Roger Miret and the Disasters

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Roger Miret and the Disasters
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Roger Miret live in 2013
Background information
OriginUnited States
Genres
Years active1999–present
Labels Hellcat Records
Sailor's Grave Records
People Like You Records
Members Roger Miret
Rhys Kill
Roy Valencia
Pete Sosa
Past membersRandy Rost
Mike Mulieri
Johnny Rioux
Johnny Kray
JP Otto
Luke Rota
Joey Nayls
Website thedisasters.com

Roger Miret and the Disasters are a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret. The band started when Miret was writing songs that were not a style suitable for Lady Luck (a band fronted by his wife Denise) or Agnostic Front, so he started recording them on his own on a Boss recorder. Johnny Rioux had previously mentioned he would like to work with him, so Rioux helped Miret on what originally started as a solo project. Then Miret met Rhys Kill, who liked the material and joined in on the project. The band then recorded a demo tape, with Miret and Kill on guitar, Rioux on bass and Matt Kelly from the Dropkick Murphys on drums. That six-song demo found reviewed by Lars Frederiksen, who passed it off to his Rancid bandmate Tim Armstrong. He asked Miret to put his project out on Hellcat Records. As Kelly could not continue with Miret due to his commitments with Dropkick Murphys, Miret asked Johnny Kray of The Krays and New York Rel-X to join on drums. After a couple rehearsals, they decided to make it a band. [1]

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Their first recorded appearances were in 2001, with "It's Alright", from the six-song demo with Matt Kelly, appearing on Scene Killer 3 and covers of Cock Sparrer's "England Belongs to Me" (dubbed "New York Belongs to Me") and Blitz's "Voice of a Generation" appearing on The Worldwide Tribute to the Real Oi! Volume 2. Their debut release was their self-titled album, which came out in September 2002. The band's first lineup change came with Joey Nails replacing Rioux on bass by August 2003. [2] It was then announced in January 2004 that Chris Watson replaced Nails [3] and then Brian Darwas took over for drums as of April 2004, [4] leaving only Miret and Kill as original members. Following one more lineup change, with Darwas moving over to bass and Mike Mulieri taking over drums as of September 2004, [5] the band recorded their second album in Fall 2004. The album, 1984 , was released early the next year and became their last release on Hellcat. The next year, they released My Riot on Sailor's Grave Records. In January 2011, the band released their fourth album, Gotta Get Up Now , on German label People Like You Records. [6]

Discography

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References

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  6. BLABBERMOUTH.NET – ROGER MIRET AND THE DISASTERS To Release 'Gotta Get Up Now' In January – Nov. 14, 2010