MADBALL - FULL SET - THE UNDERWORLD, LONDON - 04.09.94

Madball playing The Underworld in London on Saturday 4th September 2004. Filmed by Peter Atkinson Madball is a New York-based band that originated in 1988 as a side-project of Agnostic Front. Agnostic Front's frontman Roger Miret would let his younger brother, Freddy "Madball" Cricien take the microphone on lead vocals during Agnostic Front shows and that is where it started. Madball's first few gigs consisted of un-used Agnostic Front songs. Upon founding the band consisted of Roger Miret on bass, Vinnie Stigma on guitar, Will Shepler on drums, and vocalist Freddy Cricien. After years of playing regional shows in and around the New York area, a second guitarist, Matt Henderson, would join the band. One year later Roger Miret left the band, and was replaced by bassist Hoya Roc — a good friend of Freddy Cricien — who was looking for a new band to play with. The new incarnation of the band was signed by Roadrunner Records in 1994. Touring steadily, the band built a sizable fan base outside their hometown. 1995 saw the band participating in the N.Y.H.C. Documentary. Extensive interviews were conducted with Freddy as well as a performance on July 29th, 1995 at the now defunct "Coney Island High". Freddy's brother, Roger, broke several vertebrae in his back at that show, requiring him to be in traction for the better part of a year. The band briefly broke up from early 2001 until late 2002. The current lineup of Freddy Cricien, Hoya Roc, Mitts (ex-Skarhead), and Rigg Ross (ex-Hatebreed) began touring and recording at the end of 2002. Members: Freddy Cricien - vocals Hoya Roc - bass guitar Mike Justian - drums Former members: Brain 'Mitts' Daniels - guitar Ben Dussault - drums Rigg Ross - drums Vinnie Stigma - guitar Roger Miret – bass guitar Matt Henderson - guitar Will Shepler - drums John Lafata - drums Walter Ryan - drums Members of Madball also played in Slipknot, Throwdown, Hatebreed, Warzone, Dmize, Against Me, 25 Ta Life, Skarhead, Bad Brains, 108, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Shelter, Fun Lovin Criminals, The Icemen, Lady Luck, Roger Miret & The Disasters, Attitude, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Posessed, The Alligators, Stigma, The Psychos, UXB, Maximum Penalty, Hazen Street, Rag Men, Contrivisti, Demonic Christ, Frontline, Saudade, Slave Master, Urban Blight, Hesitation Wounds, The Reveling, Mind Over Matter, Neglect, Blind Approach, Backstabbers Incorporated, Hassan I Sabbah, The Fall Of Leningrad, The Red Chord, Trap Them, Unearth For advance viewing of sets and more, please subscribe to my Patreon if you can - http://patreon.com/daitanfilms For further information on why, have a look here - https://youtu.be/8ELpzmNeS4M

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