Genres: Hardcore Punk, Heavy Metal, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Punk Metal, American Underground Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1984 in United States
Kraut, Bad Religion, Sick of It All, Rest in Pieces, Both Worlds, Minutemen, All, Warzone, SSD, Skatenigs, Celtic Frost, Morbid Saint, Fugazi, Stormtroopers of Death, The Adolescents Sick of It All, Most Precious Blood, Guns Up!, Powerhouse, Breakdown, Minoria Activa, 108, Justice, Caliban, The Warriors, Allergic to Whores, Terror, All Out War, Born Blind, Born Against, Merauder, Senses Fail, Sworn Enemy, H2O |  |
Before the Cro-Mags, the idea of combining heavy metal and hardcore together was unheard of. But with the release of their classic debut, The Age of Quarrel, hardcore-metal was born, and in its wake came a legion of similarly styled offspring (Biohazard, Vision of Disorder, etc.). Although the group endured an endless amount of lineup shifts (which is probably the main reason they never became as well known as they should have), the Cro-Mags continued to record and tour in one form or another. Through it all, the New York City-based group's leader has been bassist Harley Flanagan who, in 1977 at the ripe old age of ten (!), started his first punk band during a European trip. Upon returning to NYC, Flanagan supplied drums for the Stimulators, a band that performed quite a bit locally and in Washington, D.C., alongside Bad Brains. The early '80s saw the initial Cro-Mags lineups formed with a variety of members playing alongside the only constant: Flanagan.
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Release: August 28, 2007
Label: Cro-Mags
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Release: June 27, 2006
Label: Cro-Mags
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