My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory Paperback – August 7, 2024

Very entertaining. If you like Agnostic Front you’ll read this in a day or 2. In depth book about the singer “Roger’s” life.

Awesome insight into one of the more influential scenes from back in the day. Nothing beats a first person account of the leader of a band you grew up with and love their music. It's amazing to read the account of Roger's childhood and find out you have so much in common, especially with an abusive parent influenced by alcohol. I feel bad for both our dads after reading this chapter. I remember when I was 15 and heard Roger is from Cuba. I never believed it because no one from Cuba has a name like Roger Miret...then I read the part about the name and it reminded me a bit of Ritchie Valens' story. This really upsets me. I read this book the moment it came out and right after reading Harley's and John Joseph's. However, this one hits closer to home as I'm also from a Caribbean Island and came to the U.S. (although at a much later age than Roger). Thanks Roger for pouring your heart out in these pages and for a great read! I'm proud of you for what you've done with your life and only have best wishes for you and your beautiful family!

Great, easy read. Roger is a superstar and this book tells his life story. He had a hard life and turned coal into diamonds. Good for him. A great story that any AF fan, music fan, should read. Roger is the real deal.

My husband (who hasnt read a book since high school) finished this book in 3 days! I just started reading it and it is awesome! Highly recommend this to any hardcore music fan, new and old! Quite frankly, I recommend it to anyone who is interested in progression of music and history of music. I just started reading it. Some of the stories about Roger'sstruggles as a cuban immigrant are incredibly sad and amazing at the same time. He concurred so many horrific hurdles and turned negativity into positively. It's amazing! I can totally sense the raw emotion in his words. Great book. Hard to put down!! Totally recommended!!!!

NOW THIS was a pretty good read.As a book, it's all over the place but the good stories and content override a fair amount of erratic storytelling.Like his childhood friend from Cro-Mags, Harley Flanagan, Roger Miret had a very(to put it mildly) difficult and traumatic upbringing....abuse being the cherry on top of being a poor refugee from Cuba.He didn't make a whole lot of good choices, dropping out of school, living in squalor until he was a young adult and running drugs from Florida up to NY.All this while, he is making music, and creating history with his band Agnostic Front. Wild Stories for sure!The book finishes with Roger working as an electrician, living with his wife and two young children in Arizona and occasionally touring with AF(if I read the calendar right, the are currently on tour).While Roger definitely comes off as a drug addled anti-hero in his youth, his later life shows some redemption, some consideration of his actions and a wish to make the world a better place.Not sure about the rest of the readers out there, but I was cheering Roger Miret on by the end of the book and hope to get it autographed some day.

Being involved in the New York Hardcore scene as a fan and concert-goer since 1985, I was familiar with some of Roger Miret's history with Agnostic Front. I have followed the band religiously since '85 and heard many stories about the infamous AF back then and stories about the NYHC scene before my time. Some proved to be the truth, some half-truths, and others were out-and-out bull, but that's expected with tales revolving around one of the most popular and respected hardcore bands on the planet.None of what I knew or what I heard could have prepared me for My Riot.Roger Miret delves in deep and in great detail about all aspects of his life - his tumultuous and often violent family situation during his childhood and early teens, his discovery of punk and his eventual involvement in the defining the fledgling NYHC scene when he joined Agnostic Front and they recorded the United Blood EP, his struggle to provide for his wife and daughter while living in dangerous squats and streets of New York City, his time in jail, the ups and downs with Agnostic Front, and many more facets of his life.Miret unveils his most personal accounts in a way that is brutally honest, yet not over embellished. There are plenty of holy-s*** stories in his book, but they don't read like a bloated, over-the-top script about New York fictional characters. To me, some parts of the book are written with a hint of detachment, but I don't believe Roger is unapologetic or making light of his tumultuous early-life choices and the ensued consequences. It's his way of speaking and if anyone has ever met him, they will understand what I'm talking about. It's honest story-telling without the bells and whistles. It suits his character. Roger's life story is so captivating, there is no need to scream it. He had my attention from page one to the epilogue. I devoured this book into settings of about 4 hours each. I am sure many fans will have the same experience of reading it quickly and then going back and reading it again. It is that good!

This is a pretty grounded biography. There's no effort to try and be a legend here, just gritty stories from one of the godfathers of NYHC. I like Roger as a guy and this book rings true to what I know of his personality. There's an unshakeable authenticity and likableness that shines through here.