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AGNOSTIC FRONT

Aggressive punk rockers who helped define the New York hardcore scene. The New York Hardcore scene that arose in the early '80s was an intense but accurate reflection of a city in crisis, and no band better typified the sound and fury of the time than Agnostic Front. Taking the speed and simplicity of early N.Y.C. punk acts like the Ramones, the Dead Boys, and the Dictators, stripping the tunes to their frameworks, and upping the speed, impact, and overall rage, Agnostic Front provided the ideal and inevitable soundtrack for a city mired in debt and crime, with hundreds of underprivileged kids living in Manhattan and its outlying boroughs forming bands to rail against the everyday trials, dangers, and prejudices of urban existence.

"LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR..."

tracklisting

Side A: LIBERTY AND JUSTICE - CRUCIAL MOMENT - STRENGTH - GENESIS - ANTHEM

Side B: ANOTHER SIDE - HAPPENED YESTERDAY - LOST

HYPOCRISY - CRUCIFIED - CENSORED

1987     LP     ROUGH JUSTICE RECORDS     JUST 8

MADE IN ENGLAND     ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE

NOTES: The writing credits for track B3 and B6 incorrectly read R. Martin instead of R. Miret which can be confirmed on the labels of the US Combat release of Liberty & Justice For....

Includes printed inner-sleeve with lyrics & credits. 

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: ROUGH JUSTICE - BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER/WHITE TEXT 

Catalog on cover: JUST 8

Catalog on labels: JUST 8

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): JUST-8-A. ✲ MAX  (Stamped) TY1

   Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): JUST-8-B. ✲ MAX  (Stamped) TY1

On labels: rim text "All rights.........prohibited"

All songs published by Bomber Zee........

℗ 1987 Relativity Records Inc.

  On Back Sleeve: Tracklist & Credits

Made in England    Rough Justice.........London W1V 1PG.

Issued under licence from Combat Records

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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)

After the controversy which followed their open embrace of speed metal on 1986's crossover classic Cause for Alarm, Agnostic Front took a step back into more familiar hardcore territory with the following year's Liberty & Justice For.... Gone were the double-kick drums which had offended many of the band's loyal fan contingent, but the razor-sharp riffing of guitarist Vinnie Stigma remained defiantly intact and proved that, while this album might have been a compromise of sorts, it was certainly no surrender. For his part, tattooed hardcore messiah (and singer) Roger Miret uses his ever-incendiary, take-no-prisoners lyrics to instantly reaffirm Agnostic Front's righteous commitment to social and political commentary (outright rage is more like it, actually) and reinstate their street-savvy hardcore ethos for all to see. Kicking off with the album's severely ironic title track (introduced by kids reciting the pledge of allegiance), the band piledrives through a storming set of instant classics, including "Anthem," "Hypocrisy," "Censored," and the exceptional career highlight "Crucified." Sadly, Liberty & Justice For... would prove to be Agnostic Front's last undisputed hardcore masterwork...(All Music)