Artist: Against Me!

Laura Jane Grace - the Against Me! leader who was known as Tom Gabel before announcing her decision to change genders last month - has already started playing shows as a woman . And the weekend before last, she showed up at the Las Vegas festival Punk Rock Bowling, opening for Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba by playing a surprise solo acoustic set. Below, check out a video of her belting the living shit out of the Against Me! song "Walking Is Still Honest." Thanks to Michael_ for the tip. Read More...

Stereogum Laura Jane Grace - the Against Me! leader who was known as Tom Gabel before announcing her decision to change genders last month - has already started playing shows as a woman . And the weekend before last, she showed up at the Las Vegas festival Punk Rock Bowling, opening for Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba by playing a surprise solo acoustic set. Below, check out a video of her belting the living shit out of the Against Me! song "Walking Is Still Honest." [...]

Check out a video of Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace performing an acoustic rendition of "Walking Is Still Honest" live in Las Vegas below.

Photo courtesy of Natalie Kardos Last night I went to a show as a fan. Crazy, right? Since I started doing The Ruckus, this has become rarer and rarer. I don’t know what to do with myself if I don’t have a camera. And something else is missing, which is actually why I’ve attended fewer gigs in 2012 than I have in ages. It isn’t the life changing, heart pumping experience that made me want to go to every punk show I could from here to Florida anymore. [...]

Over the weekend, Against Me! performed their first concert since lead singer Tom Gabel announced she was transgender and would be changing her name to Laura Jane Grace. Appearing at the Humphreys Concerts by the Bay in San Diego, the band also used the opportunity to title their next studio album: Transgender Dysphoria Blues . Below, you can watch footage from the concert, as well as a past clip of Grace performing the new album's title track. Against Me! will continue touring the U.S. throughout the summer as they open for The Cult. You [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , News Today, Oh Boy! Shirlaine Forrest, WireImage It's no secret Wayne Coyne loves naked women, but it is surprising when he uploads nude photos of Erykah Badu to Twitter. [NSFW Photos at Antiquiet ] Against Me! 's Laura Jane Grace played her first concert after announcing her transition to living as a woman. She looks pretty awesome. [ Rolling Stone [...]

Last month Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel announced his plan to transition to female, having lived with gender dysphoria for much of his life. On Friday, the singer made her live debut as Laura Jane Grace at a San Diego show opening for the Cult. According to Rolling Stone , Grace is a few weeks into her hormone replacement therapy, and the band performed a bunch of new songs slated for Against Me!'s next LP, Transgender Dysphoria Blues . Watch fan-shot video of "Don't Lose Touch" from the concert below. [...]

Stereogum Last month Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel announced his plan to transition to female, having lived with gender dysphoria for much of his life. On Friday, the singer made her live debut as Laura Jane Grace at a San Diego show opening for the Cult. According to Rolling Stone , Grace is a few weeks into her hormone replacement therapy, and the band performed a bunch of new songs slated for Against Me!'s next LP, Transgender Dysphoria Blues . [...]

Filed under: The Hit List Kevin Winter, Getty Images Against Me! singer Tom Gabel recently made the stunning announcement that he would transition to living as a woman , a revelation that was met with both support and insults. That brave move got us thinking about other artists who've risked their careers -- or in some cases, lives -- to stand up for something or someone. For some musicians, that risk paid off; for [...]

I don’t know much about transgender dysphoria, but it doesn’t sound pleasant. This article is not meant to be a piece where I attempt to find the root of the discord, and I will not make judgments on the new path. It also won’t be a piece where I make any claims about the process of gender transformation, nor will I speculate as to how anyone comes to this decision and what they plan to do in their new life. However, I know Tom Gabel (now Laura Jane Grace) the songwriter and performer quite well, as I was immersed in his [...]

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"If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman. My mother once told me she would have named me Laura." Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone. Read the whole story here . Here's a video of the band performing "The Ocean" on The Interface . "Let's make everybody sing that they are the beginning and the ending of everything. [...]

I've never even heard the band Against Me!, but I feel like they are just some other weird alt band that sold t-shirts at Hot Topic. Have no idea how popular or relevant they were, or if they inspired any new wave of music. I searched for a few Youtube videos, and it seems like it is just emocore yelling over boring coffee shop acoustic music. Anyways, the lead singer bro of the band named Tom Gabel realized he is not a man, and is becoming a woman instead. I don't know if the singer bro wanted to share [...]

Filed under: News Gino DePinto, AOL | Diana Levine While perhaps the common reaction was surprise at the news last night that Against Me !'s lead singer Tom Gabel was transitioning to become a woman , bands quickly showed support for the musician while chastising those who voiced opposition. "So incredibly brave," Tegan and Sara tweeted with a link to the Rolling Stone article . The [...]

So I'm listening to all my Against Me! albums today because I've been thinking a lot about Tom Gabel , the lead singer's announcement that he is transgender and will be living his life with his wife as a woman named Laura Jane Grace. I'm not sure if it'll be Laura Jane Grace Gabel or not, but either way, it's such a strong and brave move on her part. I was listening to the last song on their album New Wave , "The Ocean" and heard this lyric: "If I could have chosen, I would have [...]

TOM GABEL, lead singer for the AGAINST ME ! , has given an interview to Rolling Stone magazine where he comes out as transgender and says that he is beginning the process of becoming a woman. The he-singer, who is married to a she, was most concerned how his wife would accept the news. For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news. But she's been super-amazing and understanding. And I'll be reading the full story this [...]

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"If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman. My mother once told me she would have named me Laura." Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone. Read the whole story here . Here's a video of the band performing "The Ocean" on The Interface . "Let's make everybody sing that they are the beginning and the ending of everything. That [...]

Against Me! "The Ocean" Tom Gabel of Against Me! has come out as transgender in an astonishing feature article by Josh Eells in the new issue of Rolling Stone . I work at Rolling Stone and read the story before this news went public, and I can assure you that this is a fascinating and moving piece of journalism, and very much the kind of article that makes me very proud to work for that publication. One of the most interesting aspects of the story for me was [...]

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Well, here's something I don't think anyone saw coming. Tom Gabel is the frontman and founder of Against Me!, one of the best punk bands currently in existence. But he isn't going to be Tom Gabel much longer. He's currently planning to begin living as a woman, and he's changing his name to Laura Jane Grace. This is apparently a real thing. More below. Read More...