Against Me!

The roots of Against Me!'s rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabel's guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville, FL. The band around him would eventually solidify, and get considerably louder as punk bands often do. But there would always be some anarchism and Billy Bragg in the raucous braggadocio. After a few initial 12" and 7" releases, Against Me! issued Reinventing Axl Rose through No Idea in 2002. As the Eternal Cowboy followed from Fat Wreck in 2003, and ... (more)

The roots of Against Me!'s rousing punk-folk sound lie in Tom Gabel's guitar-and-stool troubadourship around his native Gainesville, FL. The band around him would eventually solidify, and get considerably louder as punk bands often do. But there would always be some anarchism and Billy Bragg in the raucous braggadocio. After a few initial 12" and 7" releases, Against Me! issued Reinventing Axl Rose through No Idea in 2002. As the Eternal Cowboy followed from Fat Wreck in 2003, and after a live DVD (We're Never Going Home) and another 7", the band returned with 2005's Searching for a Former Clarity. By that point Against Me!'s lineup included Gabel, James Bowman, Warren Oakes, and Andrew Seward.