History Music / AntiFlag

In 2023 they announced that they were disbanding while in the middle of a tour, following allegations of sexual assault by the frontman Justin Sane.

Anti-Flag are an American PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, Pennsylvania, known for their strongly politically-oriented lyrics.

The band began breaking in the mainstream with their 2003 album ''The Terror State''. Their peak of popularity came with 2006 album ''For Blood and Empire''. However, it also had their old fans calling them sellouts due to being released by a major label (especially as Anti-Flag are known for their anti-corporate lyrics). Even more backlash was aimed at their second major album, ''The Bright Lights of America'' due to some departure from their typical musical style. This album also completed their contract with Creator/RCARecords, so they subsequently moved to another independent label, [=SideOneDummy=], and released ''The People or the Gun'' and ''The General Strike'' in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Their last three albums, ''American Spring'', ''American Fall'' and ''American Reckoning'' have been released through Spinefarm Records.

!!Members:
* Justin Sane - lead vocals, lead guitar (1988–89, 1992–present)
* Pat Thetic - drums, percussion (1988–89, 1992–present)
* Chris Head - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1997–present), bass (1997)
* Chris "#2" Barker - bass, vocals (1999–present)

* LongTitle: "When You Don't Control Your Government, People Want to Kill You", "You Can Kill the Protester, but You Can't Kill the Protest", "Your Daddy Was a Rich Man, Your Daddy's Fucking Dead", "The Project for a New American Century" "If You Wanna Steal (You Better Learn How to Lie)", "Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C. (Sheep in Shepherd's Clothing)"...

* ContemptibleCover: The cover art for ''The Terror State'', which features Justin's niece amongst rubble holding an automatic handgun had to be replaced by a simple black one with just the band's logo and album title in some stores.

Anti-Flag are an American PunkRock band from UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, Pennsylvania, known for their strongly politically oriented lyrics.

* ''American Reckoning'' (2018)

* CoverVersion: "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)", originally by Music/{{Buzzcocks}} and "The Freaks, Nerds & Romantics" by ''Bouncing Souls.'' Both song appear on ''BYO Split'' done with the latter band, who themselves covered Anti-Flag's "That's Youth" here. They also covered some songs by Music/TheClash live.

* ProtestSong: Pretty much their entire damn catalogue! They even have a [[TheSomethingSong song with that title]].

--> We're looking for a few good womyn (not a misspelling, but rather a feminist way of spelling the word)

* Pat Thetic - drums (1988–89, 1992–present)
* Chris Head - guitar, backing vocals (1998–present), bass (1997)

The band began breaking in the mainstream with their 2003 album ''The Terror State''. Their peak of popularity came with 2006 album ''For Blood and Empire''. However it also had their old fans calling them sell-outs due to being released by a major label (especially as Anti-Flag are known for their anti-corporate lyrics). Even more backlash was aimed at their second major album, ''The Bright Lights of America'' due to some departure from their typical musical style. This album also completed their contract with Creator/RCARecords, so they subsequently moved to another independent label, [=SideOneDummy=], and released ''The People or the Gun'' and ''The General Strike'' in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Their last three albums, ''American Spring'', ''American Fall'' and ''American Reckoning'' have been released through Spinefarm Records.

Formed in 1988 by vocalist/guitarist Justin Sane and drummer Pat Thetic, the band went through various line-ups, at one point including Justin's sister Lucy. By mid-90's, they consisted of Sane, Thetic and bassist/vocalist Andy Flag. Flag left after the recording of ''Die for the Government'' and was replaced by Sean Whelan, who was then subsequently replaced by Chris Head. However, Chris Head preferred guitar over bass, so the band expanded to four piece with the addition of bassist Jamie Cock. In early 1999, Jamie was replaced by Chris Barker (also known as #2) and the band has carried on with that line-up ever since, releasing their second album ''A New Kind of Army'' the same year. Another, titled ''Underground Network'', followed in 2001.

The band began breaking in the mainstream with their 2003 album ''The Terror State''. Their peak of popularity came with 2006 album ''For Blood and Empire''. However it also had their old fans calling them sell-outs due to being released by a major label (especially as Anti-Flag are known for their anti-corporate lyrics). Even more backlash was aimed at their second major album, ''The Bright Lights of America'' due to some departure from their typical musical style. This album also completed their contract with Creator/RCARecords, so they subsequently moved to an(other) independent label [=SideOneDummy=] and released ''The People or the Gun'' and ''The General Strike'' in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Their latest album ''American Spring'' was released in 2015 through Spinefarm Records.

* Justin Sane - lead vocals, lead guitar
* Pat Thetic - drums

* Lucy Fester - bass (1988–89)
* Sean Whelan - bass (1997)
* Jamie Cock - bass, backing vocals (1998–99)

The band began breaking in the mainstream with their 2003 album ''The Terror State''. Their peak of popularity came with 2006 album ''For Blood and Empire''. However it also had their old fans calling them sell-outs due to being released by a major label (especially as Anti-Flag are known for their anti-corporate lyrics). Even more backlash was aimed at their second major album, ''The Bright Lights of America'' due to some departure from their typical musical style. This album also completed their contract with Creator/RCARecords, so they subsequently moved to an(other) independent label [=SideOneDummy=] and released ''The People or the Gun'' and ''The General Strike'' in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Their latest album ''American Spring'' was released in 2015 throgh Spinefarm Records.

!!Band Members (current in bold)
* '''Justin Sane''' - lead vocals, lead guitar
* '''Pat Thetic''' - drums
* Andy Flag - bass, vocals (1993-1996)
* Lucy Fester - bass (1988-1989)
* '''Chris Head''' - guitar, backing vocals (1998-present), bass (1997)

* Jamie Cock - bass, backing vocals (1998-1999)
* '''Chris "#2" Barker''' - bass, vocals (1999-present)

!!Studio albums

!!Other notable releases

!!The band provides examples of

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Inverted for single version of "1 Trillion Dollar$". The chorus on album version ends with "fuck the world, kill 'em all", which was changed to "fuck the world, fuck 'em all".

* ContemptibleCover: The cover art for ''The Terror State'', which features Justin's niece amongst rubble holing an automatic handgun had to be replaced by a simple black one with just the band's logo and album title in some stores.
* CoverVersion: "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't)", originally by Music/{{Buzzcocks}} and "The Freaks, Nerds & Romantics" by ''Bouncing Souls.'' Both song appear on ''BYO Split'' done with the latter band, who themselves covered Anti-Flag's "That's Youth" here. They also covered some songs by Music/TheClash live.
* FunWithAcronyms: "Operation Iraqui Liberation".

* LighterAndSofter: ''The Bright Lights of America'', somewhat.
* LongRunnerLineUp: Since 1999.

--> We're looking for a few good womyn (not a mispelling, but rather a feminist way of spelling the word)

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Justin Sane sings most of the band's songs, but current bassist Chris Barker and a former one Andy Flag also had their fair share of lead vocals, both pretty much creating a VocalTagTeam with him, either switching vocals with each next song, or (especially in Chris' case) sharing leads on the same song.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Naturally, as a PunkRock band. Simplicity of their music is somewhat referenced to in "Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck".

* WarIsHell: Another one of their common lyrical themes.

* {{Sampling}}: Among others they have sampled MartinLutherKingJr or Mumua Abu Jamal.

* CoverVersion: "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't)", originally by Music/{{Buzzcocks}} and "The Freaks, Nerds & Romantics" by Music/BouncingSouls. Both song appear on ''BYO Split'' done with the latter band, who themselves covered Anti-Flag's "That's Youth" here. They also covered some songs by Music/TheClash live.

* CoverVersion: "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't)", originally by TheBuzzcocks and "The Freaks, Nerds & Romantics" by BouncingSouls. Both song appear on ''BYO Split'' done with the latter band, who themselves covered Anti-Flag's "That's Youth" here. They also covered some songs by TheClash live.

Anti-Flag are an American PunkRock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for their strongly politically oriented lyrics.

The band began breaking in the mainstream with their 2003 album ''The Terror State''. Their peak of popularity came with 2006 album ''For Blood and Empire''. However it also had their old fans calling them sell-outs due to being released by a major label (especially as Anti-Flag are known for their anti-corporate lyrics). Even more backlash was aimed at their second major album, ''The Bright Lights of America'' due to some departure from their typical musical style. This album also completed their contract with RCA, so they subsequently moved to an(other) independent label [=SideOneDummy=] and released ''The People or the Gun'' and ''The General Strike'' in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Their latest album ''American Spring'' was released in 2015 throgh Spinefarm Records.