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When most rock fans think of Tom Morello, they probably think of Rage Against the Machine. Some might think of Audioslave. Very few will think of Morello's folk-rock alter-ego, The Nightwatchman (MySpace). But when Rage Against the Machine—always voraciously political and activist, both personally and musically—gave way to the apolitical Audioslave, the outspoken and outrageously intelligent Morello sought an outlet to express his politics musically. That outlet first came in the form of playing original folk-inspired protest songs at a Los Angeles coffee house open mic night. And there, The Nightwatchman project came to be.