Rise Against

So, anyone else like this band? I definitely do. I've been listening to Endgame a bit recently, and it's definitely starting to grow on me. I don't know if it's as good as Sufferer and the Witness, but... it's pretty damn good.

The Sufferer & the Witness was my first taste of them. I have to say Appeal to Reason was a good album.

I think they were the first punk band I got into.

I was well into punk when I first heard them. i had 3 bad religion CD's, all major label The Offspring CD's, and some old Ramones vinyl from one of my cousins

Sufferer and the Witness was my first album by them too. Probably still my favorite.

FUCK YEAH!

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I was just listening to them earlier to day and thinking "these guys have been out for a little while but it doesn't seem like people really acknowledge them."

That's just how I feel. I mean, their video for "September's Children" lost to Lady Gaga's Born this Way in the category of Best Video with a Message at the 2011 MTV VM As. I know it's a fan-voted award... but still.

Damn. Well, proof that mainstream media can't pick out a good song with a good message if their lives depended on it.

That, or that Lady Gaga is just absurdly popular. Rise Against, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't really mainstream. Their stuff is on the radio, but sporadically and not on the pop stations. Most people I've talked to have heard Prayer of the Refugee and Savior, and that's about it. Maybe Re-Education (Through Labor) if they're lucky.

Or "Swing Life Away"

Most people don't know that's Rise Against, though.

It says it on the music video, when you search the chours, and on the radio if you have RDS on.

~shrug~

Most of my friends have heard Swing Life Away, but couldn't tell you who did it until you say. I guess this may not be representative of the general population, but I've found that usually people will hear a song, get it, but unless they hear it a lot and it's on their iPod—which assumes they listen to that at lot—they won't actually know much about who did it.

You guys are lucky, around here most people have no idea and never heard of Rise Against. The few who did did because they heard on some videogame or something and, therefore, know only one song at best.

Well, I for one am glad I've heard all their songs—actually, no, all their songs save those on The Unraveling—and that because of them, I also was introduced to Flobots.

My local radio station plays Rise Against constantly. In fact, they were just hear a few days ago, and the buzz still seems to be present.

So to someone like me, they seem pretty mainstream.

Yeah, radio rotation can vary from place to place, but you really don't see Rise Against videos that much on television. I've seen September's Children, Refugee and Savior on MTV in a paltry amount in the past few years. FUSE and video on-demand services show them pretty often though. So, them being considered mainstream is super-subjective. I kinda feel that they are.

They were here for July 3rd. It was ludicrously awesome.

One of my favorite bands. (Or THE favorite)

I wish I could go see them live, but they're never coming here...How do they sound live? (I can't judge with Youtube)

edited 23rd Oct '11 2:44:28 PM by Litemi

Not just that though. I also like to sit in front of the TV with the (rock) music video channel playing. They play Rise Against videos on there quite regularly as well (more than I see Metallica or Linkin Park videos anyway).

Maybe they're just a lot bigger in Canada.

edited 23rd Oct '11 2:47:14 PM by Alucard

...I find a bit of irony in that last statement.

Yeah, I think it's because you're in Canada, because the Rise Against message doesn't jive well with mainstream American politics.

Seconding that they're my favorite band, too.

I like Rise Against. My favourite album would probably be the sufferer and the witness.