CRO-MAGS – pair The Age of Quarrel: 40 Years of Quarrel with Zach Blair visualizer

Written by EOS Editorial Team

November 14, 2026

Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair joins CRO-MAGS on Don't Tread on Me (2026), now available with a visualizer. The recording accompanies The Age of Quarrel: 40 Years of Quarrel, released November 13, 2026, and out now via BLKIIBLK.

The album re-records the New York hardcore band's 1986 debut, The Age of Quarrel, and adds the 1985 demo-era song Everybody's Gonna Die. Founding bassist and vocalist Harley Flanagan brought together former members, current bandmates and guests for the project.

Blair said of his participation: “It was an unbelievable honor to take part in such a cultural milestone. To recreate such a seminal work is daunting to say the least and I feel humbled to have been included.”

Arthur Rizk, whose credits include Power Trip and Blood Incantation, produced and mixed the album and also contributes to the recordings. Original The Age of Quarrel guitarist Doug Holland appears on We Gotta Know, while former CRO-MAGS and Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rocky George plays on Seekers of the Truth. Current members Dominic Dibenedetto and Dave Sharpe also join Flanagan, with Nekrutman playing drums throughout.

Meg Mills contributes to It's the Limit (2026), for which a lyric video has also been supplied. Reflecting on the original album, Mills said: “Wouldn’t have ever started a band without this record…”

The drummer first met Flanagan while playing with Suicidal Tendencies and received the invitation to re-record the album in fall 2025. Describing the approach to the sessions, Nekrutman said: “I went into the project with a deep respect for the legacy and importance of the original composition, while finding the right moments to incorporate my own sound and personality.”

Holland's return brought back memories of touring with Flanagan, teaching him to shave and counting their small per diems in supermarket checkout lines. “Working with Arthur Rizk was very refreshing and exciting,” Holland said. He also referred to another CRO-MAGS record planned for 2027.

George recalled first hearing about Flanagan through an incident at CBGBs in the early to middle 1980s, which he believed occurred during Suicidal Tendencies' first appearance there. He said he was not personally involved and met Flanagan roughly 15 years later, discovering someone with eclectic musical tastes and extensive life experience. George described continuing to learn new things about him another 25 years on.

The project began during the making of the Wired for Chaos documentary. Several songs were re-recorded for its soundtrack because the original recordings could not be licensed, prompting Flanagan to revisit the entire album. Flanagan assumed frontman duties beginning with Best Wishes in 1989.

According to the announcement, the musicians who performed on the original The Age of Quarrel were never paid or given an accounting of its sales. It states that Flanagan spent years trying to reunite the original lineup to re-record the album and reclaim rights to The Age of Quarrel and Best Wishes through the Copyright Reversion Act, but could not assemble everyone before the window closed.

The announcement says the songwriters will receive payment through ASCAP and BMI, with remaining proceeds going to charity. It presents the new recording as a way to honor the music, its creators and its fans while putting that history behind Flanagan.