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ARTIST
AGNOSTIC FRONT
TITLE
First Warning: The 'United Blood' Era Recordings, New York City, 1983
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
RADIATION REISSUES
CATALOG #
RRS 110LP
RRS 110LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/2/2019
2021 repress; now on black vinyl. Controversial East Coast punk band
Agnostic Front
were lynchpins of the New York hardcore scene. Formed in 1982 by former
Eliminators
guitarist
Vinnie Stigma
along with vocalist
John Watson
, drummer
Rob CribCrash
, and bassist
Diego
, the band went through several other early members to settle on Vinnie Stigma, bassist
Adam Mucci
, drummer
Raybeez
, and Cuban-born singer
Roger Miret
for these recordings. Often misunderstood in their early days due largely to their majority skinhead following and the shock imagery of their record covers, the group carved out its reputation in the dilapidated Lower East Side of Manhattan, then blighty by poverty, drugs, violence, and high levels of urban decay. The recordings featured on this incendiary compilation date from the very start of their recording career, beginning with the demos that led to their debut seven-inch release, the self-issued
United Blood
EP (1983), bolstered by other recordings from the period that were left unissued at the time; some of the material included here later appeared on the
Raw And Unleased
CD (1995), but several songs are appearing on vinyl here for the very first time. Agnostic Front went on to reign supreme on the New York hardcore scene throughout the 1980s and although later recordings once again saw membership changes that brought a shift in style to include thrash-metal crossover elements, their longevity and high standing is such that they were featured on Showtime's
The Godfathers of Hardcore
documentary (2017), ultimately leading to
Roger Miret
's recently released autobiography,
My Riot
(2017).
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