Emily Ferris September 22nd, 2014 - 7:51 AM
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Against Me! is a punk rock band from Florida, that formed in 1997 by singer and guitarist Laura Grace. Since 2002, the band’s line up has included Jame Bowman (guitar) and Andrew Seward (bass). After releasing three studio albums through independent record labels, Against Me! singed to Sire Records for their 2007 album, New Wave.
New Wave reached number 57 on the Billboard 200. Their fifth album, White Crosses, was released in 2010. The album was their most successful release reaching number 34 on the Billboard 200. In 2011, the band launched their own record label, Total Treble Music, through which they planned to release future albums. In 2012, lead singer Laura Grace came out as a transgender, and began the transition of life as a woman. The band finished their sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, during the summer of 2013, and released the album in the beginning of this year.
The Rolling Stone rated Transgender Dysphoria Blues three-and-a-half stars, and called it “a series of bracing songs about a self-destructive girl in a boy’s body…it takes balls to come out this way, in this genre.”
Against Me! at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Doors: 9 PM
All Ages
