13 Facts About Tim McIlrath

Timothy James McIlrath was born on November 3,1978 and is an American rock musician.

Tim McIlrath is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against.

Tim McIlrath attended Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

In college, Tim McIlrath majored in English and Sociology.

Principe asked Tim McIlrath to sing over a few tracks that he and Dan Wleklinski had recorded.

Tim McIlrath left college after Transistor Revolt was signed onto Fat Wreck Chords in 1999.

Tim McIlrath has a condition called heterochromia, where his left eye is blue and his right eye is hazel.

Tim McIlrath began his musical career in his teens and was active in the Chicago local punk rock scene.

Tim McIlrath played bass and sang backup in the first incarnation of the Honor System.

Tim McIlrath joined the band Arma Angelus, a Chicago metalcore band fronted by Pete Wentz, who would later be bassist in the pop punk band Fall Out Boy.

Tim McIlrath played bass in the band until 1999 when he quit to form Transistor Revolt, which became Rise Against, and the Killing Tree.

Tim McIlrath has played in his metalcore side project the Killing Tree along with former Rise Against guitarist Todd Mohney and former Baxter and Holy Roman Empire bassist, Geoff Reu.

The original goal of the band was only to create music, never seen as a long-term group until the band came to a realization of similar activist beliefs that led Tim McIlrath to describe music as a vessel for change.