} Craig Setari (sometimes known by the stage name Craig Ahead) is an American musician who is currently active as the bass player in

Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sic ...

. He has also worked with many other

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bands, including

Youth of Today Youth of Today is an American hardcore punk band, initially active from 1985 to 1990 before reforming in 2010. The band played a major role in establishing the " Youth Crew" subculture of hardcore, both espousing and evolving the philosophie ...

, Straight Ahead, Rest in Pieces,

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and

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. Alongside Dan Lilker, he recorded the ''Noise For Noise's Sake'' demo tape under the name Crab Society. This demo tape inspired Lilker's band S.O.D. to record their 1985 demo album titled ''

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''.

Biography

Setari first began listening to rock and heavy metal music at the age of twelve, through his older brother Scott and his friend Dan Lilker. One day, Lilker gifted Scott a bass, so that he could learn the instrument and join an early iteration of

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. When Scott wasn't using the instrument, Craig would begin to teach himself how to play it. Within the next two years, Craig Setari would progress to listening to

. This inspired him to join the band Straight Ahead in 1984, with Gordon Ancis and Tommy Carroll, however the band would change its name to NYC Mayhem soon after his joining. NYC Mayhem would release their debut EP ''We Stand'' in 1985 and then break up in late-1985, leading Setari to briefly join

as their bassist. NYC Mayhem reformed in late-1986 under the name Straight Ahead, this time with Sick of It All's Armand Majidi on drums, They released their sophomore EP, ''Breakaway''. Setari joined

after a brief stint in

, in which he played bass on their 1992 album '' One Voice''. Setari has remained with Sick of It All, helping to write tracks such as "

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," which was the first New York hardcore punk track to enter the U.S. Top 100.

Discography

With Straight Ahead

;EPs *''We Stand'' (1985) *''Breakaway'' (1987) ;Demos *''Mayhemic Destruction'' (1985) *''Violence'' (1985)

With Youth of Today

*''Break Down the Walls'' (1986)

With Rest in Pieces

*''Under My Skin'' (1990)

With Agnostic Front

*'' One Voice'' (1992)

With Sick of It All

*'' Scratch the Surface'' (1994) *''

'' (1997) *'' Call to Arms'' (1999) *'' Yours Truly'' (2000) *'' Life on the Ropes'' (2003) *'' Death to Tyrants'' (2006) *'' Based on a True Story'' (2010) *'' XXV Nonstop'' (2011) *'' The Last Act of Defiance'' (2014) *'' Wake the Sleeping Dragon!'' (2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Setari, Craig Living people American punk rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Hardcore punk musicians Bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists Musicians from New York (state) Musicians from Queens, New York Boxers from New York (state) 20th-century American male musicians Francis Lewis High School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Agnostic Front members