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In this respect singles Collapse (Post-Amerika) and Re-Education (Through Labor) have proved to be bright examples of how to make a punk hit that would be radio friendly and yet not disappoint the genre fans. Besides one can catch some untypical for punk reggae elements among the rattling drums and persistent guitars cutting the air on Appeal To Reason some tunes getting closer to pop music. If The Sufferer And The Witness was a bit less heavy work than the first recordings of Rise Against, then Appeal To Reason does more than just fills the voids of the missing punk elements. Continuing the previous work’s attitude Appeal To Reason proves to be another political album from Rise Against pleasing with the musicians’ even more powerful playing and easily pretending to be the year’s best punk album. This is also true about its fifth work Appeal To Reason released this autumn: the guys started working on the album at the beginning of this year and have sung several new songs on his numerous performances in summer already. Performing relentlessly both as a warm-up act of other bands and independently the band barely finds time for studio work. The guys succeed in combining a classic punk sound with politically oriented lyrics always rising most topical issues such as war in Iraq and the world situation. The band’s line-up has partially changed several times and today includes a vocalist and guitarist Tim McIlrath, bassist Joe Principe, drummer Brandon Barnes and guitarist Zach Blair. Rise Against always rises most topical issuesĪ famous punk rock band from Chicago Rise Against formed in 1999 first attracted the audience’s attention mainly due to its second album Revolutions Per Minute and released its most successful album The Sufferer And The Witness two years ago.