Rise Against
Biography
Chicago's Rise Against began in 1999 when ex-88 Fingers Louie bassist Joe Principe tapped area vocalist Tim McIlrath for a new project rooted in the sound and social vision of traditionalist hardcore. Joined by fellow 88 Fingers vet Dan Precision on guitar and, eventually, drummer Brandon Barnes, Rise Against signed to Fat Wreck and issued The Unraveling in 2001. Precision left the band that same year to be replaced by Todd Mohney. Extensive touring followed, leading to their sophomore outing, 2002's Revolutions Per Minute. After solid response from fans and critics alike, as well as a stint on the Warped Tour, Rise Against left the Fat Wreck fold for DreamWorks/Geffen. By this point, guitar duties were being handled by Chris Chasse (Reach the Sky). Rise Against made their major-label debut in August 2004 with Siren Song of the Counter Culture. They toured steadily after the album's release, received plenty of solid press, and even saw Counter Culture crack the Billboard Top 200. In 2005, Rise Against appeared in the skateboarding film Lords of Dogtown, playing an old-school Cali punk band. (They performed a rousing version of Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown" for the film's soundtrack.
Selected Discography
The singer wore My Sims Shirt in the Movie Lords of Dogtown. Hell yeah
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Rise Against is awesome and inspires alot of people to help the planet and there music rocks
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rise against is like no one else. i always wondered what happened to 88 fingers they we good too.
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As Much I love RA, Bob Coffins brings up a good point about how bands like these draw our attention away from great underground bands, and that sucks. I love RA though, and I always will. I'm not so happy about the PETA thing though.
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Rise Against has that 90s punk sound,yet they are not derivative of any band. They took everything good about 88 Fingers and added an intoxicating anger that sets them far above much of the "new punk" sound of today. Even if you don't agree with they exceeding leftist views; it is impossible to deny that they are skilled practioners of their art.
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Rise Against isn't exactly unique, but they do have their own sound. as soon as tim mcilrath starts singing, you know it's them. they have a purpose in their music, if that gets you going. if it doesn't, they are still good at making music. and the message remains the same, even if the music is evolving.
btw, i don't totally agree with their views, but that never gets in the way of lovin the music. they're one of my favorite bands. kudos to the band for all they've done Rise Against ROCKS |
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First off, f**k all of you haters! Secondly RA is one of my most favorite bands ever, they saved my life, and I know that the whole "u guyz s4vedzor me" is repeated over and over again but I actually mean that. I love all their songs and I have seen them live and each time they have come to Seattle and they always kick massive ammounts of a**. One time the boys in the band were playing so loud that their vibrations almost shook loose a light fixture! Rise Against is amazing.
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Rise Against has a sound of pure unfiltered angst to them!!!
They rrrrrrrrrooo o o o o o o o o o o o o o o c c c c c c c c c c k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |
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i like rise against a lot, guys. there albums are the best ive heard in a long time. i mean, they do have there own individual sound witch makes them different from just about any other band.
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but..... why do they keep soming up on my Finch radio???
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RA is great. my sister got me listening to them. great sound. they do have meaningful lyrics too, and thats hard to find these days.
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OMG I LOVE RISE AGAINST!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ♥
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For those that think than many Rise Against songs sound the same, they do. They sound consistently good.
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I'm not sure I care either way. So many quality underground bands that don't get any recognition so that the way can be paved for watered down bands like this one that will assuredly change the whole premise, image and sound of their band once this trend has blown by. Uhh much like AFI
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yeahhhhhhhhh h h h ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Bob you don't know what your talking about Rise Against rocks their way better then AFI.
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This band makes punk sound like a moist f*rt between the buttcheeks of your obese aunt.
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Yeah dude. Requin you have severe broken english
IRONY!! haha This band rocks my ear drums. |
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guy's got an awesome voice. doesn't sound like anybody else, which is rare to find these days
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