Masters of the universe, Against Me! are streaming their long-awaited new album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues on National Public Radio. Click here to listen to the album.
The album is a follow up to 2010’s White Crosses and deals greatly with gender dysphoria. This is Against Me!’s first album since lead singer Laura Jane Grace came out as a transgender woman in May of 2012.
Transgender Dysphoria Blues is set for a hard release date of January 21 on Against Me!’s own Total Treble Music.
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Educated on the band. On Laura. Even on Tom. If you have always been an AM! fan you’d see him struggling for years with this. I wasn’t calling you a bigot. Laura hasn’t had surgery; that’s all I was referring to, James Minor.
Educated on the band. On Laura. Even on Tom. If you have always been an AM! fan you’d see him struggling for years with this. I wasn’t calling you a bigot. Laura hasn’t had surgery; that’s all I was referring to, James Minor.
James Minor, also, to refer to a lady as a “dumb cunt” says volumes about you.
James Minor, also, to refer to a lady as a “dumb cunt” says volumes about you.
James Minor, also, to refer to a lady as a “dumb cunt” says volumes about you.
James Minor, also, to refer to a lady as a “dumb cunt” says volumes about you.
James Minor, also, to refer to a lady as a “dumb cunt” says volumes about you.
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Exactly, Liza! I think her lyrics are amazing on this album.
When I refer to Laura as ‘him’ I mean while she lived as Tom. Just to clarify.
Does anyone know if Metropole is streaming?
Penis =/= Man
Vagina =/= Woman
Beer and Ciggy’s = Cancer, NOT “Zen-Mode” … You must be one of those, “Neo-Hip” Punk-Rockers… Grew up on, Green Day, Alkaline Trio, Blink, Lagwagon, Millencolin, Offspring, etc… (Old-School Punk as the kids think/Reference…)
Missed out/Have LITTLE knowledge of, The Dammed, Suicide, Pogues, Vibrators, New Town Neurotics, The Addicts, The Nipple Erectors, Cock Sparrer, The Clash, Bad Brains, The Jam, The Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, …
The “Downfall/History of Against Me!” : Amazing band, that started off, with one guy and his guitar… Ended up putting out many Gritty/Edgy Tapes/EP’s and CD’s… Two of the LAST, being “The Eternal Cowboy” (Which in Retrospect, should have been called, the “The Short-lived Cowboy,Who now is A Cowgirl”) FOLLOWED, by the AMAZING “Searching For a Former Clarity” … THEN, the band drank the Butch Vig Purple-Punch, and unfortunately slipped into a Coma… (“Girlfriend in a Coma, I know, I know, it SERIOUS… There were time when I could have…”) The Record(s) that followed, “shimmied and shined”… They were “slick” beyond one’s wildest dreams (and/or nightmares…) The drummer, (some might say, “The catalyst of the band”, quit to “Open a Taco-Stand” … They played shows, toured the world, Made another “slick” record, with lyrics/songs talking about “Ache-ing With Me” (Vomit), they re-released past records/albums and B-Sides, in order to pull in some needed cash… Put out a Two Song EP, that screamed about Russian Spies and Enemies of the Occult! The “Punch” was wearing off! The Coma was lifting!!! More Shows were played… Fans were waiting for a NEW record… THEN a huge bomb was dropped! Tom Gable was actually NOT Tom Gable at ALL! He was a woman by the name of Laura!!! The Rock world was Shocked… BUT, fan rallied around their Favorite Modern-Day “Punk-Rock” Band… They held him/her up in support! They pleaded for a new record! And so… Against Me! returned to the studio… In the way-time/Mean-Time, Andrew (beloved Bass-Player decided to quit the band… Fans really never got an explanation… ??? “No hard feelings” were/was the mantra that was spread… (Could it have been/Could it be something to do with this “NEW” Female lead singer, incapsulated in the very same body as Tom Gable??? We will never know for sure… BUT, probably not… Andrew was most likely just tired and wanting to try new adventures/pursue a different avenue of “work”… SOOOOO, to the studio Against Me! went! (A NEW Studio, that they/the band had in fact built themselves… They “sluffed” off the Butch Vig years! The “hangover” was lifting! AND SO!!!
We now are introduced to the NEW, Against Me! record. Much of the “slick-ness”, the “shimmy and shin” was gone! There was once again, grit and growl! The tracks were/are catchy, there is power and edge. Fans cheered, Against Me! might well be back… But, were they???
The music was there, but in taking a closer look/listen was/is it “relatable”??? NOT only the music, but the lyrics! AHHHH the LYRICS of Against Me! Some have compared Tom Gabel/Laura Jane Grace to a modern day Bob Dylan, etc… Previous/Past lyrics were/are PURE poetry-angst! Beautifully Crafted song structure! Amazing Vocabulary! Perfect Word placement! Vivid/Picturesque scenes, painted with a sharp tongue and fierce witt! The descriptions could go on!!!
But, where does the average guy/gal land with, “Gender Dysphoria Blues”??? I/we could not relate… Those bright lyrical landscapes that were so often written/drawn with perfect placement, gave way to descriptions of a man, transitioning to a woman… :/ Where could I fit in? The parallel path that I/We once traveled right alongside Against Me!, was now “rocky” and full of holes/pits… I don’t have the “Gender Dysphoria Blues” :( Did I/we need to get the, “Gender Dysphoria Blues”??? Was/Is that the only way to somehow reincarnate the Rugged-Magic, that I/We once felt listening to an Against Me! record??? Very quickly those records recorded while on/drinking the Butch Vig “Purple-Kool-Aid”, started to evolve, and take on a new persona… The once ridiculed records by long-time Against Me! fans were starting to possibly take on a certain allure… I/We, were now Searching for our own Former Clarity…