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For Rise Against, the meat's in the music (eng)
| DALLAS MORNING NEWS (DALLAS, TX DAILY PAPER) For Rise Against, the meat's in the music ROCK: Power punk act sizzles at Ridglea Theater Monday October 30th Автор Mike Daniel FORT WORTH – "San Bernardino County Fair Cattle." That phrase was printed on the armbands that those 21 and older wore at Rise Against's sold-out concert Saturday night at the Ridglea Theater. Thing is, the Chicago-based power punk act virulently abhors livestock. Its stand against meat and animal cruelty is well known in rock circles. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals collected mailing-list signatures and looped slaughterhouse videos at a booth during the show, and all of the band's members are strict vegetarians. But Rise Against sees its concertgoers as cattle not because it deplores them. The armbands are a classically subversive reverse-psychology tactic revered in punk history (and used little by today's relatively docile and neutral punk-anchored acts), and the show was a chance to educate and inspire the impressionable herded mass of fist-pumping flesh. "We're a band that believes music can still move people," vocalist Tim McIlrath declared. "And I'm one of those people." And there may be something to this vegetarian thing, because Rise Against unleashed an impassioned, electric and momentous 50-minute set that hustled along with the leanness and fleetness of a cheetah. It sizzled hot enough to brand itself among hard rock's elite live acts. Mr. McIlrath's hyper demeanor and vociferous, crackly voice are perfect for whipping up minions; he was so enthusiastic that he sang slightly ahead of the beat during the openers, "Survive" and "Injection." The youthful, couple-heavy crowd, evenly mixed between the clueless and clue-ridden, tendered absolute attention as if conclusively converted. Frequently, it collectively swayed like a bowl of gelatin in slow motion. The entire act (including bassist-barker Joe Principe, guitarist Chris Chasse and drummer Brandon Barnes) exuded a focused, militialike authority onstage reinforced by a zealous delivery of its contemporary punk songs, which utilize subtle elements from other genres (from arena rock to thrash and grindcore) to distinguish it. But though the tracks on its major-label debut on Geffen, The Sufferer & the Witness, contain some of that exuberance, the live versions routinely crush the disc's. Its first single, "Ready to Fall," possessed a sense of intent and distress at Ridglea that made the song pop with exponentially more urgency. That delivery made spoken preaching unnecessary, and Rise Against did none of it. Its songs, stance and stridence spoke loudly enough, which was too bad for the 100 or so fans of aging opening act Thursday who left prematurely as if called to slaughter. | |
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