Agnostic Front is an American
hardcore punk band. The band
was formed by guitarist Vinnie
Stigma (formerly of the
Eliminators) in
November/December 1980 in New
York City. The band began
playing hardcore punk related
to the other bands, and were
drive to the head of the
growing New York hardcore wave
in the mid-1980s, Their
commonly consider 1984 classic
"Victim in Pain" before
developing to mix thrash metal
elements into their music. In
the late '90s, the band had
signed with Epitaph Records
and adopt Oi! sound styles
before rising into a different
metallic hardcore mixture
related to bands like
Hatebreed. In 1983, their
debut EP United Blood, was
released on an indie label,
have become a collector's
item. During this time, the
band consist of the entire
skinheads. Though this will
change over time, Agnostic
Front will continue to feature
skinheads as part of their
member. In 1986, the album
"Cause for Alarm" was a
difficult album to record, due
to reguar changes in members
and personnel problems. It was
released on Combat Records,
the album added thrash metal
influences. With an additional
new member, the band had
released the album "Liberty
and Justice for" in 1987. The
album lack of thrash
influences, but it contained
many metal-style guitar solos.
It did not sold well as
previous releases. A little
bit later, Miret were arrested
on drug charges after the
released of the live album,
and spent his time in prison
writing new songs while the
band toured Europe in the
first time. The lyrics that
was written by Miret while in
prison formed most of 1992
album "One Voice, which
include the members of Madball
and Sick of It All. In a short
while after its release, the
band decided to broke up.
Their last show was on
December 20, 1992 at CBGB.
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