Against Me! on tour in 2007 in support of New Wave. |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 5 | |
| ↙Live albums | 1 | |
| ↙EPs | 5 | |
| ↙Singles | 12 | |
| ↙Video albums | 2 | |
| ↙Music videos | 12 | |
| ↙Demos | 4 | |
| ↙Other appearances | 9 | |
The discography of Against Me!, a Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band, consists of five studio albums, four EPs, one live album, two DVDs, twelve singles, four demos, and ten music videos.
Against Me! was formed in 1997 by singer/guitarist Tom Gabel as a solo act, occasionally performing with backing drummers and bassists. He recorded a single cassette demo himself that year titled Against Me! With the addition of drummer Kevin Mahon a second demo titled Vivida Vis! was released in limited numbers the following year by local label Misanthrope Records. The band's first EP, the eponymously-titled Against Me!, was released in 2000 by Crasshole Records, another local label. Their first widely-distributed release was the EP Crime as Forgiven by Against Me!, released in 2001 by Plan-It-X Records and Gabel's own Sabot Productions. A third EP, also eponymously-titled, was released later that year and was an acoustic recording consisting of Gabel and bassist Dustin Fridkin. Mahon then left the band and was replaced by Warren Oakes, and second guitarist James Bowman was added.
The band's first album, Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose, was released in March 2002 by No Idea Records. Fridkin then left the band and was replaced by Andrew Seward, cementing a lineup (Gabel, Oakes, Bowman, and Seward) that would remain until 2009. This lineup released the single "The Disco Before the Breakdown" in July 2002. In 2003 Against Me! signed to Fat Wreck Chords and released their second album, Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy, supported by singles for the songs "Cavalier Eternal" and "Sink, Florida, Sink". The DVD We're Never Going Home followed, documenting their Spring 2004 U.S. tour. Their second album for Fat Wreck Chords was 2005's Searching for a Former Clarity, spawning singles for "Don't Lose Touch" and "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)", which also became the band's first music videos. The live album Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!! followed in 2006.
Against Me! next made the switch to a major label, signing to Sire Records for the 2007 album New Wave, produced by Butch Vig. Debuting at number #57 on the Billboard 200, it was a breakthrough success for the band and featured their first charting single, "Thrash Unreal", which reached #11 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Other singles from New Wave included "White People for Peace", "Stop!", and "New Wave". A second DVD, titled Live at the Key Club, was released in late 2007. in 2008 Sire released New Wave B-Sides, a download-only EP.
Oakes left the band in June 2009 and was replaced by Hot Water Music drummer George Rebelo. Fat Wreck Chords then released The Original Cowboy, a recording of demos for Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy. Against Me!'s fifth studio album, White Crosses, was released June 8, 2010 and became the highest-charting release of their career, reaching #34 on the Billboard 200. It was supported by singles for "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" and "High Pressure Low", as well as a UK-exclusive release for the album's title track, "White Crosses".
In May 2011 the band released Total Clarity, a collection of demo tracks for their third studio album Searching for a Former Clarity. This was followed by the "Russian Spies" / "Occult Enemies" single. In June 2011 the band launched their own label, Total Treble Music; The label's first release will be a deluxe reissue of White Crosses, with a second disc of alternate versions and unreleased songs titled Black Crosses.[1]
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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Rock [3] |
Alternative [4] |
Independent [5] |
Heatseekers [6] |
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| 2002 | Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy
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— | — | — | 36 | — | |
| 2005 | Searching for a Former Clarity
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114 | — | — | 9 | 1 | |
| 2007 | New Wave
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57 | 21 | 20 | — | — | |
| 2010 | White Crosses
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34 | 9 | 7 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart. | |||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| US | |||
| Independent [7] |
Heatseekers [7] |
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| 2006 | Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!
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41 | 38 |
| Year | Album details |
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| 2000 | Against Me!
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| 2001 | Crime as Forgiven by Against Me! |
Against Me!
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| 2008 | New Wave B-Sides
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US | Canada | ||||
| Rock [8] |
Modern Rock/ Alternative [9] |
Hot 100 [10] |
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| 2002 | "The Disco Before the Breakdown" | — | — | — | n/a |
| 2004 | "Cavalier Eternal" | — | — | — | Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy |
| 2005 | "Sink, Florida, Sink" | — | — | — | |
| "Don't Lose Touch" | — | — | — | Searching for a Former Clarity | |
| 2006 | "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)" | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | "White People for Peace" | — | — | — | New Wave |
| "Thrash Unreal" | — | 11 | 51 | ||
| 2008 | "Stop!" | — | 27 | 78 | |
| "New Wave" | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" | 33 | 16 | 66 | White Crosses |
| "High Pressure Low" | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Russian Spies / Occult Enemies"[11] | — | — | — | n/a |
| "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart. "n/a" denotes singles that are not from albums. |
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| Year | Album details |
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| 1997 | Against Me!
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| 1998 | Vivida Vis!
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| 2009 | The Original Cowboy
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| 2011 | Total Clarity
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| Year | Video details |
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| 2004 | We're Never Going Home
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| 2007 | Live at the Key Club
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| Year | Title | Director | Album |
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| 2005 | "Don't Lose Touch"[12][13] | Philip Andelman | Searching for a Former Clarity |
| 2006 | "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)"[12][14] | AAB | |
| "Problems"[15] | Blair Young | ||
| 2007 | "White People for Peace" | New Wave | |
| "Thrash Unreal"[16] | Adam Egypt Mortimer | ||
| 2008 | "Stop!"[17][18] | Marc Klasfeld | |
| "New Wave" | |||
| "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" | |||
| 2010 | "Rapid Decompression"[19][20] | Vern Moen | White Crosses |
| "I Was a Teenage Anarchist"[19][21] | |||
| 2011 | "Spanish Moss"[22] | Andrew Seward | |
| "Because of the Shame"[23] | Jason Thrasher |
The following Against Me! songs were released on compilation albums, soundtracks, and other releases. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.
| Year | Release details | Track(s) |
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| 1998 | We're Here to Ruin Your Fun
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| 2004 | Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1
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Take Action! Volume 04
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| 2005 | Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children
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| 2006 | We'll Inherit the Earth: A Tribute to The Replacements
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Shine Some Light: A Benefit for Dan Lang-Gunn
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Remember Your Roots
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Fat X-Mas Bonus
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| 2009 | Covered, A Revolution in Sound
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