Tim Commerford
| Tim Commerford | |
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Tim Commerford in 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Timothy Robert Commerford |
| Also known as | Timmy C, Y.tim.K., Tim Bob, tim.com, S.W.I.M., Tim the Bassist |
| Born |
February 26, 1968 Irvine, California, United States |
| Genres | Alternative metal, rap metal, funk metal, alternative rock, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Interscope, Epic |
| Associated acts | Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Puscifer, Future User, WAKRAT, Prophets of Rage |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Several custom Fender Jazz basses Music Man Stingray Several Lakland Custom Basses |
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Timothy Robert "Tim" Commerford (born February 26, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine (1991–2000; 2007–2011), supergroups Audioslave (2001–2007) and Prophets of Rage (2016–present). Since 2013 and 2015, he has also been the lead singer and bassist of the bands Future User and WAKRAT, respectively.
He was ranked eighth on Paste magazine's list of "20 Underrated Bass Guitarists" in 2014.
Timothy Robert Commerford was born on February 26, 1968 in Irvine, California, the youngest of six children. His father, an aerospace engineer, worked on the Space Shuttle, and his mother was a teacher/mathematician. He is of French and Irish descent. In the fifth grade, he met future bandmate Zack de la Rocha. Around this time, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Shortly thereafter, his father divorced and remarried. Commerford stayed with his father, while his mother moved to Sacramento, California to live with her sister while seeking treatment. During this time, de la Rocha introduced him to bass, and Commerford soon found an outlet in music and poetry, playing bass in the band Juvenile Expression. Commerford's mother died of brain cancer in 1988.
In 1993, Commerford was introduced to mountain biking by his future father-in-law, Jimbo Insko. Commerford is known as a biking enthusiast, having featured in Mountain Biking UK magazine issue 242. In 1995, Rage Against the Machine was forced to cancel a concert after Commerford broke his wrist in a biking accident. In 2006, he rode a bike from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara with a group of people (including John McEnroe) to see Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth play at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
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