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{{Short description|American punk rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Against All Authority
| image            = 
| caption          = Against All Authority Logo
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| alias            = 
| origin           = [[Cutler Ridge]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]
| genre            = [[Anarcho-punk]], [[punk rock]], [[ska punk]], [[hardcore punk]]
| years_active     = 1992–2007, 2021–present
| label            = [[Hopeless Records]], Sub City, Records of Rebellion
| website          = 
| current_members  = Danny Lore<br>Joe Koontz<br> Marshall Wildey<br> Chris “Spikey” Goldbach
}}

'''Against All Authority''' (often abbreviated '''AAA''') is an American [[punk rock]] band known for their political leanings and, previously, as a [[ska punk]] band.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Apar |first1=Corey |title=Against All Authority - The Restoration of Chaos & Order |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-restoration-of-chaos-order-mw0000408623 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-27 |df=mdy-all |quote=AAA are typically known as a politically slanted ska-punk act, but the band has always leaned a bit more heavily to the punk side of things, and this fact has become even more evident the longer they've been around.}}</ref> Their business practice follows a stringent [[DIY ethic]].

==History==
Against All Authority was founded in [[Cutler Ridge, Florida]], in [[1992 in music|1992]],<ref name="AMG">{{cite web | title=Against All Authority|work=Allmusic| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p279226|pure_url=yes}}| accessdate=June 11, 2007 }}</ref>  driven by willingness to promote their message—"questioning our economic differences and promoting our human similarities". A strong engagement in political and social issues is clearly evident in their lyrics. The band maintain a fierce DIY stance influenced by the approach of the [[Dead Kennedys]] and [[Subhumans (UK band)|Subhumans]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Punk Band That Most Certainly Does Not Suck |work=[[Nerve (magazine)|Nerve Magazine]] |archivedate=September 28, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928192630/http://www.thenervemagazine.com/2006/07/article_template.php?id=1 |url=http://www.thenervemagazine.com/2006/07/article_template.php?id=1 |accessdate=June 11, 2007}}</ref> Early in their career, the band decided to book concerts, make recordings and even produce band T-shirts on their own.<ref name="AMG"/>

==Members==
* Danny Lore – bass guitar & vocals
* Joe Koontz – guitar & vocals
* [[Fin Leavell|Fin "LP" Leavell]] – bass trombone & baritone saxophone
* Marshall Wildey - trumpet
* Chris “Spikey” Goldbach – drums

==Discography==
===Albums/EPs===
* ''-AAA- Tape'' (1993)
* ''Above the Law EP'' (1994)
* ''[[Destroy What Destroys You]]'' (1996)
* ''[[All Fall Down (Against All Authority album)|All Fall Down]]'' (1998, Hopeless Records)
* ''[[24 Hour Roadside Resistance]]'' (2000, Hopeless Records)
* ''[[Nothing New for Trash Like You]]'' (2001, Sub City Records)
* ''[[The Restoration of Chaos & Order]]'' (2006, Hopeless Records)

===Split EPs===
* ''Against All Authority / Less Than Jake'' (1995)
* ''Against All Authority / The Pist'' (1996, Records of Rebellion)
* ''Against All Authority / The Crumbs / Pink Lincolns / Gotohells'' (1996)
* ''Against All Authority / Anti-Flag - Reject EP'' (1996, Records of Rebellion)
* ''[[Exchange (EP)|Against All Authority / The Criminals – Exchange EP]]'' (1999, Sub City Records)
* ''[[Against All Authority / Common Rider]]'' (2005, Hopeless Records)

===Live recordings===
* ''V.M.L Live Presents Against All Authority Live 7/16/95'' (1996)
* ''Live On the Ska Parade Radio Show'' (1998)

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{discogs artist|Against All Authority|Against All Authority}}

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[[Category:Punk rock groups from Florida]]
[[Category:Third-wave ska groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Miami]]
[[Category:Anarcho-punk groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1992]]
[[Category:American musical quartets]]
[[Category:American ska punk musical groups]]
[[Category:Hopeless Records artists]]
[[Category:Sub City Records artists]]