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{{Short description|American punk rock band}} {{Other uses}} {{Unreliable sources|date=December 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Against Me! | image = Against Me! at SPIN party at Stubb's SXSW 2014--60 (15667962708).jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Against Me! performing at [[South by Southwest]] in 2014 | origin = [[Naples, Florida]], US | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Punk rock]] *[[folk punk]] *{{nowrap|[[alternative rock]]}} *[[anarcho-punk]] }} | discography = [[Against Me! discography]] | years_active = 1997β2020 (indefinite hiatus) | label = {{flatlist| *Misanthrope *Crasshole *[[Plan-It-X Records|Plan-It-X]] *[[No Idea Records|No Idea]] *Sabot *[[Fat Wreck Chords]] *[[Sire Records|Sire]] *Total Treble *[[Xtra Mile Recordings|Xtra Mile]] }} | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|againstme.net}} | past_members = *[[Laura Jane Grace]] *Kevin Mahon *[[James Bowman (musician)|James Bowman]] *Dustin Fridkin *[[Warren Oakes]] *Andrew Seward *George Rebelo *[[Jay Weinberg]] *[[Atom Willard]] *[[Inge Johansson]] }} '''Against Me!''' is an American [[punk rock]] band, formed in 1997 in [[Naples, Florida]],<ref name="transgender icon">{{Cite web |url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/27/laura-jane-grace-against-me-interview-new-album-naples-transgender-icon/6004112002/ |date=27 October 2020 |title=Laura Jane Grace: Punk-rock star talks new album, Naples and being a transgender icon |first=Charles |last=Runnells |website=Naples News |access-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128170114/https://www.naplesnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/27/laura-jane-grace-against-me-interview-new-album-naples-transgender-icon/6004112002/ |url-status=live}}</ref> by singer and guitarist [[Laura Jane Grace]]. That same year, Grace moved to [[Gainesville, Florida]],<ref name="transgender icon"/> which is considered the band's hometown.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/against-me-tour-dates-classic-albums-performance-834719/|title=Against Me! to Perform Classic Albums on Fall Tour|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 13, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916191702/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/against-me-tour-dates-classic-albums-performance-834719/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://againstme.myshopify.com/products/against-me-gainesville-florida-shield-tee-shirt|title=Gainesville, Florida Shield T-Shirt|website=Against Me!|access-date=September 16, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916191808/https://againstme.myshopify.com/products/against-me-gainesville-florida-shield-tee-shirt|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2001, the band's lineup has also included guitarist [[James Bowman (musician)|James Bowman]]. After releasing three studio albums through [[independent record label]]s, Against Me! moved to [[Sire Records]] for 2007's ''[[New Wave (Against Me! album)|New Wave]]'', which reached no. 57 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. In 2011, the band launched the record label Total Treble. In 2012, Grace publicly [[coming out|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.<ref name="auto">{{cite tweet |user=LauraJaneGrace |number=730304629699977217 |first=Laura Jane |last=Grace |title=@Fr3derick82 September |date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=September 17, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308074503/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/730304629699977217 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.
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