On Tour With Rise Against

This Presentation will take you on tour with the greatest band of all time!

Presented by: Kyle RogersProject 13: My Favorite Band or Solo Artist12/17/2010

Come backstage for a brief history of how it all began for Rise Against

• Early Music is punk rock• Later music is melodic hardcore• Labeled by Geffen• Been together for 11 years• Created:-Appeal to Reason-Revolutions Per Minute-Siren of the Counter Culture

Meet Rise Against

Tim McIlrath (lead vocals, guitar),

Chris Chasse (guitar)

Joe Principe (bass guitar)

Brandon Barnes (drums)

Rise Against’s Top Selling Albums of All Time

Album Title: Year Released:

Appeal To Reason 10/23/2008

Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture

8/10/2004

Grammatizator 10/20/2009

The Sufferer and The Witness

7/4/2006

Revolutions Per Minute 4/8/2003

Biography of Tim McIlrath

Birth Name: Tim McIlrathRole: lead vocals, guitarBorn: November 3, 1979Current Age: 31Home: Chicago, IllinoisFamily: -Wife: Erin-Daughters: Blythe and ScarletLifestyle:• strict vegetarian• edging into a vegan lifestyle

My Top Ten Songs by Rise Against

10) Dancing for Rain9) Drones8) Ready to Fall8) To Them These Streets Belong6) Life Less Frightening5) Historia Calamitatum4) From Heads Unworthy3) Long Forgotten Sons 2) Tip the Scales

My #1 favorite song by this band is:

Re-Education (Through Labor)

• This song intrigues me more then the other songs• Good lyrics• Overall good songs

“To the sound of a heartbeat pounding awayTo the rhythm of the awful rusted machinesWe toss and turn but don't sleepEach breath we take makes us thievesLike causes without rebelsJust talk but promise nothing else”