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Age Of Quarrel: 40 Years Of Quarrel
CRO-MAGS have re-recorded their landmark 1986 debut, *The Age Of Quarrel*, as *Age Of Quarrel: 40 Years of Quarrel*. Led by Harley Flanagan, the project celebrates the album’s influence and aims to resolve lingering disputes over payment for songs written in the early 1980s.
The new versions feature guitarist Doug Holland, who played on the original, current guitarist Rocky George and musicians associated with TURNSTILE, RISE AGAINST and SEPULTURA. The review says the recordings capture much of the original’s energy without replacing it, citing tracks including “We Gotta Know” and “Hard Times”; the release also adds the demo-era song “Everyone’s Gonna Die”.
In short
- CRO-MAGS have re-recorded their influential 1986 debut.
- Harley Flanagan says the project helps address unpaid songwriting.
- The album adds a demo-era bonus track.
Explained simply
CRO-Mags are a New York hardcore punk band whose early music helped shape the city’s 1980s scene. Their 1986 debut brought together fast, forceful songs and lyrics about street life, conflict and personal struggles.
Harley Flanagan, the band’s singer and bassist, was a central songwriter in its early years. Disputes over who wrote some of those songs and how payments should be shared have continued for decades, making the album’s history part of the story as well as its influence on later punk and metal bands.