Rise Against will be reissuingRevolutions Per Minute on May 28th though Fat Wreck Chords to celebrate its 10th anniversary. It will include 10 bonus tracks of demos, expanded packaging and the originally recorded album.
A little information about the direction of the new Rise Against album came out in a new interview with RMP Magazine.
I’ve been missing some of the heavy and fast and screamy parts we used to do more often, maybe something like that, something a little more raw and exposed, we still have that fire inside us and we’re unapologetic about it.
Metallica have announced the line-up for the second annual Orion Music + More Festival. Performers include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Deftones and more. The event will take place at Belle Isle in Detroit, MI on June 8 and 9. Full details can be found in the replies.
Two years ago, Devo had to cancel their headlining performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest due to injury and only weeks before the festival. It was announced that Descendents would be reuniting for the first time in about a decade to fill the spot, and as someone who was there, it was a blast. Our friends at Light and Noise TV were there to capture the whole thing, including the encore where Rise Against's Tim Mcllrath joined the band for "Bikeage." In case you haven't been able to see one of the one-offs, head to the replies to watch the full set. The seventh annual Fun Fun Fun Fest happens next weekend, and tickets are still available here.
Tim from Rise Against and Joey from Lagwagon did a really great acoustic cover of "For Fiona" in memory of Tony Sly the other day in Halifax. The video can be found in the replies.
Warped Tour announced thirteen new bands: Rise Against, Lostprophets, Sleepwalker, Taylor Thrash, June Divided, The Scissors, Neo Geo, Amyst, Emily's Army, Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide, New Empire, They All Float and Railroad To Alaska.
Rise Againstexplain why they chose to cover Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" for the 76-cover song album titled Chimes Of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.
Dates for the second leg of Rise Against's spring tour with A Day to Remember can be found in the replies. Title Fight will be opening. Tickets go on sale on Friday.
Quite a few of your favorite musicians are now dads. A new film, titled "The F-Word," takes a look at what happens when "generations ultimate anti-authoritarians – punk rockers – become society’s ultimate authorities – dads." The film features Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, and Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath. You can check out the entire press release in the replies.
Rise Against's music video for "Make It Stop (September's Children)" can be seen in the replies. The band collaborated with It Gets Better for the video.
EDIT: The chat is now over. Thanks a ton to the band for coming in to do this!
The members of Rise Against will be chatting in this thread at 4pm EST/1pm PST. Come talk to them about their new album, Endgame, their current tour with Bad Religion and Four Year Strong, their overseas shows this summer, or anything else you'd like to know.
The first person to respond to this thread that can attend next Tuesday's (May 3) Rise Against / Bad Religion / Four Year Strong show in Philadelphia will win a pair of tickets.
Rise Against's sixth studio album, Endgame, hits stores today. You can stream it here and pick up a copy here. The first person to reply to this thread will win a copy of the CD autographed by the band.
