But for Rise Against it just felt right because of what bands we were listening to growing up. I think everyone needs a little bit of everything in their life. I still listen to bands that are, I wouldn't say easy listening, but they're pop songs that are about relationships or something. And don't get me wrong, that's not to say the bands that aren't using that for sociopolitical lyrical content. And I feel like we have this platform and it's a privilege to be where we are to use it for some good. So it made perfect sense to follow it up with an EP.īad Religion is still out there writing very relevant songs and amazing lyrics. I know that when you were writing you whittled it down to the 11 songs, but you had a strong crop of songs that you didn't want the message to be diluted with what you were presenting in Nowhere Generation. That kind of leads into Nowhere Generation II. Like you always have to have something new to release for fans to kind of keep you in their sights. But yeah, now when you're touring you could tour and you support a record that came out a year or a year and a half ago, but that's almost like not enough. So I was just really stoked to get it out there. And I think it's a good mix of our rock side, our punk side, our pop side. Like that's one of those records where all the stars aligned when we were writing that record. So it was like let's revisit these songs again and reacquaint ourselves with. It was crazy because by the time we did that tour, the record, we recorded it right before the pandemic. And then it's like your crew is out of work. You know, we didn't want to risk getting anything and canceling tours. We weren't really allowing guests backstage and we still kind of aren't, actually. Like how do we weather the storm? You know, obviously we were keeping a very contained ship. When we announced tickets were on sale, it was all just new. We were one of the first kind of bands in our genre to announce a full tour. I mean, the record came out last June or July. Yeah, it's definitely a little bit like catch-up. Looking at those first shows back following lockdown, was it a weird feeling? I'd imagine it must have reinforced how much you missed it. You guys just wrapped your first Euro tour in something like four years and had played frequently in North America before that. And I definitely drove my wife nuts (laughs). We all have families, and we're just trying to provide a good life for our families. So then there was a little bit of, I guess unsettled is a good word for it? I couldn't allow myself to relax because I was thinking about the future. You know, I could not allow myself to relax because for a little while, before there were vaccines at our disposal and all that, I was like how long is this going to last? Like, what if this is like five years. Are you comfortable being at home? Or is it the type of situation where you'd get antsy and dying to get back on the road? You're the type of band that have been so active for so long, well over 20 years now. In commemoration of their recent ballads of the broken, guitarist Joe Principe sat down with Metal Injection for a deep dive into the bands' return to the road, reflections on seminal Rise Against records The Unraveling and The Sufferer & The Witness, thoughts on writing music with a message and owning the responsibility that comes with their massive platform, and much more!
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