Cro-Mags

Members: Harley Flanagan; Garry Sullivan; Hector Guzman; Dom DiBenedetto Established Date: 1981Bandcamp Link: Listen on Bandcamp

The Cro-Mags are an American hardcore punk band from New York City.

The Cro-Mags have gone through many line-up changes since the band’s beginnings. Flanagan has been the sole trademark owner of the group’s name since the early 1990s, the primary songwriter (a claim strongly denied by founding member Parris Mayhew in multiple recent interviews regarding the first three albums),[4] and only member featured on every album, while Joseph and Jayson continued to tour with other musicians using the Cro-Mags name, against the wishes of Flanagan.

In April 2019, Flanagan reached a settlement with Joseph and Mackie Jayson in which Flanagan would retain exclusive rights to the Cro-Mags name while Joseph and Jayson would move forward under the name, Cro-Mags “JM”.