My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh.

Sane usually uses high gain Marshall amp heads like JCM800s 900s & 2000s and Marshall 1960 cabs. Anti-Flag released a split CD with Bouncing Souls seven months later. Various band members came and went during 1997 and 1998 after which they finally settled on a permanent line-up consisting of Sane as guitarist/vocalist Thetic as drummer Chris Head as lead guitarist/backing vocalist and Chris "#2" Barker as bassist/second vocalist.

He holds dual US and Irish citizenship and lives in Pittsburgh. Justin Sane is the lead guitarist and singer/songwriter of the United States-based musical group Anti-Flag a punk rock band formed in 1988 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania known for its outspoken left-wing views.