Editing Tim McIlrath (section)

==Early and personal life==
McIlrath was born in 1978 to Jim and Michelle McIlrath. He attended [[Rolling Meadows High School]] in [[Rolling Meadows, Illinois]].<ref name=mis>{{cite web|access-date=March 21, 2018|title=Go Behind the Scenes of Rise Against's Powerful Video, "Make It Stop (September's Children)"|first=John |last=Polly |url=http://www.newnownext.com/go-behind-the-scenes-of-rise-againsts-powerful-video-make-it-stop-septembers-children/06/2011/|publication-date=June 22, 2011|website=[[NewNowNext.com]]}}</ref> In college ([[Northeastern Illinois University]]), McIlrath majored in English and Sociology.<ref name=":0">{{cite interview |last=McIlrath |first=Tim |subject-link=Tim McIlrath |interviewer=[[Stryker (DJ)]] |title=Tuna On Toast w Rise Against Tim McIlrath (Rise Against History, Going Back To College, New Music) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSEdqzZgNzY |date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> In his junior year,<ref name=":0" /> he met [[Joe Principe]] at a [[Sick of It All]] concert. Principe asked McIlrath to sing over a few tracks that he and Dan Wleklinski had recorded.<ref name=inertia>{{cite web|access-date=March 21, 2018|url=https://www.theinertia.com/music-art/interview-joe-principe-of-rise-against/|title=Interview: Joe Principe of Rise Against|publication-date=June 16, 2013 |first= Corey |last=Jones |website=Theinertia.com|date=June 16, 2013 }}</ref> It was at this time that Transistor Revolt was formed.<ref name=":0" /> McIlrath left college after Transistor Revolt was signed onto [[Fat Wreck Chords]] in 1999.<ref name=":0" /> In the fall of 2020, McIlrath returned to college to finish his Sociology degree.<ref name=":0" />

McIlrath has a condition called [[Heterochromia iridum|heterochromia]], where his left eye is blue and his right eye is hazel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thinknice.com/15-celebs-heterochromia-iridis/ |title=15 Celebs with Heterochromia Iridis |access-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423153206/http://www.thinknice.com/15-celebs-heterochromia-iridis/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=comcast>{{cite web|publisher=Comcast|work=Xfinity Entertainment|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-mismatchedeyes/6/|title=Stars with Mismatched Eyes|access-date=2014-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113008/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-mismatchedeyes/6/|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>