Roger Miret

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Roger de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964 in Havana ) is an American singer, guitarist and bassist of Cuban origin. He was best known as the singer of Agnostic Front , but is also involved in Lady Luck and has so far released four albums with Roger Miret and the Disasters .

Life

Miret was born as Rogelio de Jesus Miret in Havana in 1964. He sang in various punk bands in the early 1980s , Oi! - and hardcore punk bands in New York , including Barbed Wire Babies, Distorted Youth and the Psychos. In 1983 he joined Agnostic Front and released several albums until they were dissolved in 1993.

From 1991 to 1992 he spent a total of 18 months in prison for drug possession . There he wrote most of the songs on the agnostic front album One Voice (1992). On a subsequent European tour he was unable to show a valid visa in Switzerland, which is why he was expelled from the country and had to fly back to America from Frankfurt Airport . It was not until 2006 that he became a US citizen .

In 1988 he supported his younger half-brother Freddy "Madball" Cricien in founding Madball . It was initially a fun project with Cricien singing his brother's songs. Miret himself took over the bass , Vinnie Stigma the guitar and Will Shepler the drums. In 1993, at the same time as the agnostic front split, he left Madball.

In 1993 he initially retired into private life, but continued to make music with his partner and later wife Denise Teperino (later: Miret) under the name Lady Luck . In this project he played bass . In 1995 he also released two songs on the New York's Hardest compilation under the project name UXB . He took to the stage at a Madball show to sing Crucified , a cover version of Iron Cross , and a popular agnostic front live piece. He was knocked over at the pogen and broke his back. He was only slowly recovering from the serious injuries.

In 1997 Lady Luck released a split album with the New York band Fully. In 2000 the debut album was released with the title Life in Between . At a 1998 madball show, Vinnie Stigma and Miret decided to join forces again and reformed the Agnostic Front. The group has since released five more studio albums. In 2002 Miret decided to set up another pillar with the group Roger Miret and the Disasters . In addition to singing, he also took over the guitar there. The music of his solo project is more street punk and Oi! than that of its more hardcore-dominated main group. The group has released three albums so far, all through Hellcat Records .

Around 2006, Miret founded the old school hardcore band The Alligators with friends from the LA punk band Insted, where he took over the microphone. In the same year, the single You Ruined Everything was released on Indecision Records. A year later the self-titled single The Alligators followed , also with Indecision.

Miret also made guest appearances on various albums of the punk genre and produced various bands. He is also a fashion designer and publishes his own line of clothing, Dirty Devil . In his private life, Miret is an automotive mechatronics technician for motorcycles, a profession he learned in prison. He also heads the Rumblers Automobile Club . Miret has two daughters with his wife Denise.

Discography

With agnostic front

With Madball

  • Ball Of Destruction (demo, 1989)
  • Droppin 'Many Suckers (EP, 1992)

With Lady Luck

With Roger Miret and the Disasters

With The Alligators

  • The Alligators - You ruined everything 7 "(Indecision Records 2006)
  • The Alligators - s / t 7 "(Indecision Records 2007)
  • The Alligators s / t CD (2008)

As a producer

  • Agnostic Front: Something's Gotta Give (1998)
  • Under the Gun: Nowhere to Run (1999)
  • Shutdown: Few and Far Between (2000)
  • Compilation : Worldwide Tribute to the Real Oi! (2000)
  • Indecision: Release the Cure (2001)
  • The Turbo AC's : Fuel for Life (2001)
  • Reinforce: Happy teenagers Do Not Paint Their Rooms Black (2001)
  • Clearview 77: Absent Company (2002)
  • On the Rise: Burning Inside (2003)
  • The Turbo AC's: Winner Take All (2003)
  • Agnostic Front / Discipline : Working Class Heroes (2003)
  • 25 Ta Life : Haterz Be Damned (2004)
  • Compilation: Still Going Strong (2006)
  • Agnostic Front: Warriors (2008)

Guest contributions (selection)

  • Ludichrist : Immaculate Deception (1986)
  • Rancid : Life Won't Wait (1998)
  • Skarhead: Kings at Crime (1998)
  • 25 Ta Life : Friendship, Loyalty, Commitment (1999)
  • H2O : FTTW (1999)
  • Breakdown: Battle Hymns for an Angry Planet (2000)
  • Dodgin 'Bullets: World Wide War (2000)
  • Biohazard : Uncivillization (2001)
  • Dodgin 'Bullets: Earn Your Respect (2002)
  • ZSK : Riot Radio (2002)
  • Toxpack : Aggressive Art (2005)
  • Icepick: Violent Epiphany (2006)
  • Maroon : When Worlds Collide (2006)
  • H2O: Nothing to Prove (2008)
  • Do or Die: Pray for Them (2008)
  • Madball: Shatterproof (2010)
  • Dynasty: Beyond Measure (2013)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spiritribe.com: Agnostic Front Interview. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Frank Pavich: NYHC (New York hardcore) . Documentary film USA 1999. German version 2008 about Sunny Bastards .
  3. ↑ Online shop with information. Accessed August 10, 2012

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Miret, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miret, Roger de Jesus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, guitarist and bassist of Cuban descent
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana , Cuba