Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three

Rise Above
Rise Above
Compilation album by Rollins Band
Released	October 8, 2002
Recorded	May–June 2002
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	55:25
Label	Sanctuary Records
Producer	Henry Rollins
Rollins Band chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three is a 2002 tribute album.^[2] It consists of covers of Black Flag songs performed by the Rollins Band, with vocalists from various well-known rock, hip hop, punk and metal artists (as well as certain members of Black Flag) singing. All money raised from sales of the album were donated to the legal funds of the West Memphis Three. It is the final release by the Rollins Band.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Ginn, except where noted

No.	Title	Featured vocalists	Length
1.	"Rise Above"	Chuck D, Henry Rollins	2:11
2.	"Nervous Breakdown"	Keith Morris	1:57
3.	"Fix Me"	Iggy Pop	0:54
4.	"American Waste" (Chuck Dukowski)	Neil Fallon	1:32
5.	"I've Had It"	Cedric Bixler-Zavala	1:22
6.	"I've Heard It Before" (Ginn, Dukowski)	Jeff Moreira	1:37
7.	"Room 13" (Ginn, Medea)	Corey Taylor	1:58
8.	"Wasted" (Ginn, Keith Morris)	Exene Cervenka, Rollins	0:53
9.	"Jealous Again"	Nick Oliveri	1:43
10.	"TV Party"	Rollins	3:33
11.	"No Values"	Hank Williams III	1:35
12.	"Gimme Gimme Gimme"	Dean Ween	1:45
13.	"Depression"	Casey Chaos	2:15
14.	"Six Pack"	Mike Patton	2:15
15.	"Police Story"	Ice-T	1:33
16.	"Revenge"	Tom Araya	0:53
17.	"Thirsty and Miserable" (Robo, Rose Medea, Dez Cadena)	Lemmy	2:12
18.	"What I See" (Dukowski)	Chuck Dukowski	1:55
19.	"No More" (Dukowski)	Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen	2:12
20.	"Black Coffee"	Rollins	4:49
21.	"Slip It In"	Rollins, Inger Lorre	6:37
22.	"Annihilate This Week"	Rollins, Kira Roessler	3:59
23.	"My War" (Dukowski)	Rollins	3:47
24.	"Nervous Breakdown"	Ryan Adams	1:58
Total length:			55:25

Personnel

Band

Marcus Blake – bass guitar (tracks 1–23); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Jason Mackenroth – drums (tracks 1–23); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Jim Wilson – guitar (tracks 1–23); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)

Vocalists

Ryan Adams – vocals and instrumentation (track 24)
Tom Araya – vocals (track 16)
Tim Armstrong – lead vocals (track 19); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, and 14)
Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals (track 5)
Exene Cervenka – vocals (track 8)
Casey Chaos – vocals (track 13)
Chuck D – intro and backing vocals (track 1)
Chuck Dukowski – vocals (track 18)
David "Pappy" Donaldson Sr. – backing vocals (track 10)
Ice-T – vocals (track 15)
Neil Fallon – vocals (track 4)
Lars Frederiksen – lead vocals (track 19); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, and 14)
Matt Freeman – backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, and 14)
Denny Harvey – backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Josh Homme – backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Lemmy Kilmister – vocals (track 17)
Inger Lorre – backing vocals (track 21)
Brad McDonald – backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, and 14)
Jeff Moreira – vocals (track 6)
Keith Morris – vocals (track 2)
Nick Oliveri – lead vocals (track 9); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Mike Patton – lead vocals (track 14)
Iggy Pop – vocals (track 3)
Kira Roessler – backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Henry Rollins – lead vocals (tracks 1, 8, 10, 20, 21, 22, and 23); backing vocals (track 14)
Corey Taylor – lead vocals (track 7); backing vocals (tracks 1, 10, 14, and 22)
Tommie Vaughn – backing vocals (track 10)
Dean Ween – vocals (track 12); outro guitar (track 21)
Hank Williams III – vocals (track 11)

Production

Raina Alomar – layout and design
Bill Bennett – recording engineer
Mike Curtis – photos, guitar technician
Ben Kersten – recording engineer; backing vocals (track 10)
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Heidi May – executive producer
Clif Norrell – mixing engineer
Matt Petrich – recording engineer; backing vocals (track 10)
Bruce Robb – recording engineer
Dee Robb – recording engineer
Henry Rollins – producer, photos

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Rollins, Henry (2002). Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three (CD booklet). Rollins Band. London: Sanctuary Records Group. pp. 2–4. 06076-84573-2.

v t e Black Flag
Greg Ginn Mike Vallely Harley Duggan Charles Wiley Keith Morris Chuck Dukowski Ron Reyes Raymond Pettibon Spot Robo Dez Cadena Henry Rollins Chuck Biscuits Bill Stevenson Kira Roessler Dave Klein Tyler Smith Isaias Gil Joseph Noval
Studio albums	Damaged My War Family Man Slip It In Loose Nut In My Head What The...
Live albums	Live '84 Who's Got the 10½? Live at the On Broadway 1982
Compilation albums	Everything Went Black The First Four Years Wasted…Again
EPs	Nervous Breakdown Jealous Again Six Pack TV Party The Process of Weeding Out Minuteflag Annihilate This Week I Can See You
Singles	"Louie Louie"
Demo album	1982 Demos
Associated acts	Redd Kross Circle Jerks State of Alert Descendents DC3 SWA Gone October Faction Dos Rollins Band Minutemen Misfits The Nig-Heist Off! The Chuck Dukowski Sextet
Related articles	Discography Songs recorded Band members SST Records Total Access Recording Rise Above Joe Cole Get in the Van Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag

v t e West Memphis Three
Damien Echols
Films	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000) Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011) West of Memphis (2012) Devil's Knot (2013)
Other works	Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (2002) Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three (2002)
Related	Illusions (2007)
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