I pretty much agree with 85% of what you post here, even if it's cranky and crotchety beyond all get-out. But I'm guessing you've never heard such awesome Polish female-fronted HC bands like Post-Regiment, which cite the Cro-Mags as an influence? Probably not! =)
-B.
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Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
"[The NYHC band Cro-Mags are] too much testosterone to my taste."