Freddy Cricien (born November 4, 1975), also known as Freddy Madball, is an American vocalist, primarily known as the lead singer of the

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band

Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...

. He is also the lead singer of

Hazen Street Hazen Street (also typeset Hazen St.) is an American supergroup that formed in early 2004. The band features Freddy Cricien and Hoya Roc (Madball); Toby Morse ( H2O), David Kennedy (Box Car Racer, Over My Dead Body, later Angels & Airwaves), ...

and has a hip hop career from which debut album was November 2009's ''Catholic Guilt''. He also moonlights as an MC with DJ Stress as the hip hop duo Freddy Madball & DJ Stress.

Biography

Early life

Cricien was born in

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on November 4, 1975. His mother is from

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, Cuba and his father is from

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, Colombia. He has three older siblings from the same mother. The eldest is

Roger Miret Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964) is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist for New York hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and hardcore band The Alligators. Agnostic Front are consi ...

Agnostic Front Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. History First era (1980–19 ...

. At five years old, Freddy and his family relocated to Miramar, Florida. Roger stayed behind and soon after became immersed in the

music scene.

Career

When Cricien was about seven years old, he visited with his brother in New York City and began to perform on stage with Agnostic Front. Shortly after, he began to join the band on tour. At 12 years old, Cricien recorded Madball's first 7-inch, ''Ball of Destruction''. It consisted of used and unused Agnostic Front material. The original lineup featured Roger Miret on bass, Vinnie Stigma on guitar, Will Shepler on drums, and Cricien on vocals. When Cricien was 16 years old, he moved permanently to New York City and moved in with Miret. In 1992, Madball recorded and released the ''Droppin Many Suckas'' EP. This recording featured original music and the addition of Matt Henderson on guitar. In the years to follow, Madball continued to release new albums (''Set It Off''-1994, ''Demonstrating My Style''-1996, ''Look My Way''-1998, ''Been There, Done That''-1998, ''Hold It Down''-2000, ''N.Y.H.C''-2004, ''Legacy''-2005, ''Infiltrate the System''-2007, ''Empire''-2010, ''Rebellion'' EP-2012, ''Hardcore Lives''-2014, and most recently ''For the Cause''-2018) Cricien has made guest appearances on tracks by bands such as

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(vocals on the bonus track Agnostic Front song "Your Mistake"), ''Deviate'' (vocals on "Last Judgement"),

Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sick ...

(vocals on "Forked Tongue" on the ''

Death to Tyrants ''Death to Tyrants'' is the eighth album by American hardcore punk band Sick of It All, released on April 18, 2006. On this record, the band introduced a much heavier and stronger sound. This was the first Sick of It All album not released on ...

'' album), H₂O (guest vocals on the song "Guilty By Association" on the ''F.T.T.W.'' album), 25 ta Life (guest vocals on "Loyal to da Grave" on the ''Strength Through Unity'' album), Shutdown (guest vocals on "Few and Far Between" on the album of the same name),

Skarhead Skarhead is an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded and fronted by Lord Ezec a.k.a. Danny Diablo (of Crown of Thornz). The group is considered the originators of thugcore music, a subgenre of hardcore punk "full of relentless ...

(guest vocals on "I Won't Change" on the album ''Kings at Crime'').Freddy Cricien Discography at Discogs
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cricien, Freddy 1976 births Living people American punk rock singers American heavy metal singers American people of Colombian descent American people of Cuban descent Hispanic and Latino American musicians People from Florida Singers from New York City 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers Hazen Street members Madball members