Rise Against: Tim McIlrath’s track-by-track guide to Nowhere Generation
From opener The Numbers through to closing song Rules We Play, Tim McIlrath talks you through every track on Rise Against’s spectacular ninth album, Nowhere Generation.
Words: George Garner
Tim McIlrath photo: Jonathan Weiner
Tim McIlrath, singer/guitarist of Chicago punks Rise Against, has long since distinguished himself as one of the most important voices in rock. For over 20 years and counting, subjects such as school shootings and gay teen suicide have all found expression in his unflinching lyrics, alongside political broadsides, meditations on climate change and much more besides.