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Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front - biography
"This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.This article does not cite any references or sources.Agnostic Front are a New York hardcore and crossover thrash band formed in New York City in 1982.December 1980 with Diego on bass and Rob Krekus on drums.Agnostic Front went through a few singers, two of them being John Watson and Jimmy the Russian before settling with Roger Miret (formerly of the Psychos).They soon added Ray Barbieri (aka Raybeez) on drums and Adam Moochie on bass.Their debut EP United Blood, released in 1983 on an indie label, has since become a collector's item.Victim in Pain (1984) and is regarded as a seminal New York hardcore release.Dave Jones replaced Ray Barbieri on drums and Rob Kabula on bass.With other bands such as Suicidal Tendencies and Stormtroopers of Death, this album would mark AF's foray into the world of crossover.It did not sell nearly as well as previous releases.Their last show was at CBGB in December 1992; Last Warning, which was also released with United Blood E.Vinnie Stigma apparently remarked that he hated Last Warning.Stigma and Miret reformed Agnostic Front in 1997, signing to Epitaph Records and recruiting Jimmy Colletti on drums and Rob Kabula on bass who was playing with Against The Grain at the time.In 1999, they followed up with Riot, Riot, Upstart which was also hailed by critics.In 2002, Miret worked on a side project band, Roger Miret and the Disasters, looking for a sound akin to old school punk rock and Oi!.Agnostic Front came out in 2005 with their latest album, Another Voice.Musically, the album bears resemblance to bands that were heavily influenced by Agnostic Front, such as Hatebreed.Miret's vocals on the album particularly seemed to turn off many less hardcore punk oriented fans.Combat Records
Liberty and Justice for...VHS
Live at CBGB's DVD 2006
CBGB's Punk From the Bowery
"LIVE in N.External links
Official website
Agnostic Front at MySpace
Agnostic Front Biography
Interview with AGNOSTIC FRONT
Agnostic Front at Oivision.See Copyrights for details.Id + " Text: " + targetLink.Among the bands at the forefront of this united, seemingly unstoppable army were Agnostic Front, whose frantic, minimalist assault and sociopolitical rants came to epitomize the essence of hardcore, New York f*ckin' City style.When combined with Stigma's primal rhythm guitar ferocity, Miret's charisma as a decadent urban messiah would come to personify AF's sound.New York hardcore and saw the arrival of new members Rob Kabula (bass) and Jimmy Colletti (drums).But Agnostic Front were always on the verge of collapse due to Miret and Stigma's mercurial relationship and, like most of their hardcore brethren, were already tampering with their sound.To Be Continued was also issued at this time, prompting Agnostic Front to call it a day following a farewell concert at (where else?Come 1997, however, Stigma and Miret began discussing a possible comeback for Agnostic Front.
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