Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
by Laura Jane Grace  (Author), Dan Ozzi (Contributor) – November 15, 2016

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. It started in a room in Naples, Florida, when a getting into mischief punk young person named Tom Gabel,

furnished with only an acoustic guitar and a headful of rebel governmental issues, arrived on a riff. Gabel shaped Against Me! also, soared the band from its crude beginnings-slamming into a drum unit made of pickle pails to a noteworthy name powerhouse that pundits have called this present era's The Conflict. Since its initiation in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most powerful advanced groups, additionally one of its generally divisive. With each score the four-piece moved in their vocation, they increased new fans while enraging their old ones. They endured legitimate misfortunes, a spinning entryway of drummers, and a swarm of irate, activist punks who called them "sellouts" and attempted to undermine their shows every step of the way. Be that as it may, underneath people in general turmoil, something much more noteworthy possessed Gabel-a mystery kept for a long time, just recognized in the scribbled out pages of individual diaries and covered up in verses. Through a disturbed youth, misconduct, and battles with medications, Gabel was on a rebuffing scan for character. Not until May of 2012 did a Moving Stone profile at last uncover it: Gabel is a transsexual, and would from that point on be living as a lady under the name Laura Jane Elegance. Tranny is the personal story of Against Me's! baffling organizer, weaving the account of the band's history, and additionally Grace's, with many at no other time seen passages from the heaps of diaries Elegance kept. More than a common music journal about sex, medications, and shake "n" roll-in spite of the fact that it positively has a lot of that-Tranny is an inside take a gander at a standout amongst the most wonderful stories ever. - Get a copy (Amazon) : Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's..

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Product Details
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Hachette Books (November 15, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316387959
ISBN-13: 978-0316387958
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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