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Multi-millionaire musician Tom Morello joins up with other platinum selling artists for "We Are the 99 Percent"

by Tyler Munro

Because everybody needs an excuse to prod their way back into pop culture relevancy, Tom Morello hasn’t released a song by a band that mattered since Audioslave broke up in 2007, but the Occupy Movement has given him second life as a musician more than a talking head. For the most, he’s made his support about the issues. Until now.

He says the movement was lacking an anthem, so he got together with equally successful big brand musicians Serj Tankian and Tim McIlrath (of Rise Against) to write what he’s called “their gift to the movement.”

Totally missing the point behind its title, the track is called “We Are the 99 Percent,” but we can’t post it here because it’s exclusive to Rolling Stone, which makes sense, right? Because if there’s one idea that’s keep the Occupy Movement strong for over a year, it’s the one that perpetuates bravado filled rock songs posted under exclusivity blankets. At this point, we’ll assume the drums are just the sounds of these three self-satisfied goofs patting themselves on the back.