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Longtime punk rock band Anti-Flag have broken up after 35 years of playing music together.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnti-Flag has disbanded, the Patreon has been switched into a mode where it will no longer charge the monthly fee,\u201d the group\u2019s Patreon page read<\/a> on Wednesday, July 19. \u201cI will begin to process refunds to all patrons in the coming weeks. Once all refunds are processed the Patreon page will also be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n Following the announcement on the membership platform service, the band\u2019s official website and social media were subsequently deleted. Frontman Justin Greever<\/strong> \u2014 who goes by the stage name Justin Sane \u2014 has also deleted his Twitter page.<\/p>\n The news came as a shock to fans of the music group which consists of members Greever, Pat Thetic, Chris Head<\/strong> and Chris Barker<\/strong> \u2014 who is also known as Chris No. 2. Anti-Flag was in the middle of a European tour with the Dropkick Murphys. Neither one of the bands have announced their plans for the upcoming shows.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, drummer Thetic praised his fellow bandmates for their longevity as they prepared to release their 13th album, Lies They Tell Our Children<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really unusual \u2014 incredibly unusual \u2014 and it\u2019s a testament to the fact that we have a mission with the band,\u201d Thetic said in January to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/em>. \u201cWe have a belief structure, and we make allowances to be able to keep that mission going.\u201d<\/p>\n Anti-Flag fans began to question reasons for the group\u2019s abrupt split after a woman named Kristina Sarhadi<\/strong> came forward on the \u201cEnough<\/a>\u201d podcast \u2014 which is dedicated to sexual assault in the music business. In the July 19 episode, Sarhadi claimed she was sexually assaulted by a singer in a political punk band.<\/p>\n