Editing Against Me! (section)

=== 2007–2010: ''New Wave'' and ''White Crosses'' ===
Against Me! moved to [[Sire Records]] for 2007's ''[[New Wave (Against Me! album)|New Wave]]'', produced by [[Butch Vig]]. It debuted at no. 57 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and featured their first charting single, "[[Thrash Unreal]]", which reached no. 11 on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref name="Billboard 200"/><ref name="Billboard Alternative Songs">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=against me!|chart=Alternative Songs}} |title=Against Me! Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs |publisher=[[Billboard charts]] |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622085225/http://www.billboard.com/ |archive-date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> "[[White People for Peace]]", "[[Stop! (Against Me! song)|Stop!]]", and "New Wave" were also released as singles, and ''New Wave'' was named as [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']]'s album of the year.<ref name="Kandell">{{cite magazine |last=Kandell |first=Steve |title=Album of the Year: Against Me! |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=January 1, 2008 |url=https://www.spin.com/2008/01/album-year-against-me/ |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714024750/http://www.spin.com/2008/01/album-year-against-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The DVD ''Live at the Key Club'' followed later that year. In 2008, Against Me! supported [[Foo Fighters]] on a North American tour, and Sire released the [[music download|digital]] EP ''[[New Wave (Against Me! album)#B-sides|New Wave B-Sides]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tours: Foo Fighters / Against Me! (Canada) |website=Punknews.org |date=December 10, 2007 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/26874 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007015319/http://www.punknews.org/article/26874 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Against Me! Release Digital EP of ''New Wave'' B-sides |website=Punknews.org |date=July 31, 2008 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/29884 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=August 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811203814/http://www.punknews.org/article/29884 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2008, while traveling west on I-80, en route to Salt Lake City, their tour bus hit a patch of ice; causing it to spin and land on its side in a ditch. No one was harmed.<ref>{{cite web|title = Tom Gabel details Against Me! bus accident; posts full stream of solo EP - News - Alternative Press|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/archive_4961|website = Alternative Press|access-date = January 18, 2016|archive-date = December 5, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211205104736/https://www.altpress.com/news/archive_4961/|url-status = live}}</ref>

For the 2008 presidential election, Against Me! partnered with [[Rock the Vote]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2008 |title=Against Me! Rocks the Vote |url=https://www.rockthevote.org/against-me-rocks-the-vote-041508/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=Rock the Vote |language=en-US}}</ref>

Oakes left the band in June 2009, in part to focus on running his Mexican food restaurant.<ref name="Punknews 2009-06-09">{{cite web |title=Warren Oakes Leaves Against Me! |website=Punknews.org |date=June 9, 2009 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/33895 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821011519/http://www.punknews.org/article/33895 |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with MTV Oakes wanted it to be known that he wasn't fired, but rather, his leaving the band "was really a mutual decision … it was really amicable." He said he still considers the band members to be "more than friends -- they're family," and added that Boca is already carrying Against Me! guitarist James Bowman's homemade hot sauce on the menu.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montgomery |first1=James |title=Against Me! Drummer Ditches Fame For Burritos |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/7iptnt/against-me-drummer-ditches-fame-for-burritos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724063705/https://www.mtv.com/news/7iptnt/against-me-drummer-ditches-fame-for-burritos |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |website=MTV |access-date=24 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Oakes was replaced by [[Hot Water Music]] drummer George Rebelo.<ref name="Punknews 2009-06-15">{{cite web |date=June 15, 2009 |title=George Rebelo (Hot Water Music) Joins Against Me! |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/33987 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106122340/http://www.punknews.org/article/33987 |archive-date=November 6, 2010 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |website=Punknews.org}}</ref> The following month Fat Wreck Chords released ''[[The Original Cowboy]]'', an album of [[demo (music)|demo]] recordings from the ''Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy'' sessions.<ref name="Punknews 2009-04-23">{{cite web |title=Against Me! to release ''The Original Cowboy'' on Fat this summer |website=Punknews.org |date=April 23, 2009 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/33222 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=June 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603024448/http://www.punknews.org/article/33222 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Against Me! released ''[[White Crosses (Against Me! album)|White Crosses]]'', their second album with Sire, on June 8, 2010 (although it was leaked about 3 months earlier).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/119157/artwork-and-tracklisting-for-against-mes-white-crosses/|title=Artwork And Tracklisting For Against Me!'s 'White Crosses' - Bloody Disgusting!|date=March 17, 2010|language=en-US|access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-date=October 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002043445/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/119157/artwork-and-tracklisting-for-against-mes-white-crosses/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was supported by singles for "[[I Was a Teenage Anarchist]]", "[[White Crosses (song)|White Crosses]]", and "[[High Pressure Low]]" and was their highest-charting album to date, reaching no. 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="Billboard 200"/> On the eve of a scheduled tour of Australia and New Zealand that September, the band suddenly cancelled all touring plans due to "a culmination of circumstances", expressing the need to "take some time off from touring to go home and sort things out."

Against Me! departed from Sire Records on November 29, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Against Me! Leave Sire Records {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/against_me_leave_sire_records |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=exclaim.ca |language=en-ca}}</ref> Following a two-month hiatus from touring, the band spoke for the first time since their tour cancellation, talking of their upcoming December 2010 shows, which saw [[Jay Weinberg]] cover for George Rebelo on drums, as he toured with [[Hot Water Music]].<ref name="blogspot1">{{cite web|url=http://ifeelsicktomystomach.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-apologies.html|title=I Feel Sick to My Stomach: All Apologies|date=November 28, 2010|website=Ifeelsicktomystomach.blogspot.com|author=Tommy Gabel|access-date=August 25, 2012|archive-date=March 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319034728/http://ifeelsicktomystomach.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-apologies.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Throughout December 2010, Grace spoke of George Rebelo's intentions to record an album with his primary band [[Hot Water Music]]. In January 2011, Weinberg was officially confirmed as Against Me!'s new drummer.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/plus-jay-weinberg-joins-against-me-new-mj-lawsuit-20101201|title=Plus: Jay Weinberg Joins Against Me!; New MJ Lawsuit|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 28, 2016|archive-date=October 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002131310/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/plus-jay-weinberg-joins-against-me-new-mj-lawsuit-20101201|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Total Clarity]]'', an album of demos and unreleased songs from the ''Searching for a Former Clarity'' sessions, was released on May 24, 2011, through [[Fat Wreck Chords]].<ref>{{cite web |title=''Total Clarity'' |publisher=[[Fat Wreck Chords]] |url=http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/744 |access-date=April 16, 2011 |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428194424/http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/744 |url-status=live }}</ref>