Rise Against

Never Back Down

No, they're all straight edge, but for one member who drinks "often enough."

Siren Song of the Counter Culture (2004) and The Sufferer & the Witness (2006) have both been certified Gold by the RIAA, meaning they have sold over 500,000 copies each.

Brandon Barnes

The question isn't why they're a good band, the question is why are they so popular. The answer is because they have different uncommon themes to their songs and portray them in not-so-obvious ways. Their songs make one think about things they perhaps hadn't thought about before. They also write songs about things that most bands wouldn't even dare to say let alone sing.

Rise Against has released 6 albums and 1 EP. In 2001, The Unraveling was released. In 2003, Revolutions Per Minute was released. In 2004, Siren Song of the Counter Culture was released. In 2006, The Sufferer & The Witness was released. In 2008, This is Noise - EP and Appeal To Reason were released.

I've always considered Sevendust, Chevelle, and Rage to be similar.

This is taken directly from the album booklet.

break through the undertow

your hands i can't seem to find

pollution burns my tongue

cough words i can't speak so i

stop my struggling

then i float to the surface

fill my lungs with air

then let it out

i give it all

now there's a reason why i sing

i give it all

and it's this reason why i sing

rock bottom's where we live

and we still dig these trenches

to bury ourselves in them

backs breaking under tension

for far too long these voices

muffled by distances

its time to come to our senses

up from the dirt

we give it all

now there's a reason why i sing

so give it all

cuz it's these reasons that belong to me

breathe the air we give

the life we live

our pulses racing distances

so wet my tongue

break into song

thru seas of competition

so please believe your eyes

a sacrifice is not what we had in our minds

I'm coming homes tonight

home tonight

we give it all

this is the reason why i sing

so give it all

and it's this reason that belongs to me

today i offer up myself to this

I'm living for my dying wish

i give it all

now there's a reason

there's a reason

paramore

Ramones or sex pistols, paramore are scum

It is pronounced Mc-al-wrath.

I'm not sure what Rise Against uses for distortion but they use Gibson Les Pauls and Marshall Amps.

Different Opinions:

No. Anymore, punk is just a label given by record companies. Actual punk is music that is socially and politically active. Rise Against has a style sometimes labeled as punk, but they are not.

Yes. Despite being a relatively popular band, Rise Against's music remains socially and politically aware, which is one is the major characteristics of punk rock.

Yes, Tim McIlrath writes their songs.

no they are not 2 of the band members are christian one is agnostic and one is athiest so no they are actually not anti christian

The concept of rooting for the team originated in America, sometime between 1885 and 1890. It is thought to be related to the word rout, which has several meanings.

In Medieval times and later periods meals were often served on square wooden plates called Trenchers or platters, commonly known as a board. They were usually made out of a hardwood like maplewood so they didn't absorb the gravy & taint the next meal. There was a round groove lathe-cut into the centre of the board to hold the stew or gravy & often a small round groove drilled at the side of the platter to hold salt. You ate your meal with a knife & spoon, dipping meat into the salt. Where poor people may go without a meal often, sitting down to a proper meal on a board, (or 'square meal'), was a good thing - if you were getting your 3 square meals a day, you were doing very well for yourself. Just to confuse things, board also meant the dining table. There are naval links as well, square wooden trencher plates were used on-board ships as they didn't slide around as easily as circular plates, for sailors & press-ganged men they would have looked forward to a good square meal between their watches. If you went to an Inn for somewhere to sleep and food, you'd ask for 'bed & board'. Trencher is thought to originate from the French language where 'trancher' meant to cut, you'd cut the meat on your board. Before wooden trenchers came into common use, the trencher was made of bread, so that gravy soaked into the bread & you ate the plate as well, certainly saved on the washing up! See what they looked like at;

http://www.keeleyhire.co.uk/item.php?id=3582

God speaks, and that means we can hear him. But how can you hear him if you cannot recognize his voice, and how can you recognize his voice if you do not speak his language and how can you speak his language if you do not know him. God can be known and he can be understood. You will hear him if you allow his Spirit into your heart by accepting Jesus as your Lord and saviour. Hmmm. I don't think God is limited to one language, nor do I think that God speaks to us audibly - that is to say aloud. He knows what we are thinking even before we think it. I believe that if you think what you did or are doing is wrong, then it is your conscience talking to you. Through your conscience, you are guided (or not) to do the good things that God has commanded. I believe that when your conscience bothers you, it is a way of God speaking with you.

Warm yourself by the fire, son,

And the morning will come soon.

I'll tell you stories of a better time,

In a place that we once knew.

Before we packed our bags

And left all this behind us in the dust,

We had a place that we could call home,

And a life no one could touch.

Don't hold me up now,

I can stand my own ground,

I don't need your help now,

You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up now,

I can stand my own ground,

I don't need your help now,

You will let me down, down, down!

Down!

We are the angry and the desperate,

The hungry, and the cold,

We are the ones who kept quiet,

And always did what we were told.

But we've been sweating while you slept so calm,

In the safety of your home.

We've been pulling out the nails that hold up

Everything you've known.

Don't hold me up now,

I can stand my own ground,

I don't need your help now,

You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up now,

I can stand my own ground,

I don't need your help now,

You will let me down, down, down!

So open your eyes child,

Let's be on our way.

Broken windows and ashes

Are guiding the way.

Keep quiet no longer,

We'll sing through the day,

Of the lives that we've lost,

And the lives we've reclaimed.

Go!

Don't hold me up now,

I can stand my own ground,

I don't need your help now,

You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up now,

I can stand my own ground,

I don't need your help now,

You will let me down, down, down!

Don't hold me up...

(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't hold me up...

(I don't need your help)

No! No! No!

Don't hold me up!

(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't hold me up!

(I don't need your help, I'll stand my ground)

Don't let me down, down, down, down, down!

Tim Wakefield is 45 years old (birthdate: August 2, 1966).

check out www.generationlost.net

it´s a pretty old site and you´ll get a lot information of the first years of rise against

He is one of the very few people in the world who are born with it.

No one. They are agnostic.

A species of lettuce found growing first in the area of Andora, province of Savona, region of Liguria. Specifically the village of Rollo. A leafy red tipped Vulcan lettuce with mild flavor and soft texture.

his kids are 11,9,and 4 he has three perfect kids and wants more!