Against Me! discography
The discography of Against Me!, a Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band, consists of seven studio albums, four EPs, two live albums, two DVDs, fifteen singles, five demos, and sixteen music videos.
Against Me! discography | |
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Against Me! on tour in 2007 in support of New Wave. | |
Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 2 |
Video albums | 2 |
Music videos | 19 |
Singles | 16 |
Demos | 5 |
Other appearances | 11 |
Against Me! was formed in 1997 by singer/guitarist Laura Jane Grace as a solo act, occasionally performing with backing musicians. The first Against Me! release was an eponymously titled 1997 cassette demo. With the addition of drummer Kevin Mahon, a second demo, Vivida Vis! (1998), was released in limited numbers by Misanthrope Records. The band's first EP, Against Me!, was released in 2000 through Crasshole Records. Their first widely distributed release was the EP Crime as Forgiven by Against Me! (2001), released by Plan-It-X Records and Grace's own Sabot Productions. A third EP, an eponymously titled acoustic recording by Grace and bassist Dustin Fridkin, was released later that year.
Mahon left the band and was replaced by Warren Oakes, and second guitarist James Bowman was added for the band's first album, 2002's Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose, released by No Idea Records. Fridkin left and was replaced by Andrew Seward, and this lineup released the single "The Disco Before the Breakdown" (2002). Against Me! signed to Fat Wreck Chords and released their second album, 2003's Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy, supported by singles for "Cavalier Eternal" and "Sink, Florida, Sink". The DVD We're Never Going Home followed, documenting their Spring 2004 tour. 2005's Searching for a Former Clarity 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.
Against Me! moved to Sire Records for 2007's New Wave, which 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. "White People for Peace", "Stop!", and "New Wave" were also released as singles from the album. The DVD Live at the Key Club followed later that year. In 2008 Sire released the digital EP New Wave B-Sides.
Oakes left the band in 2009 and was replaced by Hot Water Music drummer George Rebelo. Fat Wreck Chords released The Original Cowboy (2009), a collection of demo recordings from the Eternal Cowboy sessions. Against Me!'s fifth studio album, 2010's White Crosses, became the highest-charting release of their career, reaching no. 34 on the Billboard 200. It was supported by singles for "I Was a Teenage Anarchist", "High Pressure Low", and "White Crosses". Rebelo left the band later that year and was replaced by Jay Weinberg.
In 2011 Fat Wreck Chords released Total Clarity, a collection of demos from the Searching for a Former Clarity sessions. This was followed by the "Russian Spies" / "Occult Enemies" single. The band launched their own label, Total Treble Music, reissuing White Crosses with an added disc of bonus material titled Black Crosses.[1]
In 2013, a new Against Me! single was released entitled "True Trans", which features two acoustic versions of songs appearing on the 2014 sixth full-band studio album Transgender Dysphoria Blues. The second single from Transgender Dysphoria Blues is "Unconditional Love", which was released on May 26, 2014.
Against Me!'s second live album, 23 Live Sex Acts was released on September 4, 2015, and was the band's first release with bassist Inge Johansson. Johansson also recorded bass with the band for their seventh studio album in 2016, Shape Shift with Me, which was followed on Record Store Day 2017 by a single containing the two known b-sides from the album's sessions: "Stabitha Christie / First High of the Morning". An alternate version of "ProVision L-3" was mixed and released for a 2017 benefit compilation celebrating the release of Chelsea Manning, called Hugs for Chelsea.
Against Me! have plans for their eighth studio album, to be recorded with rejoining bassist Andrew Seward. However, before the album is released, a second Laura Jane Grace solo album will be released in Autumn 2018 on Bloodshot Records under the artist name Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers.[2] The band's first recording released with Seward as a rejoined member of the band was a cover of The Jim Carroll Band's "People Who Died", for a November 2018 mental-health benefit compilation with Hopeless Records, Songs That Saved My Life.
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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US [3] |
US Rock [4] |
US Alt. [5] |
US Ind. [6] |
US Heat. [7] |
AUS [8] | |||
2002 | Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2003 | Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy
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— | — | — | 36 | — | — | |
2005 | Searching for a Former Clarity
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114 | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | |
2007 | New Wave
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57 | 21 | 20 | — | — | — | |
2010 | White Crosses
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34 | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | |
2014 | Transgender Dysphoria Blues
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23 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 89 | |
2016 | Shape Shift with Me
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80 | 10 | 6 | 5 | — | 61 | |
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. |
Live albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US Ind [10] |
US Heat. [10] | ||
2006 | Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!
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41 | 38 |
2015 | 23 Live Sex Acts |
Extended plays
Year | Album details |
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2000 | Against Me!
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2001 | Crime as Forgiven by Against Me! |
Against Me!
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2008 | New Wave B-Sides
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Singles
Demos
Year | Album details |
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1997 | Against Me!
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1998 | Vivida Vis!
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2009 | The Original Cowboy
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2011 | Total Clarity
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2011 | Black Crosses
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Video albums
Year | Video details |
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2004 | We're Never Going Home
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2007 | Live at the Key Club
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Music videos
Year | Title | Director | Album |
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2003 | "Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists"[17][18] | As the Eternal Cowboy | |
2005 | "Don't Lose Touch"[17][19] | Philip Andelman | Searching for a Former Clarity |
2006 | "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)"[17][20] | AAB | |
"Problems"[21] | Blair Young | ||
2007 | "White People for Peace"[22] | Adam Egypt Mortimer | New Wave |
"Thrash Unreal"[23] | Adam Egypt Mortimer | ||
2008 | "Stop!"[24][25] | Marc Klasfeld (Marc Klasfeld version) /
Justin Staggs | |
"New Wave" | Justin Staggs | ||
"Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" | |||
2010 | "Rapid Decompression"[26][27] | Vern Moen | White Crosses |
"I Was a Teenage Anarchist"[26][28] | Marc Klasfield | ||
2011 | "Spanish Moss"[29] | Andrew Seward | |
"Because of the Shame"[30] | Jason Thrasher | ||
2014 | "FUCKMYLIFE666"[31] | Joshua Mikel | Transgender Dysphoria Blues |
"Black Me Out"[32] | |||
"Drinking with the Jocks"[33] | Steak Mtn | ||
2015 | "True Trans Soul Rebel"[34] | ||
"Cliché Guevara" (live version)[35] | 23 Live Sex Acts | ||
2016 | "Crash"[36] | Laura Jane Grace, Jason Thrasher | Shape Shift with Me |
"333"[37] | Ione Skye | ||
2017 | "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts"[38] | Margherita Ballarin | |
Other appearances
The following Against Me! songs were released on compilation albums, soundtracks, and other releases. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.
Year | Release details | Track(s) |
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1998 | We're Here to Ruin Your Fun
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2004 | Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1
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Take Action! Volume 04
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2005 | Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children
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2006 | We'll Inherit the Earth: A Tribute to The Replacements
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Shine Some Light: A Benefit for Dan Lang-Gunn
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Remember Your Roots
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Fat X-Mas Bonus
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2009 | Covered, A Revolution in Sound
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2017 | Hugs for Chelsea
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2018 | Songs That Saved My Life
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Notes
- While technically a non-album single, this release contains the two known b-sides from Shape Shift with Me, which did not have any of its songs released as singles
References
- Yancey, Bryne (2011-06-20). "Against Me! to reissue White Crosses". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- "Laura Jane Grace announces new band, the Devouring Mothers, teases fall release for debut album". 31 July 2018.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard charts. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Top Rock Albums". Billboard charts. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Top Alternative Albums". Billboard charts. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Top Independent Albums". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Top Heatseekers Albums". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- Peaks in Australia:
- Transgender Dysphoria Blues: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 3 February 2014" (PDF) (1249). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. February 3, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2017. Cite journal requires
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(help) - Shape Shift with Me: "ARIA CHART WATCH #387". auspOp. September 24, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- Transgender Dysphoria Blues: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 3 February 2014" (PDF) (1249). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. February 3, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2017. Cite journal requires
- "AGAINST ME!". store.noidearecords.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Against Me! Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Rock Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
- "Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- "Against Me! – Chart History: Canada Rock". billboard.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- "Against Me! Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- Paul, Aubin (2011-04-25). "Tours: Against Me! plan new 7-inch, tour with Lemuria, Screaming Females". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- "Against Me!'s music videos at Fat Wreck Chords". Fatwreck.com. Fat Wreck Chords. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- "Music video: Against Me! - ""Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists""". ???. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Music video: Against Me! - "Don't Lose Touch"". MTV. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Music video: Against Me! - "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)"". MTV. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Music video: Against Me! - "Problems"". MTV. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Production Designer: Against Me! "White People for Peace"". Vimeo. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Music video: Against Me! - "Thrash Unreal"". MTV. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Music video: Against Me! - "Stop!"". MTV. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Music video: Against Me! - "Stop! (Marc Klasfeld version)"". MTV. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- "Videos". againstme.net. Against Me!. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- Paul, Aubin (2010-03-17). "Videos: Against Me!: 'Rapid Decompression'". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- "Videos: Against Me!: 'I Was a Teenage Anarchist'". Punknews.org. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
- "Videos". Against Me!. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- Paul, Aubin (2011-07-11). "Videos: Against Me!: 'Because of the Shame'". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- sinner1308 (5 December 2013). "Against Me! - FuckMyLife666". Retrieved 5 July 2017 – via YouTube.
- "Video Premiere - Against Me! 'Black Me Out' - NME". nme.com. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Watch Against Me!'s Intense, NSFW 'Drinking With the Jocks' Video". spin.com. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Against Me! (22 August 2016). "Against Me! - "Crash"". Retrieved 5 July 2017 – via YouTube.
- Yoo, Noah. "Against Me! Share New "333" Video Starring "Orange Is the New Black"'s Natasha Lyonne: Watch | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- Against Me! (8 March 2017). "Against Me! - "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts"". Retrieved 5 July 2017 – via YouTube.
- "Against Me! releases". Fat Wreck Chords. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
External links
- Against Me! discography at the band's official website. Includes cover art, details, pressing information, and song lyrics for each release.
- Against Me! discography at Discogs