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Rise Against is known for their outspoken social commentary, which often permeates their lyrics. [170] Throughout the years, the band has discussed a wide range of topics, including animal rights , economic injustice, environmental disasters , forced displacement , homophobia , and modern warfare.
The video for "Swing Life Away" was shot over a year after the release of Siren Song Of The Counter Culture, a rarity in the music industry, as most videos are shot only a few months after the song's parent album is released. [4] Music journalists have credited "Give It All" and "Swing Life Away" as helping Rise Against achieve mainstream appeal.
A year later, Fearless Records approached Rise Against about contributing to the Punk Goes Acoustic compilation album, and the band felt that "Swing Life Away would be an appropriate song for the album. [3] The Punk Goes Acoustic version of "Swing Life Away" attracted little attention from fans, and McIlrath believed that the song had "died out ...
Rise Against switched to Geffen Records the following year, and made its major record label debut with Siren Song of the Counter Culture. In addition to becoming the band's first album to reach the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number 136, the success of the singles "Give It All" and "Swing Life Away" helped Rise Against achieve mainstream ...
Rise Against's best charting singles are "Help Is on the Way", which reached number eighty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100; [17] and "Savior", which held the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the Hot Rock Songs and Alternative Songs charts, with sixty-three and sixty-five weeks respectively.
Rise Against supported the album with The Sufferer & the Witness Tour throughout the second half of 2006 and all of 2007. [39] The band was a headliner on the 2006 Warped Tour in North America, [ 40 ] and in late 2006, the band co-headlined a tour with Thursday which included the bands Circa Survive and Billy Talent . [ 41 ]
Meanwhile, members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus also said they would vote against the bill. "Old bill: $110BB in deficit spending (unpaid for), $0 increase in the national credit ...
The Black Market is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on July 15, 2014 through Interscope Records.A melodic hardcore album, The Black Market comprises twelve songs that focus on mid-tempo rhythm, vocal hooks, and strong bridge sections.