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Veteran Punks ANTI-FLAG Break Up Overnight Following Possible Rape Accusations Against Frontman

Posted on by JL

21 July 2023

Veteran Pittsburg ANTI-FLAG have broken up. Last night, the long-running political
punk band announced on Patreon that they had disbanded. The breakup is abrupt.

The band is on tour in Europe and they were scheduled to play in Prague tomorrow night.

The announcement includes very little context. Here it is.

“Anti-Flag has disbanded. the patreon has been switched into a mode where it will n
o longer charge the monthly fee. i will begin to process refunds to all patrons in the coming weeks. once all refunds are processed the patreon page will also be removed.”

All their social media accounts are deleted now.

Stereogum reports: “The band’s website and their social-media pages have all been removed. This leaves a lot of questions unanswered. On Reddit, fans pointed out a podcast episode that went live yesterday. On the latest episode of Enough, a podcast dedicated to sexual assault in the music business, a woman tells a story about being raped by the singer in a political punk band. She never names the band or the singer, but it’s hard to hear that story without connecting dots. The story is extremely upsetting, both in its details and in the sense of betrayal that surrounds it. You can hear it here below.

50-year-old frontman JUSTIN SANE, started the first version of Anti-Flag in Pittsburgh in 1988. For their entire lifespan, Anti-Flag have pushed left-wing principles and political causes. They released 13 albums, with this year’s Lies They Tell Your Children.

Still Fast And Furious – ANTI-FLAG Launch 13th LP ‘LIES THEY TELL OUR CHILDREN’

Posted on by JL

7 January 2023

Veteran Pittsburgh punks ANTI-FLAG emerged on the scene back in 1988.
They fabricated 12 LPs so far, and today they launched number 13, named
LIES THEY TELL OUR CHILDREN.

Anti-Flag: “There’s no other way to put it; Lies They Tell Our Children is the best fucking
version of ANTI-FLAG we have ever been. We haven’t been afforded the privilege and ability to spend every day together writing and focusing on every detail of an album in well over a decade and I think you can feel that collaboration and collectiveness in these songs more than any other record of ours. That collaboration was only extrapolated on with the inclusion of the eight guests who are featured on the album, spanning genres, years of friendship, and a vast array of perspectives.

The album itself is the first conceptual album the band has ever done, spawned out of a compulsive need to not just comment on the dystopian corporate wasteland we all face but
to trace it back to the origin of this fate; the political policies, laws, cultural shifts, and lineage of injustice that have led us to the world we live in today. ”

Kerrang says: “Lies They Tell Our Children is a truly great and timely album from a band who continue to fearlessly, articulately and aggressively address the issues of the here and now. Put simply, Anti-Flag have never been more essential, on point or outright pissed off.” Score: 4/5.

TUTV: Anti-Flag still steam fast and furious on their new opus with
a tsunami of 11 uppercuts to ignite manic moshpits for your children
while they scream their heads off.

Key Singles (so far): Laugh. Cry. Smile. Die. / The Fight Of Our Lives

– LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE. –

– THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES –

Album

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ANTI-FLAG: Facebook – All Albums

New Albums In 2023 – Pittsburgh Punks ANTI-FLAG Drop 19th Album ‘LIES THEY TELL THEIR CHILDREN’ In January

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Coming up next year

27 November 2022

Band: ANTI-FLAG
Who: Proto punks from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Active: 1988–1989, 1992–present
LPs: 13, including the new one

New album: LIES THEY TELL OUR CHILDREN
Release: 6th January 2023
Pre-order info: here

ANTI-FLAG: “The album itself is the first conceptual album the band has ever done, spawned out of a compulsive need to not just comment on the dystopian corporate wasteland we all face but to trace it back to the origin of this fate; the political policies, laws, cultural shifts, and lineage of injustice that have led us to the world we live in today. Like the band itself, of course the album is an anti-war statement both in the literal and figurative sense. This is an important moment in history and demands an urgent response, but we thought it was also important that we retrace our footsteps to the beginning of these issues. In order to better understand how to eradicate climate devastation, imperialism, war based economics, systems predicated upon racism, and the increasing belief that these things do not even exist, you have got to take people to the source. This idea is the crux of The Lies They Tell Our Children; put this wretched history in their face and demand their empathy.”

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Singles (so far): Laugh. Cry. Smile. Die. / The Fight Of Our Lives/
Imperialism / Modern Meta Medicine / NVREVR

– LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE. –

– THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES –

– IMPERIALISM –

– MODERN META MEDICINE –

– NVREVR –

All 5 together on Spotify

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ANTI-FLAG: Facebook – Bio – Discography

Waking Up With… New Loud And Fast ANTI-FLAG Single

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Works faster than caffeine

Veteran punks ANTI-FLAG from Pittsburgh are playing loud and fast since 1986.

And no sign of retirement so far as they just announced the birth on 6 January 2023
of their 13th longplayer, titled LIES THEY TELL THEIR CHILDREN.

First taster LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE. features Shane Told, the vicious
voice of Canadian bulldozers Silverstein and is loud and fast.

HERE.WE.GO.NOW.

ANTI-FLAG: Facebook – Bio – Discography