Raymond Barbieri

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Raymond James "Raybeez" Barbieri (born November 27, 1961 in New York ; † September 11, 1997 ibid) was an American singer , songwriter and drummer and a prominent representative of the New York hardcore scene.

Life

Barbieri began his musical career in 1983 as a drummer with the New York hardcore band Agnostic Front . There he got out after a year and became a drummer at Warzone , where he soon took over the position of singer. Warzone was one of the figureheads of the NYHC and spread the straight-edge idea, which originally came from the Washington hardcore scene, in New York through optimistic and moral texts and a corresponding appearance . Barbieri played a prominent role as a singer and the only constant member of Warzone. His stage work was noticeable: In contrast to the singers of other bands, he hardly ever used the stage, but usually sang in the midst of the fans in the auditorium, both in order to bring his statements more directly to the man and in advance of the usual brawls in the scene prevent.

In addition to the musical pioneering role that he exercised through his work in pioneer bands of the NYHC, Barbieri was primarily known for his involvement in the New York hardcore scene. He organized concerts independently, especially for new bands that he networked within the scene. He also organized trips for children from the hardcore scene. In general, with a focus on his hometown New York, he campaigned for the unity of the fragmented hardcore scene, which in the mid-1980s was shaped by punk, shaped by the skinhead scene and straight-edge Youth existed.

Barbieri was a skinhead , influenced by the British Oi! -Scene. Since significant sections of the skinhead movement had moved in the direction of right-wing extremism and racism since the early 1980s, Barbieri also gained a reputation for being a supporter of right-wing tendencies. An analysis of his lyrics and interviews reveals a mixed picture. On the one hand, following the "Unity" idea of ​​the hardcore scene, he strictly opposed any kind of racial discrimination. On the other hand, a clear American nationalism speaks from several of his texts. One possible explanation for this conflicting behavior is an interview with Keith Burkhardt, singer of the New York hardcore band Cause for Alarm , who cites a lack of political education and the spatial distance to Europe, which thinks very differently in this regard:

“The difference between Europe and America is that the people with you are much more politically educated than with us. (...) Most of the kids in the hardcore scene come from the upper white middle class of the suburbs. What do they know about fascism? They just don't care! "

- Keith Burkhardt

Private

Barbieri got into hardcore when, after completing his military service in the USN, in 1981 he met like-minded people in the Lower East Side who were involved in the emerging hardcore subculture. In contrast to the hardcore scenes in other cities in the USA, the young people active in this regard in New York did not come from the middle class, but were mostly street children who lived together permanently or (depending on the family situation) temporarily, for example in an “apartment X ”on Norfolk Street on the Lower East Side, near major hardcore clubs like ABC No Rio , which still exists today. At this point in time, Barbieri was dependent on phencyclidine , but got the addiction under control independently and from then on propagated a drug-free life. In addition to his work as a musician, Barbieri u. a. in the New York club "The Ritz", as a doorman in the A7 club and as a security officer for a hotel in Manhattan. He died of pneumonia on September 11, 1997 at the age of 35 in a veterans' hospital. His grave is in the Calverton National Cemetery. A tribute concert in Barbieri's honor was held on October 12 at New York's CBGBs, featuring Agnostic Front, Bouncing Souls , CIV , Gorilla Biscuits , H2O , Murphy's Law and Sick of It All .

Discography

With agnostic front

  • United Blood (EP, 1983)

With Warzone

  • Lower East Side Crew (EP, 1987)
  • Don't Forget the Struggle, Don't Forget the Streets (1988)
  • Open Your Eyes (1989)
  • Warzone (1990)
  • Live at CBGB's (EP, 1993)
  • Old School to New School (1994)
  • The Sound of Revolution (1996)
  • Fight for Justice (1997)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary for UnityHxC. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 31, 2014 ; accessed on December 15, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unityhxc.com
  2. ^ Matthias Mader: Ney York City Hardcore - The Way It Was ... IP Verlag, 2011, p. 21.
  3. ↑ a b Barbieri retrospective of the “In Effect” fanzine. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 12, 2015 ; accessed on December 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ineffecthardcore.com
  4. ↑ Mader, p. 142
  5. ↑ Interview in: Matthias Mader: Ney York City Hardcore - The Way It Was ... IP Verlag, 2011, p. 12.
  6. ↑ Steven Blush: American Hardcore. A tribal history . 2nd Edition. Feral House, 2010, p. 196.
  7. ↑ Mader, p. 141
  8. ↑ Blush, p. 211
personal data
SURNAME Barbieri, Raymond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barbieri, Raymond James (full name); Barbieri, Raybeez (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, songwriter and drummer
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1997
Place of death New York , USA