AJJ is an American folk punk band from Phoenix, Arizona, originally formed in 2004 as Andrew Jackson Jihad.
[2] AJJ (formerly known as Andrew Jackson Jihad)[3] was formed by Sean Bonnette, Ben Gallaty, and drummer Justin James White, who left the band soon after.
[5][6] In 2008, the band was a part of the Asian Man Records' "Making Punk Fun Again" tour with The Queers, Bomb the Music Industry!, Lemuria, and Kepi Ghoulie.
[8] At this point, the band consisted of Bonnette, Gallaty, Deacon Batchelor on drums, and Preston Bryant on guitar and keyboards.
[22] In June, the band recorded a new album entitled Christmas Island with John Congleton and members of their full touring lineup Preston Bryant and Deacon Batchelor.
In 2017, the band released an EP on Lauren Records of new material entitled Back in the Jazz Coffin, consisting of acoustic songs.
In August 2017, after Chris Clavin of Plan-It-X Records was "accused of and acknowledged a pattern of sexual abuse", AJJ took their music off of the label and re-released it themselves.
[28] This structure followed for the band's next standalone single in 2021, "I Wanna Be Your Dog 2" – which was backed with a cover of Guided by Voices' "Motor Away".
In December 2022, the band shared a new song titled "The Baby Panda", which features backing vocals from Laura Stevenson.
[29] The following month, the band would announce their eighth studio album Disposable Everything – along with the release of its title track and another new song, "Dissonance" – as well as their signing to Hopeless Records.
It was their first album to include drummer Kevin Higuchi as a full-time member of the band, having been inducted officially the year prior.