If we’re talking vintage NYHC, I have to confess that I always preferred the proto-hardcore Kraut and the super volatile Cro-Mags over Agnostic Front (especially given the mookier elements of their fanbase). That said, their earlier records could be pretty thrilling. The band themselves seem like decent guys (I dare you to find a more affable NYC punk veteran than Vinnie Stigma), but some of their more zealous devotees? Not always so much.
I fell off after their 1986 crossover album, Cause for Alarm (although I do still love “The Eliminator” and “Bomber Zee”). Decades later, Agnostic Front are still at it, and released a new album a couple of months back. It’s been quite a while since I was intent on buying a new album from Agnostic Front, but the track below makes a compelling case for same.
Addressing many of the shared concerns of this blog, the (recently-unmasked?) EV Grieve and the endearingly Batman-esque Jeremiah Moss, herein Agnostic Front emphatically state their pointed dissatisfaction with the soulless and sanitized New York City of 2015 in their own inimitably burly style.
It’s certainly more authentic a voice than Taylor Swift’s.
Crank it.
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