Vintage Cro-Mags "Alpha Omega" Century Media Promotional Poster Sweater features an early Daniel Johnston

features an early Daniel Johnston performance

That doesn't make them any less important

OH in 1988

that's when Karl Buechner switched from bass to singing and got members of Framework to join the band

This vintage Ernest Hemingway shirt from the early 1990s

Vintage Cro-Mags "Alpha Omega" Century Media Promotional Poster Sweater features an early Daniel JohnstonCro Mags released Alpha Omega, their third album, in 1992. The band had formed in the early 80s but really took off with the release of their debut LP, The Age Of Quarrel, in 1986. That record solidified their spot in the hardcore hall of fame and helped cement the sound of what hardcore from New York should sound like and how it should present itself. Alpha Omega saw the band reunite with singer John Joseph and try some new styles out, most notably