TRACKLIST

1) Police State
2) I had Enough
3) Riot, Riot, Upstart
4) Sit and Watch
5) Blood, Death and Taxes
6) Frustration
7) Sickness
8) Shadows
9) Nowhere to Go
10) Trust
11) My Life
12) It's Time
13) Rock Star
14) Nothing's Free
15) Price you Pay
16) Jailbreak
17) Bullet on Mott St.

ABOUT THE BAND

American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded in 1980.
Considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre.
Formed by "Vinnie Stigma" on lead guitar, with Diego on bass, Rob Krekus on drums and John Watson on vocals… Despite being billed at their first concert as the Zoo Crew, Stigma introduced them as Agnostic Front, saying that the poster had been made prior to deciding on the name.
They soon added Ray Barbieri on drums and Adam Mucci on bass.
After Watson was arrested, although never having spoken to him before, Stigma told some of his friends to ask Roger Miret if he wanted to be the vocalist.
In 1983, this lineup recorded their debut EP “United Blood”, officially released later that year.During its initial phase, the band consisted entirely of skinheads... Although this would change over time, they would continue to feature skinheads as part of their line-up... This led to a belief among some that the band espoused ultra-nationalist or fascist politics, an assertion denied by vocalist Roger Miret in a 1985 Flipside interview.
The follow-up album “Victim in Pain” (1984) is regarded as a seminal New York hardcore release... The album pushed the band to the forefront of New York's fledgling hardcore scene, which was centered around CBGB, where they played with bands like Cro-Mags and Murphy's Law.
Roger Miret asserts that all the songs on the album are totally inspired by the streets of New York and his hard life.
“Cause for Alarm” (1986) was a difficult album to record, due to constant line-up changes and personnel problems… Finally was released on Combat Records and it added thrash metal influences... With other bands such as Suicidal Tendencies, this album would mark their foray into the world of crossover thrash.
With yet another new line-up, the band soon released “Liberty and Justice For...” in 1987, featured stripped down punk with a lack of thrash influences, yet it contained many metal-style guitar solos... It didn’t sell nearly as well as previous releases.
Not long after its release, the band decided to call it quits... Their last show was at CBGB on December 20, 1992, “Last Warning” which was also released with “United Blood” EP on the end of the release.
Stigma and Miret reformed the band in May 1996 and did a few reunion shows in December 1996, signing to Epitaph Records and recruiting Jimmy Colletti on drums and Rob Kabula on bass.
Their latest venture was titled “Something's Gotta Give” in 1999, they followed up with “Riot, Riot, Upstart” and also won an MTV Award for the title track music video... Their comeback albums have sold well and been mostly acclaimed by music critics for their pure hardcore punk sound.

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