The Sufferer & The Witness is so solid. Favorite song has to be "The Good Left Undone." It's a classic.

Rumors Of My Demise... blew me away. So did Tip The Scales and Those Streets Belong To Us (or something like that...)

to them these streets belong. damn good song. i'm probably going to see Rise Against and Only Crime in june. it'll be a good way to celebrate getting out of this ****ing military school. great way to start high school. **** authority.

is Rise Against the best newer (21st century) punk band? i can't seem to find one better or bigger (i mean, there are ****ty bands that are way bigger)right now.

They aren't even close

I agree. They're decent, but not too great. Best "newer" punk band I would say is Against Me!, but I haven't been listening to much punk lately. I don't find many of the newer punk bands coming out to be that interesting.

If you like Rise Against you should check out 88 Fingers Louie. Its the band a couple of the orginal Rise Against members were in before they started Rise Against. I think I like them better than Rise Against, but their songs all sound pretty similar.

There are too many differences in sub-genres these day's it would be hard to determine the "best" punk band.

I love Rise Against

yeah, i heard 88 fingers louie. and i still prefer Rise Against. 88 is pretty good, except the songs sound similar and i can't hear the damn singer. but the riffs aren't bad.

hey, Ignite are awesome!!! similar to Rise Against and i even saw a video of Tim doing a guest vocal with them. they truly rock. i just saw a piece of news that as soon as Rise Against get off their summer-long tour (on which i will see them!) they'll start working on a new album. i hope it has more of their faster, less produced songs. Tim's voice works great for that because most singers just sorta mumble through. i didn't like Ready To fall because it was slow and overproduced. and maybe Rise Against will do what sick of it all did (when i was just a baby): go on a major, release 2 classic albums and expand their fanbase, then return to indie and continue to rock. seems like it would work for Rise Against. oh yeah, and it worked for Bad Religion (also when i was learning to walk) peace.