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Against Me!

Before becoming a full-fledged punk band, Against Me! was an acoustic solo project spearheaded by Laura Jane Grace, who began playing shows as a 17-year-old in Gainesville, Florida. Starting in 1997, Grace performed as a solo act wherever anyone would have her, drawing much influence from early acoustic protest music. By 2001, she'd beefed up her sound with the help of a full band -- including guitarist James Bowman, drummer Warren Oakes, and bassist Andrew Seward -- but there would always be some anarchism and Billy Bragg in the group's raucous braggadocio. After a few initial 12" and 7" releases, Against Me! issued the fan favorite Reinventing Axl Rose in 2002. The underground hit blended elements of punk, folk, and country into socially conscious and impassioned anthems. Continuing their reputation of always being on the road, the musicians logged countless tour dates around the country in support of their early material.

A slightly more polished album, As the Eternal Cowboy, was released in 2003 on the indie label Fat Wreck, followed by a compilation of that album's demos titled The Original Cowboy. After the release of a DVD (We're Never Going Home) and another 7", the band returned with its most mature effort to date, 2005's Searching for a Former Clarity. A subsequent headlining tour in support of the introspective, politically aggressive album saw Against Me! proudly hitting every U.S. state, and they signed with Sire Records in December 2005. Later they issued a rough version of Searching for a Former Clarity, titled Total Clarity. They were back on the road by spring 2006, this time opening for the Alkaline Trio, and spent the summer months playing the main stage at the Warped Tour. Though Against Me! were officially signed to Sire's roster, they released their last indie album in the form of Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!, a concert album recorded while on tour in London with Murder by Death.

In July 2007, the band's major-label debut -- New Wave, a decidedly more rock-oriented record produced by Butch Vig -- hit shelves. New Wave was the first album by Against Me! with no acoustic tracks; it was also their first on a major label's tab. Reviews were generally favorable, and the band toured heavily in support of its release. By the summer of 2009, drummer Warren Oakes had officially left the group to pursue an alternate career as a restaurateur, eventually opening up a Tex-Mex eatery in Gainesville. Hot Water Music's George Rebelo joined in his place, and the revised lineup re-enlisted Butch Vig to produce the White Crosses album, which appeared in mid-2010. White Crosses debuted at 34 on the Billboard 200 and Against Me! were prepared to launch an international tour when they canceled a planned leg through Australia and New Zealand in September of 2010. Two months later, the band parted ways with Sire, and then prepared for some end-of-the-year shows with Jay Weinberg sitting in for Rebelo on drums, a move that was made permanent early in 2011. That spring, the demos collection Total Clarity appeared on Fat Wreck Chords, and as Against Me! started work on a new album, they launched their own record label called Total Treble Music; that year, Grace also opened an Elkton, Florida-based recording studio bearing the same name.

In a May 2012 interview with Rolling Stone, Laura Jane Grace went public with her gender dysphoria, announcing her plans to transition to living as a woman and abandon her birth name, Tom Gabel. Against Me! began working on a new album called Transgender Dysphoria Blues in 2012 and, a few months after the interview, the band played its first dates since Grace's news. Toward the end of the year, Weinberg left the troupe and, the following May, Against Me! announced bassist Andrew Seward had left the band. Laura Jane Grace continued working with guitarist James Bowman and the band released Transgender Dysphoria Blues to wide acclaim in January 2014.

Transgender Dysphoria Blues was something of a breakthrough, achieving their highest chart placement to date -- it peaked at 23 on Billboard's Top 200 -- and strong reviews. On its supporting tour, Against Me! recorded the material that became their 2015 live album, 23 Live Sex Acts. During that tour, bassist Inge Johansson and drummer Atom Willard became full-time members of Against Me!, and this is the lineup that recorded 2016's Shape Shift with Me.

 Live Albums:

TitleYearTracks
23 Live Sex Acts 201523

 Compilation Albums:

TitleYearTracks
Black Crosses 201114
Total Clarity 201115

 Singles:

TitleYearTracks
I Was A Teenage Anarchist20104

 Tracks:

TitleAlbum
12:03 Shape Shift With Me
333 Shape Shift With Me
8 Full Hours Of Sleep Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
A Brief Yet Triumphant Intermission Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
A Brief Yet Triumphant Introduction (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
A Brief Yet Triumphant Introduction/Cliché Guevarra The Original Cowboy
Ache With Me White Crosses
All Or Nothing Against Me!
All This (And More) Shape Shift With Me
Americans Abroad New Wave
Americans Abroad (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Animal New Wave
Baby, I'm An Anarchist Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Bamboo Bones White Crosses
Because Of The Shame White Crosses
Because Of The Shame Warped Tour 2011 Compilation
Because Of The Shame (Acoustic Version) Black Crosses
Because You're Young We're Comin' Back: A Tribute To Cock Sparrer
Beginning In An Ending The Disco Before The Breakdown
Bitter Divisions I Was A Teenage Anarchist
Bitter Divisions (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
Black Me Out (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Borne On The F.M. Waves Of The Heart New Wave
Boyfriend Shape Shift With Me
Burn Crime As Forgiven By
Cavalier Eternal Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Cavalier Eternal The Original Cowboy
Cliché Guevara Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Cliche Guevara (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Cliché Guevara (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Crash Shape Shift With Me
David Johansen's Soul (Acoustic Version) Black Crosses
Dead Pets Shape Shift With Me
Delicate, Petite And Other Things I'll Never Be Shape Shift With Me
Don't Lose Touch Searching For A Former Clarity
Don't Lose Touch (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Don't Lose Touch (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Even At Our Worst We're Still Better Than Most (The Roller) Searching For A Former Clarity
Exhaustion And Disgust Total Clarity
From Her Lips To God's Ears (The Energizer) Searching For A Former Clarity
From Her Lips To God's Ears (The Energizer) (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
FUCKMYLIFE666 (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Haste Killed Creativity Against Me!
Haunting, Haunted, Haunts Shape Shift With Me
High Pressure Low White Crosses
High Pressure Low (Acoustic Version) Black Crosses
High Pressure Low (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Holy Shit Total Clarity
Holy Shit! Searching For A Former Clarity
Holy Shit! Fat Music Volume VII: Harder, Fatter And Louder
Hot Shots (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
How Low Total Clarity
How Low Searching For A Former Clarity
How Low (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
I Am Citizen Against Me!
I Still Love You Julie A-F Records Sampler Volume 2
I Still Love You Julie Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
I Still Love You Julie Crime As Forgiven By
I Still Love You Julie (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
I Was A Teenage Anarchist I Was A Teenage Anarchist
I Was A Teenage Anarchist White Crosses
I Was A Teenage Anarchist (Acoustic Version) Black Crosses
I Was A Teenage Anarchist (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Impact Crime As Forgiven By
Jordan's 1st Choice Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Joy Mild In The Streets: Fat Music Unplugged
Joy Searching For A Former Clarity
Joy Total Clarity
Justin Total Clarity
Justin Searching For A Former Clarity
Lehigh Acres (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
Lost And Searching In America Total Clarity
Mediocrity Gets You Pears (The Shaker) Searching For A Former Clarity
Miami Searching For A Former Clarity
Miami Total Clarity
Miami (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Miami (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Money Changes Everything Total Clarity
Mutiny On The Electronic Bay The Original Cowboy
Mutiny On The Electronic Bay Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
New Wave New Wave
New Wave (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Norse Truth Shape Shift With Me
One By One I Was A Teenage Anarchist
One By One (Acoustic Version) Black Crosses
Osama Bin Laden As The Crucified Christ (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Piss And Vinegar New Wave
Pretty Girls (The Mover) Searching For A Former Clarity
Pretty Girls (The Mover) (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Problems Searching For A Former Clarity
Problems Total Clarity
Problems (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Provision L-3 Shape Shift With Me
Rapid Decompression White Crosses
Rapid Decompression I Was A Teenage Anarchist
Rapid Decompression (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
Rebecca Shape Shift With Me
Reinventing Axl Rose Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Reinventing Axl Rose (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Rice And Bread Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Rice And Bread The Original Cowboy
Rice And Bread (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Rock 'N Roll Bullshit Against Me!
Scream It Until You're Coughing Up Blood Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Searching For A Former Clarity Searching For A Former Clarity
Sink, Florida, Sink Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Sink, Florida, Sink (Electric) Rock Against Bush Volume 1
Sink, Florida, Sink (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Sink, Florida, Sink (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Slurring The Rhythms Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Slurring The Rhythms The Original Cowboy
Soul Surrender (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
Spanish Moss White Crosses
Spanish Moss (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
Stop! New Wave
Strip Mall Parking Lots (Goldentone Studio Version)High Pressure Low (Acoustic Version) Black Crosses
Suffocation White Crosses
Suicide Bomber Shape Shift With Me
T.S.R. Wrecktrospective: Twenty Years...And Counting!
T.S.R. (This Shit Rules) Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
T.S.R. (This Shit Rules) The Original Cowboy
T.S.R. (This Shit Rules) (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
The Disco Before The Breakdown The Disco Before The Breakdown
The Energizer Total Clarity
The Mover Total Clarity
The Ocean New Wave
The Ocean (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
The Politics Of Starving Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
The Shaker Total Clarity
The Western World (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious… Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious… (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Thrash Unreal New Wave
Thrash Unreal (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35% The Disco Before The Breakdown
Total Clarity Total Clarity
Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
True Trans Soul Rebel (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Unconditional Love (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners Searching For A Former Clarity
Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners Total Clarity
Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
Unsubstantiated Rumors (Are Good Enough For Me To Base My Life On) The Original Cowboy
Unsubstantiated Rumors Are Good Enough For Me To Base My Life On Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
Up The Cuts New Wave
Violence Searching For A Former Clarity
Violence Total Clarity
Walking Is Still Honest Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
Walking Is Still Honest Crime As Forgiven By
Walking Is Still Honest Against Me!
Walking Is Still Honest (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules) Against Me Is Reinventing Axl Rose
We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules) (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
We Laugh At Danger And Break All The Rules (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
We're Breaking Up White Crosses
What We Worked For Crime As Forgiven By
White Crosses White Crosses
White Crosses (Goldentone Studio Version) Black Crosses
White Crosses (Live) 23 Live Sex Acts
White People For Peace New Wave
Ya'll Don't Wanna Step To Dis Crime As Forgiven By
You Look Like I Need A Drink Against Me! As The Eternal Cowboy
You Look Like I Need A Drink (Acoustic Demo) Wrecktrospective: Twenty Years...And Counting!
You Look Like I Need A Drink (Live) Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!!
You Look Like I Need A Drink/Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists The Original Cowboy