Thought some of you might be interested (from the Rollins Newsletter):

"Rise Above" / "Devils Knot" Ok, here?s another bombshell. Months in the making, thousands of person hours and obsessive and unflinching dedication by too many to mention here has yielded a 100% monster record in the form of "Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three." Music played by Jim, Jason and Marcus aka Mother Superior aka 75% of the Rollins Band. Engineered by the Robb Bothers. Mixed by Clif Norrell. Produced by me. Singers and song selection as follows:

01. Rise Above ? Chuck D, Henry Rollins 02. Nervous Breakdown - Keith Morris 03. Fix Me ? Iggy Pop 04. American Waste ? Neil Fallon (Clutch) 05. I've Had it ? Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta) 06. I've Heard It Before - Jeff Moreira (Poison the Well) 07. Room 13 ? Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) 08. Wasted ? Exene Cervenka, Henry Rollins 09. Jealous Again ? Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) 10. TV Party ? Henry Rollins 11. No Values ? Hank III 12. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie ? Dean Ween (Ween) 13. Depression ? Casey Chaos (Amen) 14. Six Pack ? Mike Patton 15. Police Story ? Ice T 16. Revenge ? Tom Araya (Slayer) 17. Thirsty & Miserable - Lemmy 18. What I See ? Chuck Dukowski 19. No More ? Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen (Rancid) 20. Black Coffee ? Henry Rollins 21. Slip It In ? Henry Rollins, Inger Lorre 22. Annihilate This Week ? Henry Rollins, Kira Roessler, 23. My War ? Henry Rollins Bonus track 24. Nervous Breakdown ? Ryan Adams

Looks good on paper, or on screen as it were, but does it really whip a cheetah?s ass with a belt? Decorum doesn?t permit me to detail how the unrestrained power of this record smears all these pussy ass MTV bands. Music: absolutely punishing and superbly recorded. Playing: Jim, Jason and Marcus? Are you kidding? Vocals: Off the scale beyond belief. Iggy Pop singing a Black Flag song?! This one is all the way awesome. Profits from this CD go to the West Memphis Three?s legal defense fund. Who?s the West Memphis Three? Refer to our website for the info because I?m not telling that story to you all again.

patRice np: Sisters of Mercy, MixTape nr: Horiyoshi III, The Way To Shisei