Tim Commerford's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs

In the record

Timothy Commerford (born February 26, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the rap rock band Rage Against the Machine and the supergroups Audioslave and Prophets of Rage. The birth-card coordinate for February 26 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2023 Performers with Rage Against the Machine induction.

Rock Hall record

• 2023 Performers — inducted member of Rage Against the Machine

The Queen of Clubs coordinate

Tim Commerford's birthday maps to the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote and not a verdict on Tim Commerford. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it.

Live Queen of Clubs meaning page

Tim Commerford in the public record

Since 2013 and 2015, respectively, he has also been the lead singer and bassist of the bands Future User and Wakrat. He was ranked eighth on Paste magazine's list of "20 Underrated Bass Guitarists" in 2014. Commerford was born on February 26, 1968, in Irvine, California. Growing up, he was a fan of Gene Simmons, Sid Vicious, Steve Harris, and Geddy Lee. After de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine, music producer Rick Rubin suggested the three remaining members of Rage get together with then-former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, and "see what happens". The newly formed Audioslave later released their eponymous debut album in November 2002, which would attain triple platinum status. Commerford co-founded the band Future User, together with Jordan Tarlow (keys), Jon Knox (drums) and producer Brendan O'Brien (guitars). Commerford plays bass and is the vocalist of the band.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Tim Commerford (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 7 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Tim Commerford, and not a forecast of induction.

You look at love clearly without using analysis as a way not to feel it. You're wired to look beneath the surface of feeling, to seek the truth under the romance. You bring reflection and wisdom to love, asking what's real rather than what's merely pleasant. You can see emotional patterns others miss.

There's too much stuff that doesn't look real.

Paired on shared wording: look, real. This line comes from the Saturn position of the Q♣'s Life Spread.

Also on the record

1. Commerford hid several months under the S.W.I.M persona on the first music videos, before unmasking himself in the "Mountain Lion" video.
2. The "Mountain Lion" video featured road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong, a close friend of Commerford, while a skateboarding Commerford appears to inject himself with a steroid.
3. In 2015, he formed "punk and hardcore-influenced band", named Wakrat.
4. The band also features drummer Mathias Wakrat and guitarist Laurent Grangeon.

Other inductees with this card

• Bonnie Raitt — 2000 Performers
• Bruce Thomas — 2003 Performers with Elvis Costello & the Attractions
• Cher — 2024 Performers
• David Crosby — 1991 Performers with The Byrds; 1997 Performers with Crosby, Stills & Nash
• David Lee Roth — 2007 Performers with Van Halen
• Dizzy Reed — 2012 Performers with Guns N' Roses
• Fats Domino — 1986 Performers
• Joe Cocker — 2025 Performers
• Johnny Cash — 1992 Performers
• Jonathan Cain — 2017 Performers with Journey
• Larry Graham — 1993 Performers with Sly and the Family Stone
• Mike Smith — 2008 Performers with The Dave Clark Five
• 8 more inductees share this card.

FAQ

What is Tim Commerford's birth card?

The Queen of Clubs. February 26 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Rock Hall induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Tim Commerford's dates come from?

Birth date 1968-02-26 is the day-precision date on Tim Commerford's Wikipedia infobox, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Inductee identity comes from the Wikipedia Performers list, which cites RockHall.com. Year-only dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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