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"Audioslave are in Los Angeles working on the follow-up to their 2002, self-titled debut. The hard rock supergroup -- former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, and Rage Against the Machine vets, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk -- began writing new material after last summer&amp;apos;s Lollapalooza tour, but the band is now buckling down in rehearsals and writing &amp;quot;a song a day,&amp;quot; according to guitarist Tom Morello.\r\nMorello says Audioslave have nineteen tracks in the works, but they will continue to compose new material. &amp;quot;The modus operandi is we write &amp;apos;til the well runs dry and then go in and record,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;You never know . . . the twenty-sixth song might be [Audioslave&amp;apos;s first single] &amp;apos;Cochise.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nMorello is already enthusiastic about the new output. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s a breadth and a depth to the music that makes it inspiring to show up at rehearsal every day,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s ferocious, ripping, riff rock &amp;amp; roll and there&amp;apos;s some stuff that sounds like Audioslave meets [U2&amp;apos;s] Joshua Tree. It&amp;apos;s pretty diverse and beautiful. Chris is singing great, Timmy and Brad sound awesome -- it&amp;apos;s good times.&amp;quot;\r\nMorello won&amp;apos;t commit to a release date, but he says to ensure quality, the band is in no great hurry. &amp;quot;What we&amp;apos;re gonna do,&amp;quot; he says, &amp;quot;is make sure that this is the greatest record that we could possibly make.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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