How does anger exist when there is music like this? Neo-pogoists stick to the ethos of punk. Frontman of Rise Against, Tim McIlrath (second from right), happily influences his young fans.
WHEN Tim McIlrath was a teenager attending high school in the suburbs of Indianapolis, he would see hardcore and punk bands that played in tiny clubs or took over basements where audiences would number from the dozens to a few hundred. Nowadays, when he stands on stage as the frontman for the American punk group Rise Against, he sees thousands of young people straining to be caught up in his group's impassioned, climactic songs. ''I never went to shows that were the size of Rise Against gigs nowadays,'' says the 31-year-old, whose outfit headlines the sizeable Festival Hall next week. ''In a way that's been an obstacle, because we've had to figure out where we fit in.
I look at a show and I'm trying to figure out a way to break down the wall between the band and audience, instead of building more walls between [them].'' Perfect Pitch. How does anger exist when there is music like this? ► In The Morning by The Coral.