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Refimprove|date=September 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Cro-Mags| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = New York City , New York , United States | genre = Crossover thrash Hardcore punk Thrash metal Youth crew cite web |author=Schreifels, Dylan |title=Youth crew memories |url= http://doublecrosswebzine.blogspot.com/2008/05/dylan-schreifels-memories-of-youth-crew.html |publisher=Double Cross Webzine |accessdate=June 8, 2008| years_active = 1981present| label = Century Media , Mightier Than Sword Records | associated_acts = 108 (band)|108 Agnostic Front Bad Brains DannyDiablo Harley's War Hazen Street The Icemen Kraut (band)|Kraut Leeway (band)|Leeway Madball Murphy's Law (band)|Murphy's Law Samsara (band)|Samsara Shelter (band)|Shelter Sick of it All The Stimulators Suicidal Tendencies Youth of Today | website = http://www.cro-mags.com/ www.cro-mags.com| current_members = John Joseph (rock singer)|John Joseph "Bloodclot!" McGowan A.J. Novello Craig Scully Maxwell Mackie Jayson| past_members = Eric J. Casanova Harley Flanagan John Berry Dave Stein Kevin "Parris" Mitchel Mayhew Craig Ahead Doug Holland Rob Buckley Gabby Abularach Scott Roberts Rocky George Craig Setari Franklin Rhi Dave Hahn Winston Churchill Petey Hines Dave DiCenso Ryan Krieger Gary "G-Man" Sullivan Leo Cro-Mags are a hardcore punk turned crossover thrash band from New York City . The band, which had a strong cult following , released many records, their first two considered the most influential. With a skinhead background, they were among the first bands to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal and were associated with the birth of a tougher attitude within the hardcore scene in the late 1980s, related to the world of martial arts. John Joseph (rock singer)|John Joseph McGowan and Harley Flanagan are practitioners of boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu respectively.
History
They first released a demo (music)|demo with songs that would eventually find themselves on their debut album The Age Of Quarrel ( 1986 in music|1986 ). Singer John Joseph (rock singer)|John Joseph subsequently parted ways with the band, leaving bass guitar|bass player Harley Flanagan to sing on the following Cro-Mags release, Best Wishes ( 1989 in music|1989 ), which had a more heavy metal-influenced sound. The next record AlphaOmega ( 1992 in music|1992 ) saw the return of Joseph. According to guitarist and songwriter Parris Mitchell Mayhew , another guitarist - Rob Buckley wrote most of the album along with him, though neither of them are featured on it as the group broke up but reformed with previous members. http://cro-mags.com/emails.htm Response to xSampax from Pariss This was followed by Near Death Experience ( 1993 in music|1993 ), after which the group finally disbanded. However, the band had since reformed and continued touring some years later, and then in 2000 in music|2000 , they released Revenge , which marked a return to their early hardcore roots, featuring songs that were comparable to those on their first release, as well as some songs with a more melodic/punk rock feel. After the release of Revenge the band broke up once again, and the internal hostility amongst band members (mainly between Mayhew and Flanagan) has never been resolved. The Cro-Mags eventually reformed again and had since continued playing live sporadically.
In 2008 John Joseph started playing shows, including one at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, using the name Cro-Mags (jam). The band included drummer Mackie Jayson, Craig Setari of Sick of It All on bass, and AJ Novello of Leeway on guitar. According to John Joseph (rock singer)|John Joseph , the Cro-Mags are planning to release a new album in 2011. http://www.punknews.org/article/40101 Punknews.org | Cro-mags plan 2011 album
At various times in the 90s and 00s both Harley and John Joseph (rock singer)|John Joseph simultaneously led 2 separate versions of the Cro-Mags with completely different line-ups. These groups billed themselves as "Cro-Mag Jam", "Cro-Mags-NYC", "Age of Quarrel", "Fearless Vampire Killers", "Cholo Mags NY" or "Cro-Mags" (whether or not the name was owned legally by the certain version of the band in question). Sometimes only one original member would be present, sometimes two or three, and sometimes even both John Joseph (rock singer)|John Joseph and Harley together. The five members that played on the recording of " The Age of Quarrel " are generally considered to be the "classic line-up", or "original members", but the truth is that membership in the Cro-Mags was frequently fluctuating from the very start.
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Cro-Mags Category:Musical groups established in 1981 Category:Crossover thrash groups Category:Hardcore punk groups from New York Category:American hardcore punk musical groups
