Laura Jane Grace is a punk and folk punk musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the lead singer and guitarist of Against Me!. She is from Fort Benning, United States, and is also active as a solo artist.

Against Me!

Grace starts Against Me! at age 17 after dropping out of high school. She is the band’s guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and the group is based in Gainesville, Florida.

Solo work and related projects

She releases her solo debut, a seven-song EP called Heart Burns. She is also associated with Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers, Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals, and Laura Jane Grace in the Trauma Tropes.

Background

Grace is born in 1980 on an Army base in Georgia and travels widely during childhood because of her father’s military assignments.