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Sick of It All

Musical Group
Forfans of hardcore punk and nyhc, listeners into fast, socially-charged, guitar-driven music, and readers hunting classic 90s hardcore milestones.
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Old School Hardcore New School Hardcore Folk Rock

The Profile

Sick of It All are a New York hardcore band formed in 1986 in Queens by brothers Lou (vocals) and Pete Koller (guitar) with Armand Majidi (drums) and Rich Cipriano (bass). Cut from the CBGB scene, they became NYHC mainstays with albums like Blood, Sweat and No Tears (1989), Just Look Around (1992) and Scratch the Surface (1994), later continuing with Built to Last, Death to Tyrants and Wake The Sleeping Dragon! Craig Setari took over on bass in 1993.

Formed 1986 in Queens, NYC; founders Lou and Pete Koller, Armand Majidi, Rich Cipriano; Craig Setari joined on bass in 1993. Early days tied to CBGB. Key releases include Blood, Sweat and No Tears (1989), Just Look Around (1992), Scratch the Surface (1994), Built to Last (1997), Death to Tyrants (2006), Based on a True Story (2010), When The Smoke Clears (2016, EP), Wake The Sleeping Dragon! (2018).

Reviews paint Sick of It All as NYHC stalwarts from Queens, active since 1986, delivering relentless, socially-charged hardcore. Key albums praised include Blood, Sweat and No Tears, Just Look Around, Scratch the Surface, and Death to Tyrants. Writers emphasize integrity, speed, and anthemic oi! choruses with thrash edges. Even recent releases are lauded for vitality and consistency.

Notable Quotes

❝ The ease with which SOIA makes my adrenaline rise is a quality that not many possess.
❝ They manage to produce one of the best hardcore punk records ever immediately placing themselves alongside giants like Minor Threat and Black Flag, taking up the reins of the movement that would inherit these groups' legacy.
❝ Sick Of It All are like a train.
❝ Sick Of It All is a certainty in perhaps a more ephemeral but still important field.
❝ The album thus presents itself as a compact rock, well-built from the foundations and in total antithesis to the trends of the time.
❝ Twenty years of career and not a single misstep? That's Lou Koller and company for you.
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