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Rise Against's Tim McIlrath covers Guns N' Roses for protest album

Posted by Aideen on October 15, 2014

Rise Against's Tim McIlrath covers Guns N' Roses for protest album
Rise Against's Tim McIlrath covers Guns N' Roses for protest album

Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath has recorded an acoustic cover of Guns N' Roses' "Civil War" for the protest album This Concerns Everyone, released November 18 via Anti-Flag's label A-F Records. The album also features recordings by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and Anti-Flag's Chris No. 2, with a portion of the album's proceeds being donated to the Right to Heal campaign.

The album features a mixture of covers and originals from a number of musicians. You can pre-order the album here. Full details on the line-up are after the jump.

Side A:
1. Chris Farren (Fake Problems) - Establishment Blues (Rodriguez)
2. Erica Freas (RVIVR) - Tiny Murders
3. Chris Conley (Saves The Day) - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
4. Chris #2 (Anti-Flag) - What Did You Learn In School Today (Pete Seeger)
5. PJ Bond - Dirty Hands
6. Anika Pyle (Chumped) - Ugly
7. Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman) - House Gone Up In Flames
8. The Homeless Gospel Choir - Some People
9. Chris Stowe - Other Peoples Guns
Side B:
10. Chris Wollard (Hot Water Music) - Selected Scenes
11. Roger Harvey - What Are You Fighting For (Phil Ochs)
12. Shawna Potter and Brooks Harlan (War On Women) - Servilia
13. Tim Mcllrath (Rise Against) - Civil War (Guns N’ Roses)
14. Justin ane (Anti-Flag) - I Ain’t Got No Home (Woody Guthrie)
15. Thomas From The Burning Land (Strike Anywhere) - The Deep State (Field Recording)
Digital Bonus Tracks:
1. Prophet Motive - Hallowawa
2. Josh Massie - Life During War Time (Green Day)
3. Spoonboy - Last Of The Asshole (The Max Levine Ensemble)
4. Pat Thetic - Owe Us A Living (CRASS)

Rise Against's Tim McIlrath covers Guns N' Roses for protest album
Rise Against's Tim McIlrath covers Guns N' Roses for protest album

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