It was like a war or a battlefield, and we stood our ground". We did what we had to do to survive by any means necessary. Roger Miret asserts that all the songs on the album "are totally inspired by the streets of New York and my life and what was going on with my friends. The album pushed the band to the forefront of New York's fledgling hardcore scene, which was centered around CBGB, where they played with bands like Cro-Mags and Murphy's Law. In 1984, Jimmy "The Kid" Colletti from Justified Violence joined on drums when the band went to tour with The Exploited later that year. Additionally, Rob Kabula took over on bass. ![]() Dave Jones replaced Raybeez on drums after a mutual agreement among the band members that Raybeez "needed time" to address a developing drug problem. The follow-up, Victim in Pain (1984), is regarded as a seminal New York hardcore release. We love our country - but not necessarily how our government works." Just because the skinheads are fascists over there doesn't mean we got to grow our hair out if we don't feel like it. And the skinheads in England have a very bad name like with the fascists and stuff like that. This led to a belief among some that the band espoused ultra-nationalist or fascist politics, an assertion denied by vocalist Roger Miret in a 1985 Flipside interview: Although this would change over time, Agnostic Front would continue to feature skinheads as part of their line-up. ĭuring its initial phase, the band consisted entirely of skinheads. The EP was officially released later that year, however by that point Mucci had departed from the band, and been replaced by Todd Youth. In 1983, this lineup recorded their debut EP United Blood. Although never having spoken to him before, Stigma told some of his friends to ask Roger Miret (former bass player of the Psychos) if he wanted to be the vocalist of Agnostic Front, because he liked his style of slam dancing. After Watson was arrested, the band hired James Kontra as their vocalist, who eventually quit before a performance at Great Gildersleeves after a disagreement with Capuccio about how to hand out stickers. They soon added Ray Barbieri, aka Raybeez, on drums and Adam Mucci on bass. ![]() Despite being billed at their first concert as the Zoo Crew, Stigma introduced them as Agnostic Front, saying that the poster had been made prior to deciding on the name. History First era (1980–1992) įormed in 1980 with Vincent "Vinnie Stigma" Capuccio (formerly of the Eliminators) on lead guitar, with Diego on bass, Rob Krekus (aka Robby Crypt Crash) on drums and John Watson on vocals. ![]() Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City.
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