Agnostic Front- First Warning - The 'United Blood' Era Recordings, New York City, 1983
Agnostic Front- First Warning - The 'United Blood' Era Recordings, New York City, 1983
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Label: Radiation
Reissued 4/25/2025
Limited colored vinyl LP pressing. The early days of the undisputed godfathers of New York City Hardcore! Controversial East Coast punk band Agnostic Front were lynchpins of the New York hardcore scene. Formed in 1982 by former Eliminators guitarist Vinnie Stigma along with vocalist John Watson, drummer Rob CribCrash, and bassist Diego, the band went through several other early members to settle on Vinnie Stigma, bassist Adam Mucci, drummer Raybeez, and Cuban-born singer Roger Miret for these recordings. Often misunderstood in their early days due largely to their majority skinhead following and the shock imagery of their record covers, the group carved out it's reputation in the dilapidated Lower East Side of Manhattan, then blighty by poverty, drugs, violence, and high levels of urban decay. The recordings featured on this incendiary compilation date from the very start of their recording career, beginning with the demos that led to their debut seven-inch release, the self-issued United Blood EP (1983), bolstered by other recordings from the period that were left unissued at the time; some of the material included here later appeared on the Raw And Unleased CD (1995), but several songs are appearing on vinyl here for the very first time. Agnostic Front went on to reign supreme on the New York hardcore scene throughout the 1980s and although later recordings once again saw membership changes that brought a shift in style to include thrash-metal crossover elements, their longevity and high standing is such that they were featured on Showtime's The Godfathers of Hardcore documentary (2017), ultimately leading to Roger Miret's recently released autobiography, My Riot (2017).
Track listing:
United Blood 7" (Two-Track Mixdown)
- No One Rules
- Final War
- Last Warning
- Traitor
- Friend Or Foe
- United Blood
- Fight
- Discriminate Me
- In Control
- Crucial Changes
Extended United Blood Recording
- Smell The Bacon
- What's With You
- In Control
- Last Warning
- Fuck All Authority
- Fight
- Final War
- Discriminate Me
- United Blood
- No Rights (No One Rules)
- Friend Or Foe
- We Shoud Care
- Crucial Changes
- Traitor
- United Blood
- Discriminate Me
-
We Should Care
Pre-United Blood Recording
- Smell The Bacon / What's With You
- In Control
- Last Warning
- Fuck All Authority
- Fight
- Get Out / Final War
- Discriminate Me
- United Blood
- Society Suckers
- No Rights (No One Rules)
- Friend Or Foe
- We Should Care
- Blind Justice
- Crucial Changes
- Traitor
- Skins Go Marching In
- We Can Do Anything
- It's My Life
Message From The Underground compilation (Urinal Records)
- United Blood
- Time Will Come
