Wreck Your Life [SEP] record label
label Bloodshot Records. The album contains many of the country and bar band elements absent from the later Elektra Records recordings. Four extra songs from these sessions, as well as two singles, were later combined by Bloodshot for the "Early Tracks" EP. Though the anticipation of the album was immense, the ratings were not very good.
"Doreen" is a re-recording from the band's first album, "Hitchhike to Rhome", and an alternate take on "W-I-F-E
"Life Less Frightening". All three songs charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Give It All" and "Swing Life Away" in particular are credited with helping Rise Against achieve mainstream appeal.
Background and recording.
After the release of "Revolutions per Minute" in 2003, a number of major record labels became interested in Rise Against, including DreamWorks Records. At the time, Rise Against was under contract with the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords. The general consensus among Fat Wreck Chords musicians