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[punkd2493]

Rise against is freakin awsome
I have always wanted to see them live
There from chicago so it would be a great show
but there in lollapalooza this year an tickets are 190 and thats cheaptest
hope there in vans next year or something!

Favorite song- The Dirt Whispered
Favorite album- The Sufferer & the Witness///Appeal to Reason

[JohnWayneWasANazi]

Appeal To Reason and Sufferer And The Witness were horrible. The first two were pretty good, though.

[CoolToHate]

The first 3 albums are arguably 3 of the best punk (or whatever you want to call them, melodic hardcore?) albums ever. The Unraveling and Revolutions Per Minute are genious. The Sufferer and The Witness was really good, but a little too over-produced and I didn't like the different style adopted in some songs. Appeal To Reason is one of those albums I'll love to listen to every now and then, but it could spend long periods amongst my cd collection.

[warsucksletsparty]

I saw them in April @ Groezrock. I was in the front row, it was awesome!

[MyHeadHurts]

Listen to their first two albums,
Absolutely amazing!
I miss the days Tim screamed his head off, still love the band though

[James]

CoolToHate, on 06 June 2009 - 03:47 PM, said:

The first 3 albums are arguably 3 of the best punk (or whatever you want to call them, melodic hardcore?) albums ever.

VERY arguably. That's one of the most arguable statements I've ever seen, actually.

[XsimXlacX]

I think that Siren Song And The Counter Culture is the best album and State OF The Union, Paper Wings, Blood To Bleed and Give It All are the best songs on this album.

I love their music!

[FrequentBeast]

I think the sufferer and the witness is an awesome cd from front to back. My favourite song from them is probably Everchanging though.

[Raphaela]

I like them. My favorite album is Appeal to Reason.

[CoolToHate]

James, on 06 June 2009 - 05:11 PM, said:

VERY arguably. That's one of the most arguable statements I've ever seen, actually.

Personally, I'd be pushed to think of any album that is as good as The Unraveling and Revolutions Per Minute in the punk/hardcore department.

[Dommeke]

warsucksletsparty, on 06 June 2009 - 03:51 PM, said:

I saw them in April @ Groezrock. I was in the front row, it was awesome!

I was there too, and I was a somewhere in the front, but unfortunately there was a huge circle pit etc. It wasn't good for my ankle

[warsucksletsparty]

Dommeke, on 07 June 2009 - 03:47 AM, said:

I was there too, and I was a somewhere in the front, but unfortunately there was a huge circle pit etc. It wasn't good for my ankle

Yeah, i've been pushed all the time, but i was also pushing people at the begining of the show to reach the barriers cause i couldn't see the stage where i was

[matt bellendamy.]

I saw them live in february with anti-flag.
good gig, but there were a few twats in the crowd that nearly ruined it.

[Katie.]

I saw them at a festival last year but it was wet, rainy, I was exhausted because it was the end of the day, and due to a kajillion reasons, i couldn't be anywhere *near* the front, so kept being shoved and almost falling in the mud by drunken idiots.

not that fun, but it wasn't their fault.

[Floyd]

I've seen them live once a few years ago and it was a pretty good show, too many people there though. My favorite album is the original release of The Unraveling, the re-issue is good but it was digitally remastered and sounds different from the original, the original sounds like a whole other band.

[Pepper]

matt bellendamy., on 07 June 2009 - 05:07 PM, said:

I saw them live in february with anti-flag.
good gig, but there were a few twats in the crowd that nearly ruined it.

Saw 'em in Feb too, at Bristol...where'd you see them?

[InkAndQuill]

Fuck, I used to see them all the time at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago.  
I definitely think The Unraveling is above and beyond as their best material... such a flawless fuckin' album!  Everything they've put out since, though I still like it, has never been as good as the preceding release.  

The best time I've seen them was in a small church basement in Downers Grove, Illinois.  Fall Out Boy opened (one of their first shows, I believe), and got booed off the "stage" (read- floor).  Only about 25 people there.  They played nearly all of The Unraveling, and a few songs which would eventually wind up on Revolutions Per Minute.

I really, really hate how they play either one or ZERO songs from The Unraveling live now... what the fuck.

[matt bellendamy.]

Pepper, on 07 June 2009 - 05:56 PM, said:

Saw 'em in Feb too, at Bristol...where'd you see them?

in birmingham.

[death_of_a_nation]

the new record is freaky awesome and live they are amazing^^

[Valsira]

I saw them at the end of March and it was one of the best gigs I've ever been to.  I love all of their albums, Siren Song of the Counter Culture is probably my favourite though.