Tim Commerford

Tim Commerford (born 1968), alias Timmy C., Tim Bob, Simmering T, Y.tim.K, and tim.COM, was the bassist for Rage Against the Machine and is currently bassist for Audioslave. He is the youngest of five children.

Related Topics:
1968 - Rage Against the Machine - Audioslave

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His father was an aerospace engineer, and worked on the space shuttle. His mother was a mathematician. Tim's father divorced and remarried, while his mother moved to Sacramento, California to live with his sister, until she died of brain cancer when Tim was 20 years old.

Related Topics:
Aerospace engineer - Mathematician - Sacramento, California

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Zack de la Rocha and Tim were friends since elementary school, and it was Zack who got Tim playing bass.

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Tim has numerous tattoos, including a design covering his back, arms, and chest.

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Tim is a fan of jazz, and is an obsessive mountain biker, even going so far as to thank all of his bikes in the liner notes for The Battle of Los Angeles.

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