The return of Rise Against and why it matters

Today, June 9th, 2014, the new Rise Against single dropped, called 'I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore', from the new album, 'the Black Market'. Love the song, love the band, and it matters that this band makes their return in 2014. Very few bands achieve the level of success that Rise Against have and are still able to do 'what they want'. What I mean by this, is Rise Against still does……….what they want. Whether it's hand selecting their opening bands on tours, putting out 7' inch singles on vinyl for smaller labels, from Tim doing his own acoustic stuff from time, to their advocacy of progressive organizations such as Amnesty International and It Gets Better Project and many more. I've always loved that Tim can 'sing' and not just scream, it's one of the first things I gravitated to with this band. This band still carries a voice and beliefs and have no problem making those known to us who listen. This is a important band, who utilizes whatever success they are afforded by 'radio' play or whatever, to still have a voice. It's a band that I still go and see everytime they come around, a band that matters………………..

Some of my favorites from the band below, and I'm sure there's a few I forgot, but I'll get to those another time