Tom Morello & Serj Tankian Share New Cover of Gang of Four’s “Natural’s Not In It”

By: Staff –

Tom Morello (L) and Serj Tankian.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello and System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian have released a new cover of Gang of Four’s “Natural’s Not In It”, as part of the new cover album album The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four, which is set for release in May 2021.

It’s a double album of tracks written by Andy Gill and Gang of Four, all newly reinterpreted and recorded by artists whose own unique contributions to music were enriched by listening to Gang of Four. The album features songs from across Gang of Four’s 40-plus year career, each individually chosen by the artists who covered them.

“Andy loved what Tom and Serj did with this song, the fierceness of their attack and the jet-engine scream of feedback” says Gill’s widow, Catherine Mayer. “This was a track Andy always enjoyed performing. He said their version brilliantly captured all the explosive, danceable energy Natural’s Not In It can create in live performance.”

The single, like many on the forthcoming album, first appeared on the band’s 1979 debut album, Entertainment!
 
“Andy Gill was one of a handful of artists in history who changed the way guitars are played,” said Morello. “His band Gang of Four were just incendiary and completely groundbreaking with Andy’s confrontational, unnerving and sublime playing at the forefront. His jagged plague-disco raptor-attack industrial-funk deconstructed guitar anti-hero sonics and fierce poetic radical intellect were hugely influential to me.”
 
“It was a real pleasure to work on this track with Tom and honor the legacy of Andy and Gang of Four at the same time,” said Tankian.