Rise Against

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Chicago, Illinois (1999 – present)

Rise Against is a melodic hardcore/punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1999, and originally performing under the name Transistor Revolt, they released a self-produced demo entitled Transistor Revolt in 2000, a year before signing with Fat Wreck Chords to release their first two albums, The Unraveling in 2001, and Revolutions Per Minute in 2003. They later switched to Dreamworks Records and recorded their album Siren Song of the Counter Culture. However, Dreamworks Records got taken over by the Universal Music Group and Rise Against finally found themselves on Geffen Records, a Universal Music Group subsidiary, releasing Siren Song of the Counter Culture in August 2004. A re-issued version of The Unraveling was released on August 23, 2005 through Fat Wreck Chords. Their 4th studio album entitled “The Sufferer and The Witness” was released on July 4th 2006.

Rise Against’s original lineup consisted of Tim McIlrath (vocals and guitar), Joe Principe (bass and vocals), Brandon Barnes (drums), and Mr. Precision (guitar and vocals), and recorded its debut album with renowned punk producer Mass Giorgini. Mr. Precision left the band in 2001 and was replaced by Todd Mohney. Shortly after the band signed with Geffen, Mohney left and was replaced by Chris Chasse. After the release of the The Sufferer and The Witness, Chasse left the band due to personal differences (he is now in a band Last of the Believers; in his place now stands Zach Blair of Only Crime. According to a statement by McIlraith, “Yes, the Rise Against curse continues…”

1	Prayer Of The Refugee	5,733
2	Swing Life Away full track	4,671
3	Ready To Fall	4,419
4	Give It All full track	4,247
5	The Good Left Undone	3,543
6	Drones	3,287
7	Paper Wings full track	3,146
8	Injection	3,092
9	Worth Dying For	3,045
10	Under The Knife	2,945
11	Roadside	2,888
12	Bricks	2,748
13	Behind Closed Doors	2,724
14	Survive	2,691
15	Like The Angel full track	2,680

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Siren Song of the Counter Culture
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NASc wrote:
Thursday morning

Tip the scales not in their top 15,... Blasphumy! <(òÓ)> oh and murih wtf emo's listening to this band!?!?! this is certainly outragous because as we all know emo's are dark creatures who hybernate in caves and have MCR 24/7 playing on their Mp3's.

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Bhaart wrote:
Wednesday evening

i am emu and i like them duh duh

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murih wrote:
Wednesday morning

i don't get why so much emos like them? o_U but still agreat band =D

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nighthunta wrote:
Wednesday morning

haha it's funny i still remember the time that band had like 30,000 listeners and now it's gone 10x up. But i guess that's a good thing if people actually pick up the messages in their songs

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dreamer0224 wrote:
Wednesday morning

when will the new album come out? (:

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GymLeaderBrock wrote:
Tuesday evening

Fuck The Sufferer & The Witness... Isn't good compared to RPM, TU, or SSofCC.

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NoBrains- wrote:
Tuesday evening

blood to bleed! fucking amaaaaazing

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Blue56 wrote:
Tuesday morning

The Time we kill keeps us alive!

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ick9192 wrote:
Tuesday morning

State of the Union is beautifully energetic.

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H_x_C wrote:
Monday afternoon

I've met them in Leipzig city and talked to them. They are very kind guys. Love their music.

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ELEKTROCLASH wrote:
Monday morning

loveeee :o

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RevoDS wrote:
Monday morning

@ringishpil: I tried both last week...didn't really get into RPM, but Siren Song is pure ownage :P

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Jesse1993 wrote:
Monday morning

You guys are simply amazing and you rock my world. :) -Jesse D.

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WT-The-Fan wrote:
Sunday evening

I hope the new album got the same sounds as TSatW

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burn_it_all wrote:
Sunday afternoon

i like their new stuff like siren song and sufferer/witness. rpm and unraveling arent bad, but i prefer new ones

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invocation88 wrote:
Saturday evening

Please join the Fuck McCain group here: http://www.last.fm/group/Fuck+McCain

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blizzount13 wrote:
Saturday evening

Revolutions per minute is their best stuff.

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stani180 wrote:
Saturday afternoon

vote for the new picture http://www.lastfm.de/music/Rise+Against/+images/8740085 it's great ;)

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Evil_Meow wrote:
Saturday morning

cant wait for the new album (:

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Waffles96 wrote:
7 days ago

ramoneskid is right

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