Agnostic Front Songs Ranked
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. Formed in 1980 with Vincent “Vinnie Stigma” Capuccio (formerly of the Eliminators) 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, aka Raybeez, on drums and Adam Mucci on bass. After Watson was arrested, the band hired James Kontra as their vocalist, who eventually quit before a performance at Great Gildersleeves after a disagreement with Capuccio about how to hand out stickers. Although never having spoken to him before, Stigma told some of his friends to ask Roger Miret (former bass player of the Psychos) if he wanted to be the vocalist of Agnostic Front, because he liked his style of slam dancing. In 1983, this lineup recorded their debut EP United Blood. The EP was officially released later that year, however by that point Mucci had departed from the band, and been replaced by Todd Youth. Here are all of Agnostic Front songs ranked.
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10. Crucified (Liberty and Justice For…, 1987)
“he anthem of Non-Racist Skinheads throughout the world. Agnostic Front is one of the greatest Hardcore bands of all time. They didn’t spew hate, the spoke of brotherhood, family and loyalty. They were the major component that pulled hardcore from the back alleys to larger venues for more to enjoy. They have always been true, never sold out, and have been the influence to many bands who followed behind them.”
9. Old New York (The American Dream Died, 2015)
“For the first several listens, a couple of tracks stand out. I like the sing-along vibe of “Old New York.” There are a couple of other tracks that use an effects pedal and a nice chord progression that I was jamming along without even really listening to the lyrics.”
8. Something’s Gotta Give (Something’s Gotta Give, 1998)
“This is however the strongest of their Epitaph albums so far. Smack it out hardcore with some great tunes. However it seems to lack any inteligence the group used to have, but hell inteligence isn’t everthing and this still kicks some ass.”
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7. Existence of Hate (Cause for Alarm, 1986)
“The Souring Guitars on parts of this almost remind me of Power Metal. Kinda similar thing with Carnivore I feel. Still gritty enough to be core though.”
6. Victim in Pain (Victim in Pain, 1984)
“From the moment one put the needle on the groove of the record and the 48 second title track is unleashed, the listener is literally assaulted for the next 15 and a half minutes (some of the greatest hardcore records of this era were very brief in length) with some of the most blisteringly extreme, fast and furious music heard up to that point.”
5. The Eliminator (Cause for Alarm, 1986)
“A very solid hardcore punk song, in general, Agnostic Front, is underrated and deserves more attention in my book. Without a doubt one of greatest crossover/NYHC albums from the mid 80’s with collaboration of Pete Steele on lyrics and Louie Beato on drums; all the songs are really explosive THE ELIMINATOR indeed.”
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4. It’s My Life (Raw Unleashed, 1995)
“IF you Love Agnostic Front in the early years, this is a must have. To me the sound quality is the way hardcore should be. It loud, raw, and agressive. To me, that is Hardcore. If you like clean sounding, remastered garbage, than this is not for you, but if you like the real Hardcore, get this one.”
3. Blind Justice (Victim in Pain, 1984)
“This song criticizes our two-faced justice system and urges citizens to take matters into their own hands. If the government won’t give us the justice we deserve, then we need to take it ourselves.”
2. For My Family (Warriors, 2007)
“Another year…another Agnostic Front album. As usual I was pretty psyched by a lot of this, while openly admitting it’s pretty much the same old thing. I guess I’m just happy to have them back in NYHC mode, as the street punk thing got tired shortly after it started.”
1. Gotta Go (Something’s Gotta Give, 1988)
“Just had the craziest nostalgia ever. This song was on a mini warriors dirt bike movie I had as a little kid and completely forget all about it until I heard that intro and it was like I went through a time machine of memories”
