![Tom Morello's son rocks out on Steve Vai's "For the Love of God."]](https://backingtracksfullcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Tom-Morellos-son-rocks-out-on-Steve-Vais-For-the-758x426.jpg "Tom Morello's son rocks out on Steve Vai's \"For the Love of God.\"] 1")
Tom Morello’s 14-year-old son, Roman, has continued to prove himself a chip off the old block by shredding Steve Vai’s finger-burning For the Love of God in Mumbai.
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist and political activist has been championing his son’s talents for a few years now. There have been videos of him shredding at a RATM soundcheck and jamming with Jack Black, and last year, the father-son pair put a song out together as part of Morello Sr.’s first rock-leaning solo album.
“For the Love of God, written by Steve Vai and performed by my 14-year-old son Roman in Mumbai, India,” Tom’s caption reads. “Happy New Year.”
Cynical viewers might say it isn’t the cleanest performance, but that’s forgetting he’s only 14, less than half the age the already-vastly-experienced Vai was when he wrote the song. I know I couldn’t do that at his age.
The Morellos have been out on tour together, with Tom eager to prove why he once said his son could “shred circles around me.”
It’s not clear at what point on the night Roman took on Vai’s now-35-year-old shredathon – perhaps as a warm-up act – but what’s clear is that his dad’s praise wasn’t just hyperbole. The kid has chops; he’s likely to make news headlines plenty more yet and surely, given time, branch out to stand up on his own two virtuosic feet.
Roman Morello, though, isn’t the only youthful shredder to have mastered the song. One Hungarian guitarist nailed a performance of it at his prom, a feat that even got the approval of Mr. Vai. There is hope indeed.
