'We Are The 99 Percent': Tom Morello, Serj Tankian & Tim McIlrath Sing Occupy Anthem

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Sources: YouTube & Rolling Stone

Since last fall's protestor-led occupation of Zuccotti Park, Tom Morello has been an active and vocal supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The guitarist has regularly gigged at rallies under the guise of his workingman alter-ego, the Nightwatchman, and most recently performed at a commemorative gathering in lower Manhattan to mark the one-year anniversary of the movement's formation.

However, this hasn't seemed like enough of a contribution to Morello; he tells Rolling Stone that he felt the Occupy canon – largely comprised of "earnest folk songs" – was missing a true rock anthem. "It's our gift to the movement," he says of "We Are the 99 Percent," a fists-against-the-wall riff-riot that Morello penned with his "brothers in arms," Rise Against singer Tim McIlrath and System of a Down singer Serj Tankian. The track is now available to stream exclusively on RollingStone.com; starting tomorrow, it will be available for free download here.

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The success of Occupy Wall Street, Morello believes, has hinged on its ability to "inject into the global dialogue the horrific economic inequality that plagues the planet" and highlight the "grotesque global poverty and the growing inequality in our country." Morello says that he sees evidence of the movement's success in the current presidential campaign. "When is the last time when a Republican candidate for president has had his feet held to the fire because he's too rich?" he says.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-premiere-tom-morello-tim-mcilrath-serj-tankian-and-occupy-wall-street-we-are-the-99-percent-20120927#ixzz283aBJwEn

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