The box set concludes with Rise Against’s most recent album, 2017’s Wolves. Of Endgame, Rolling Stone enthused, “Rise Against’s mastery of anthemic punk rock is second only to their mastery of being pi_ed off.” Endgame (2011) and The Black Market (2014), both broke into the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 album chart. Their following two albums showed the band maturing while winning new fans with their combustible energy and conviction. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart and the single ‘Savior’ charted for over 60 weeks, setting the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the Hot Rock Songs and Modern Rock Tracks charts. In 2008, the Illinois punks hit their commercial peak with their fifth full-length Appeal to Reason, which melded their driving melodic hardcore with scathing lyrics about the Iraq War and the Bush administration. Rise Against continued to inspire transgressive rock fans seeking hope and catharsis during the Bush presidency and, with the release of their fourth album The Sufferer and the Witness, which also went Gold, The AV Club exclaimed, “no other band plays this style as compellingly.” In a review of the album, Punk News credits the band with popularizing melodic hardcore music and influencing “literally thousands of bands.” Rise Against’s first major label album, Siren Song of the Counter Culture was certified Gold in the US. While their second album Revolutions Per Minute (2003) had Pop Matters declaring that the band was already at, “its peak in songwriting, performing, and energy,” the band’s success and acclaim continued to grow after they signed to Geffen in 2003. The band toured relentlessly, including dates on the Warped Tour, and rapidly built a devoted underground, with Exclaim calling them “the hardcore salvation we’ve all been waiting for.” Rise Against were formed in 1999 by bassist Joe Principe and vocalist/guitarist Tim McIlrath and quickly released two albums – The Unraveling and Revolutions Per Minute – on legendary San Francisco independent punk label Fat Wreck Chords. Each record here tells our story and represents a snapshot of where we were and who we were at the time, maybe it does the same for you.” Whether it was Blasting Room production on most of these albums or the Shepard Fairey artwork for Siren Song Of The Counterculture, the devil is in the details. These albums connected with, and introduced us to, a die-hard fanbase we feel unworthy of. “Each song on each record was a handcrafted stepping stone that took us far beyond any expectations we ever had and surpassed any goal we ever set. “Eighteen years and eight records later, the story of Rise Against is best told with the music,” says frontman Tim McIlrath. Using their international platform to speak out for social justice, Rise Against’s rousing lyrics address progressive political issues like economic injustice, animal rights and homophobia. Since forming in Chicago in 1999, Rise Against has inspired generations of punk and rock fans with its fiery and anthemic brand of melodic hardcore punk.
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