Rig Rundown: Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath & Zach Blair [2021]
Rise Against rose out of Chicago around Y2k on the back of roaring Gatling-gun guitars, blast-beat rhythms, and defiant, sharp-tongued social commentary. The band’s first pair of albums—2001’s The Unraveling and 2003’s Revolutions Per Minute—are blistering bangers rooted in traditional hardcore chaos, spiced up with fist-pumping, boot-stomping choruses.
Siren Song of the Counter Culture in 2004 was their major-label debut, on Geffen. That album highlighted a broadening hardcore sound buffed up with more melody. (Think ’90s Bad Religion messaging cloaked in early 2000s AFI harmonies.) However catchy they became, their message still ripped like a dagger. Appealing to a bigger audience with bouncier hooks, acoustic numbers, and string overdubs earned them their first splash into the Billboard 200 albums chart (eventually certified gold in the U.S.).
Elevated visibility scored them back-to-back platinum albums—2006’s The Sufferer & the Witness and 2008’s Appeal to Reason, and that momentum carried over to a continued residency in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 with 2011’s Endgame, 2014’s The Black Market, and 2017’s Wolves. And 2021’s Nowhere Generation represents a maturing, melodic hardcore outfit that continues to stand up for what they believe in and still provide the revolutionary attitude to back it up.
The continual growth and evolution of their melodic-hardcore formula has allowed them to roll into mainstream airwaves like a Trojan horse. Newcomers who were enamored with anthemic choruses (“Savior,” “The Prayer of the Refugee,” “Nowhere Generation,” “Give It All,” “I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore”) quickly became dancing disciples because of the band’s knack for earworms.
The twin-guitar team of singer Tim McIlrath and lead guitarist Zach Blair welcomed PG down to Birmingham, Alabama’s Avondale Brewing Company to see how their simple-but-stinging setups have morphed since 2015.
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Does he used to play in GWAR?
Wow… evertune in Gibson "never tune" Les Paul Semi Hollow…
kind of mind blowing that someone would take out a les paul custom pickup and replace it with a JB hahahaha
Do Tim and Joe from rise against
Anyone know the song that’s playing in the beginning?
Dude is scratching his nose 00:45 seconds into the interview????????????& weighs 80 lbs????????get some help, bra damn
The whole "kindly remember…" tag on the KTR is absolute nonsense! HE is the one who did most everything to hype the pedals like they are. HE's the one who gooped the circuit to protect the "magic parts", HE's the one who advertised it as the box used by the stars and name dropping, HE's the one who bottle-necked production and made an ad campaign out of the long wait time.
Perry’s haircut
interesting to see that Tims Gibsons all have the binding nibs removed. i always like to know if guitarists prefer the nibs or dont care.
Euskal Herria SG?
Does anyone know which Archer he uses as a backup to the Klon? Archer or Archer Ikon?
I took my kids to their very first concert on this tour. They sounded fantastic and were having a blast on stage. Doesn't hurt that RA are totally humble and down to earth. It appears that Zach is as big a fan of Rig Rundown (and Bad Religion) as the rest of us.
oh my god my first though when i saw the thumbnail was, “woah, tim got a bit chunky” i am such an idiot.
For all my sticky over glossed necks I just hit them with the green plastic Scotchbrite pad. Knocks down the gloss without digging into the finish and scratching it up.
We demand an episode on Joe's gear!
We demand an episode on Joe's gear!
Micheal schenker is the greatest ROCK lead guitarist ever. In the sense that his playing style incorporates a more "epic" straight pentatonic and Dorian early shred style that is less bluesy then the usual suspects like Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Van Halen etc. In a more proto metal pure hard rock sense schenker is the best ever. Just listen to strangers in the night for a master class in energetic melodic playing with absolutely perfect tone.
To be in GWAR is incredible. This dude has my respect all the way.
Zach is geniunely one of the nicest dudes out there… nice to see him crushing it! Wha?! He was in Gwar?? Haha… cheers!!
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Perry loves the speed.
The band Camino, and do not let this guy do it
Stuning Tability
How much coke was done before this interview? lol
0.75x playback speed turns the energy down to a couple stoned bros
So great to see this interview. Glad these guys are using the Captor X live…!
Can anyone point me to the Kemper profile he refers to at 9:50?
No bass rundown?!? Weak….
Can’t stand their music, but I’m still gonna watch cause I like gear
That custom Oreo is killer
What happened with Joe´s Principe part? Come on!!!
What type of lollar was it?
The interview with Zach was fun. The guitar tech seemed like an uneducated douchebag.