Rogelio de Jesus Miret (born June 30, 1964)[2][3] 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.
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Birth name | Rogelio de Jesus Miret |
Also known as | Roger Psycho[1] |
Born | Havana, Cuba | June 30, 1964
Origin | New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 1982–present |
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Agnostic Front are considered to be "the godfathers of hardcore" and one of the bands that created the New York scene.[4]
Miret was born in Havana, Cuba.[2] 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.[5] Miret and his family fled Cuba to escape the Castro regime.[6] They came to the United States in 1968 and settled in New York.[2]
Miret was incarcerated on a drug charge in the late 1980s, spending almost two years in jail.[7] 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.[8] After being released, he started supporting PETA campaigns, as well as other non-profit organizations, and followed a vegetarian diet for many years.[8][9]
Nowadays, he does not smoke and does not use recreational drugs, except for an occasional drink.[10]
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.[11]
In 2012, Onno Cro-Mag (real name: Onno van Ravensteijn; d. 2013)[12] from Aardschok magazine of the Netherlands and Miret started the hardcore music record label Strength Records.[13]
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.[14]
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."[15]
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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.