Released in 2006, For Blood And Empire was Anti-Flag’s first album to be put out on a major label, and the punks from Pennsylvania made the most of their boosted platform, filling it with songs that chastised the ‘War On Terrorism’ that had been launched by the United States government in the wake of the September 11 attacks. But one song that broke away from the overarching feeling of the record was This Is The End (For You My Friend). It was a track that still burned with intense feeling, but instead turned its focus towards the domestic problems of self-value and insecurities that people handle on a daily basis. Built around an infectious riff, it subsequently became one of the band’s most popular and most played songs. Here, singer and vocalist Justin Sane talks us through its&nbs...
