Thursday, May 10, 2012

Gotta admit...

...never even saw this one coming, at all. So Tom Gabel (vocalist of Against Me!) is reportedly soon slated to soon become Laura Jane Grace! Yeah he'll soon begin undergoing electrolysis treatments (hair removal) and hormonal therapy to assist in his transition to life as a woman. Look, here's the thing, as long as Laura keeps on kickin' out the jams and doesn't lose the amazingly awesome gravely voice for the revolution I could give two beans, you know? His (er I mean her now)wife supports her so who am I to say any different. Just so happens to be one of the biggest shockers to come out of punk in a good long while, hence this post. Oh and I've been crazy busy too, but how could I let this go without mentioning our dearly departed Adam Yauch. We'll always save a spot for MCA on first chair for Snowbird bluebirds!
This is their song "The Ocean" where Tom actually sings "and if I could've chosen, I'd have been born a woman, my mother once told she would have named me Laura"

1 comment:

  1. Jesse. I had some worker passes at a festival in CA a year or two ago and lunch at a table next Tom and the boys. I never would have guessed either. Just a typical punk guy. I'm with ya; hope he figures things out personally and it will be interesting to see what happens to the music! Against Me! has been by FAR my favorite new punk band to get going in the last 10 years... Quite a shocker, but it looks like they'll release their next CD, "transgender dysphoria blues" sometime in 2012

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