The band founded the label in 1997 so they could release their 1998
compilation album ''
Their System Doesn't Work for You''. The compilation was the first official release under the label as well. The label's offices were damaged when a September 2004 flood hit Pittsburgh. Although employees saved much of the equipment and inventory, A-F Records dropped the artists Inhuman, Tabula Rasa, and Virus Nine in the wake of the flood for financial reasons. The label's music was formerly distributed on
Mordam but moved to
RedEye when Mordam was bought by Lumberjack in early 2006.
Dissolution On July 19, 2023, Anti-Flag posted an update on their
Patreon announcing their disbandment and the intention to refund fans who were subscribed. Following this announcement, their website was taken down, and the band's social media accounts were deleted. When asked to offer a statement regarding the breakup, the band's publicist declined to comment.
Stereogum and
Us Weekly linked Anti-Flag's July 2023 breakup to a podcast episode released on July 19, the same day as the band's dissolution, that leveled accusations of sexual assault against "a singer in a political punk band" believed to be frontman Justin Sane. In the following months, twelve more women and girls would come forward to accuse Sane of sexual misconduct, grooming, sexual assault, and rape. Within days of Anti-Flag's breakup, several bands announced their departure from A-F Records, including American Television, Celebration Summer, Darien Gap, Hanalei, Reconciler, Sammy Kay, and Wolves & Wolves & Wolves & Wolves. Several of the bands' departures were mentioned in a September 2023
Rolling Stone exposé discussing the additional accusations against Sane. In the
Rolling Stone exposé, the band also informed the magazine that they were "in the process of unwinding the label, including returning master rights and physical records/merchandise to the bands, which will take some time to complete properly." ==Most recent active artists==