Roger Miret

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Roger Miret

| image = Roger Miret - Agnostic Front – Reload Festival 2016.jpg

| caption = Miret with Agnostic Front in 2016

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| birth_name = Rogelio de Jesus Miret

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|06|30}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| origin = New York, U.S.

| alias = Roger Psycho{{cite web |last1=Abrams |first1=Howie |title=Roger Miret's United Blood: The Singer on How He Met Some of NYHC's Biggest Characters |date=August 28, 2017 |url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/roger-miret |access-date=12 June 2021}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass (early)}}

| genre = {{hlist|New York hardcore|hardcore punk|punk rock|crossover thrash}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter}}

| years_active = 1982–present

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| current_member_of = {{hlist|Agnostic Front|Roger Miret and the Disasters|The Alligators}}

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Madball|the Psychos|Cro-Mags}}

| website =

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Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964){{cite web|title=Interview - Freddy (Madball) & Roger (Agnostic Front)|url=http://www.spiritribe.com/Evetribepages/Interview/EnglishVersion/Madball-AgnosticFront-Hellitw06USA.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305131237/http://www.spiritribe.com/Evetribepages/Interview/EnglishVersion/Madball-AgnosticFront-Hellitw06USA.htm|archive-date=March 5, 2012|publisher=Spiritribe}} 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. In 1983, he briefly played bass in the Cro-Mags.{{cite book |last1=Rettman |first1=Tony |title=NYHC : New York Hardcore 1980-1990 |date=2015 |location=Brooklyn, NY |isbn=9781935950127 |page=212}}

Agnostic Front are considered to be "the godfathers of hardcore" and one of the bands that created the New York scene.{{Cite web|url=http://thegodfathersofhardcore.com/|title=The Godfathers Of Hardcore|website=Thegodfathersofhardcore.com|access-date=September 17, 2020}}

Personal life

Miret was born in Havana, Cuba.{{cite web|last=Pasulka|first=Adam|date=Fall 2010|title=Roger Miret Talks {{as written|Emmigr|ating [sic]}} From Cuba|url=http://frank151.com/better-living-with-roger-miret/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611023945/http://frank151.com/better-living-with-roger-miret/|archive-date=June 11, 2016|website=frank151.com}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-05 |title=Hammerock - Spiritribe - Interview Madball & Agnostic Front USA |url=http://www.spiritribe.com/Evetribepages/Interview/EnglishVersion/Madball-AgnosticFront-Hellitw06USA.htm |access-date=2023-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305131237/http://www.spiritribe.com/Evetribepages/Interview/EnglishVersion/Madball-AgnosticFront-Hellitw06USA.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2012 }} Miret and his family fled Cuba to escape the Castro regime.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/agnostic-front-leader-roger-miret-writes-about-poverty-prison-and-violence-in-autobiography/|title=Agnostic Front Leader Roger Miret Writes About Poverty, Prison And Violence In Autobiography|website=Kerrang!|date=March 9, 2018 |access-date=November 5, 2019}} 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.{{cite web|last=Torreano|first=Bradley|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roger-miret-mn0000835009/biography|title=Roger Miret|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170727002420/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roger-miret-mn0000835009/biography|archive-date=July 27, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|access-date=July 26, 2017|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/exclusive_interview_roger_miret_agnostic_front|title=Exclusive Interview: Agnostic Front's Roger Miret on his hardcore past and future plans|website=Alternative Press|date=June 24, 2011|publication-date=June 24, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110232649/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/exclusive_interview_roger_miret_agnostic_front|archive-date=November 10, 2015}} After being released, he started supporting PETA campaigns, as well as other non-profit organizations, and followed a vegetarian diet for many years.{{cite web|author=Sanderz |access-date=July 26, 2017|url=http://www.circlesonthewater.org/conversations-with/isnt-your-mind-curious-an-interview-with-roger-miret-of-agnostic-front/|title=Isn't your mind curious? An interview with Roger Miret of Agnostic Front|publication-date=November 8, 2012|website=www.circlesonthewater.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823205031/http://www.circlesonthewater.org/conversations-with/isnt-your-mind-curious-an-interview-with-roger-miret-of-agnostic-front/|archive-date=August 23, 2013}}

In 2008, he said he no longer smoked or used drugs, except for an occasional drink.{{cite web|access-date=July 26, 2017|url=http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/agnostic-front|website=puregrainaudio.com|title=Interview with Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret|publication-date=November 24, 2008|date=November 16, 2008|location=Toronto, Canada|first=Spencer|last=Matulaitis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204070007/http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/agnostic-front|archive-date=December 4, 2008}}

In September 2021, Miret revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer earlier in that year. However, after a lengthy hospital stay and surgery, the cancer is now in remission. A GoFundMe page was launched to help Miret pay for his medical bills.{{cite news|last=Pasbani |first=Robert |url=https://metalinjection.net/news/agnostic-fronts-roger-miret-reveals-his-cancer-is-in-remission|website=metalinjection.net|title=AGNOSTIC FRONT's Roger Miret Reveals His Cancer Is In Remission |access-date=January 22, 2022}}

Other projects

In 2012, Onno Cro-Mag (real name: Onno van Ravensteijn; d. 2013){{Cite web|title=Onno Cro-Mag overleden|url=https://www.metalfan.nl/article.php?sid=12018|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=Metalfan.nl}} from Aardschok magazine of the Netherlands and Miret started the hardcore music record label Strength Records.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swnk.org/news/onno-cro-mag-roger-agnostic-front-start-strength-records/|title=前线报料：拉魯斯 VS 沙士菲-千秋万古网|website=Swnk.org|access-date=September 17, 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://rockrevoltmagazine.com/book-announcement-my-riot-roger-miret/| publisher=RockRevolt Magazine| date=June 22, 2017| title=BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: My Riot by Roger Miret}}

Prior to joining Agnostic Front, Miret played bass for The Psychos, who claimed in a 1984 interview that Miret was replaced due to the fact that Miret became "more devoted" to Agnostic Front and therefore "couldn't make rehearsals and so forth."{{Cite journal |last1=Eager |first1=Wendy |last2=Goph |date=1984 |title=The Psychos |url=https://archive.org/details/GUILLOTINENumber8JacksonHeightsNY/page/n17/mode/1up |journal=Guillotine |issue=8 |quote=Stu Psycho: It wasn't a matter of our throwing [Miret] out of the band. It was a matter of his being more devoted to Agnostic Front. He couldn't devote his time to us. He couldn't make rehearsals and so forth. |via=Internet Archive}}