Against Me!

For other uses, see Against Me! (disambiguation).

Against Me!
Against Me! performing at South by Southwest in 2014
Against Me! performing at South by Southwest in 2014
Background information
OriginNaples, Florida, US
Genres
DiscographyAgainst Me! discography
Years active1997–2020 (indefinite hiatus)
Labels
Past members
Websiteagainstme.net

Against Me! is an American punk rock band, formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida,[1] by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida,[1] which is considered the band's hometown.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.

  1. ^ a b Runnells, Charles (October 27, 2020). "Laura Jane Grace: Punk-rock star talks new album, Naples and being a transgender icon". Naples News. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon (May 13, 2019). "Against Me! to Perform Classic Albums on Fall Tour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Gainesville, Florida Shield T-Shirt". Against Me!. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Grace, Laura Jane [@LauraJaneGrace] (May 11, 2016). "@Fr3derick82 September" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2016 – via Twitter.