Rise Against

Rise Against
Rise Against at Wiley Open Air 2009
General information
origin	Chicago , United States
Genre (s)	Melodic hardcore , punk , hardcore punk
founding	1999 as Transistor Revolt
Website	www.riseagainst.com
Founding members
singing	Tim McIlrath
Guitar , vocals	Dan "Mr. Precision "Vlekinsky (until 2001)
Bass , vocals	Joe Principe
Drums	Toni Tintari (until 2000)
Current occupation
Vocals, rhythm guitar	Tim McIlrath
Bass, backing vocals	Joe Principe
Drums, percussion	Brandon Barnes (since 2000)
Lead guitar , background vocals	Zach Blair (since 2007)
former members
guitar	Todd Mohney (2001-2002)
guitar	Kevin White (2002)
Guitar, vocals	Chris Chasse (2003-2007)

Singer Tim McIlrath and drummer Brandon Barnes at an open air concert in Mainz in 2010

Rise Against at a concert in New York in 2008

Rise Against is an American punk / hardcore band from Chicago , Illinois . The group is known for its political commitment; many songs have ideological themes as content. Animal rights are particularly important to the band: two members are vegetarians and two are vegans . They also support the PETA and Sea Shepherd organizations .

history

The band was founded in 1999 under the name "Transistor Revolt" by Tim McIlrath, Toni Tintari as well as Joe Principe and Dan "Mr. Precision “Vlekinsky founded. In 2000 they released a self-produced demo recording, also called Transistor Revolt . A year later they signed with Fat Wreck Chords to release their first two albums, The Unraveling and Revolutions per Minute . Mr. Precision left Rise Against in 2001 and was replaced by Todd Mohney. They later switched to Dreamworks Records and recorded their third album, Siren Song of the Counter Culture . However, Dreamworks Records was taken over by the Universal Music Group and eventually Rise Against found themselves at Geffen Records , a subsidiary of the Universal Music Group, where they released Siren Song of the Counter Culture in August 2004 . Shortly after Rise Against signed with Geffen Records, Mohney left the band and Chris Chasse took his place, who was replaced by Zach Blair in early 2007 . Fat Wreck Chords released a revised re-release of The Unraveling in August 2005 . On July 4, 2006, the album The Sufferer & the Witness was released again on Geffen Records. The fifth album, like the two albums Revolutions Per Minute and The Sufferer & the Witness , was recorded and produced by Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents) and Jason Livermore. It was released on October 10, 2008 under the name Appeal to Reason . According to Zach Blair, the band began recording the new album in September 2010. The album, called Endgame , was released on March 11, 2011 in Germany. On January 18, 2011 there was the premiere of the new single Help is on the way . On February 14, 2011, part of the first Single Architects was published on the Soundcloud platform and has since been sold. On June 21, 2011, the music video for the song Make it Stop (September Children) was released, which addresses the problem of suicide among young people at the end of September 2010 due to bullying .

As a result of February 29, 2012, the band had their first television appearance worldwide on TV total . Contrary to the announcement that the band would play the title Satellite from their then current album Endgame , band co-founder Tim McIlrath - according to Raab spontaneously - performed solo with Swing Life Away .

On September 6, 2013, the band released via Interscope Records with Long forgotten songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000-2013 a collection of 26 single B-sides , compilation contributions and cover songs .

On June 4, 2014, the band announced their new album The Black Market via a video posted on Facebook . The single I Don't Wan't To Be Here Anymore was released on June 10th. The album The Black Market followed on July 11th .

On April 19, 2017, the band published a short video for the new single The Violence on Facebook and Twitter . On April 20, the album Wolves was announced for June 9, 2017 with the release of the single .

Discography

→ Main article : Rise Against / Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2001	The unraveling	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Revolutions per minute	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Siren Song of the Counter Culture	DE- gold DE	-	-	-	US136 gold (18 weeks)US
2006	The Sufferer & the Witness	DE77 gold (1 week)DE	AT75 (1 week) AT	CH98 (1 week) CH	UK- silver UK	US10 gold (27 weeks)US
2008	Appeal to Reason	DE21st gold (6 weeks)DE	AT34 (3 weeks) AT	CH44 (2 weeks) CH	UK68 silver (1 week)UK	US3 gold (62 weeks)US
2011	Endgame	DE1 platinum (16 weeks)DE	AT3 (11 weeks) AT	CH12 (5 weeks) CH	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	US2 (19 weeks) US
2013	Long Forgotten Songs - B-Sides & Covers	DE7 (3 weeks) DE	AT7 (3 weeks) AT	CH33 (1 week) CH	UK73 (1 week) UK	US19 (2 weeks) US
2014	The Black Market	DE1 gold (11 weeks)DE	AT3 (9 weeks) AT	CH5 (7 weeks) CH	UK13 (2 weeks) UK	US3 (11 weeks) US
2017	Wolves	DE5 (13 weeks) DE	AT5 (11 weeks) AT	CH11 (4 weeks) CH	UK38 (1 week) UK	US9 (2 weeks) US
2018	The Ghost Note Symphonies, Vol. 1	DE9 (4 weeks) DE	AT29 (2 weeks) AT	CH39 (1 week) CH	-	US55 (1 week) US

Band members timeline

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  Rise Against 2013 in South Africa

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  Singer Tim McIlrath in 2006

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  Tim McIlrath in 2006

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  Tim McIlrath in 2011

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  Guitarist Zach Blair (front) and singer Tim McIlrath (back) in 2008

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  Guitarist Zach Blair in 2011

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  Bassist Joe Principe performing on the 2006 Warped Tour

Web links

Commons : Rise Against  - Collection of Images

• Official website (English)
• Rise Against at universal-music
• Rise Against at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (no longer available) 
2. ↑ Rise Against at Peta2.com: [1]
3. ↑ johnludwig: 5 Truths About Rise Against. In: uDiscover Germany. February 27, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2020 (American English). 
4. ↑ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/online_downloads/rise_against_post_new_song.html
5. ↑ http://www.rise-against.de/news/detail/article/162940/haben-albumtitel-bekannt/
6. ^ "Architects" on Soundcloud.com , last viewed on February 26, 2011
7. ↑ Tyler Clementi Suicide Puts Bullying In Spotlight (accessed January 17, 2012)
8. ↑ Rise Against's 'Make It Stop' Tackles Bullying, Suicide (accessed January 17, 2012)
9. ↑ https://www.rheinpfalz.de/nachrichten/kultur/artikel/rise-against-saenger-mcilrath-im-interview-zaehne-haben/
10. ↑ Preview | Week from February 27 to March 4, ProSieben (accessed February 29, 2012)
11. ↑ Announcement by Universal Music ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (February 29, 2012) 
12. ↑ Tim McIlrath at TV Total. On: prosieben.de. Retrieved April 5, 2012
13. ↑ Facebook video - New album The Black Market
14. ↑ Rise Against on Twitter. Retrieved April 20, 2017 . 
15. ^ Rise Against. Retrieved April 20, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Rise Against on Twitter. Retrieved April 20, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US