With every notch the four-piece climbed in their career, they gained new fans while infuriating their old ones. Since its inception in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most influential modern bands, but also one of its most divisive. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band from its scrappy beginnings-banging on a drum kit made of pickle buckets-to a major-label powerhouse that critics have called this generation's The Clash. It began in a bedroom in Naples, Florida, when a misbehaving punk teenager named Tom Gabel, armed with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a headful of anarchist politics, landed on a riff. The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self. ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME"
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