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Agnostic Front is an American  band, formed in 1980. The band began playing  similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning  scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic  before incorporating  elements into their music.

Formed by guitarist Vinnie Stigma (born Vincent Capuccio, formerly of the Eliminators) in December 1980, with Diego on bass and Rob Krekus on drums. Agnostic Front went through several singers, two of them being John Watson and Jimmy "The Mad Russian", before settling with  (former bass player of ). They soon added, aka Raybeez (), on drums and Adam Mucci on bass. Their debut EP , released in 1983 on an indie label, has since become a collector's item.

During its initial phase, the band consisted entirely of . Although this would change over time, Agnostic Front would continue to feature skinheads as part of their line-up. This led to a belief among some that the band espoused or  politics, an assertion denied by vocalist Roger Miret in a 1985 Flipside interview:

"...We're skinheads. And the skinheads in England have a very bad name like with the fascists and stuff like that. But this is America not England. Just because the skinheads are fascists over there doesn't mean we got to grow our hair out if we don't feel like it.... We love our country — but not necessarily how our government works.'

The follow-up,  (1984), is regarded as a seminal  release.  replaced Raybeez on drums and Rob Kabula took over on bass. In 1984, Jimmy "The Kid" Colletti from Justified Violence joined on drums when the band went to tour with  later that year. The album pushed the band to the forefront of New York's fledgling hardcore scene, which was centered around , where they played with bands like  and . Roger Miret asserts that all the songs on the album "are totally inspired by the streets of New York and my life and what was going on with my friends. It was dangerous. We did what we had to do to survive by any means necessary. It was like a war or a battlefield, and we stood our ground".

1986's  was a difficult album to record, due to constant line-up changes and personnel problems. Released on , it added  influences. With other bands such as  and , this album would mark AF's foray into the world of . It also featured some lyrics written by  and drumming by Louie Beateaux (also of Carnivore)

With yet another new line-up, the band soon released  in 1987. The album featured stripped down punk with a lack of thrash influences, yet it contained many metal-style guitar solos. It did not sell nearly as well as previous releases. Sometime later, Miret was arrested on drug charges after releasing a live album, and spent his time in prison writing new songs while Stigma and the band toured Europe for the first time. The lyrics written by Miret while incarcerated formed most of 1992's , which featured members of  and . Not long after its release, the band decided to call it quits. Their last show was at CBGB on December 20, 1992; , which was also released with United Blood EP on the end of the release. Vinnie Stigma apparently remarked that he hated Last Warning.