Craig Setari

Craig Setari (sometimes known by the stage name Craig Ahead) is an American musician and former competitive boxer,[1][2][3] who is currently active as the bass player in Sick of It All,[4][5] however has also worked with many other hardcore punk bands, including Youth of Today, Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces, Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags.[6][7][8] Alongside Dan Lilker, he recorded the Noise For Noise’s Sake demo tape under the name Crab Society. This demo tape inspired Lilker's band S.O.D. to record their 1985 demo album titled Crab Society North.[9]

Craig Setari
Setari performing with Sick of It All in 2018.
Background information
OriginNew York, U.S.
GenresHardcore punk
Occupation(s)Musician, boxer
InstrumentsBass
Years active1985–present
Associated acts

Biography

Setari first began listening to rock and heavy metal music at the age of twelve, through his older brother Scott and his friend Dan Lilker. One day, Lilker gifted Scott a bass, so that he could learn the instrument and join an early iteration of Anthrax. When Scott wasn't using the instrument, Craig would begin to teach himself how to play it. Within the next two years, Craig Setari would progress to listening to hardcore punk.[10] This inspired him to join the band Straight Ahead in 1984, with Gordon Ancis and Tommy Carroll, however the band would change its name to NYC Mayhem soon after his joining. NYC Mayhem would release their debut EP We Stand in 1985 and then break up in late-1985, leading Setari to briefly join Youth of Today as their bassist. NYC Mayhem reformed in late-1986 under the name Straight Ahead, this time with Sick of It All's Armand Majidi on drums,[11] They released their sophomore EP, Breakaway.[12] Setari joined Sick of It All after a brief stint in Agnostic Front, in which he played bass on their 1992 album One Voice.[13] Setari has remained with Sick of It All, helping to write tracks such as "Built to Last," which was the first New York hardcore punk track to enter the U.S. Top 100.[12]

Discography

With Straight Ahead
EPs
  • We Stand (1985)
  • Breakaway (1987)
Demos
  • Mayhemic Destruction (1985)
  • Violence (1985)

With Youth of Today
  • Break Down The Walls (1986)

With Rest in Pieces
  • Under my Skin (1990)

With Agnostic Front

With Sick of It All

References
  1. Gadino, Dylan (March 2001). "CMJ New Music Monthly" (91). CMJ.
  2. "Clobberin' Time: Sick Of It All On The Evolution Of Mosh". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. Norton, Justin. "Clobberin' Time: Sick Of It All On The Evolution Of Mosh". Decibel. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. D, Howie. "Craig Setari of Sick Of It All". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. "SICK OF IT ALL's CRAIG SETARI: 'We Were Always Primarily A Live Band'". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. Alva, Freddy. "Rob Echeverria (Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces, Biohazard, Helmet)". Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. Kamiński, Karol. "STARECraig Ahead (NYHC) interviewed by Double Cross [UPDATE]". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. Handley, Gen. "Craig Setari (Sick of It All)". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  9. "S.O.D. "Crab Society Demos '85": an Interview with Dan Lilker". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. "Craig "Ahead" Setari". NYHC Chronicles. Episode 17. 13 May 2020. 30 minutes in. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  11. "An Oral History of Sick Of It All, Part I: Early Days, New Beginnings, and Swastikas". Vice Media. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  12. Blush, Steven. New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. p. 237.
  13. "Craig Setari". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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