Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964) is a Cuban American musician. He is the vocalist for

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band

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, street punk group

Roger Miret and the Disasters Roger Miret and the Disasters are a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret. The band started when Miret was writing songs that were not a style suitable for Lady Luck (a band fronted by his wife Denise) or Agnostic Fro ...

, and

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band The Alligators. Agnostic Front are considered to be "the godfathers of hardcore" and one of the bands that created the New York scene.

Personal life

Miret was born in

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, Cuba. He is the older half-brother of

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frontman

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. The two have the same mother, who is of Cuban descent, and different fathers, hence the different last names. Miret and his family fled Cuba to escape the Castro regime. They came to the United States in 1968 and settled in New York. Miret was incarcerated on a drug charge in the late 1980s, spending almost two years in jail. In a 2011 interview, he stated that he became involved in it because he was living in poverty, squatting buildings, and his then-partner was pregnant. After being released, he started supporting PETA campaigns, as well as other non-profit organizations, and followed a

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diet for many years. Nowadays, he does not smoke and does not use recreational drugs, except for an occasional drink. In September 2021, Miret revealed that he was diagnosed with

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earlier in 2021. However, after a lengthy hospital stay and surgery, the cancer was now in remission. A

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page was launched to help Miret pay for his medical bills.

Other projects

In 2012, Onno Cro-Mag (real name: Onno van Ravensteijn; d. 2013) from ''Aardschok'' magazine of the Netherlands and Miret started the hardcore music record label Strength Records. With Jon Wiederhorn, Miret released ''My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory'' in August 2017. The autobiography chronicles Miret's career as the vocalist of Agnostic Front as well as his upbringing; it focuses on Miret's trials and tribulations growing up in 1980s New York City.

Discography

With Agnostic Front

* '' United Blood '' (1983) * ''

Victim in Pain ''Victim in Pain'' is the debut full-length studio album by New York hardcore punk band Agnostic Front. It was released in 1984 on Rat Cage Records and follows the '' United Blood'' EP. The album features Rob Kabula and Dave Jones, who replaced ...

'' (1984) * '' ''Cause for Alarm'''' (1986) * '' Liberty and Justice For...'' (1987) * '' Live at CBGB'' (1989) * '' One Voice'' (1992) * '' Last Warning'' (1993) * '' Something's Gotta Give'' (1998) * ''

Riot, Riot, Upstart ''Riot, Riot Upstart'' is the sixth full-length studio album from New York hardcore band Agnostic Front. It was released in September 1999 on Epitaph Records and follows '' Something's Gotta Give'' released the previous year. The album was produc ...

'' (1999) * ''

Dead Yuppies ''Dead Yuppies'' is the seventh full-length studio album from New York hardcore band Agnostic Front. It was released in September 2001 on Epitaph Records and follows 1999's '' Riot, Riot, Upstart''. Due to the title, the release of the album was ...

'' (2001) * '' Another Voice'' (2004) * '' Warriors'' (2007) * '' My Life My Way'' (2011) * '' The American Dream Died'' (2015) * ''Get Loud!'' (2019)

With Roger Miret and the Disasters

* ''

'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' My Riot'' (2006) * ''Gotta Get Up Now'' (2011)

The Alligators

* ''You Ruined Everything'' (2006) * ''The Alligators'' (2008) * ''Time's Up, You're Dead'' (2012)

References

External links

Official Agnostic Front website
(archived) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miret, Roger 1964 births Living people American male singers American punk rock singers American heavy metal singers Cuban people of Catalan descent American people of Cuban descent Hardcore punk musicians Madball members Squatters Agnostic Front members