Gunstars and Album Art: Our Anti-Flag Designs Explained

Anti-Flag always cared about what was printed on a shirt. Our designs come straight from that world: album art, the gunstar and slogans in black and red. Here is what is on them, and why.

What is the star made of rifles?

That is the gunstar, a star built from broken M16 rifles. It was born with the album Mobilize in 2002, and the band used it on merch for years after. The For Blood and Empire CD even came with gunstar stencils. We have three versions:

• Duct Tape Gunstar: torn strips of white tape with the star cut out.
• Gunstar Poster: a cream panel with the star in a ringed circle, like an old propaganda print.
• Stencil Gunstar: a black spray-paint stencil, as if sprayed on a wall.

Which albums are on the designs?

Four records get their own piece:

• The Terror State (2003): a lone soldier against a block of red.
• The General Strike (2012): the title over a big red star, with a hand-lettered slogan on the back.
• American Spring (2015): the cover, a woman in a black hijab whose face is hidden by an exploding pink rose, with a big wordmark on the back.
• American Fall (2017): a heavy slab logo over the album title.

Why is the Capitol on two designs?

Anti-Flag wrote about Washington for decades. Capitol Red turns the dome into a red collage framed by the band name, and Capitol Smoke wraps it in green smoke under a red sun.

What about the flag?

Flag Bars cuts the stars and stripes into four tall bars between ANTI and FLAG, and Green Stripes turns the band name into an olive flag. Smash the Alt Right is a round badge with a fist breaking a swastika.

Every design comes on every garment. Browse every design in the shop.