Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, United States, in 1997 by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. 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. Their fifth album, 2010's White Crosses, was their most successful, reaching no. 34. In 2011 the band launched their own record label, Total Treble Music, through which they plan to release future albums. In 2012 Grace publicly came out as transgender, beginning a transition to living as a woman and dropping her birth name. The band finished recording their sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, during the summer of 2013, and released it on the twenty-first of January, 2014.
Against Me!, also known as The Acoustic EP, is the second widely distributed release by the punk band Against Me!. No tracks on the album contain any electricinstruments or drums, only acoustic guitars and an acoustic bass. The original vinyl version, released November 2001, had four tracks, and two extra songs were included on the CD version released in February 2003. Electric versions of several songs appeared on the band's debut full-length Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose.
This EP was never officially titled. The words "Acoustic EP" do not appear anywhere on the album or in the liner notes. In a manner similar to that of The Beatles's White Album, it is technically self-titled, but is nearly always referred to as The Acoustic EP, including on the band's official website.
On this recording, Against Me! is Laura Jane Grace and Dustin Fridkin.
Against Me!, more commonly known as Tom's Demo Tape, or simply the First Demo, is a demo album and the first release by Laura Jane Grace under the name Against Me! in June 1997. Physical copies of the tape are extremely rare; (likely non- existant at this point), however, all 6 tracks can easily be found circulating on YouTube.
All lyrics and music written and composed by Laura Jane Grace.
Track listing
References
Against Me! This Room Feels Like It's Going To Explode. exclaim.ca.
W. Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose, Jr.; raised as William Bruce Bailey; February 6, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, a position he has held since its inception in 1985. Due to his powerful and wide vocal range and energetic live performances, Rose has been named one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets, including Rolling Stone and NME.
Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Rose moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, where he became active in the local hard rock scene and joined several bands, including Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. In 1985, he co-founded Guns N' Roses, with whom he had great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their first album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), has sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. with 18 million units sold. Its full-length follow-ups, the twin albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (1991), were also widely successful; they respectively debuted at No. 2 and No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide.
Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose was recorded in four sessions. Ten of the album's eleven songs were recorded on December 21 and 28, 2001, and January 12, 2002 at Goldentone Studios in Gainesville by Rob McGregor. "8 Full Hours of Sleep" came from an earlier recording session on July 23, 2001 on which Jordan Kleeman played the Moog synthesizer.
Five of the album's songs had previously been released on the band's EPs but were re-recorded for the album: "Walking Is Still Honest" had appeared on Against Me! (2000) and "I Still Love You Julie" had appeared on Crime as Forgiven By Against Me! (2001), both recorded when the band consisted of only singer/guitarist Laura Jane Grace and drummer Kevin Mahon. "Jordan's First Choice", "Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious...", and "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong" had appeared on Against Me! as acoustic versions recorded by Grace and bassist Dustin Fridkin. By the time of the album's recording Against Me! consisted of Grace, Fridkin, drummer Warren Oakes, and guitarist James Bowman, and the band re-recorded these five songs with full electric instrumentation.
Against Me!, the self-titled 12" EP by punk band Against Me! was their first real release. There were originally 500 copies of the record printed. However, due to a mastering defect on the vinyl, only 145 copies were originally released to the public, 50 of which were sold at the record release party. Thus, actual copies of the record are extremely rare, though the tracks are widely circulated on the internet. The remaining 355 copies were eventually released through personal sales by the band.
Track listing
1 "Haste Killed Creativity"– 5:04
2 "I Am Citizen"– 2:56
3 "Walking Is Still Honest"– 3:28
4 "Rock'n'Roll Bullshit"– 3:24
5 "All Or Nothing"– 4:02
Personnel
Band-
Laura Jane Grace- Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica on "I Am Citizen"
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Against Me! - "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" HD [Official Video]
New official video for Against Me!'s "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" from their upcoming album "White Crosses". Directed by Marc Klasfeld.
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Pints of Guinness Make You Strong 00:00
The Politics of Starving 02:39
We Laugh at Danger 05:45
I Still Love You Julie 09:01
Scream It Until You're Coughing up Blood 12:15
Jordan's 1st Choice 14:45
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious... 16:52
Reinventing Axl Rose 19:16
Baby, I'm an Anarchist! 21:41
Walking Is Still Honest 24:21
8 Full Hours of Sleep 27:00
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New official video for Against Me!'s "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" from their upcoming album "White Crosses". Directed by Marc Klasfeld.
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New official video for Against Me!'s "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" from their upcoming album "White Crosses". Directed by Marc Klasfeld.
"White Crosses", produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Alan Moulder, will be released on June 7/8!
Pre-order the new album today - http://bit.ly/aHyjdI
"I Was A Teenage Anarchist" digital EP available now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-ep/id366366103
http://www.againstme.net
New official video for Against Me!'s "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" from their upcoming album "White Crosses". Directed by Marc Klasfeld.
"White Crosses", produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Alan Moulder, will be released on June 7/8!
Pre-order the new album today - http://bit.ly/aHyjdI
"I Was A Teenage Anarchist" digital EP available now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-ep/id366366103
http://www.againstme.net
Reinventing Axl Rose ( No Idea 2002 )
TRACK LISTING:
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong 00:00
The Politics of Starving 02:39
We Laugh at Danger 05:45
I Still Lo...
Reinventing Axl Rose ( No Idea 2002 )
TRACK LISTING:
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong 00:00
The Politics of Starving 02:39
We Laugh at Danger 05:45
I Still Love You Julie 09:01
Scream It Until You're Coughing up Blood 12:15
Jordan's 1st Choice 14:45
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious... 16:52
Reinventing Axl Rose 19:16
Baby, I'm an Anarchist! 21:41
Walking Is Still Honest 24:21
8 Full Hours of Sleep 27:00
Reinventing Axl Rose ( No Idea 2002 )
TRACK LISTING:
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong 00:00
The Politics of Starving 02:39
We Laugh at Danger 05:45
I Still Love You Julie 09:01
Scream It Until You're Coughing up Blood 12:15
Jordan's 1st Choice 14:45
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious... 16:52
Reinventing Axl Rose 19:16
Baby, I'm an Anarchist! 21:41
Walking Is Still Honest 24:21
8 Full Hours of Sleep 27:00
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Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch - from the album "Searching for a Former Clarity" Another gem from the Sunshine State! Inspired by hurricanes, swamp gators, and corrupt elections, this punk rock magnum opus is their most mature stuff yet. Search Party!
Buy: http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/684
Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch - from the album "Searching for a Former Clarity" Another gem from the Sunshine State! Inspired by hurricanes, swamp gators, and corrupt elections, this punk rock magnum opus is their most mature stuff yet. Search Party!
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New official video for Against Me!'s "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" from their upcoming album "White Crosses". Directed by Marc Klasfeld.
"White Crosses", produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Alan Moulder, will be released on June 7/8!
Pre-order the new album today - http://bit.ly/aHyjdI
"I Was A Teenage Anarchist" digital EP available now on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-ep/id366366103
http://www.againstme.net
Reinventing Axl Rose ( No Idea 2002 )
TRACK LISTING:
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong 00:00
The Politics of Starving 02:39
We Laugh at Danger 05:45
I Still Love You Julie 09:01
Scream It Until You're Coughing up Blood 12:15
Jordan's 1st Choice 14:45
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious... 16:52
Reinventing Axl Rose 19:16
Baby, I'm an Anarchist! 21:41
Walking Is Still Honest 24:21
8 Full Hours of Sleep 27:00
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Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, United States, in 1997 by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. 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. Their fifth album, 2010's White Crosses, was their most successful, reaching no. 34. In 2011 the band launched their own record label, Total Treble Music, through which they plan to release future albums. In 2012 Grace publicly came out as transgender, beginning a transition to living as a woman and dropping her birth name. The band finished recording their sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, during the summer of 2013, and released it on the twenty-first of January, 2014.
We want a band that plays loud and hard every night That doesn't care how many people are counted at the door That would travel one million miles and ask for nothing more than a plate of food and a place to rest They'd strike chords that cut like a knife It would mean so much more than t-shirts or a ticket stub They'd stop at nothing short of a massacre Everyone would leave with the memory that there was no place else in the world And this was where they always belonged We would dance like no one was watching With one fist in the air Our arena just basements and bookstores across an underground America With this fire we could light Just gimme a scene where the music is free And the beer is not the life of the party There's no need to shit talk or impress 'Cause honesty and emotion are not looked down upon And every promise that's made and bragged is meant if not kept We'd do it all because we have to, not because we know why Beyond a gender, race, and class, we could find what really holds us back Let's make everybody sing That they are the beginning and ending of everything
... known as just Reinventing Axl Rose) breathed new life into folk-punk, anarcho-punk and punk rock in general at a time when the genre was searching for the identity it would take into the 21st century.