Anyone listen to 'Rise Against'

[sganro]

Hey guys,

Been giving their new album a fair flogging in my car lately, and thought i would see if anyone else out there likes it. They have pretty good music vids too!

I havnt been able to get my hands on any of their earlier albums (my usual source seems to be low on stock). If anyone has heard their older stuff, whats it like? Better/worse than 'the sufferer and the witness'.

[matt_gotigers]

Also a massive fan, am constantly pumping the sufferer and the witness in my car! Yeh their earlier stuff rocks dude, Revolutions Per Minute, Siren Song Of Counter Culture, them albums are equally as good!

[sganro]

cool i might have to try and get my hands on the older albums then.

Any other bands you are into that are similar to Rise Against?

[Joe Peeps]

If you havent already head over to artist direct

Free Music Download, MP3 Music, Music Chat, Music Video, Lyrics, Music CD, ARTISTdirect Network

Then search a band you know you like, then check out the similar bands listed - theres usually audio so you can preview the songs to get a feel for that particular band. You can listen to rise against older stuff there too.

[sganro]

cheers might give it a try. I used to do that at amazon - check out similar bands to ones i like to find new music

[azzfox]

Yep, they a favorite of mine. Iv got all the albums.

[azzfox]

I havnt been able to get my hands on any of their earlier albums

*cough* torrents *cough*

[old_fella]

i listen to them they are pretty good listen to alot of other punk bands, strike anywhere is fairly similar to them try to listen to them

[sganro]

*cough* torrents *cough*

Haha thats whats i meant in my original quote as my usual source. When i looked there wasnt any seeds

[azzfox]

il PM you the link to the torrent that has all 4 albums. last time I checked it had 100+ seeders.

[xlr8_87]

don't listen to them too often, but they weren't that great live last year (might have been the year before)

[R Photon]

Never heard of them until this thread, so I checked them out and I have just realised how good their music is. So a big thank you to the original poster for bringing them up.

[sganro]

Never heard of them until this thread, so I checked them out and I have just realised how good their music is. So a big thank you to the original poster for bringing them up.

No worries mate, glad to be of service.

[Torquen]

Siren Song Of Counter Culture is an awsum album, def recomend it.

[R Photon]

I got all their albums and The Sufferer & the Witness has to be the best one so far.

Can anyone recommend bands similar to Rise Against? I just started listening to them literately two days ago and I love them. Lol.

[xlr8_87]

check out these, some are similar, others have tastes, but all are from the same "basic" genre

30 Seconds To Mars
A.F.I.
Alexisonfire
Anberlin
Angela's Dish
Anti-Flag
Atreyu
Bayside
Blindspott
Bullet For My Valentine
Cute Is What We Aim For
Emery
Fall Out Boy
From Autumn To Ashes
From First To Last
Funeral For A Friend
Gyroscope
Hawthorne Heights
He Is Legend
I Killed The Prom Queen
Incubus
Karnivool
Killswitch Engage
Kisschasy
Matchbook Romance
Moneen
My Chemical Romance
Panic! At The Disco
Parkway Drive
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Saosin
Senses Fail
Silverchair
Silverstein
A Static Lullaby
Sum41
Taking Back Sunday
Thrice
Thursday
Trial Kennedy
Underoath
The Used
Yellowcard

to name a few

[sganro]

^^^ I like your taste in music.

Here's a few more that are a bit less punky and a bit more heavy/rock sorta style.

Crossfade
Breaking Benjamin
The Butterfly Effect
Three Days Grace
Funeral For a Friend
Disturbed - (bit heavier than the others but i loved their 'ten thousand fists' album

[azzfox]

breaking benjamin^ also a favourite. I highly recommend them.

[hsvpunk]

rise against, ive seen them 2 times. bloody good too.

Sum 41 are kicka rse aswell. seen them in august.
Punk music FTW!!!!

[xlr8_87]

^^^ I like your taste in music.

Here's a few more that are a bit less punky and a bit more heavy/rock sorta style.

Crossfade
Breaking Benjamin
The Butterfly Effect
Three Days Grace
Funeral For a Friend
Disturbed - (bit heavier than the others but i loved their 'ten thousand fists' album

that's only about 1/4 of my favourite bands

i'm at gigs roughly every 2 weeks

and i was at Sum41 too, kicked arse, but Yellowcard were better!

[sganro]

^^^ I have a fairly broad taste in music so i am into a fair bit of othe stuff too.

Unfortunately we dont get many gigs up here so i dont get to see too many bands live

[xlr8_87]

THE best band in that genre is Alexisonfire, hands down, no competition! their live gig was insane to say the least.
If you haven't heard them, check out their myspace page, listen to This Could Be Anywhere In The World, Rough Hands and Boiled Frogs in that order
will help if you play it on a decent sound system, it's even better on cd turned up in your car to max, good for scaring people too

edit: also check out Moneen

If i could only listen to two bands for the rest of my life, it'd be them

[R Photon]

So They Say is a kick ass band.

The song 'Just forget my name' pretty much defines rock n roll.

[vtdemon]

Rise Against is a fantastic band, great live band. Considering how big they've become they still hang on the their original sound for the most part. Revolutions Per Minute is by far my favourite by them.

Some similar bands worth checking out:
The Loved Ones (Probably the closest sounding band)
Crime In Stereo (I'm probably the only person who thinks they are alike haha)
Strike Anywhere (A Little more abrasive punk sound)
Pennywise (Share some similarities with RA's older albums)
Lifetime (Veterans of melodic hardcore, but obvious influences for RA)
Ignite (Similar to Lifetime)

Find them easy enough on Soulseek or maybe iTunes.