While most seven year olds are home on a Sunday afternoon playing video games or watching cartoons, Freddy Cricien is at CBGBs in New York City, there to see his big brother Roger Miret's band Agnostic Front perform at a local hardcore matinee.

Freddy had not yet reached his teens when he played his first Madball show in 1988. Backed by most of Agnostic Front, Madball's first few gigs consisted of un-used AF songs with Roger on bass, Vinnie Stigma on guitar and Will Shepler on drums. In 1989 Madball released the seven-inch, “Ball of Destruction”, giving Freddy an outlet to take his show on the road.

Madball quickly earned a reputation as one of the fiercest live bands around, winning over punk and hardcore fans wherever they plugged in their instruments.
The band took their music all over the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia and South America, sharing the stage with acts such as Black Sabbath and Slayer. Their powerful live show coupled with their notorious streetwise credibility rendered Madball the seminal hardcore act from New York City, headquarters for the music and lifestyle that they proudly represent.

Now, after a couple years off, Madball is back and ready to pick up exactly where they left off. Their new material can best be described as “Hold It Down x 100” and should be available sometime this year for release. They have already hit the road, satisfying a new generation of kids' need to see for themselves what this hardcore legacy is all about. With Freddy and Hoya running the show, Madball's uncompromising attitude and perseverance have undeniably paved the way for something special in 2003!