AJJ (formerly Andrew Jackson Jihad) is an American folk punk band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004 around Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty. People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World (2007) is the cult classic; The Bible 2 (2016) shows off their fuller, electric side. Dig into AJJ vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
AJJ formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004, originally under the name Andrew Jackson Jihad. The core duo of Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty has been the band's constant, with various additional members joining and leaving over the years. They officially shortened their name to AJJ in 2016. The band has been associated with Asian Man Records, Side One Dummy, and Hopeless Records across their career.
AJJ's early work was rooted in folk punk and anti-folk, featuring acoustic guitar, upright bass, and Bonnette's incisive, often dark lyrical content addressing politics, mental health, mortality, and social criticism. Later albums have incorporated fuller arrangements, electric instrumentation, and broader stylistic range.
Asian Man and Side One Dummy pressings of the early-to-mid catalog have been issued in multiple variants and reissue rounds. Hopeless Records has released the post-2020 catalog with color variant editions.
Listeners new to AJJ typically start with People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World (2007) or The Bible 2 (2016).
