from the LP Victim In Pain, Rat Cage Records, 1984Back in the halcyon days of the hardcore scene in America, it seemed as if there was some unspoken contest between all the bands to see who could find the most viscerally charged photograph with which to adorn your album cover; for real, between these guys, the Dead Kennedy’s and the Angry Samoans alone fans hardly got a rest for their gag reflexes. Agnostic Front were a NYC hardcore band that eventually wound up splicing in some thrash metal leanings, but on their debut album here it’s all hardcore; all the members of the band were skinheads, but not the racist type, as evidenced by their lyrics, “…why should you go around bashing one another, if they look or think different, why let it bother; everyone’s got their own style, their own thoughts, don't let it bother you, don't let it get caught; your fascist attitudes, we need the least, with a scene that's fighting for unity & peace…”
