Chicago's Rise Against, Tim McIlrath Interview Local 101 on Q101 WKQX

[@TheLunarAssassin]

Wow. Savior was my gateway drug into Rise Against so I'm really glad you didn't cut that from Appeal to Reason, Tim.

[@Guyver2391]

I love this band and this guy is the greatest artist in my opinion. Not due to his sales but because he keeps to his roots

[@VeroKhalil]

Tim, You are totally great, Thank you for teaching the world that life isnt just parties, money and get drunk, there is so much more in life, and it is worth waiting for the best of life comes. Dont let the others stand in your life, follow your dreams and never give up. - Vero Kalil (Me) I really feel that everything you do goes from you heart. Wish you the best!

[@MyDanceMoovez10]

One for the team, Rise Against writing music is one for humanity

[@elmo696]

"I think our best is yet to come" Fuck yeah Tim!! Never stop making music. You're the best!!

[@V8Mustang31]

I saw Rise Against and Foo Fighters together back in september. one of the greatest nights ever!!!!!! i still have my tshirt and ticket....... great concert :DDDD

[@RachelLikesTurtles]

This is awesome! Tim is my favorite person on earth.

[@andyfitzj]

dude your soo lucky that man changed my life

[@xmisia93x]

i love Tim. he's a great singer and i just cant seem to stop listening to rise against xD

[@jonathonmillett126]

I could never go straight edge like they do, commitment!

[@carolinainthemornin1]

Man, he rationalizes things exactly the same way I do lol. It's weird. He even gestures the same way. I also love how pure the messages in their songs are. You can hear Tim's entire being in his songs and it's awesome. Great interview.

[@mathisto21]

Wow...what a great interview! Such a humble bunch of guys! Still one of my fav bands and will be for a long time!

[@paperthincody]

Tim is my idol! This guy has such a radio voice, another reason why I was drawn into the interview.

[@bumblebeetuna93]

He is so inspiering. I love it. And he is so right about Make It Stop, he didn't shove it in anyones face it just happened naturally

[@anthonydavis899]

I'm from Chicago and I'm straight edge too! :) "Like the Angels" was my gateway drug into Rise Against!

[@dyr234]

dude he mentioned some great bands, of course nirvana and foo fighters but he also mentioned jawbreaker,mudhoney,fugazi,pegboy. This is why I love rise against.

[@Dysfunctional_Daisy]

Make it stop was my gateway drug into Rise Against.

[@mitchellmeyer4177]

iamdavidguy Prayer of the refugee! i was lucky enough to find them earlier!

[@mckennapowersmp]

I love his eyes!!

[@juthac]

I love them.

[@kenialafl]

Tim your my hero and inspiration! I love the fact you put so much feeling into it, how you write about things happening around the world & things that happen in peoples lives and has nothing to do with getting money and fucking bitches and all that bullshit. Rise Against in general is amazing! Every single one of you Tim Joe Zach & Brandon Love you guys all iv been a huge fan of you guys for many years already and everyday that passes i love you guys even more

[@quinnjdq]

holy shit. Rise against is my fav band, thank you so much for uploading this!

[@YurvanGor]

deserves so so many more views!

[@Rose_Nightingale]

He has two different eye colors. that's so cool. his eyes are blue and brown

[@VOUXE]

What a good guy, pure, like Dave Grohl. Just pure goodness and love.

[@Afrooz94]

Tim is so cute!

[@AbelinoG510]

@IxVolumexI im not quite sure what the interview was called but he said that he learned on his own and the reason he has such a loud voice when sings is because when he was in a band in high school he couldnt sing ove the insrtuments with his crappy mic so he had to scream into it in order to be heard. Hope this helps

[@1ew115]

wish i saw foo fighters and rise against together :( two of my favourtite bands

[@DK_Son]

Wow he thinks the best to come? Awesome!! I'm already over the moon with what they've done with Savior, Satellite, Paper Wings, Prayer of the Refugee, etc. So amazing.

[@11713spartan]

:) love rise against music So good

[@brendonsmall14]

Survive was my gateway :)

[@meelzonweelz69]

Haha what he says at 25:37 is exactly the way it happens when my band practice in my basement.

[@she_mental]

Rise Against

[@jonathonmillett126]

I find it funny that he only names Joe and then calls everyone else "The band". I mean i know Joe and Tim have been in it since the start but Brandon has been with them since 2001 and Zach since like 2008. Bassists get all the glory. :P

[@ithinkmynameisralf]

i never knew how to describe it but i like the adjective rusty.

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

I sure hope, because nothing can beat Revolutions Per Minute.

[@FullmoonEffects89]

but we are who we are

[@Bishdab]

tims voice is so different from other bands (its rusty) and i love it

[@dome1995]

He answered that question at a Online Q&A a few month ago, he never had any lessons :P

[@BlackMath1977]

Wow, he namedropped Los Crudos....

[@CrashBandicootShaman]

@mrfphats i wish all the people who on b4 would b on again. im going 2 miss them.

[@BillboTNP]

Did he say interwebs? MY FUCKING HERO SAID INTERWBES!!!! HE IS EVEN COOLER THAN I IMAGINED (:

[@thepilotboy]

Yeah that's what I figured, his voice was just tired and worn out. I loved every bit of their set.

[@sportsfan012]

i saw them live, they are so good its rediculous

[@CrashBandicootShaman]

If anyone in the Chicago area has an HD Radio and if you hear Q101, or anything that sounds "exactly" like it, on it, Please inform me. I must know for sure. I grew up With Q101 by my side and I need to know if the commercial I heard is true or not. Q101 is 2 blame 4 all the music I love.

[@MattTheCrow]

I knew that except the drummer, Barnes, they're all SxE

[@redeyesdovah3014]

prayer of the refugee was my gateway drug

[@theveganuprise1342]

mine was injection

[@redeyesdovah3014]

The Vegan Uprise i love injection such a hype song forreal

[@AntiDivaLoveletter]

So I know, some of the guys from Rise Against are Straight Edge. I am SxE, too, but can anyone tell me how is Straight Edge and who is not (from Rise Against)?

[@donteatm3]

all of them except Brandon Barnes (the drummer)

[@AbelinoG510]

@misterfaggum yeah dude youre right. only fans who started to listen to them because of endgame would never get it unless they listen to all the albums!

[@mrfphats]

GOD SAVE Q101!!!

[@AidenMacIver]

@IxVolumexI I was also wondering this.

[@CrashBandicootShaman]

@mrfphats There is some good news. I had the station on earlier today and heard music and a commercial that claims Q101 will live on an HD radio station. It sounded like it be 979 hd 2 starting Monday. If this is true, then I will get myself an hd radio just 4 that. I am hoping 4 it bcause I love Q101. I fell like my childhood memories are being stolen from me.

[@mrwafflerocker]

who in the fuck disliked this.

[@nahailyenvanakkor]

@IxVolumexI I'd totally ask him about that too!

[@dome1995]

@IxVolumexI I asked that question in a chat a few days ago, and he never had lessons :P

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

@IxVolumexI LOL.i just said what Tim said at the end lol.my bad.i remember him saying the same thing many years ago

[@mrfphats]

@CrashBandicootShaman from what i hear it sounds like its just going to be music, there might be some dj's but not the ones that were on there before

[@FullmoonEffects89]

i love their songs but i think im the kind of person that they rise against. i waste electricity, i dont commit to recycling, i need to get drunk to party, i make kids feel like shit on Xbox live, and i cant and wont give up bacon/meat even though i love animals.

[@00Powell]

when was this interview?

[@misterfaggum]

@AbelinoG510 "give it all". not to sound like a snob, but can you really call yourself a fan if you don't understand the pun?

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

@IxVolumexI no he did not..growing up in the punk/hardcore scene, Tim had a small radioshack type amp while the bigger ones were used for guitars.this caused him to be forced to scream at the top of his lungs in order to be heard.overtime, he got used to it and better at it there's your free history lesson on punk and hardcore

[@Williamsjs10]

The drummer isnt sxe Brandon barnes :)

[@AntiDivaLoveletter]

sorry, i mean "who is Straight Edge and who is not" I am not from an English speaking country. Sorry!

[@UNDERFRAGproductions]

Official address?

[@Nicodimus27]

I never knew what is voice sounded like....

[@CrashBandicootShaman]

I wrote a poem 2 help ease my pain. I call it Q101 4Ever and I plan on getting a tattoo that says that. There once was a radio station In my city, It was always Loved by many I was 1 of them I listened 2 it 4 all my life, I always had 2 I wasn't the only 1 But then, 1 day, Word got out It was going away We were all sad We all mourned Now, what do we have? What can we listen 2? Our station was Wrongfully stolen from us But it lives on The Internet, another station In all of us Q101 4Ever (2)

[@Jclind95]

his youtube address is TimMcIlrathRA

[@Friskenn]

@Toxicard 6:e mars!! (:

[@killallsuvivors]

i dont hate savior (haha just realised that plays on the lyrics a little) but its just a shitty love song and fans that claim its their favriot song or disregard the great punk works of well especially revolutions per minute and the sufferer and the witness which are probably the 2 best albums i think its a good song for drawing in the masses it just sucks when the masses refuse to cross the line

[@Jclind95]

i just saw a video of him his wife or girlfriend and daughter so i just assumed

[@PulmonaryArchery288]

What's up with your username?

[@Taylor-df4py]

AntiDiva Loveletter They are all straight edge except for Brandon :)

[@reacokolino4081]

voll der puci, tim =)

[@WeAreTheInsurgents]

Is it weird I imagine what Tim smells like?

[@AROTTINGNATION]

i disagree, i think he can sing fine live. it just sounds slightly different.

[@AbelinoG510]

if you understood why he said no pun intended :D

[@thepilotboy]

Saw Rise Against at Warped Tour. Sure, Tim can't sing for shit live, but they sing to make a message heard, and that's what music is all about. Rock the fuck on, Rise Against.

[@moocyfarus8549]

thepilotboy real Punk is not supposed to sound like top 20 bs

[@LaWLF4iL]

5:45 ........ thats what she did.

[@ArseLoad0fMetal666]

no, and he never has...he's punk dude come on

[@yoIsaiah259]

he never did!

[@KeybladeRiku1]

Should've cut Savior...would've saved us from a lot of horrid RA fans.

[@lpp39lwvcL]

I think not!

[@phxnigtmare]

@WeAreTheInsurgents No because he is the president of the world

[@Jimmy6029]

brandon is vegetarian

[@gruntpartyman]

hes amazing I love thier song to them these streets belong and rumors of my demise have been greatly exagerated. thier the only band on my ipod! my parents hate the music but i cant get enough. I want an album already more music! more music! more MUSIC!