Roger Miret

Rogelio Miret González, known as Roger Miret (born June 30, 1964),[1] is an American musician. He is the vocalist for New York Hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and the hardcore band The Alligators.

Roger Miret
Miret with Agnostic Front live at With Full Force Festival, 2013
Background information
Born (1964-06-30) June 30, 1964
Havana, Cuba
GenresHardcore punk, punk rock, crossover thrash, heavy metal
Occupation(s)Musician, producer
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, bass guitar
Years active1982–present
Associated actsAgnostic Front, Roger Miret and the Disasters, The Psychos, The Alligators

Agnostic Front is considered to be "the godfathers of hardcore," and one of the bands that created the New York scene.[2]

Personal life

Miret was born in Havana, Cuba.[3] He is the older half-brother of Madball frontman, Freddy Cricien. The two have the same mother, who is of Cuban descent, and different fathers, hence the different last names.[4] Miret and his family fled Cuba to escape the Castro regime.[5]

Miret was incarcerated on a drug charge in the late 1980s, spending almost two years in jail.[6] In a 2011 interview, he stated that he became involved in it because he was living in poverty, squatting buildings, and his then partner was pregnant.[7] After being released, he started supporting PETA campaigns, as well as other non-profit organizations, and followed a vegetarian diet for many years.[7][8]

Nowadays, he does not smoke and does not use recreational drugs, except for an occasional drink.[9]

Other projects

In 2012 Onno Cro-Mag from Aardschok magazine of the Netherlands and Miret started the hardcore music record label Strength Records.[10] Onno Cro-Mag (real name: Onno van Ravensteijn) died on February 25, 2013, at age 49.[11][12]

With Jon Wiederhorn, Miret released My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory in August 2017. The book chronicles Miret's career as the vocalist of Agnostic Front as well as his upbringing; the autobiography focuses on Miret's trials and tribulations growing up in 1980s New York City.[13]

Discography

With Agnostic Front

With Roger Miret and the Disasters

The Alligators
  • You Ruined Everything (2006)
  • The Alligators (2008)
  • Time's Up, You're Dead (2012)
gollark: It might be better to use some sort of dedicated radio-frequency thing instead of the phone network.
gollark: Destroy time zones. UTC is superior.
gollark: Ah, clearly Google's used their immense computational power to crack it early, excellent.
gollark: If it were easy to factor large numbers like that, modern cryptography would collapse. Hopefully 2020's factors can be bruteforced by the end of January.
gollark: How do you know?

References
  1. "Hammerock - Spiritribe - Interview Madball & Agnostic Front USA". Spiritribe. 1964-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  2. http://thegodfathersofhardcore.com
  3. Pasulka, Adam (Fall 2010). "Roger Miret Talks Emmigrating From Cuba". frank151.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. Topuzov, Stefan (November 12, 2009). "FREDDY MADBALL: I give respect to religion". t-musicvault-en.blogspot.com. New York. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  5. "Agnostic Front Leader Roger Miret Writes About Poverty, Prison And Violence In Autobiography". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  6. Torreano, Bradley. "Roger Miret". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  7. "Exclusive Interview: Agnostic Front's Roger Miret on his hardcore past and future plans". Alternative Press. June 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  8. Sanderz (November 8, 2012). "Isn't your mind curious? An interview with Roger Miret of Agnostic Front". www.circlesonthewater.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  9. Matulaitis, Spencer (November 16, 2008). "Interview with Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret". puregrainaudio.com. Toronto, Canada (published November 24, 2008). Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  10. Onno and Roger: Strength Records
  11. (in Dutch)Metalfan Onno Cro-Mag
  12. (in Dutch)Aardschok.com, visited march 7, 2013
  13. "BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: My Riot by Roger Miret". RockRevolt Magazine. 2017-06-22.


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