The Agitator | es

It all started in Antwerp in the year 2000, when The Agitators were founded from the ashes of a few bands like Double U.S. and Eightball. The purpose of the project was to make sing-a-long streetpunk with lyrics about stuff happening in daily life. The style of The Agitators is best described as hard in-your-face Oi!/Streetpunk with catchy sing-a-long parts. After the recording of a demo in 2001 they released a split 7 (with another Antwerp punk band called The Heartaches) on Rock and Roll Radio. The success of the lads got noticed within and far beyond Europe. The band...

Antes de rediseñar el futuro debemos enfrentarnos al presente". Este es uno de los múltiples eslóganes de Derek Meins, The Agitator, un tipo de 24 años que es la gran esperanza musical y política de la generación recesión. Es una de las grandes voces del movimiento estudiantil británico y combina conciertos con charlas. Meins fabrica música cuya principal inspiración son las proclamas de manifestaciones y demás actos reivindicativos. Voz, batería y algún sampler (el tipo es fan de Public Enemy y NWA) le bastan para lograr un sonido único. El resultado es fascinante. Coge el megáfono y recuerda a Zach...

There are at least three artists that have used this name 1. A hardcore band from the United States 2. An rac band from Germany 3. A hardcore band from the Netherlands 1. Heavy straight edge hardcore in the vein of merauder, ringworm, judge, excessive force, xchorusx, earth crisis, ect. They have released a 5 song demo, "enter vice lords" ep (harvcore records), "walls closing in" ep (six feet under records) and most recently a full length entitled "Bleak" They are from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They will be playing this years Sound and Fury and This is Hardcore. http://www.facebook.com/agitatorstraightedge http://www.twitter.com/agitatorxxx .