(New York, NY) Lesser Gods is pleased to announce the official release of
My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory – a memoir written by
Agnostic Front vocalist
Roger Miret with
Jon Wiederhorn (also known for his book entitled
Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal and his contributions to
Rolling Stone, Loudwire, and
Vice’s Noisey, among many more). The book chronicles Miret’s life surrounding his career as the vocalist of Agnostic Front, a leader in the New York Hardcore scene, and the significant events in his upbringing that led him to where he is now. Though he has a colorful musical history replete with trouble and mischief, the biography focuses on Miret’s trials and tribulations growing up in 1980’s New York City.
Born in Cuba, Miret fled with his family to the US to escape the Castro regime. Through vivid language and graphic details, he recounts growing up in a strange new land with a tyrannical stepfather and the roles that poverty and violence played in shaping the grit that became critical to his survival. In his teen years, he finds himself squatting in abandoned buildings with unforgettably eccentric runaways and victims of similar childhood trauma. With like-minded misfits, he helps pioneer a new musical genre but with money scarce and commercial success impossible, he turns to running drugs to support his family and winds up in prison. It’s the ultimate test of his toughness and perseverance that eventually sets him on a path towards redemption.
Additionally, fans can read an exclusive outtake from
My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory – a foreword written by
Lars Frederiksen from
Rancid – on
Loudwire now, here:
LINK.
To hear how the story ends, pick up a copy of
My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory when it hits shelves and online stores on
August 29th, 2017 via
Lesser Gods. Pre-orders are available now on
Amazon and
Barnes & Noble. For more information, please visit:
http://www.lessergodsbooks.com/book/my-riot.
Also, please check back here for a full review of the book!
About Lesser Gods:
Lesser Gods is the first U.S. imprint of Amsterdam-based Overamstel Publishers. Based in New York City, Lesser Gods publishes books by and about musicians, across a variety of genres such as
A Vulgar Display Of Pantera, Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains, So Let It Be Written: The Biography of Metallica’s James Hetfield, Color Me Kanye: The Greatest Unauthorized Kanye West Coloring Book of All Time, Lighters in the Sky: The All-Time Greatest Concerts, 1960-2016, Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N’ Roses and many more.
