Rise Against’s Joe Principe sits shotgun for a trip to Chicago suburb Downers Grove. We visit Dan’s Pizza, an awesome mom & pop carry-out pizza place tucked into a nondescript strip mall.

Over “party cut” pizza and Sprite, Joe talks about the music that had a big impact on him when he was growing up, Rise Against’s ascent, veganism, the awkward things fans see him buying at Target and the surprising story about how he came to play the bass guitar for the first time.