Agnostic Front

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ormed by Vinnie Stigma (guitar; ex-Eliminators) in 1982, with Diego (bass) and Rob Krekus (drums). The band went through several singers before they launched their debut, two of them being John Watson and Jimmy "The Mad Russian", before settling with Roger Miret (ex-The Psychos). Ray Barbieri (a.k.a. Raybeez; drums) and Adam Mucci (bass). The resulting debut EP, United Blood (1983) on an indie label, has since become a collector's item.

Featuring the membership of Roger Miret (vocals), Alex Kinon (guitar), Vinnie Stigma (guitar), Rob Kabula (bass) and Dave Jones (drums), they offered a textbook example of the mid 80's New York Hardcore style. Evolving at CBGB's, like their contemporaries, they quickly made a name for themselves in that genre. Over the course of their career, however, their music would evolve into heavy metal. Their debut album, Victim In Pain (1984), was more hardcore punk than heavy metal, but that feel quickly changed over the successive releases. Where-as punk rock rock and Hardcore often take an anti-government/anarchist point of view, or at the very least a leftist stance, Agnostic Front took a nationalist and right wing point of view; and Miret discharged their points of view . After the Cause For Alarm (1986) release, Jimmy Merrick replaced Beatto on drums. Liberty & Justice For... (1987) saw their heavy metal and political feel in its prime. Their only live set, while they were together, was released in the form of Live At CBGB's (1989).