Cro-Mags
The Age of Quarrel (1986) carried Krishna and Kali-Yuga themes into NYHC years before "Krishnacore" existed. The John Joseph / Harley Flanagan origin point.
The bands
Bands
Two poles, one improbable scene — plus the precursors who lit the fuse and the wider circuit that carried the fire past New York.
The wider circuit
Before, around, and beyond
Youth of Today
Ray Cappo and John Porcelly's youth-crew straight-edge band — the discipline and the crew that Shelter grew straight out of.
Prema · Refuse to Fall
The second tier that formed around the two poles, working their own stretch of the devotional-hardcore spectrum.
Baby Gopal · Worlds Collide
More of the circuit that widened the sound as it spread out from New York toward Europe and South America.
Deep-dive pages for the wider circuit are in progress. See the full growing discography in the records archive.