Cro Mags Uncertainty About The Group's Future, Found Them Back In Angry And Aggressive !!!

Before the Cro-Mags, the idea of combining heavy metal and hardcore punk was unheard of, But with the release of their classic debut 1986's The Age of Quarrel, hardcore metal was born and in its wake came a legion of similarly styled offspring. The Cro Mags have endured an endless number of lineup shifts and skirmishes over the band's leadership and just who owns the right to use their name, yet the group continued to record and tour in one form or another, and their influence on hardcore is massive, The Age of Quarrel's blend of hardcore velocity and metal guitar figures makes it their definitive release, and 1989's Best Wishes pushed their sound into thrash metal territory. 2020's In the Beginning recorded after many years of uncertainty about the group's future, found them back in angry and aggressive form with a more muscular version of their 80s classics. From the beginning the Cro Mags leader has been bassist and singer Harley Flanagan, who in 1977 at the ripe old age of ten started his first punk band during a European trip. Upon returning to New York City, Flanagan played drums with the Stimulators, a punk band who performed quite a bit locally and in Washington DC alongside Bad Brains. The early '80s saw the initial Cro-Mags memberships formed with a variety of musicians playing alongside the only constant Flanagan, who recorded a four song demo in 1983 that laid down their musical template, By the middle of the decade the best known Cro Mags lineup was in place Flanagan on bass former Bad Brains roadie John Joseph on vocals, Parris Mayhew on guitar and Mackie Jayson on drums, and they soon built a rabid following via shows at CBGB. The quartet recorded a 13 track demo that made the rounds throughout the underground and landed the Cro-Mags a record deal with Profile's Rock Hotel label. Just as Bad Brains aligned themselves with Rastafarianism it was around this time that members of the band became closely associated with the Hare Krishna faith, With a loud buzz forming the Cro-Mags issued their debut full length album The Age of Quarrel in 1986. With thrash metal bands such as Slayer and Metallica becoming increasingly popular, it seemed like the musical tides were turning in favor of groups like the Cro-Mags, as nationwide tours with such acts as Motörhead and Megadeth expanded their audience, But tensions within the band started boiling over and Joseph and Jayson exited the group after the album's supporting tour.
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They played here with DESTRUCTION on Best Wishes tour.

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First line/sentence of the description and first, big mistake: before 1986's "Age of quarrell" the mix of HC and metal was done by S.O.D. on 1985's "Speak english or die" LP, just to name the first to come to mind. At least, come up with correct infos.

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