Craig Setari

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| caption = Setari performing with Sick of It All in 2015

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| origin = New York, U.S.

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| genre = Hardcore punk

| occupation = Musician, former boxer{{cite web |title=Clobberin' Time: Sick Of It All On The Evolution Of Mosh |url=http://www.londonmusichall.co.uk/clobberin-time-sick-of-it-all-on-the-evolution-of-mosh |accessdate=July 26, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Norton |first1=Justin |title=Clobberin' Time: Sick Of It All On The Evolution Of Mosh |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2014/11/24/clobberin-time-sick-of-it-all-on-the-evolution-of-mosh/ |website=Decibel |date=November 24, 2014 |accessdate=July 26, 2018}}

| instrument = Bass

| years_active = 1985–present

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| current_member_of = Sick of It All

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Youth of Today|Agnostic Front|Cro-Mags|{{nowrap|Straight Ahead}}|Rest in Pieces}}

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Craig Setari (sometimes known by the stage name Craig Ahead) is an American musician who is the bass player of the hardcore punk band Sick of It All.{{cite web |last1=D |first1=Howie |title=Craig Setari of Sick Of It All |date=October 20, 2014 |url=https://www.nationalrockreview.com/interviews/craig-setari-of-sick-of-it-all |accessdate=July 26, 2018}}{{cite web |title=SICK OF IT ALL's CRAIG SETARI: 'We Were Always Primarily A Live Band' |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sick-of-it-alls-craig-setari-we-were-always-primarily-a-live-band/ |website=Blabbermouth |date=October 19, 2014 |accessdate=July 26, 2018}} He has also worked with many other hardcore bands, including Youth of Today, Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces, Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags.{{cite web |last1=Alva |first1=Freddy |title=Rob Echeverria (Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces, Biohazard, Helmet) |date=August 15, 2014 |url=http://www.noecho.net/interviews/rob-echeverria-straight-ahead-rest-in-pieces-biohazard-helmet |accessdate=July 27, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Kamiński |first1=Karol |title=STARECraig Ahead (NYHC) interviewed by Double Cross [UPDATE] |url=https://idioteq.com/craig-ahead-nyhc-interviewed-by-double-cross/ |accessdate=July 26, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Handley |first1=Gen |title=Craig Setari (Sick of It All) |date=February 26, 2014 |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/54330/interviews-craig-setari-sick-of-it-all |accessdate=July 26, 2018}} Alongside Dan Lilker, he recorded the Noise for Noise's Sake demo tape under the name Crab Society. This demo tape inspired Lilker's band S.O.D. to record their 1985 demo album titled Crab Society North.{{cite web |title=S.O.D. "Crab Society Demos '85": an Interview with Dan Lilker |url=http://www.foadrecords.it/index.php/s-o-d-an-interview-with-dan-lilker/ |accessdate=July 26, 2018 |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727024507/http://www.foadrecords.it/index.php/s-o-d-an-interview-with-dan-lilker/ |url-status=dead }}

Biography

Setari first began listening to rock and heavy metal music at the age of twelve, through his older brother Scott and his friend Dan Lilker. One day, Lilker gifted Scott a bass, so that he could learn the instrument and join an early iteration of Anthrax. When Scott wasn't using the instrument, Craig would begin to teach himself how to play it. Within the next two years, Craig Setari would progress to listening to hardcore punk.{{Cite episode |title=Craig "Ahead" Setari |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PFA9DYVJ34|series= NYHC Chronicles |access-date= May 14, 2020 |date=May 13, 2020 |number=17 |minutes=30}} This inspired him to join the band Straight Ahead in 1984, with Gordon Ancis and Tommy Carroll, however the band would change its name to NYC Mayhem soon after his joining. NYC Mayhem would release their debut EP We Stand in 1985 and then break up in late-1985, leading Setari to briefly join Youth of Today as their bassist. NYC Mayhem reformed in late-1986 under the name Straight Ahead, this time with Sick of It All's Armand Majidi on drums,{{cite web |title=An Oral History of Sick Of It All, Part I: Early Days, New Beginnings, and Swastikas |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/sick-of-it-all-history-1/ |website=Vice Media |date=March 29, 2015 |access-date=July 26, 2018}} They released their sophomore EP, Breakaway.{{cite book |last1=Blush |first1=Steven |title=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB |page=237}} Setari joined Sick of It All after a brief stint in Agnostic Front, in which he played bass on their 1992 album One Voice.{{cite web |title=Craig Setari |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/craig-setari-mn0001760642 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=July 26, 2018}} Setari has remained with Sick of It All, helping to write tracks such as "Built to Last," which was the first New York hardcore punk track to enter the U.S. Top 100.