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Against Me!

Against Me!

Against Me! is an American punk rock band, formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida, by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida, which is considered the band's hometown. Since 2001, the band's lineup has also included guitarist James Bowman. After releasing three studio albums through independent record labels, Against Me! moved to Sire Records for 2007's New Wave, which reached no. 57 on the Billboard 200. In 2011, the band launched the record label Total Treble.

In 2012, Grace publicly came out as a trans woman. After a long period of line-up changes and uncertainty surrounding the band's future, their sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, was released independently in January 2014 to critical and commercial acclaim. The band's seventh full-length, Shape Shift with Me, was released September 16, 2016.Following the release of Shape Shift with Me, longtime bassist Andrew Seward rejoined the group in 2018. Though the group intended to record a new album, plans were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the band entered an indefinite hiatus.

Albums

2002 Reinventing Axl Rose
2003 As the Eternal Cowboy
2005 Searching for a Former Clarity
2007 New Wave
2010 White Crosses
2014 Transgender Dysphoria Blues
2016 Shape Shift With Me
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Latest Articles

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Album Review: Against Me! - 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues'
Long live Laura Jane Grace.
Features / Music
True Punk Soul Rebel
"I want to be a part of the community, but I don’t want the pressure. I still have problems, I’m still a fucked-up person."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Transgender Dysphoria Blues rides the thin line between deep emotion and infectious punk-rock hooks. And it’s this precarious balance that makes it legitimately exciting in a way that studio gloss too often polishes away.
News / Music
Against Me! lineup as of late 2012.
Atom Willard Joins Punk Rockers Against Me!
Looks like they've got themselves a new drummer
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Against Me! The Smith Street Band & Hoodlum Shouts
Already one of the best live bands around, are reaping the benefits of a whole new dynamic with Grace out the front.
News / Music
Against Me!
Against Me Frontwoman On Her Gender-Change Fear
Laura Jane Grace - formerly Tom Gabel - opens up on her gender change
Features / Music
Appreciating A Current Clarity
"To make a decision like that and to come out and be open with something and then be met with such support is definitely humbling and something that I won’t soon forget."
News / Music
Against Me! Confirm First Aus Headline Dates With Laura Jane Grace
First Aus tour after frontwoman's gender transformation
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Against Me! Play First Live Show With New Frontwoman
Laura Jaen Grace makes her "debut" with the punk rockers.
News / Music
Against Me! in 2010. Gabel far right.
Against Me!'s Tom Gabel To Undergo Sex Change
The punk frontman has revealed he is transgender, and will change his name to Laura Jane Grace.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Against Me! - 'White Crosses'
A matter of individual opinion