As well as being a member of punk and hardcore bands Pezz, Bury the Living and Akasha, Anthony has a PhD in history, was founder of Revolutions bike co-op in Memphis, was president of the board for Bike Walk Tennessee for nearly 10 years, and was the recipient of a 2009-2010 Thomas J. Watson fellowship where he spent a year exploring bicycle culture in 8 countries across 4 continents.