Minor Threat and Black Flag were the last real punk bands. Rise against can only wish to be "Punk".

The song means "What are you willing to metabolize".

Fun Fact: Davis reached way back to the '40s and '50s when pianists used to sing without words like "shee bop dee boop, deebity dee" and turned into an angry vocalist style. It's called "skatting"; needless to say, he mastered it in the new age.

Liam I am a 60 Year old woman and Rise Against is my favorite band. I am so glad to see you so passionate about Rise Against. I appreciate your passion and PLEASE continue to react to them!!

The lyrics are a tiny bit off for the backing vocals in the breakdown section: "strong heart, clear mind [not "too high"], and infinitely kind"

Ok you can't say that about the "singing" voice 'destroying' a song and then want to show him Corey and Slipknot? :P

I don’t know if this has already been said. I Confused, t was laid out in the first two lines: father, can you hear me? How have I let you down? The meaning is, he’s blaming his father for putting the weight of the world on him. And somewhat asking for guidance.

Wtf Propaghandi at a Nickelback concert might be the weirdest take on these Legends of Punk

About the "Hey moral soldier" line, I've always read it as the moral soldier being somebody forcing their views on others using what they see as "righteous" reasons, using their holy book ("precious tomes") to justify keeping or taking information away from people (pulpy conflagrations being books made out of paper pulp burning)

Generator next !

You actively make me hate you lady

There's quite a bit more to music pre-metal other than love songs and protest songs. Fyi the backup vocals are JD as well. Interesting note about his microphone stand. The artist HR Giger designed it for Jonathan and he has two of them. HR Giger was also the artist behind the "Alien" designs.

I’d love more rise against

Mika's on-the-fly analysis of the lyrics are so much to watch! I just found the channel, and I'm binging through these Bad Religion reactions (onto Rise Against next!). PLEASE have her listen to Epiphany, from The Process of Belief. I got into Bad Religion with American Jesus, but the lyrics in Epiphany are what sold me on the band for life. I remember being thirteen and checking in online dictionaries for every other word. It felt great to have finally found music with something to say. Still my favorite band 15+ years later!

Get her into some Propagandhi and have her explain some of their songs ;)

I've been listening to Santigold for 4 years and omg, her music is incredible. I suggest doing a whole album review. Definitely worth it

Clown, Twist/Chi are the Korn songs you need to listen to👍

nice video! imho "old" RA is the best one (before Zach join them) but still an amazing band!

Would love to hear y'all react to Make it stop by Rise against. By far, one of my favorite bands, thanks for your reaction.

LES = Lower East Side

Moral soldier isn't a literal soldier. He's talking about people who feel it is their duty to uphold righteousness, doing so by proclaiming their acts to be proper, backed up with book burnings of immoral material. Funny how every listener seems to interpret the lyrics differently

Korn and Jonathan is a voice for us that suffered trauma as children. To not feel alone, and music to empower the tragic soul. Thank you Korn and thank you JD!

Classic rock track 😊

If your first draft of a song is anywhere near a finished Propagandhi song, i would very much like to hear one of them 😂 Propagandhi are incredible, they write some of the most considered and thoughtful songs I've ever heard and I've learned more about the world listening to them than i ever did at school

Precious tomes to fill your pulpy conflagrations... Pretty sure this has to do with book burnings which both governments and religions have done throughout history

Hero of War... If that doesn't bring Mika to tears, I don't know what will. This one hits me HARD every time. As a USAF veteran, I never experienced the true horrors of war, but I personally know MANY vets who have had their lives forever changed, if not ruined, by it. Plus, it's a total departure from what she knows of Rise Against.

They've actually been opening their concerts with this song for the past year or two...

When I heard this over 30 years ago I was struck. It still is my favourite song in present day.

Great band! I remember seeing them back in 2003 with Anti-Flag, Against Me, Much the Same and None More Black! Really amazing show!

Okay, so we need to start having 2 categories. This isn't a reaction channel. This is a channel where people like to stop it a lot and explain their own knowledge about music. It's the type of channels that I avoid because I really don't care how smart people are.I want to see their reaction to a song that I already know

This album was recorded in my hometown of Ft. Collins, CO!!!>>.these guys are great!

I almost didn't watch this because it had 420 views. Haha

Fact: Only assholes don’t love domination

I saw Jefferson Airplane perform this song in concert in 1969 and 1970. The were one of my very favorite live acts.

The lyrical and sonic build-up to the punchline "with a quick wink of the eye, and a 'god you must be joking!'" Was the moment that I became a fan for life. It's just perfect.

No Control is a must for punk listeners! Classic!

I'm a huge fan of Bad Religion, I even bought a brown fender precision

Can we please get a converting punk fan to megadeth reaction??? Pleaaaaase :) 🤘🏻

You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch! Best line of the song!

Great reaction to a phenomenal song.

Damn Mika is deep! I need her to explain every Bad Religion Song to me!!!

Love this reaction and definitely subscribed! I'm going to check out your reaction to one of all-time favorite Rise Against songs, State of the Union too. Consider reacting to KoRn's "Somebody Someone" next. There's a band called He Is Legend that i think would be great for both of you to hear if you've never heard them. Their newer stuff like "White Bat," "The Prowler," and "Burn all Your Rock Records" are faster songs that are worth a listen, but their whole catalog is great, you should give them a try.

Im glad Mika is there to bring some much needed intellectualism to Liam's inane singing

see the live version with the long guitar solo intro .......by Yorma .... its amazing IMO

I feel like Liam did his own version of the Sad Autumn Girl ATW. 😂

Guitar solo rips

a large, koRn sized hole. brilliant.🤣

this is totally the offspring, circa 1997 - 1998.

Propagandhi has hundreds of songs, none of them have a chorus.Your criticisms of the band are understandable because they are difficult to sink into and sometimes complex music takes more than one listen to love. My favourite band, and Glenn Lambert is a great singer. Chris Hannah not so much.

I'm an old Punk back from the 70's, I discovered SOAD back in early 2000's from some younger guys I was working with at the time and this band very quickly became one of my all time favourite bands!