Agnostic Front

Agnostic Front were one of the first bands to play hardcore music. They formed in New York in 1980, by Vinnie stigma (guitar), Diego cruz (Bass), Rob Krekus (drums) and John Watson on vocals. Soon after they parted ways with Rob and replaced him with Ray Barbieri. John also left the band soon after there forming and was replaced by Roger Mirret who is still there vocalist to this day. Their first E.P, United Blood was released in 1983 on an indie label. This release is now considered a collectors item because so little were printed. There second release, Victim in Pain (1984) is considered as one of the starting albums of New York hardcore. In 1986 they released there third album, Cause for Alarm. This is the album where you start to hear there heavy thrash influence, some of there original fans were not too happy. Due to the fact that they were mostly punk kids, metal and punk kids have never gotten along. In 1987 Roger Miret was arrested on drug charges and sentenced to do 4 years. The band continued without him, they went on a tour in Europe. When he was released in 1992 they recorded One voice. Soon after the release of this album the band called it quits. But in 1997 Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma decided to give it another try. They recruited Jimmy Coletti on drums and Rob Kabula on bass. They signed to Epitaph records at this time. They released a few albums, but none made a very big success. Then in 2005 they released Another Voice, which was a disappointment to a lot of there fans. They seemed to have tried and follow the trend of ``tough guy`` hardcore of the time. Miret`s vocals were less hardcore/punk and more new wave hardcore. After this album, they decided to go back to their roots. In 2007 they released Warriors, which did very well. They have not yet recorded anything since, but they have been touring extensively.