I don't listen to S.o.a.D. , I just know them cause they are famous, so either the source of inspiration is obvious or I'm very good at finding similarities and parallelisms (which I am)
Edit: cool that you love Rise Against ! They are my favourite band for both music and lyrics (some of them are so Aspiesh that they make me wonder if the songwriter is himself an Aspie). They give me such an energy. Unfortunately I have never seen them live I guess they are great !
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?I have learnt this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams in the night, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.? (H. D. Thoreau, Walden)