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2015/01/27/future-user-tim-commerford-lance-armstong-stan-lee-interview/|title=Who is Future User? New Band Reveals Identities in Exclusive Interview|last=Tilles|first=Jay|date=January 27, 2015|website=[[Radio.com]]|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> The "Mountain Lion" video featured road racing cyclist [[Lance Armstrong]], a close friend of Commerford,<ref name="People 2015-01-27">{{cite news|last=Andriakos|first=Jacqueline|date=January 27, 2015|title=Lance Armstrong Makes Cameo in New Drug-Related Music Video|url=http://www.people.com/article/lance-armstrong-future-user-mountain-lion|newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> while a skateboarding Commerford appears to inject himself with a [[steroid]].<ref name="Rolling Stone 2015-01-27">{{cite news|date=January 27, 2015|title=Lance Armstrong Talks Trash in RATM Offshoot Future User's 'Mountain Lion' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/lance-armstrong-future-user-mountain-lion-video-20150127|newspaper=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USA Today 2015-01-27">{{cite news|last=Mandell|first=Nina|date=January 27, 2015|title=Lance Armstrong makes cameo in new music video about PEDs|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/lance-armstrong-tim-commerford|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
Commerford co-founded the band [[Future User]], together with Jordan Tarlow (keys), [[Jon Knox]] (drums) and producer [[Brendan O'Brien (record producer)|Brendan O'Brien]] (guitars). Commerford plays bass and is the vocalist of the band. Commerford hid several months under the S.W.I.M persona on the first music videos, before unmasking himself in the "Mountain Lion" video.<ref name="Radio.com 2015-01-27">{{cite web|url=http://radio.com/2015/01/27/future-user-tim-commerford-lance-armstong-stan-lee-interview/|title=Who is Future User? New Band Reveals Identities in Exclusive Interview|last=Tilles|first=Jay|date=January 27, 2015|website=[[Radio.com]]|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> The "Mountain Lion" video featured road racing cyclist [[Lance Armstrong]], a close friend of Commerford,<ref name="People 2015-01-27">{{cite news|last=Andriakos|first=Jacqueline|date=January 27, 2015|title=Lance Armstrong Makes Cameo in New Drug-Related Music Video|url=http://www.people.com/article/lance-armstrong-future-user-mountain-lion|newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> while a skateboarding Commerford appears to inject himself with a [[steroid]].<ref name="Rolling Stone 2015-01-27">{{cite news|date=January 27, 2015|title=Lance Armstrong Talks Trash in RATM Offshoot Future User's 'Mountain Lion' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/lance-armstrong-future-user-mountain-lion-video-20150127|newspaper=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USA Today 2015-01-27">{{cite news|last=Mandell|first=Nina|date=January 27, 2015|title=Lance Armstrong makes cameo in new music video about PEDs|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/01/lance-armstrong-tim-commerford|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Tim Commerford Performing at Red Rocks in 2016.jpg|thumb|Tim Commerford Performing at Red Rocks in 2016]]


In 2015, he formed "[[Punk rock|punk]] and [[hardcore punk|hardcore]]-influenced band", named [[Wakrat]]. The band also features drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Laurent Grangeon. The band debuted their first single, "Knucklehead", in September 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-tim-commerford-new-band-wakrat/ | title=Rage Against the Machine Bassist Tim Commerford Forms New Band Wakrat Read More: Rage Against the Machine Bassist Forms New Band Wakrat | publisher=[[Loudwire]] | date=September 25, 2015 | access-date=October 10, 2015 | author=Bowar, Chad}}</ref>
In 2015, he formed "[[Punk rock|punk]] and [[hardcore punk|hardcore]]-influenced band", named [[Wakrat]]. The band also features drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Laurent Grangeon. The band debuted their first single, "Knucklehead", in September 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-tim-commerford-new-band-wakrat/ | title=Rage Against the Machine Bassist Tim Commerford Forms New Band Wakrat Read More: Rage Against the Machine Bassist Forms New Band Wakrat | publisher=[[Loudwire]] | date=September 25, 2015 | access-date=October 10, 2015 | author=Bowar, Chad}}</ref>

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Timothy Commerford[1] (born February 26, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for rock band Rage Against the Machine and supergroups Audioslave and Prophets of Rage. Since 2013 and 2015, respectively, he has also been the lead singer and bassist of the bands Future User and Wakrat.

He was ranked eighth on Paste magazine's list of "20 Underrated Bass Guitarists" in 2014.[2]

Early life

Commerford was born on February 26, 1968, in Irvine, California.[3] Growing up, he was a fan of Rush, Gene Simmons, Sid Vicious, Steve Harris, and Geddy Lee.[4]

Career

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Rage Against the Machine (1991–2000)

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Commerford's appearances on Rage Against the Machine's studio records have been marked with a running joke where his credits on the record were under nicknames, such as "Y Tim K" or "Tim.com".

On September 7, 2000, Commerford climbed atop onstage scaffolding during the MTV Music Video Awards, and disrupted the proceedings when Limp Bizkit won an award. Commerford was arrested that evening, and a disgruntled de la Rocha quit the band soon after.

Audioslave (2001–2007)

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Commerford performing with Audioslave at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2005

After de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine, music producer Rick Rubin suggested the three remaining members of Rage get together with then-former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, and "see what happens".[5] The newly formed Audioslave later released their eponymous debut album in November 2002,[6] which would attain triple platinum status.[7] On February 15, 2007, Chris Cornell officially announced his departure from Audioslave, thus disbanding the group.

Rage Against the Machine reunion (2007–2011)

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Future User, Wakrat and 7D7D (2014–present)

Commerford co-founded the band Future User, together with Jordan Tarlow (keys), Jon Knox (drums) and producer Brendan O'Brien (guitars). Commerford plays bass and is the vocalist of the band. Commerford hid several months under the S.W.I.M persona on the first music videos, before unmasking himself in the "Mountain Lion" video.[8] The "Mountain Lion" video featured road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, a close friend of Commerford,[9] while a skateboarding Commerford appears to inject himself with a steroid.[10][11]

File:Tim Commerford Performing at Red Rocks in 2016.jpg
Tim Commerford Performing at Red Rocks in 2016

In 2015, he formed "punk and hardcore-influenced band", named Wakrat. The band also features drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Laurent Grangeon. The band debuted their first single, "Knucklehead", in September 2015.[12]

In 2022, Commerford launched a new project, 7D7D, with Mathias Wakrat and Jonny Polonsky. The group debuted their first single, "Capitalism", in November.[13]

Prophets of Rage (2016–2019)

In 2016, Commerford reunited with Tom Morello and Brad Wilk, and was joined by Chuck D and B-Real to form supergroup Prophets of Rage. They play covers from their Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill material, and new material as well.

Other contributions

Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk contributed to Maynard James Keenan's side project Puscifer and his album "V" Is for Vagina on the track "Momma Sed". Both have taken part in the production of Dave Grohl's 2013 Sound City soundtrack, with the track "Time Slowing Down". In 2010, Commerford was interviewed and appeared in the documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage.[14]

Personal life

In 2001, Commerford married his longtime girlfriend, Aleece Dimas. They have two sons together. In November 2018, the couple announced they were divorcing, finalizing their divorce five years later in 2024.[15]

Commerford is a self-described "conspiracy theorist". In a Rolling Stone interview in 2015, he claimed that the Moon landing was faked and he confronted Buzz Aldrin about it at a John Cusack movie premiere. In the same interview, Commerford also stated that he does not believe ISIS is real and cast doubt upon the ISIS beheading videos:[16][17]

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They're not real. They're high-def. They have a soundtrack. The parts of those videos that you couldn't fake are edited out. At first, I thought it was edited out by our government so our kids wouldn't be seeing it on the Internet, but no. That's the way those videos came. The knife starts to cut the neck, and then it fades out. There's too much stuff that doesn't look real. They've edited out the parts that would be too hard to fake. We created Jihadi John and ISIS so we can go drop bombs.[16]

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In December 2022, Commerford revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier in the year, and had undergone surgery prior to going on tour with Rage Against the Machine that summer.[18]

Equipment

Commerford has been using various Music Man StingRay basses since 2016, a brand he has liked since his beginnings with Rage Against The Machine.[19] MusicMan released several custom Artist Series basses in 2021.[20] He previously used Fender Jazz Basses with Fender Precision Bass necks and Lakland basses.[21]

Discography

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