Agnostic front
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 Agnostic Front at the Reload Festival 2016 |
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| General information | |
| origin | New York (USA) |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore , crossover , Oi! |
| founding | 1982, 1998 |
| resolution | 1993 |
| Website | www.agnosticfront.com |
| Founding members | |
| John Watson (1982) | |
| Vinnie stigma | |
| Diego Casalins (1982) | |
| Rob Krekus (1982) | |
| Current occupation | |
| Roger Miret (since 1983) | |
| Vinnie stigma | |
guitar |
Craig Silverman (since 2014) |
| Mike Gallo (since 1999) | |
| Pokey Mo (since 2009) | |
| former members | |
singing |
Keith Kabula (1982) |
singing |
Jimmy "the Mad Russian" (1982) |
guitar |
Alex Kinon (1986) |
guitar |
Steve Martin (1986-1989) |
guitar |
Matt Henderson (1992-1993, 2004) |
guitar |
Lenny Di Sclafani (2004-2006) |
guitar |
Joseph James (2007-2014) |
bass |
Adam Moochie (1983) |
bass |
Rob Kabula (1984-1987, 1998-1999) |
bass |
Alan Peters (1987–1988), † 2020 |
bass |
Craig Setari (1988-1993) |
Drums |
Raymond "Raybeez" Barbieri (1983) |
Drums |
Dave Jones (1984) |
Drums |
Joe Montanero (1984-1986) |
Drums |
Louie Beato (1986) |
Drums |
Will Shepler (1987-1993) |
Drums |
Jim Colletti (1998-2003) |
Drums |
Steve Gallo (1999-2009) |
Agnostic Front (often just "AF" called) is an American hardcore punk - band , which in the early 1980s by guitarist Vinnie Stigma was founded. In addition to stigma, the more consistent part of the cast includes singer Roger Miret . The band is one of the oldest hardcore punk groups still active today. It was formative for the New York Hardcore , Crossover and Metalcore music styles . The group disbanded in 1993 and reorganized in 1998.
Band history
1982-1989
Agnostic Front was founded in 1982 in New York by Vinnie Stigma (guitar). He was supported by singer John Watson, bassist Diego Casalins and drummer Rob Krekus. The name "Agnostic Front" came about because Vinnie Stigma liked the word "agnostic" ( English for agnostic ); he put a " front " behind it to represent a kind of movement (a "movement"). A big role model was the Better Youth organization of the band Youth Brigade , which tried to establish a subcultural punk scene in California with the help of do-it-yourself ethics and the support of friendly bands. Stigma first used the name "Agnostic Front" for a fanzine . However, the name has no deeper meaning. The first concerts in the New York area usually ended in wild brawls. This early phase still had the character of a project, so that no stable line-up emerged. John Watson got out early. After a few attempts with the singers Jimmy “the Mad Russian” and Keith Kabula, Roger Miret, who has already worked with various punk and Oi! Bands. From that point on, a consistent line-up with Vinnie Stigma, Adam Moochie on bass and Raymond "Raybeez" Barbieri on drums emerged and the group lost its project character. After various concerts with Minor Threat , Negative Approach and Iron Cross , the band recorded their first 7 ″ single United Blood . Two songs were from Roger Miret's previous band, the Psychos . The short hardcore LP with 10 tracks that were still full of mistakes made Agnostic Front known beyond the borders of New York. Today the 7 ″ of the label Rat Cage Records, limited to 500 pieces, is considered a rare and sought-after collector's item.
At first the group acted, with the exception of the long-haired Miret, as a skinhead band with combat boots and camouflage pants . British Oi! Bands like The Business , Blitz and Angelic Upstarts were also a great source of inspiration. There were also early US hardcore bands like Circle Jerks , SS Decontrol , Minor Threat and Negative Approach . Victim in Pain , the band's 1984 debut album, was the prototype of New York hardcore . Compared to the debut single, the tracks were more sophisticated, but offered the same fast and direct hardcore. After its publication, the first problems in the line-up came to light. When recording the successor, almost the entire band had to be replaced. Rob Kabula acted as bassist and Alex Kinon as second guitarist. This became necessary because Stigma was not a particularly virtuoso guitarist and had problems keeping the rhythm. Barbieri had left the group to concentrate fully on Warzone . The session drummer Louie Beato from the befriended band Carnivore took on the drums. Roger Miret had dropped out for three months after internal disputes with Stigma and only rejoined the group at the beginning of the recordings.
After the great success of Thrash Metal in the USA, Agnostic Front also turned to metal elements . In this early phase, bands like Anthrax , Overkill and Nuclear Assault and groups like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags and Warzone influenced each other. So the styles mixed in part. It also emerged crossover groups like SOD and Corrosion of Conformity (COC). The follow-up album Cause for Alarm from 1986 contributes to this development, as there are some tracks on the album that were influenced by American speed and thrash metal. The album sparked some controversy, particularly because of the song Public Assistance . The song was written by Peter Steele and was negative about the American welfare system . Other lyrics on the album are from Billy Milano (SOD and later MOD ). Both people were repeatedly accused of aggressively propagating right-wing ideology and, in particular, the clear language used by Public Assistance made Agnostic Front suspect that the group was promoting right-wing ideology :
"You birth more kids to up your checks
So you can buy more drugs (...)
Uncle Sam takes half my pay
So you can live for free"
"You're giving birth to more children so that your checks get bigger
so you can buy more drugs (...)
Uncle Sam takes half of my salary from me
so you can live for free."
Nevertheless, the album sold well and made Agnostic Front known in the metal scene . Joe Montanero later joined as a permanent drummer. After the first US tour, Alex Kinon was kicked out of the group because he wanted to go more towards hair metal , which the rest of the group did not agree with. Gordon Ancis (ex- Mayhem ) from New York City joined him for him . Other appearances with Exodus , Slayer and Motörhead followed . This line-up also only existed for a short time and so the next album was recorded with Steve Martin (second guitar), Alan Peters (bass) and Will Shepler (drums).
In 1987 Liberty & Justice for… was released and was more oriented towards hardcore punk. Afterwards a new bass player joined with Craig Setari (formerly Straight Ahead ). On January 21, 1988, a gig took place in the New York live club CBGB , which was recorded for the first live album Live at CBGB . It contained songs from all of the group's previous albums.
1990-1993
Following the release of the live album, Roger Miret was arrested for drug possession and served an 18-month prison term . Meanwhile, the band's history stagnated. In 1990 the first European tour followed. However, since Miret did not have a valid visa , he had to return to the United States. As a substitute, roadie Mike Shost sang the rest of the tour. One Voice was released in 1992 and was the first studio album in five years. Here, too, the line-up had changed: the guitar was now played by Matt Henderson, who was also a member of the band Madball . The album flopped, the band could n't benefit from the rampant crossover wave around biohazard and had lost a large part of their following. A bootleg -7 ″ with old demo recordings caused a stir, as the split side contained material from the RAC band White Devil . Although the group had nothing to do with the publication, Agnostic Front had to explain itself in interviews.
After another European tour, this time with the original singer, internal tensions between Miret and Stigma became noticeable. The two had been linked by a kind of love-hate relationship since the early 1980s that kept escalating. In addition, both had started families and focused on other things. The last concert took place on December 20, 1992 in the CBGBs and was documented on the live CD Last Warnings (1993 on Roadrunner Records ). Miret founded the group Lady Luck with his wife Denise Miret , which released two albums ( A New Beginning , 1997 and Life in Between , 2000) and still exists today. Stigma founded Madball together with Miret's brother Freddy Cricien in 1988 and concentrated on this group until 1994. Then he retired into private life.
Reunion 1998 to date
In 1998, Miret and Stigma appeared on Madball, during which Cricien called them on stage to play a piece by Agnostic Front. This gave rise to the idea of a reunion for a single. After a short time, however, the two had written a complete album with the support of Jim Colletti (drums) and former colleague Rob Kabula on bass. Something's Gotta Give was released in 1998 via Epitaph Records and was produced by Billy Milano. It is dedicated to the late drummer and Warzone singer Raymond "Raybeez" Barbieri. The album clearly shows the Oi! Influences of the group and is oriented towards street punk . In 1999 the group pushed the album Riot, Riot, Upstart , which is musically similar. With Lars Frederiksen from Rancid , a well-known guest musician of the Epitaph label is also represented on the album.
Mike Gallo joined in 2001 as the new bass player and Dead Yuppies was released , which, however, could not provide any new impetus. The album was released shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks . The cover shows the outline of a person lying on the ground, modeled on a white police drawing, who can be recognized as a yuppie through the stylized briefcase . Epitaph Records made hardly any promotion for the album due to the provocative title and cover . It was therefore decided to go their separate ways. In the same year a split CD with the Dutch Discipline was released on the German label Knock Out Records . The album contains a gig by the two bands in Belgium .
Another Voice was released in 2005 , again with Matt Henderson on guitar. The album was initially recorded without a record company in the background. Musically, it ties in with One Voice , hence the similar title. The album was much harder than its predecessor, which was partly due to the fact that Miret was now living out his punk predilection with the group Roger Miret and the Disasters . It was produced by Jamey Jasta , the Hatebreed singer . With Nuclear Blast a new record company had been found, on which the following works were also released. Miret appreciates the almost family atmosphere at the German independent label . In 2006 a new live album was released as a DualDisc under the title Live at CBGB . Despite the same title, the album was not a new edition of the 1989 live album, but was intended to introduce the new line-up. The album Warriors was released in 2007. In addition to Miret and Stigma, Joseph James (guitar), Mike Gallo (bass) and Steve Gallo (drums) played. In 2009 a new drummer joined Pokey Mo (ex- Leeway ). For 2009 a US, a European and a South American tour was carried out. In 2011 the band released a new studio album called My Life My Way . In 2014 guitarist Joseph James was replaced by Craig Silverman, who also continued to play in his old band Slapshot .
style
music
Agnostic Front play from Oi! coined hardcore punk. Together with the Cro-Mags , they are considered the founders of New York Hardcore . In the 1980s, more metal elements from Thrash Metal and Speed Metal appeared . The vocals in particular were sung much higher, the guitar riffs became a bit more melodic and short solo passages also found their way into the music. After the cause for alarm , these elements were gradually removed again. In the 1990s they returned to the original style. After the reunion in 1998 the Oi! And street punk elements came to the fore again. Nevertheless, metal elements can still be found in music today.
Agnostic Front prefer short, fast-played pieces and largely dispense with solo passages . Miret's singing is highly recognizable and is a combination of the deep vocals of the British Oi! and the typical hardcore shouting that sounds very mean, especially on the first albums. Only on Cause for Alarm did he experiment with a higher, more metal-like voice. On some more recent albums, Agnostic Front also use the Oi! And streetpunk-specific sing-along passages (singalongs) made up of several voices or choirs for the chorus. Roger Miret describes today's style as "synthesis", which tries to mix the elements of the early hardcore punk, its crossover sound in the mid-1980s and the "punk elements of the Hellcat / epitaph phase". "So to incorporate more singalongs, more choirs and more solos into the songs, but not completely lose sight of the heaviness of Another Voice ."
In its self-image, Agnostic Front remains a hardcore band, despite the various influences. The opening up to the metal scene is a natural development from the perspective of the band members:
"When we started out, we were one of the first bands to pioneer what they called cross-over at the time, which is pretty much joining hardcore punk and the metal scene. (...) But what a person needs to understand is that it's fairly easy to cross over, because musically both genres [are] very hard and it's very aggressive. Lyrically is where I never could relate to some of the metal bands. "
“When we started we were one of the first bands to pave the way for the style they call crossover today, which means nothing more than to combine metal and hardcore punk. But what you have to understand is that it is very easy to combine these two styles because musically they are both very hard and aggressive. Only with the lyrics of some metal bands I could never do anything. "
Texts
The lyrics of Agnostic Front often have a high subcultural self-reference and refer to the hardcore punk scene. In particular, this reflects the “unity” idea: They propagate a close alliance between the various youth cultural sub-scenes and groups. In the case of Agnostic Front, this includes a union of the left or apolitical skinhead scene, the punk and the metal scene. Also, since the mid-1980s fractious music scenes of the westcoast and the East Coast -Hardcores to be united.
Overall, the “Hardcore Punk” theme makes up a large part of Agnostic Front's lyrics. This subject area includes criticism of mendacity and betrayal as a negative text element. The "way of life" of hardcore is presented as an alternative to the ruling system:
"Dissident towards the world
Our movement unconvinced
of what has been force fed
Confronting all those who oppose
The Definition of how we live"
"Critical of the world
Our movement is unimpressed
by what has been drummed into us.
We oppose anyone who opposes
our definition of our way of life."
Miret sees hardcore as a movement that determines his life:
“For me, hardcore is more than just music. It's a movement. (...) It's about the scene supporting each other, sticking together, cultivating friendships. I see hardcore as a kind of family in which everyone stands up for the other. It's about tolerance and equality. I personally believe that I have values. (...) The people who only listen to hardcore music and otherwise don't care, simply didn't understand the issue. "
Further lyrical content is the street fight and survival in New York City , which are heavily influenced by the rough life in Brooklyn , as well as social criticism , especially of the US political system. Miret, who is responsible for a large part of the lyrics, writes most of his lyrics against the background of his own experiences. He tries to channel his anger towards society and politics and to express it in words.
The two albums Cause for Alarm and One Voice are an exception . Most of the lyrics of Cause for Alarm were written by Peter Steele and deal with hatred of society and its values. Like the lyrics of his band Carnivore at the time, they are very explicit and are not stingy with annihilation fantasies and apocalyptic passages. Two songs ( The Eliminator and Shoot His Load ) deal with the deeds of a hit man .
The album One Voice, on the other hand, is a concept album that deals with Miret's imprisonment. The songs are about everyday prison life, the hierarchy in prison and the guilty feelings of the prisoners.
In contrast to much of the 1980s hardcore punk scene, the lyrics are more conservative than left- oriented. The group still has anti-fascist songs like Fascist Attitudes (from the 1984 Victim-in-Pain album) in their live program.
Otherwise, the band is committed to animal welfare . For example, Miret was involved in a PETA campaign against factory farming by the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken .
reception
controversy
Agnostic Fronts are not without controversy within the hardcore scene. They are accused of propagating an anti- welfare state message in older songs, such as in Public Assistance . The text by Peter Steele, who later published a similar title called Der Untermensch with his own band Type O Negative , is the only really controversial one in the band. However, it reflected the zeitgeist of numerous groups on the New York scene. The texts of Peter Steele's Carnivore , Billy Milano's MOD, and the early texts of Biohazard were similarly controversial. Peter Steele was featured in the book American Hardcore in 2001 . A Tribal History by Steven Blush on the allegations. He explains that the lyrics were commissioned, but that he agreed with the basic statements at the time.
The hardcore punk scene itself accused the band of being affiliated with the British National Front and other right-wing extremist organizations. The critics saw further evidence in the cover artwork of the debut album, which showed an execution in a concentration camp . It was later removed and replaced by a neutral, black cover. However, the album is available again with the original cover - with a neutral cardboard envelope . Maximumrocknroll , the largest punk fanzine in the USA, criticized the group for their martial outfits and their affiliation to the skinhead scene. Other fanzines responded similarly.
“ They (note: this is the maximum rock roll) called us Nazis because we started as a skinhead band. Total bullshit. In our texts we clearly oppose fascism "
In the song Fascist Attitudes (1984, Victim in Pain ) it says:
“Your fascist attitudes - we need the least
With a scene that's fighting for unity & peace
Don't need more anger; no more danger
don't need to hate; stop before it's too late "
“ We need your fascist views least of all
in a scene that is fighting for unity and peace.
We don't need more anger, no more danger
Don't have to hate; stop before it's too late. "
Another problem is the patriotic to nationalistic traits that the group shows from time to time. On the live album Live at CBGB , the Pledge of Allegiance , the pledge of allegiance to the US nation and the flag of the United States , is recited together with the audience. The pledge of loyalty is often recited at public events in the United States. The cover also showed Agnostic Front as a patriotic band. The American flag is shown , in the foreground there are combat boots with red laces. The flag was also used on other publications and was emblazoned in the background of the stage during various live performances. In the American punk scene, however, this was frowned upon for years and did not coincide with the left self-image of the hardcore punk scene. This orientation of Agnostic Front is in contrast to the texts of the group, which are often critical of America, and partly also to their own convictions:
“We are against war, against religion and against society. We are also against all the rules. Nobody is in charge. We are a product of the Reagan era. The first wave of hardcore emerged under Reagan. That's the good side of politics. Bush is sure to produce a new generation of hardcore kids. "
The criticism of the Agnostic Front is not only based on the patriotic to racist features mentioned. Especially in the early years, the group was also massively anti-communist and anti- anarchic , which differentiated it from the strongly socialist groups of early hardcore punk. In one of the standard works on the punk scene, Craig O'Hara's The Philosophy of Punk. The story of a cultural revolt , Miret is also quoted with homophobic remarks:
“I don't beat gays . But they should stay on the west side. When I see a guy grab his crotch and lick his lips, I knock him out. I have friends who are gay. But I don't want to know what they're doing. "
The ambivalent relationship to these topics and the heavy music also make the group interesting for the right-wing rock scene. The sound carriers from Agnostic Front are offered in the right mail order business and are also received in the scene. Some of the concerts are attended by right-wing music fans. The band is therefore also seen as a trailblazer for the right-wing extremist Hatecore .
meaning
Agnostic Front was and is an influence for various music scenes and bands. They significantly shaped the New York hardcore scene, which initially only consisted of them, the Bad Brains , who had moved to New York in the early 1980s, and the Cro-Mags. At the beginning of the 1980s, the New York scene was also known for violent rioting and violence within the scene. Agnostic Front influenced this development with their tough guy image, their outfit as skinheads and their texts. They also had a major impact on the second hardcore wave in the mid-1980s. Among other things, they were a role model for Sick of It All . The outstanding importance of Agnostic Front for the New York hardcore scene is also reflected in the large number of cover versions that have been recorded by other bands. Among others, Visual Discrimination, Crucial Youth, Napalm Death and Madball covered songs by the group.
At the same time, together with the Cro-Mags and Murphy's Law , they formed another mainstay for the Club CBGB, in which Agnostic Front and their befriended bands performed very often. Without the popularity of the New York hardcore scene, the club could not have been sustained in the 1980s. Every Sunday there were matinees of the hardcore scene, which were later also frequented by the straight edge bands of the second wave, such as Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today . However, due to the pronounced gait character of both New York scenes, this changed at the beginning of the 1990s, as the fights, injuries and damage continued to increase. Hilly Kristal then organized fewer and fewer hardcore concerts. Only later did the situation ease again. Agnostic Front take great pride in working closely with the club. All of Agnostic Front's live albums were recorded there and they also headlined the last “Hardcore Matinee” on October 8, 2006, a week before the famous rock club was finally closed. They also immortalized the club name in the song Take Me Back from the Another Voice album: “CBGB's where it all began / The Music. The lifestyle we represent " (German: " The CBGB is where it all began. / The music, the lifestyle that we represent " ).
In addition to the CBGB, Agnostic Front also influenced the career of Don Fury , who became one of the hottest producers of American hardcore punk after the United Blood single and the debut album Victim in Pain . Through the collaboration with Agnostic Front, his small recording studio became a magnet for the entire New York scene, after he could hardly book any orders until 1984. He later produced One Voice (1992) and Live at CBGB (2006) for Agnostic Front . He worked with Youth of Today, Sick of It All and the Gorilla Biscuits, among others. Fury is still active today and produces for the bands Shelter , CIV and Glassjaw , among others .
With the change from a hardcore to a crossover band, the group took another significant step and was one of the first pioneers of mixing hardcore with thrash metal. Other New York bands from this area were SOD / MOD and Anthrax. Other groups such as Gang Green and SS Decontrol joined the development largely unsuccessfully. With a few exceptions, bands like Biohazard and Rage Against the Machine were only able to benefit from pioneers like Agnostic Front in the early 1990s . Although Cause for Alarm is the best-selling album from their back catalog, the reception, especially in the American hardcore punk scene of the time, was not consistently positive. In addition to the political criticism, which was explained above, the merger with metal was also criticized. Agnostic Front lost many old fans who did not want to go this way. Agnostic Front now also played metal concerts, for example in the opening act for Exodus and Slayer . This went so far that Harley Flanagan, singer of the Cro-Mags and old companion, put on a long hair wig and an agnostic front T-shirt at a gig to poke fun at his friends.
"Look, what happened was a mistake. I was never for it. In fact, I quit the band. I just wasn't into that songs. (...) But as much as I'd say it was a mistake, Cause for Alarm sold the best of all our early albums. "
“Look what happened was a mistake. I was never for it. In fact, I even left the band. But while I say it was a mistake, it must also be said that Cause for Alarm sold the best of all our old albums. "
The development of Metalcore was also shaped by Agnostic Front. Agnostic Front seem very inclined to this scene, which shows, among other things, the fact that they repeatedly go on tour with bands of this genre, such as Hatebreed, Born from Pain and Terror, or that they are supported by musicians like Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) become. However, this results from solidarity with the New York scene, not from commercial considerations:
“First of all, you can't deny that the so-called metalcore is very popular. But the hardcore scene cannot help this trend. Most of these new bands come from the metal scene. The hardcore scene, on the other hand, originally comes from punk. (...) I don't see any rebellion or unity thoughts in so-called Metalcore. I only see a music trend that is currently very popular. "
- Band members at the Free & Easy Festival 2014
Craig Silverman
Mike Gallo
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Roger Miret
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Discography
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Albums
- 1984: Victim in Pain (Rat Cage Records)
- 1986: Cause for Alarm (Combat Records)
- 1987: Liberty & Justice for ... (Combat Records)
- 1992: One Voice ( Relativity Records )
- 1998: Something's Gotta Give ( Epitaph Records )
- 1999: Riot, Riot, Upstart (Epitaph Records)
- 2001: Dead Yuppies (Epitaph Records)
- 2004: Another Voice ( Nuclear Blast )
- 2007: Warriors (Nuclear Blast)
- 2011: My Life, My Way (Nuclear Blast)
- 2015: The American Dream Died (Nuclear Blast)
- 2019: Get Loud! (Nuclear Blast)
Live albums and compilations
- 1989: Live at CBGB (In-Effect)
- 1993: Last Warning ( Roadrunner Records )
- 1995: Raw Unleashed (Grand Theft Audio)
- 2006: Live at CBGB ( Nuclear Blast )
- 2006: Live & Loud in New York (as a supplement to the compilation NYHC: Barks Of The Underdogs by Street Justice Records)
- 2007: To Be Continued - The Best of (Street Justice Records)
Singles and split releases
- 1983: United Blood (EP, Rat Cage Records)
- 1998: Puro des Madre (single, Hellcat Records )
- 1999: Police State 7 "(Epitaph Records)
- 1999: Unity (Split CD / EP with Dropkick Murphys , Flat Records)
- 2001: Por Vida 7 "(Grapes of Wrath)
- 2002: Working Class Heroes ( Split-CD / LP with Discipline , Knock Out Records / I Scream Records )
- 2003: Believe ( Picture-10 ″ , Vacation House Records)
- 2007: For My Family (Single, Bridge Nine Records )
- 2015: Police Violence (Single, Nuclear Blast )
literature
- Steven Blush: American Hardcore. A tribal history. English. Feral House. Los Angeles 2001, ISBN 0-922915-71-7 .
- Beth Lahickey: All Ages. Reflections on Straight Edge . English. Revelation Books, Huntington Beach 1997, ISBN 1-889703-00-1 .
- Matthias Mader: New York City Hardcore. The way it was…. Berlin: IP Verlag Jeske / Mader GbR. 1st edition, May 1999, ISBN 3-931624-10-2 , pp. 39-49.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Agnostic Front at laut.de
- Agnostic Front at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f New York Trash in: Steven Blush: American Hardcore. A tribal history. P. 191ff.
- ↑ Band biography on Epitaph.com . Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ↑ Cause for Alarm in the All Music Guide . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Cause for Alarm (place 302) in: Rock Hard (Ed.): Best of Rock & Metal. The 500 strongest discs of all time . Heel Publishing House. Königswinter 2005, ISBN 3-89880-517-4 , p. 91.
- ↑ Public Assistance lyrics on Agnostic Front: Cause for Alarm (1986). New edition via Relativity Records (no year).
- ↑ Roger Miret's biography in the All Music Guide . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ a b c Agnostic Front in the All Music Guide . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ a b Interview with Roger Miret in OX # 59. April / May 2005. p. 25. ISSN 1618-2103
- ↑ Documentation: Behind The Voice on the DualDisc Live at the CBGB (2006)
- ↑ DyingScene.com: Agnostic Front Recruit Guitarist Craig Silverman. Retrieved August 7, 2017 .
- ^ Matthias Herr: Heavy Metal Lexicon Vol. 5 , Berlin: self-published. October 1996
- ↑ Review of the album Warriors on Laut.de. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ A b Matthias Mader: New York City Hardcore. The way it was…. P. 46
- ↑ a b Interview with Roger Miret, Ox No. 75, December 2007 / January 2008. P. 41. ISSN 1618-2103
- ^ Jackie Smit: From the East Coast to the West Coast. CoC chats to Roger Miret from Agnostic Front. (English) January 20, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ Lyrics Gotta Go on Agnostic Front: Something's Gotta Give (1998)
- ↑ Agnostic Front at laut.de ; Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ Lyrics Hardcore (The Definition) on Agnostic Front: Another Voice (2004). Nuclear Blast .
- ↑ a b Pride - Faith - Respect . Interview with Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann. In: Rock Hard No. 211. 12/2004. P. 68 ff. ISSN 1437-8140
- ↑ Skipmag.de: AGNOSTIC FRONT, Roger Miret ( Memento from May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Booklet of the CD Cause for Alarm . Re-publication via Relativity Records (no year).
- ↑ KFC Sucks, Roger Miret Kicks Ass . Part of the “boycotting KFC” campaign of the Peta youth organization Peta2. Retrieved March 8, 2009.
- ^ Matthias Mader: New York City Hardcore. The way it was… . P. 42
- ↑ Liner Notes in the Cause for Alarm booklet , republished through Century Media 1999.
- ^ Victim in Pain on the Kill from the Heart website. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ Band history on the Kill from the Heart website. Retrieved March 26, 2009
- ↑ quoted from: Matthias Herr: Heavy Metal Lexikon Vol. 5 , Berlin: Eigenverlag. October 1996. p. 13
- ↑ Lyrics Fascist Attitude on Agnostic Front: Victim in Pain (1984).
- ↑ cited in the artist page ( Memento of 12 January 2009 at the Internet Archive ) on arte.tv . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ a b Craig O'Hara: The Philosophy of Punk. The story of a cultural revolt . Ventil, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-930559-72-2 , p. 55.
- ↑ quoted from Craig O'Hara: The Philosophy of Punk. The story of a cultural revolt . Ventil, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-930559-72-2 , p. 55.
- ↑ Interview ( Memento from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) with the concert group of the AJZ Talschock on turnitdown.de . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ Ingo Taler: Right Influences in the Hate Core ( Memento from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on Turnitdown.de . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ^ A b c Paul Rachmann: American Hardcore , documentary , 2006
- ↑ Interview with Hilly Kristal . In: Beth Lahickey: All Ages . Pp. 91-94.
- ↑ Photo report on Brooklynvegan.com. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ Lyrics Take Me Back on Agnostic Front: Another Voice (2004)
- ↑ Interview with Don Fury. In: Beth Lahickey: All Ages . Pp. 59-61.
- ^ Official website of Don Fury. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ↑ Michael Rensen / Jan Jaedike: No future and fun with it. Punk & Hardcore . In: Rock Hard (Ed.): Best of Rock & Metal. The 500 strongest discs of all time. Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2005, ISBN 3-89880-517-4 , p. 62f.
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