Recently, Tim McIlrath went back to school. Having been “kidnapped” by Rise Against as a third-year student in college over two decades ago, the 40-year-old decided this year that, with some unplanned free time on his hands thanks to coronavirus, it was time to return to education.“It was something that I’d always thought about doing, but that time never came – and then all of a sudden, this year happens and the lights go out, and it’s like, ‘Okay, it’s now or never!’” the vocalist and guitarist tells Kerrang! today from his home in Chicago, where he is also joined for this interview by one of his sweet dogs that appears in Touché Amoré’s heartwarming new video for Reminders. “I’m going for what they’re calling an Interdisciplinary Degree, and so that way I can kind of pick from ...
