Roger Miret


Rogelio Miret González, known as Roger Miret, is an American musician. He is the vocalist for New York Hardcore band Agnostic Front, street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters, and the hardcore band The Alligators.
Agnostic Front is considered to be "the godfathers of hardcore," and one of the bands that created the New York scene.

Personal life

Miret was born in Havana, Cuba. He is the older half-brother of Madball frontman, Freddy Cricien. 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.
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 vegetarian diet for many years.
Nowadays, he does not smoke and does not use recreational drugs, except for an occasional drink.

Other projects

In 2012 Onno Cro-Mag from Aardschok magazine of the Netherlands and Miret started the hardcore music record label Strength Records. Onno Cro-Mag died on February 25, 2013, at age 49.
With Jon Wiederhorn, Miret released My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory in August 2017. The book chronicles Miret's career as the vocalist of Agnostic Front as well as his upbringing; the autobiography focuses on Miret's trials and tribulations growing up in 1980s New York City.

Discography

With Agnostic Front