Future Agnostic Front singer Roger Miret takes a dive, while early A.F. vocalist John Watson looks ready to pummel.
We often speak about New York punk as if it were a unified movement. But in the scene's ’70s and ’80s glory days, each great band forged its own aesthetic path. The Ramones sounded nothing like Television, for example, which in turn sounded nothing like the Misfits. And none of them really had anything to do with New York hardcore—a seething, strident and fiercely insular movement that sprang up in the East Village during the early ’80s. NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990, a new oral history from crucial local imprint Bazillion Points, tells the tale of Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Reagan Youth and the myriad other bands that helped put the scene on the map. Check out photos from the book below, and if you're intrigued by what you see, turn up at 20 Cooper Square on February 24 at 6:30pm for a free discussion featuring NYHC author Tony Rettman and scene vets Richie Birkenhead (Underdog, Into Another) and Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand). Visit the Bazillion Points blog for more info on the event.
