Madball To Release “True To The Game – The Roadrunner Years”

Madball began life as a side project of New York hardcore royalty Agnostic Front in the late 80’s, sometimes featuring Roger Miret’s younger half-brother Freddy Cricien on vocal duties, leading to Cricien making his debut recording aged just 12-years old on Madball’s first 7” single, Ball of Destruction, in 1989. The band signed to Roadrunner Records in 1994 with Cricien barely in his teens and established themselves as hardcore legends with their debut release in the same year. Touring globally at a relentless pace, Madball established themselves as one of the most intense, dedicated and most importantly credible hardcore bands in the scene, pushing a message of positivity and self- advancement through discipline and application.

Cherry Red Records and Dissonance Productions are set to release True To The Game – The Roadrunner Years on the 18th April. The release is a 42 track three disc set from the New York hardcore legends that features their first three full length studio albums, 1994’s Set It Off, 1996’s Demonstrating My Style and 1998’s Look My Way. The release is complimented with the addition of extensive liner notes from writer Mark Freebase, who conducted brand new interviews with Freddy Cricien, former members Matt Henderson and Will Shepler, video director Drew Stone and also Howie Abrams, the A&R guy that signed Madball to Roadrunner Records. The release of True To The Game is personally endorsed and approved by Freddy Cricien.