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Cro-Mags playing NYC; Jon Joseph joining Walter Schreifels & others for 'Barred for Life' NYC release party

by Fred Pessaro

Cro-Mags at House of Vans, 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro)
Cro-Mags at House of Vans

Music Hall of Williamsburg, ready your metal detectors. A little less than a year after the infamous Harley incident that left the original bassist with a broken leg and another man knifed, Cro-Mags will return to play Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 19.

UPDATE: This show has been rescheduled for October 20. Previously-purchased tickets will be honored for the new date.

The band is also scheduled to play a mega-show in Chicago with Rival Mob, Breakdown and others.

In addition to the upcoming MHoW date, look for Jon Joseph of ‘da Mags to join on for a celebration of the release of punk rock photo book, Barred for Life:

Barred For Life is a photo-driven documentary highlighted and counterpointed with a compelling narrative which addresses the facts and fantasies associated with growing up a Punk Rocker in the early 1980’s, and how Black Flag pervaded the scene’s rumor mill like a mysterious specter all across the country and around the world. Revealing quotations supplement the austere black-and-white photography of Jared Castaldi and Stewart Dean Ebersole, Barred For Life’s photographic team

The show will feature appearances from Dez Cadena (ex-Black Flag, Flag) performing the “Six Pack EP” in it’s entirety, Paul Bearer (Sheer Terror), Jimmy Gestapo (Murphy’s Law), Rizzo (The Misguided), Drew Stone (Antidote), Walter Schreifels (Quicksand)and many more. Tickets are still available for this event at Bowery Electric on June 23.

If you missed it, Greg Ginn’s incarnation of Black Flag played three shows over the weekend. Or maybe you, like me, didn’t miss it one bit.