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The roots of Against Me!'s rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabel's guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville, FL, beginning in 1997. The then 17-year-old Gabel performed as a solo act wherever anyone would have him, drawing much influence from early acoustic protest music. The band around him would eventually solidify by 2001 -- including guitarist James Bowman, drummer Warren Oakes, and bassist Andrew Seward -- and get considerably louder as punk bands often do. But there would always be some anarchism and Billy Bragg in the raucous braggadocio. After a few initial 12" and 7" releases, Against Me! issued the fan-favorite Reinventing Axl Rose through No Idea in 2002. The underground hit blended elements of punk, folk, and country into socially conscious and impassioned anthems for late-night basement shows and bars. Continuing their reputation of always being on the road, countless tour dates were played around the country. The slightly more polished As the Eternal Cowboy followed from Fat Wreck in 2003, and after a DVD (We're Never Going Home) and another 7", the band returned with their most mature effort to date, 2005's Searching for a Former Clarity. A subsequent headlining tour in support of the introspective and politically aggressive album saw the band proudly hitting every U.S. state. They signed to Sire Records in December 2005 and were back on the road by spring 2006 opening for the Alkaline Trio. That summer found Against Me! on the main stage at Warped Tour, their first time on the festival. Though the guys were officially now on the roster at Sire, they released the live album Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!! on Fat Wreck in August 2006. Recorded while on tour in London with Murder by Death, it harnessed the band's notoriously invigorating live show as well as any album could. Finally, in July of the following year, the band's major-label debut, New Wave, a decidedly more rock-oriented record produced by Butch Vig, hit shelves. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music GuideMore

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Against Me!
Discography:Self Titled 12"Crime as Forgiven ByThe Acoustic EPReinventing Axl RoseThe Disco Bef...
Songs: 13, Videos: 10, Playlists: 2, Blog Posts: 29, Polls: 0, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (9)

Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart (Video)
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Thrash Unreal (Video)
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Rock The Vote PSA (video)
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Aug 23rd, 7:15am
Stop! (Video)
(Duration: 2:38)
Aug 23rd, 4:51am
120 Seconds
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Aug 23rd, 7:37am
120 Seconds [Thrash Unreal]
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Fan Comments

Apr 30th, 9:36pm
Love it!! the video WAS great! haha.
Apr 17th, 3:13pm
Amador county California playen in the tiny little town of volcano
Feb 10th, 6:19pm
love love love
Dec 19th, 3:19am
it only took one song....HOOKED!
Nov 24th, 6:27am
tHiS bAnD cRaWlEd iN mY hEaD AnD dIeD, cUz i CaN'T sHaKe eM lOoSe,YO!
Nov 5th, 2:38am Last edited Nov 5th, 2:46am.
one simple request: can you guys at least not stink up the godamn ARTISTS pages with your fucking LAME [by now]ridiculously stale & tired UNCOOL,UNFUNNY,UNWANTED spam..i mean chain messages. jesus you fucking people are unbelievable..just STOP! fucking leeches
Nov 5th, 2:05am
they have really grown on me..just an awesome band! :P
Sep 26th, 10:24pm
hello, have a nice weekend kisses...:)
Aug 2nd, 7:26pm
Have a nice weekend
Jul 25th, 8:42pm
ahh u guys r great and so talented, thnx for the add