Artist: Cro Mags

In what is sure to reignite controversy in the hardcore scene, Southern Lord has apparently gone all-in by signing Cro-Mags' co-founder Harley Flanagan to the label for "several upcoming releases." To quote label owner Greg Anderson: Through the power of the net and sheer luck I started talking to Harley Flanagan over emails and telephone [...]

Sai Nam TBA Label – Reaper Records Release date – Winter 2012 Wanting to close out 2011 right, I hit up New York's Highline Ballroom for the almighty Cro-Mags' annual end-of-year gig. I arrived at the venue earlier than anticipated, my curiosity piqued over the first act of the night: Sai Nam. A so-unlikely-it-just-had-to-hap pen collaboration [...]

New York's Cro-Mags are best known for two arguably unimpeachable hardcore classics, 19862s seminal The Age of Quarrel and its far more metallic 1989 follow-up Best Wishes. Constantly in conflict, the Krishna-conscious lineup remained in flux so much that the group has never managed to have the same line-up on any album, so much so [...]

Though forced to cancel the spinoff Soundwave Revolution due to some missing headliners, the promoters of the Australia and New Zealand-focused Soundwave Festival have announced the lineup for the main festival set for February of March 2012. So far, organizers have confirmed the participation of: System Of A Down , Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Hole, A Day To Remember , Machine Head, Lamb Of God , Trivium, Alter Bridge, Lostprophets , [...]

Tomorrow night I'm going to be over at St. Jerome's doing a special DJ set dedicated to classic punk of the 70's and 80's. Expect to hear some Dead Boys, Anti-Nowhere League, FEAR, Subhumans, Ramones, Misfits, New York Dolls, The Damned, Sham 69 and so forth. Later that same night Parris Mayhew of the legendary Cro-Mags is doing a Cheap Trick tribute set. It's free to get in and the beer is only

New York City is one of the planet's musical Meccas. Go ahead and take a trip to the Big Apple and see if you can take more than a few steps in any direction without running into something sonically profound, be it a great new venue or a piece of antiquity. But since the city has so much to offer for the music enthusiast and history buff alike, it only makes sense that someone would at least step up and organize some sort of educational yet rocking tour. Cue NYC concert promotion company Rocks-Off and their walking tours [...]

Lavalette's polished cover of Cro-Mags' 'Malfunction' has divided fans and even the band themselves. Watch the video and see where you fall.

New York Heart Core!!! Haha, this shit is straight up hilarious. Some band called Lavalette has released a full on pop version of "Malfunction" by Cro-Mags. Some people are getting their panties in a knot over it but who cares? I actually hope they cover some more NYHC. How about some Warzone or Agnostic Front? Oh, Gorilla Biscuits would be great! Hell, Civ even dabbled in MTV pop back in the 90'

After the 2001 'break-up' of the Cro-Mags, bassist/vocalist Harley Flanagan wasted no time going out with his solo project Harley's War. Harley's War's first disc, entitled Cro-Mag , came out in 2002 and featured seven new tracks (which included a 'who's who' of NYHC), four demos 1982-1983 (which include early versions of "Do Onto Others" and "Don't Tread on Me") and a live track from 1981 from the Stimulators. In 2009, MVD reissued Cro-Mag as a CD/DVD set entitled Hardcore All-Stars . This reissue adds five additional studio tracks and [...]

Van's House Party with Pissed Jeans, Screaming Females, Fucked Up, & Cro Mags left us with bruises that were extremely, outrageously, probably-shouldn't-go-into-wor k-with-this-kind-of-wound EPIC.

There is something fundamentally wrong when the two Cro-Mags websites [Paris' site is www.cro-mags.com and Harley's site is www.cromags.com ] haven't been updated in years. While Paris' site was registered before the release of Revenge , I don't remember either site being active before the "final quarrel" in 2001 . Anyway, the RSVP list for Friday's free Cro-Mags / Pissed Jeans / Fucked Up show at House of Vans in Brooklyn is full but John Joseph posted to Facebook earlier today " Do this SATURDAYS walking tour and get free VIP tix to [...]

The latest incarnation of the Cro-Mags (with John Joseph and Mackie Jayson) have been touring pretty regularly over the last few years and it seems hard to believe that it had now been twenty-five years since the release of Age of Quarrel . I've read some recent interviews where John has been talking about recording a new Cro-Mags disc which should prove to be interesting as the band's last recorded legacy was the "final quarrel" show that John, Harley and Doug played at CBGB back in May 2001 under the moniker Street Justice. [...]

House of Vans (Brooklyn, NY) If you'd like to catch free shows by Superchunk, Fucked Up, Man Man and more, you can RSVP to the FYF SUMMER SERIES AT HOUSE OF VANS* over at vans.com/houseparties . Lineup for the August 18 and August 25 shows will be announced shortly. * The House of Vans is a 24000 square foot skate park and event space located at 25 Franklin St. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Longtime NYC hardcore group The Cro-Mags and NJ indie group Screaming Females will play a free show at Brooklyn's House of Vans on Friday July 29th.

photos by Helena Van Leirsberghe , words by BBG Agnostic Front @ Webster Hall While I was checking out the brutality at Maryland Deathfest 2011 back in May (pictures from day 1 HERE , day 2 HERE , day 3 HERE , and day 4 HERE ), NYC was keeping it brutal in their own way, with the 2011 edition of the Black & Blue Bowl . The show featured a headlining [...]

Download: Cerebral Ballzy "Insufficient Fare" Brooklyn band Cerebral Ballzy play completely wrecked hardcore and destroyed our Valentine's Day show in February. They will also destroy the Echo tomorrow. Singer Honor Titus speaks now on puke, cops, jail, jazz, yuppies and Cyndi Lauper. This interview by Chris Ziegler. When you did the 'Puke Song,' you actually recorded a live puke. What is the best way to capture a puke in hi-fidelity? Honor Titus (vocals): It was [...]

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Rocks-Off announce History of Punk Rock Walking Tour with John Joseph (The Cro Mags) and Rock & Roll Walking Tour Rocks-Off , one of the most infamous concert promoters in New York (famed for their live rock boat shows) has launched a series of walking tours in NYC. The two inaugural walking tours include "The History Of Art, Crime, Drugs and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side" (a guided tour given by John Joseph of the legendary Cro-Mags) and "The Past, Present and Future of Rock & Roll in New York [...]

Rocks-Off one of the most infamous concert promoters in New York (famed for their live rock boat shows) has launched a series of walking tours in NYC. The two inaugural walking tours include The History Of Art, Crime, Drugs and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side (a guided tour given by John Joseph of the legendary Cro-Mags) and The Past, Present and Future of Rock & Roll in New York City (given by Jake Szufnarowski, owner of Rocks-Off, talent buyer and concert promoter for many legendary clubs in NYC and front man of international touring juggernaut, Tragedy: "A [...]

ROCKS-OFF PRESENTS THE ROCK N ROLL HISTORY WALKING TOUR! INCLUDING A GUIDED TOUR OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE WITHJOHN JOSEPH (THE CRO MAGS)! Rocks-Off one of the most infamous concert promoters in New York (famed for their live rock boat shows) has launched a series of walking tours in NYC. The two inaugural walking tours include The History Of Art, Crime, Drugs and Punk Rock on the Lower East Side (a guided tour given by John Joseph of the legendary Cro-Mags) and The Past, Present and Future of Rock & Roll in New York City (given by [...]

Despite all the bad blood between the surviving members of the Beach Boys over the years, Al Jardine managed to recruit Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston to all contribute vocals to a new vinyl single of the Jardine tune Don't Fight The Sea in support of Japan relief efforts. The first 1,000 copies, which came out this past Tuesday and features an archived vocal from the late Dennis Wilson, were pressed on white vinyl with a red label to represent the Japanese flag, with the remaining copies on [...]