:Against Me!
{{Short description|American punk rock band}}
{{Other uses}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Against Me!
| image = Against Me! at SPIN party at Stubb's SXSW 2014--60 (15667962708).jpg
| landscape = yes
| caption = Against Me! performing at South by Southwest in 2014
| origin = Naples, Florida, US
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Punk rock
- folk punk
- {{nowrap|alternative rock}}
- anarcho-punk
}}
| discography = Against Me! discography
| years_active = 1997–2020 (indefinite hiatus)
| label = {{flatlist|
- Misanthrope
- Crasshole
- Plan-It-X
- No Idea
- Sabot
- Fat Wreck Chords
- Sire
- Total Treble
- Xtra Mile
}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|againstme.net}}
| past_members =
- Laura Jane Grace
- Kevin Mahon
- James Bowman
- Dustin Fridkin
- Warren Oakes
- Andrew Seward
- George Rebelo
- Jay Weinberg
- Atom Willard
- Inge Johansson
}}
Against Me! is an American punk rock band, formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida,{{Cite web |url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/27/laura-jane-grace-against-me-interview-new-album-naples-transgender-icon/6004112002/ |date=27 October 2020 |title=Laura Jane Grace: Punk-rock star talks new album, Naples and being a transgender icon |first=Charles |last=Runnells |website=Naples News |access-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128170114/https://www.naplesnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/27/laura-jane-grace-against-me-interview-new-album-naples-transgender-icon/6004112002/ |url-status=live}} by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida, which is considered the band's hometown.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/against-me-tour-dates-classic-albums-performance-834719/|title=Against Me! to Perform Classic Albums on Fall Tour|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 13, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916191702/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/against-me-tour-dates-classic-albums-performance-834719/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://againstme.myshopify.com/products/against-me-gainesville-florida-shield-tee-shirt|title=Gainesville, Florida Shield T-Shirt|website=Against Me!|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916191808/https://againstme.myshopify.com/products/against-me-gainesville-florida-shield-tee-shirt|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite tweet |user=LauraJaneGrace |number=730304629699977217 |first=Laura Jane |last=Grace |title=@Fr3derick82 September |date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=September 17, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308074503/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/730304629699977217 |url-status=live }}
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.
History
=1997–2002: The early years and ''Reinventing Axl Rose''=
Against Me! was formed in 1997 by singer/guitarist Laura Jane Grace as a solo act, amidst the breakup of her previous band(s). The first Against Me! release was an eponymously titled demo tape in 1997. It was self-released in very limited numbers. With the addition of drummer Kevin Mahon, a second demo, Vivida Vis! (1998), was released in limited numbers by Misanthrope Records. The band started their first tour in March 1999, a month-long tour of the East coast, during which they met Jordan Kleeman in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite web|title = Episode 47 - Laura Jane Grace ( Against Me! )|url = https://audioboom.com/boos/3638556-episode-47-laura-jane-grace-against-me|website = audioBoom|access-date = January 22, 2016|archive-date = March 9, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160309130120/https://audioboom.com/boos/3638556-episode-47-laura-jane-grace-against-me|url-status = live}} The band's first EP, Against Me!, was released twice through Crasshole Records (once in 1999 and 2000). Grace's longtime friend James Bowman joined the band for a west coast tour in support of the EP, traveling in Grace's 1976 Buick LeSabre, the engine of which exploded at the end of the tour.{{Cite book|title=Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|publisher=Hachette|year=2016|pages=34–35}} Their first widely distributed release was the EP Crime as Forgiven by Against Me! (2001), released by Plan-It-X Records and Sabot Productions (run by longtime Against Me! tour manager Jordan Kleeman). While neither Bowman or Fridkin had part in the recording of Crime as Forgiven by Against Me!, they both joined the band on tour to support it.{{Cite book|title=Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|year=2016|pages=42}} On April 23, 2001, while heading south on I-75, returning home from their first tour as a four-piece band, their van was struck by a semi truck. They landed upside-down in a ditch. No one was harmed, but the van and equipment were destroyed,{{cite web|url=http://www.phawker.com/2014/09/11/about-a-girl-the-complete-magnet-magazine-qa-with-against-mes-laura-jane-grace/|title=ABOUT A GIRL: The Complete Magnet Magazine Q&A With Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace|date=September 11, 2014|website=PHAWKER.COM - Curated News, Gossip, Concert Reviews, Fearless Political Commentary, Interviews....Plus, the Usual Sex, Drugs and Rock n' Roll|access-date=April 27, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531042858/http://www.phawker.com/2014/09/11/about-a-girl-the-complete-magnet-magazine-qa-with-against-mes-laura-jane-grace/|url-status=live}} after which Bowman and Mahon left the band. The band broke up for a few months that year.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/laura-jane-grace-on-her-delinquent-past-and-against-me-s-future-20140208|title=Laura Jane Grace on Her Delinquent Past and Against Me!'s Future|date=February 8, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=May 14, 2016|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423100736/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/laura-jane-grace-on-her-delinquent-past-and-against-me-s-future-20140208|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theriotroom.com/event/349889-against-me-kansas-city/|title=Against Me! - Tickets - The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO - September 20th, 2013|website=The Riot Room|access-date=March 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221185220/http://www.theriotroom.com/event/349889-against-me-kansas-city/|archive-date=December 21, 2016|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://r4nt.com/article/against-me-interview-with-tom-gabel/|title=Against Me! interview with Tom Gabel - Reading For New Times – Exposing Intellect, People and Esthetics.|website=r4nt.com|access-date=April 23, 2016|archive-date=January 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106183334/http://r4nt.com/article/against-me-interview-with-tom-gabel/|url-status=live}} A third EP, a self-titled acoustic recording by Grace and bassist Dustin Fridkin, was released in November 2001.
Mahon was eventually replaced by Warren Oakes, and guitarist James Bowman returned in December 2001{{Cite book|title=Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|year=2016|pages=45}} during the recording of the band's first album, Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose, released in March 2002 by No Idea Records. Fridkin left during the summer of 2002 to return to college and was replaced by Andrew Seward of the Tennessee band kill devil hills,{{Cite book|title=Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|year=2016|pages=51–52}} and this new lineup released the single "The Disco Before the Breakdown" (2002). This lineup remained intact until 2009.
=2003–2006: ''As the Eternal Cowboy'' and ''Searching for a Former Clarity'' =
Against Me! signed to Fat Wreck Chords and released their second album, 2003's Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy. It reached no. 36 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart and was supported by singles for "Cavalier Eternal" and "Sink, Florida, Sink".{{cite web| url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=against me!|chart=Independent Albums}} |title=Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Top Independent Albums |publisher=Billboard charts |access-date=September 7, 2009}} The DVD We're Never Going Home followed, documenting their Spring 2004 tour. 2005's Searching for a Former Clarity was their first album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching no. 114. Against Me! supported the album with a tour of all 50 U.S. states.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=against me!|chart=all}} |title=Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200 |publisher=Billboard charts |access-date=June 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616092102/http://www.billboard.com/ |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |url-status=live}}{{Cite book|title=Sunshine State|publisher=Spin|pages=78–82}} It spawned singles for "Don't Lose Touch" and "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)", which also became the band's first music videos. The live album Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!! followed in 2006.File:AgainstMe!2.jpg
= 2007–2010: ''New Wave'' and ''White Crosses'' =
Against Me! moved to Sire Records for 2007's New Wave, produced by Butch Vig. It debuted at no. 57 on the Billboard 200 and featured their first charting single, "Thrash Unreal", which reached no. 11 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=against me!|chart=Alternative Songs}} |title=Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs |publisher=Billboard charts |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622085225/http://www.billboard.com/ |archive-date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead}} "White People for Peace", "Stop!", and "New Wave" were also released as singles, and New Wave was named as Spin's album of the year.{{cite magazine |last=Kandell |first=Steve |title=Album of the Year: Against Me! |magazine=Spin |date=January 1, 2008 |url=https://www.spin.com/2008/01/album-year-against-me/ |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714024750/http://www.spin.com/2008/01/album-year-against-me/ |url-status=live }} The DVD Live at the Key Club followed later that year. In 2008, Against Me! supported Foo Fighters on a North American tour, and Sire released the digital EP New Wave B-Sides.{{cite web |title=Tours: Foo Fighters / Against Me! (Canada) |website=Punknews.org |date=December 10, 2007 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/26874 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007015319/http://www.punknews.org/article/26874 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Against Me! Release Digital EP of New Wave B-sides |website=Punknews.org |date=July 31, 2008 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/29884 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=August 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811203814/http://www.punknews.org/article/29884 |url-status=live }} In October 2008, while traveling west on I-80, en route to Salt Lake City, their tour bus hit a patch of ice; causing it to spin and land on its side in a ditch. No one was harmed.{{cite web|title = Tom Gabel details Against Me! bus accident; posts full stream of solo EP - News - Alternative Press|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/archive_4961|website = Alternative Press|access-date = January 18, 2016|archive-date = December 5, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211205104736/https://www.altpress.com/news/archive_4961/|url-status = live}}
For the 2008 presidential election, Against Me! partnered with Rock the Vote.{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2008 |title=Against Me! Rocks the Vote |url=https://www.rockthevote.org/against-me-rocks-the-vote-041508/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Rock the Vote |language=en-US}}
Oakes left the band in June 2009, in part to focus on running his Mexican food restaurant.{{cite web |title=Warren Oakes Leaves Against Me! |website=Punknews.org |date=June 9, 2009 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/33895 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821011519/http://www.punknews.org/article/33895 |url-status=live }} In an interview with MTV Oakes wanted it to be known that he wasn't fired, but rather, his leaving the band "was really a mutual decision … it was really amicable." He said he still considers the band members to be "more than friends -- they're family," and added that Boca is already carrying Against Me! guitarist James Bowman's homemade hot sauce on the menu.{{cite web |last1=Montgomery |first1=James |title=Against Me! Drummer Ditches Fame For Burritos |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/7iptnt/against-me-drummer-ditches-fame-for-burritos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724063705/https://www.mtv.com/news/7iptnt/against-me-drummer-ditches-fame-for-burritos |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |website=MTV |access-date=24 July 2022 |language=en}}
Oakes was replaced by Hot Water Music drummer George Rebelo.{{cite web |date=June 15, 2009 |title=George Rebelo (Hot Water Music) Joins Against Me! |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/33987 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106122340/http://www.punknews.org/article/33987 |archive-date=November 6, 2010 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |website=Punknews.org}} The following month Fat Wreck Chords released The Original Cowboy, an album of demo recordings from the Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy sessions.{{cite web |title=Against Me! to release The Original Cowboy on Fat this summer |website=Punknews.org |date=April 23, 2009 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/33222 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=June 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603024448/http://www.punknews.org/article/33222 |url-status=live }}
Against Me! released White Crosses, their second album with Sire, on June 8, 2010 (although it was leaked about 3 months earlier).{{Cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/119157/artwork-and-tracklisting-for-against-mes-white-crosses/|title=Artwork And Tracklisting For Against Me!'s 'White Crosses' - Bloody Disgusting!|date=March 17, 2010|language=en-US|access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-date=October 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002043445/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/119157/artwork-and-tracklisting-for-against-mes-white-crosses/|url-status=live}} It was supported by singles for "I Was a Teenage Anarchist", "White Crosses", and "High Pressure Low" and was their highest-charting album to date, reaching no. 34 on the Billboard 200. On the eve of a scheduled tour of Australia and New Zealand that September, the band suddenly cancelled all touring plans due to "a culmination of circumstances", expressing the need to "take some time off from touring to go home and sort things out."
Against Me! departed from Sire Records on November 29, 2010.{{Cite web |title=Against Me! Leave Sire Records {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/against_me_leave_sire_records |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=exclaim.ca |language=en-ca}} Following a two-month hiatus from touring, the band spoke for the first time since their tour cancellation, talking of their upcoming December 2010 shows, which saw Jay Weinberg cover for George Rebelo on drums, as he toured with Hot Water Music.{{cite web|url=http://ifeelsicktomystomach.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-apologies.html|title=I Feel Sick to My Stomach: All Apologies|date=November 28, 2010|website=Ifeelsicktomystomach.blogspot.com|author=Tommy Gabel|access-date=August 25, 2012|archive-date=March 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319034728/http://ifeelsicktomystomach.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-apologies.html|url-status=live}}
Throughout December 2010, Grace spoke of George Rebelo's intentions to record an album with his primary band Hot Water Music. In January 2011, Weinberg was officially confirmed as Against Me!'s new drummer.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/plus-jay-weinberg-joins-against-me-new-mj-lawsuit-20101201|title=Plus: Jay Weinberg Joins Against Me!; New MJ Lawsuit|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-date=October 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002131310/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/plus-jay-weinberg-joins-against-me-new-mj-lawsuit-20101201|url-status=live}} Total Clarity, an album of demos and unreleased songs from the Searching for a Former Clarity sessions, was released on May 24, 2011, through Fat Wreck Chords.{{cite web |title=Total Clarity |publisher=Fat Wreck Chords |url=http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/744 |access-date=April 16, 2011 |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428194424/http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/744 |url-status=live }}
=2011–2017: ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'' and ''Shape Shift with Me''=
In 2010 Grace had expressed the desire to release at least one album per year for the next decade.{{cite web |last=Gaston |first=Peter |url=https://www.spin.com/2010/12/tom-gabel-talks-future-against-me/ |title=Tom Gabel Talks Future of Against Me! | SPIN | Newswire |publisher=SPIN |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423232958/http://www.spin.com/2010/12/tom-gabel-talks-future-against-me/ |url-status=live }}
On June 3, 2011, the band announced that they started their own record label, Total Treble.{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/42893 |title=Against Me! announce new record label Total Treble Music |website=Punknews.org |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905233939/http://www.punknews.org/article/42893 |url-status=live }} In July 2011, the band released "Black Crosses" which were demos and alternate versions of songs from "White Crosses". In September 2011, Grace built a recording studio in Elkton, Florida, for future Against Me! projects.{{cite web|url=http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=198920& |title=The Ultimate Punk Music Store! |website=Interpunk.com |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012160132/http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=198920& |archive-date=October 12, 2012 }} The studio has since been named Total Treble Studio.{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/45537 |title=Cheap Girls: "Ruby" |website=Punknews.org |date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=February 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215055816/http://www.punknews.org/article/45537 |url-status=live }} The first band to record an album in the studio were Cheap Girls from Lansing, Michigan, with their album Giant Orange.{{cite web|url=http://thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=againstme2011 |title=Against Me! Interview – Andrew Seward |website=ThePunkSite.com |date=August 31, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045943/http://thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=againstme2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}
In May 2012 Grace publicly came out as transgender, having dealt with gender dysphoria since childhood, and began her transition.{{cite magazine |title=Tom Gabel of Against Me! Comes Out as Transgender |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 8, 2012 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-175477/ |access-date=May 8, 2012 |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509211255/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-20120508 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=Tom Gabel Reveals Details of Transgender Life in Rolling Stone |publisher=MTV |work=mtv.com |date=May 10, 2012 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684887/tom-gabel-against-me-transgender-rolling-stone.jhtml |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512214608/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684887/tom-gabel-against-me-transgender-rolling-stone.jhtml |url-status=dead }} "I felt like I drop-kicked them in the face," she said of informing the other members of Against Me! "We had the most awkward hug ever, and then they left. And the second I shut the door, I was like, 'What the fuck did I just do?{{' "}} Gender dysphoria is the theme of the band's sixth studio album, an autobiographical account of Laura Jane Grace's experience as a trans woman and of social and body dysphoria. They began recording in February 2012 at Total Treble Studio, working without Butch Vig, who produced New Wave and White Crosses.{{cite web |last=Russell |first=Ryan |title=Against Me! Share Details of 'Killer' New Album |publisher=MTV |work=mtvhive.com |date=November 5, 2012 |url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/11/05/against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues/ |access-date=November 5, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107033314/http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/11/05/against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues/ |url-status=live }} Instead, Grace was acting as both recording engineer and record producer for the album. Weinberg departed the group that December.{{cite web |last=Strummer |first=Brittany |title=Jay Weinberg Leaves Against Me! |website=Punknews.org |date=December 18, 2012 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/50041/jay-weinberg-leaves-against-me |access-date=December 18, 2012 |archive-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230234543/http://www.punknews.org/article/50041/jay-weinberg-leaves-against-me |url-status=live }} Drummer Atom Willard filled in with the band for their 2013 Australian tour dates,{{cite web |work=punknews.org |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/50136/atom-willard-to-play-australian-shows-with-against-me |title=Atom Willard to play Australian shows with Against Me! |date=December 31, 2012 |access-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207145456/http://www.punknews.org/article/50136/atom-willard-to-play-australian-shows-with-against-me |url-status=live }} and was confirmed as the band's new drummer on July 31, 2013.{{cite tweet|user=AtomWillard|last=Willard|first=Adam|author-link=Atom Willard|number=362627842405699584|title=Very excited about the next chapter in my story. I'll be playing in, with, and for: Against Me!|date=July 31, 2013|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=January 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105162613/https://twitter.com/AtomWillard/status/362627842405699584|url-status=live}} In March 2013, the band canceled their US tour with Bad Religion. In May 2013, bassist Andrew Seward also announced his departure from the band. Grace expressed that she felt the band wouldn't have continued under the name Against Me! were it not for the then-upcoming record having a message she wanted to spread.{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/51464/andrew-seward-leaves-against-me |title=Andrew Seward leaves Against Me! |website=Punknews.org |date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505014231/http://www.punknews.org/article/51464/andrew-seward-leaves-against-me |url-status=live }} On June 24, 2013, Grace announced that recording for Transgender Dysphoria Blues was finished.{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|first=Laura Jane|last=Grace|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=349222146888826880|title=At the cost of a lot of friends and having probably ruined my life, finished tracking Transgender Dysphoria Blues.|date=June 24, 2013|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210030730/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/349222146888826880|url-status=live}} Grace went on a solo tour in August in a handful of east coast US cities in support of the record.{{cite web |url=http://www.againstme.net/laura-jane-grace-solo-east-coast-tour/ |title=Laura Jane Grace – Solo East Coast Tour |publisher=Against Me! |date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708081308/http://www.againstme.net/laura-jane-grace-solo-east-coast-tour/ |url-status=live }}
On July 15, 2013, Against Me! released the "True Trans" single for free, featuring the new acoustic song "FUCKMYLIFE666" and the namesake "True Trans Soul Rebel". On August 29, 2013, Inge Johansson, formerly of the (International) Noise Conspiracy and Refused, was confirmed as the new bass player.{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/52799/against-me-recruit-former-international-noise-conspiracy-bassist |title=Against Me! recruit former (International) Noise Conspiracy bassist |website=Punknews.org |date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901210644/http://www.punknews.org/article/52799/against-me-recruit-former-international-noise-conspiracy-bassist |url-status=live }}
On January 21, 2014, Against Me! released Transgender Dysphoria Blues, their sixth full-length studio album.{{cite magazine|last=Hermes|first=Will|title=Against Me!|magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/transgender-dysphoria-blues-20140121|access-date=February 26, 2014|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228011541/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/transgender-dysphoria-blues-20140121|url-status=live}} The album was praised for its raw quality, reminiscent of Against Me!'s earlier music. It is their highest-charting album to date, reaching no. 23 on the Billboard 200.
A new live album, 23 Live Sex Acts was recorded on the subsequent tour by the band in 2014, and was released on September 4, 2015.{{cite magazine |last=Kaye |first=Ben |url=https://consequence.net/2015/06/against-me-announces-new-live-album-23-live-sex-acts/ |title=Against Me! announces new live album, 23 Live Sex Acts |magazine=Consequence of Sound |date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908011712/https://consequence.net/2015/06/against-me-announces-new-live-album-23-live-sex-acts/ |url-status=live }}
In July 2016, the band announced their seventh studio album Shape Shift with Me would be released on September 16.{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|title=Against Me! Announce New Album Shape Shift With Me, Share New Track: Listen {{!}} Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66885-against-me-announce-new-album-shape-shift-with-me-share-new-track-listen/|website=Pitchfork|date=July 18, 2016 |access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=July 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719125640/http://pitchfork.com/news/66885-against-me-announce-new-album-shape-shift-with-me-share-new-track-listen/|url-status=live}} The band also immediately released a song from the album, "333". On August 10, 2016, a second song, "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-against-mes-new-stomper-haunting-haunted-haunts-w433392|title=Hear Against Me!'s New Stomper 'Haunting, Haunted, Haunts'|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813045803/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-against-mes-new-stomper-haunting-haunted-haunts-w433392|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2016/08/against-me-unleash-rambunctious-new-song-haunting-haunted-haunts-listen/|title=Against Me! unleash rambunctious new song "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts" – listen|date=August 10, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811124832/https://consequence.net/2016/08/against-me-unleash-rambunctious-new-song-haunting-haunted-haunts-listen/|url-status=live}} was released via the Adult Swim Singles Program 2016. On September 8, the entire album was available for streaming.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/09/stream-against-mes-explosive-new-record-shape-shift-with-me/|title=Stream Against Me!'s Explosive New Record Shape Shift With Me {{!}} SPIN|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909143651/http://www.spin.com/2016/09/stream-against-mes-explosive-new-record-shape-shift-with-me/|url-status=live}}
Shape Shift with Me, was released September 16, 2016.
In October 2017, Against Me! played a special show with former bassist Dustin Fridkin for the first time since his departure from the band in 2002. The show was part of FEST 16.{{cite web|url=https://news.sfcollege.edu/2017/11/01/sf-professor-steps-back-into-spotlight-at-fest/|title=SF Professor Steps Back into Spotlight at FEST - Today @ Santa Fe|website=news.sfcollege.edu|date=November 2017 |access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034508/https://news.sfcollege.edu/2017/11/01/sf-professor-steps-back-into-spotlight-at-fest/|url-status=live}} Grace revealed in August 2018 that she strongly considered disbanding Against Me! once this show had occurred.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-on-new-band-devouring-mothers-and-the-future-of-against-me-714581/|title=Laura Jane Grace on New Band Devouring Mothers and the Future of Against Me!|first=Jonathan|last=Bernstein|date=August 29, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114001209/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-on-new-band-devouring-mothers-and-the-future-of-against-me-714581/|url-status=live}}
=2018–2020: Seward's return and ''2 Nights / 4 Records / 48 Songs'' tour=
Against Me! played their final show with bassist Inge Johansson in May 2018. The following month, the band played an unannounced show at Trumbullplex in Detroit, MI. The show was notable for being the first show with Andrew Seward playing bass since 2013, although no songs were played from Shape Shift with Me.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SewardAndrew/status/1010026713806323712|title=Andrew Seward on Twitter|publisher=Twitter|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205104748/https://twitter.com/SewardAndrew/status/1010026713806323712|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/67190/against-me-play-detroit-show-with-former-bassist-andrew-seward|title=Against Me! play Detroit show with former bassist Andrew Seward|last=Punknews.org|website=www.punknews.org|date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819142529/https://www.punknews.org/article/67190/against-me-play-detroit-show-with-former-bassist-andrew-seward|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/against-me/2018/trumbullplex-detroit-mi-13ea357d.html|title=Against Me! Setlist at Trumbullplex, Detroit|website=setlist.fm|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034609/https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/against-me/2018/trumbullplex-detroit-mi-13ea357d.html|url-status=live}} Grace officially announced in July 2018 via Instagram that after performing these shows, Seward had rejoined the band.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BkvIzRvAHeu/|title=Laura Jane Grace on Instagram: "As some people may have noticed there's been some change happening within @againstme recently and the shows we played in Detroit, Cleveland…"|website=Instagram|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109152240/https://www.instagram.com/p/BkvIzRvAHeu/|url-status=live}}
In October 2018, the band played two shows on the eve of their South American tour: one with As the Eternal Cowboy played front to back, and the other with New Wave.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AgainstMe/photos/a.425249015020.220833.8871710020/10157172169310021/?type=3&theater|title=Against Me!|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205104735/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAgainstMe%2Fphotos%2Fa.425249015020.220833.8871710020%2F10157172169310021%2F%3Ftype%3D3%26theater|url-status=live}}
Laura Jane Grace announced in July 2018 that the band she had performed previous solo tours with since 2016,{{cite web|url=https://dailyslicemag.com/2016/02/24/live-review-laura-jane-grace-and-the-devouring-mothers-at-the-sinclair-in-boston/|title=Live Review: Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers at the Sinclair in Boston|date=February 24, 2016|website=Dailyslicemag.com|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213354/https://dailyslicemag.com/2016/02/24/live-review-laura-jane-grace-and-the-devouring-mothers-at-the-sinclair-in-boston/|url-status=live}} the Devouring Mothers, had recently completed a record together. Bought to Rot was released on Bloodshot Records on November 9, 2018. The band's members since its inception have been Grace and Willard from Against Me!, as well as long-time producer and collaborator Marc Hudson.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/07/laura-jane-grace-devouring-mothers-announce-tour-dates-new-album/|title=Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace Announces Solo Album With Devouring Mothers|date=July 31, 2018|website=Spin.com|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=October 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027142715/https://www.spin.com/2018/07/laura-jane-grace-devouring-mothers-announce-tour-dates-new-album/|url-status=live}} The album is said to be heavily influenced by the works of Rowland S. Howard{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1024358221656535040|title=That being said... using a Jaguar and Twin reverb as my main sound for this record I also can’t deny the influence Rowland S Howard had on these songs...|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414064059/twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1024358221656535040|archive-date=April 14, 2021}} and Tom Petty,{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1024357709234294785|title=Tom Petty passing really shook me. First CD was ‘Full Moon Fever’. Petty released that when he was 37. I’m 37 now. I wanted to pay tribute to one of my hero’s. Full Moon Fever had a huge influence on this album. Even recorded using my Jaguar & Twin reverb bought from Stan Lynch.|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205104818/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1024357709234294785|url-status=live|link=no}} and includes collaborations with other artists.{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1024350141006991360|title=There’s a lot of specific album details I wish I could share already, like the track listing, artwork, release date, and a really really rad collaboration that brought about what’s maybe my favourite song on the record but I gotta wait and tease it all out some still...|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414032526/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1024350141006991360|archive-date=April 14, 2021|link=no}}
Grace later confirmed that Against Me! was still continuing as a band, with a "clean slate", and that an eighth Against Me! record was still planned for eventual release. However, she also noted that it could be either shelved or re-recorded, following Seward's replacement of Johansson as bassist.{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1024330823300997120|title=I was working you. But there will be an AM! record. Just had to recalibrate with Andrew coming back and all. Wanted to start fresh.|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308074757/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1024330823300997120|url-status=live|link=no}}{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1024352756608450561|title=Also, just so we’re all on the same page. @againstme is still very much a band and working on new music (we’re on tour currently in fact). With Andrew coming back though we really wanted to hit reset and start fresh. Hope that makes sense. Don’t want to diminish my AM!|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414032929/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1024352756608450561|url-status=live|link=no}}{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1024327750348361729|title=There will be a new AM! dont worry|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308074801/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1024327750348361729|url-status=live|link=no}}
The band recorded a cover of The Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died" for a 2018 compilation album (Songs That Saved My Life) in aid of mental health charities. The track was the first recording with Seward back as bassist since their 2011 single "Russian Spies / Occult Enemies", and Grace used the announcement to further confirm that the band intend to record an eighth studio album together.{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|last=Grace|first=Laura Jane|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=1049737876924035073|title=Today is the last 2018 @againstme show in North America. To mark the occasion why not listen to a brand new AM! recording and the first with @SewardAndrew back on bass! Time for us to go make a new album now...|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308074801/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1049737876924035073|url-status=live|link=no}} The band began work on their eighth studio album in February 2019.{{Cite tweet |user=LauraJaneGrace |number=1094636157739118592 |first=Laura Jane |last=Grace |title=Heading in now for day 4 of new AM! album writing session #1 with @jimmyjames_b @AtomWillard & @SewardAndrew |access-date=February 17, 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001841/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/1094636157739118592 |url-status=live |link=no}}
In May 2019, the band announced their "2 Nights / 4 Records / 48 Songs" tour. On this North American run, the band performed two shows in each city: The first dedicated to Searching for a Former Clarity and New Wave, the second dedicated to White Crosses and Transgender Dysphoria Blues. Support for the shows came from Chuck Ragan, Toy Guitar, Dilly Dally, Chris Cresswell, and Cursive.{{cite web |last1=Sodomsky |first1=Sam |title=Against Me! to Perform Full Albums on Tour |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/against-me-to-perform-full-albums-on-tour/ |website=Pitchfork |date=May 13, 2019 |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513211247/https://pitchfork.com/news/against-me-to-perform-full-albums-on-tour/ |url-status=live }} The band played its final show to date on March 12, 2020 at the Port City Music Hall – in turn, becoming the final band to ever perform there, due to the venue's closure later that year on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite magazine |last1=Doyle |first1=Patrick |title=A Beloved Portland, Maine, Music Club Says Goodbye |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/portland-maine-port-city-music-hall-closed-1036866/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 30, 2020 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=4 May 2023}}
=2020–present: Hiatus=
Grace released a solo album entitled Stay Alive in 2020,{{cite web |last1=Rytlewski |first1=Ewan |title=Laura Jane Grace: Stay Alive Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/laura-jane-grace-stay-alive/ |date=20 October 2020 |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=4 May 2023}} as well as an EP entitled At War with the Silverfish in 2021.{{cite web |last1=McMahon |first1=Ryan |title=Laura Jane Grace – 'At War With The Silverfish' EP review: punk icon returns to her roots |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/laura-jane-grace-at-war-with-the-silverfish-ep-review-3052646 |website=NME |date=September 22, 2021 |publisher=BandLab Technologies |access-date=4 May 2023}} Bowman began working as a guitar tech on tour with My Chemical Romance,{{cite web |title=Against Me!'s James Bowman lists his favorite albums of 2022 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/against-mes-james-bowman-lists-his-favorite-albums-of-2022/ |website=Brookyln Vegan |date=December 19, 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023}} while Seward formed the duo Nighttime Flyers and released a self-titled album independently in April 2022.{{cite web |title=Nighttime Flyers |url=https://nighttimeflyers.bandcamp.com/album/nighttime-flyers |website=Bandcamp |access-date=4 May 2023}} Seward also joined As Friends Rust, initially as a touring and session musician, but ultimately becoming an official member and performing on their 2023 album Any Joy and their 2024 EP Lightless.{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=June 22, 2023 |title=As Friends Rust premiere new earworm track "Positive Mental Platitude", new album "Any Joy" coming up! |url=https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-premiere-new-earworm-track-positive-mental-platitude-new-album-any-joy-coming-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623004057/https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-premiere-new-earworm-track-positive-mental-platitude-new-album-any-joy-coming-up/ |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=July 20, 2023 |title=As Friends Rust share great new single "Final Form"! |url=https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-share-great-new-single-final-form/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 21, 2023 |website=Idioteq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721181706/https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-share-great-new-single-final-form/ |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |language=en-US}} Willard formed a new band, Plosivs, with members of Drive Like Jehu and Pinback. They released their debut self-titled album in March 2022.{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Matt |title=PLOSIVS - "PLOSIVS" {{!}} Album Review |url=http://post-trash.com/news/2022/3/23/plosivs-plosivs-album-review |website=Post-Trash |date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023}} He also served as a touring drummer for both The Bronx{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Adam |title=Atom Willard recovering from surgery after motorcycle crash |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/atom-willard-recovering-from-surgery-after-motorcycle-crash/ |website=Brookyln Vegan |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023}} and Worriers{{cite web |title=Atom Willard drumming on new Worriers album |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/77308/atom-willard-drumming-on-new-worriers-album |website=PunkNews.org|date=May 4, 2022 }} throughout 2022, and was announced as the new permanent drummer of Alkaline Trio in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/alkaline-trio-name-atom-willard-new-drummer/|title=Alkaline Trio Name Their New Drummer Following Derek Grant's Exit|first=Chad|last=Childers|date=June 15, 2023|website=Loudwire}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/alkaline-trio-announce-first-headlining-shows-with-new-drummer-atom-willard/|title=Alkaline Trio announce first headlining shows with new drummer Atom Willard|first=Andrew|last=Sacher|date=July 20, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/alkaline-trio-drummer-derek-grant-announces-hes-leaving-the-group/|title=Alkaline Trio drummer Derek Grant leaves band; Atom Willard joins|first=Bill|last=Pearis|date=June 9, 2023}}
In February 2024, while promoting her second solo album, Hole in My Head, Grace confirmed that Against Me! was still on hiatus as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic: "We never broke up, but the pandemic fucked us up. It killed our momentum. It made apparent that there was a point of burnout. So that’s where we’ve been – everyone stepped away. People started doing other things and it got weird. I’m one person in the equation, and because I’m still out here playing the songs and putting out records and doing interviews, I’m always put to task to answer for it all. All I’m ever trying to do is demonstrate that I still want to do it. I go out every night and I still feel attached to the music and I still love playing music. I can’t speak for the other people, I can only speak for myself."{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/laura-jane-grace-interview-hole-in-my-head-against-me-reunion-3584582|title=Laura Jane Grace talks 'Hole In My Head' and the return of 'Against Me!' |work=NME|last=Rigotti|first=Alex|date=February 9, 2024|access-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209080913/https://www.nme.com/news/music/laura-jane-grace-interview-hole-in-my-head-against-me-reunion-3584582|archive-date=February 9, 2024|url-status=live}}
Grace, however, remained optimistic that the band would reunite in the future after "reconnecting" at her wedding: "I don’t want to jinx anything. We’ll just have to see. But we didn’t break up, it just got weird. We’ll play again, I have faith in that. I just don’t know when that’ll be. I’m really hopeful for this year that we’ll start playing music again."
Band members
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Final line-up
- Laura Jane Grace – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1997–2020), bass (1997–2000, 2002, 2013), lead guitar (1997–2001)
- James Bowman – lead guitar, backing vocals (2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2020)
- Andrew Seward – bass, backing vocals (2002–2013, 2018–2020)
- Atom Willard – drums, percussion (2013–2020)
Former members
- Kevin Mahon – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1998–2001)
- Dustin Fridkin – bass, backing vocals (2000–2002)
- Warren Oakes – drums, percussion (2001–2009)
- George Rebelo – drums, percussion (2009–2010)
- Jay Weinberg – drums, percussion (2010–2012)
- Inge Johansson – bass, backing vocals (2013–2018)
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Former touring musicians
- Franz Nicolay – piano, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals (2010)
- Tyson Yerex – piano, keyboards, guitar (2009–2010)
- Adam Trachsel – bass (2010)
- Dustin Fridkin – bass, backing vocals (2017)
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Accolades
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|+ !Year !Association !Category !Nominated Work !Result !Ref |
2015
|Transgender Dysphoria Blues |{{won}} |{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/glaad-media-awards-2015-nominations-announced-article-1.2086950|title=GLAAD Media Awards 2015 nominations announced|website=New York Daily News |date=January 21, 2015 |publisher=|access-date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008121940/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/glaad-media-awards-2015-nominations-announced-article-1.2086950|url-status=live}} |
2016
|Themselves |{{nom}} |
2017
|GLAAD Media Award |Outstanding Music Artist |Shape Shift with Me |{{nom}} |
Discography
{{Main|Against Me! discography}}
Studio albums
- Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose (2002)
- Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy (2003)
- Searching for a Former Clarity (2005)
- New Wave (2007)
- White Crosses (2010)
- Transgender Dysphoria Blues (2014)
- Shape Shift with Me (2016)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.againstme.net}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150905104126/https://www.xtramilerecordings.com/ArtistDetails?Aid=XMR_AR_2 Against Me!] at Xtra Mile Recordings
- [http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/2 Against Me!] at Fat Wreck Chords
- [https://store.noidearecords.com/collections/all/against-me Against Me!] at No Idea Records
{{Against Me!}}
{{Laura Jane Grace}}
{{GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist}}
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