Lock Up is a rock band that featured Tom Morello on guitar before Rage Against the Machine was formed. The band was founded by the original guitar player Mike Livingston (formerly of The Mau-Mau's) and Kevin Woods on bass. They had previously played together in the band Ella and the Blacks, which also included Brian Grillo and Brendan Mullen (founder of The Masque, the first L.A. punk rock club). Grillo became Lock Up's lead singer. Tom Morello (born May 30, 1964, as Thomas Baptist Morello) is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist who played in Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine. ... Rage Against the Machine (a. ... Mike Livingston was a quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs football team. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Masque was a small punk rock club in central Hollywood which existed off and on from 1977 to 1979. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Lock-Up is a DC Comics villain and an enemy of Batman. ...

The original drummer was Michael Lee, (formerly of The Cult and later with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page ), who quit and was replaced briefly by D. H. Peligro, formerly of The Dead Kennedys and later in The Red Hot Chili Peppers. After Peligro left, he was replaced by Vince Ostertag. Michael Lee may refer to: Michael Lee, an Australian poltician Michael Lee, a Canadian field hockey player Michael Lee, A Korean American Student This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Cult is an English rock band. ... Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ... D.H. Peligro (b. ... This page is about the band; see Kennedy family for the political dynasty, or The Kennedy Curse, which inspired the name Dead Kennedys The Dead Kennedys, from San Francisco, California are widely considered to be one of the greatest punk rock bands of all time. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers (from left): Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante and Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Californian rock band who have combined aspects of funk and hip-hop with rock and roll, pioneering funk metal. ...

After a falling out during the signing process, Livingston was replaced by Morello. Chris Beebe on bass completed the lineup that released Lock Up's sole album on Geffen Records, Something Bitchin' This Way Comes, which came out in 1989. The title of the album was based on Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes. Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMGs Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. ... Something Bitchin This Way Comes is an album by Lock Up, released in July 1989. ... See also: 1989 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1989 Record labels established in 1989 other events of 1989 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 7 - Genesis 88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London January 14 - Paul... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. ... Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury. ...

Most of Morello's guitar with Lock Up is unlike his work with (then-future band) Rage Against the Machine. His solos mainly consist of arpeggios, tapping and overall fast fretwork, although evidence of his experimenting with the toggle switch can be heard in a few tracks ("Can't Stop the Bleeding", "Nothing New", "Punch Drunk"). The album defeats any claim that Morello is purely an "effect-based" guitarist.

Disappointing sales of the album led to the band being dropped by Geffen and the band's eventual break-up. Grillo was later frontman for the "homocore" band Extra Fancy, which also featured former Social Distortion, D.I., and The Adolescents drummer- Derek O'Brien. Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ... Social Distortion (sometimes referred to as simply Social D) are an influential punk rock band formed in 1978 by frontman Mike Ness. ... D.I. is a Southern California punk band featuring ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. ... The Adolescents are a punk music group formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ... Derek OBrien (1962/3-) is a drummer and producer who has been involved with many bands and projects throughout his career. ...

Brad Wilk, the drummer for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave, met Morello for the first time when Wilk unsuccessfully auditioned for Lock Up. Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968 in Portland, Oregon) is an American drummer, famous for being the drummer in Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. ... Rage Against the Machine (a. ... Audioslave was an alternative/hard rock supergroup that consisted of the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and back-up vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums), together with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) as their lead singer. ... Lock-Up is a DC Comics villain and an enemy of Batman. ...