Against Me! - New Wave

I see the band is touring with the Cult (um) this summer. I wonder how long is Tom planning to tour as Tom? And will she continue to tour as Laura? Will she tour in Against Me! or is that the end of the band?

i guess that will become clearer soon, the RS.com blurb ends with:

The full story of Gabel's transformation is in the latest issue, on newsstands this Friday (May 11th). In it, the singer tells Josh Eells about her history of gender dysphoria, the specifics of the transition process and what becoming Laura Jane Grace will mean for the future of Against Me!

If anybody can fit the phrase gender dysphoria into a lyric, it will be Laura Jane Grace.

i read the full story the other day, it said he plans on performing as a woman when they go on tour at the end of may

wait nevermind, i misremembered -- she talks in the piece about performing onstage as a woman, but i guess there are no solid plans

it does say that she plans on being on hormones by the time they go on tour at the end of may

The pitchfork post on the story includes a live YouTube vid of Gable solo (with long hair!) doing a new track called "Gender Dysphoria Blues." would link, but I'm on my phone.

Halford came out well past their commercial peak.

Halford came out repeatedly AFAIK, the first I ever heard of Judas Priest was in a "heavy metal primer" in Smash Hits, which casually mentioned he was the only out gay in metal

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6wturVSLc1qzpf0co1_1280.jpg

awesome

aw

http://youtu.be/35xd5OzEqro

Performing 'The Ocean' live in Colorado. The sheer look of joy on Laura's face around 1:10 when she hits the second verse is so incredible.

(And the cheers from the crowd at those lines.

Better recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNY7mcupfrs

i was totes going to buy tickets to this. i'm glad i waited:

Against Me!
BAD RELIGION TOUR CANCELLATION
Unfortunately we have to cancel all of our appearances scheduled for the upcoming tour with Bad Religion and Polar Bear Club.
Canceling a tour is definitely not a decision we would make lightly. At this moment, due to our current uncertainty over who is going to be playing drums with us, we feel like we are lacking the ability to put on the show our fans deserve and we think that the best thing for us to do right now is take some time to regroup and finish a record.
Our most sincere apologies to Bad Religion, Polar Club and all of the agents and promoters involved with the tour but most importantly to the fans who were coming out to see us.
If anyone who bought tickets doesn't want to go to the show now or walks away from the show feeling disappointed we'll definitely do our best to accommodate some spots on our guest list next time we pass through your town, which hopefully won't be too long from now.
Sincere apologies. - Against Me!

http://dyingscene.com/news/fat-mike-nofx-and-atom-willard-the-hell-to-record-with-against-me/

Huh. Cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bePBQA30vQ

HOOS are you coming around to reinventing axl rose??

Oh yeah dude, around late winter last year it became my favorite

http://i.imgur.com/SKHsa1z.jpg

badass

this is temporarily available for free download at their website right now http://www.againstme.net/

both songs are great

excited!!

also i was sort of worried about the status of the proper record bc they lost both their bassist and drummer recently but apparently they've finished recording it

yeah i'm kinda skeptical that this is coming out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WanzlOvGg

saw them at riot fest last weekend, it got really emotional. if the rest of transgender dysphoria blues is as good as the new songs they played it'll be a really important record to me. in like a deeply personal way

always extremely jealous when someone gets a chance to see them live

anticipating the hell out of the new record

Same here. I played White Crosses a few weeks ago and was shocked anew by "Suffocation."

found a decent live video of "transgender dysphoria blues"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq_va3wNfFo

the lyrics are incredible

you want them to notice the ragged ends of your summer dress
you want them to see you like they see every other girl
they just see a faggot
they hold their breath not to catch the sick

rough surf on the coast, i wish i could've spent the whole day alone with you