Editing Roger Miret and the Disasters (section)

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{{short description|American punk band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Roger Miret and the Disasters
| image               = Agnostic-front-6.jpg
| caption             = Roger Miret live in 2013
| image_size          = 
| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = 
| origin              = United States
| instrument          = 
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Street punk]]|[[punk rock]]}}
| occupation          = 
| years_active        = 1999–present
| label               = [[Hellcat Records]]<br />Sailor's Grave Records<br />People Like You Records
| associated_acts     = [[Agnostic Front]]<br>[[The Alligators]]<br>[[Balance (band)|Balance]]<br>[[The Kickovers]]<br>Lady Luck<br>[[Madball]]<br>[[Street Dogs]]
| website             = [http://www.thedisasters.com thedisasters.com]
| current_members     = [[Roger Miret]]<br  />Rhys Kill<br />Roy Valencia<br />Pete Sosa
| past_members        = Randy Rost<br />Mike Mulieri<br />[[Johnny Rioux]]<br />Johnny Kray<br />JP Otto<br />Luke Rota<br />Joey Nayls
}}
'''Roger Miret and the Disasters''' are a [[street punk]] group formed by [[Agnostic Front]] frontman [[Roger Miret]]. The band started when Miret was writing songs that were not a style suitable for Lady Luck (a band fronted by his wife Denise) or [[Agnostic Front]], so he started recording them on his own on a Boss recorder. [[Johnny Rioux]] had previously mentioned he would like to work with him, so Rioux helped Miret on what originally started as a solo project. Then Miret met Rhys Kill, who liked the material and joined in on the project. The band then recorded a demo tape, with Miret and Kill on guitar, Rioux on bass and Matt Kelly from the [[Dropkick Murphys]] on drums. That six-song demo found reviewed by [[Lars Frederiksen]], who passed it off to his [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] bandmate [[Tim Armstrong]]. He asked Miret to put his project out on [[Hellcat Records]]. As Kelly could not continue with Miret due to his commitments with Dropkick Murphys, Miret asked Johnny Kray of [[The Krays (band)|The Krays]] and New York Rel-X to join on drums. After a couple rehearsals, they decided to make it a band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c-rap.com/images/keeptight/4-28-03/rogermiretandthedisasters_12-10-02/rogermiretandthedisasters_12-10-02.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030728170147/http://www.c-rap.com/images/keeptight/4-28-03/rogermiretandthedisasters_12-10-02/rogermiretandthedisasters_12-10-02.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2003 |title=Roger Miret and the Disasters |date=December 10, 2002 |publisher=c-rap.com }}</ref>

Their first recorded appearances were in 2001, with "It's Alright", from the six-song demo with Matt Kelly, appearing on ''Scene Killer 3'' and covers of [[Cock Sparrer]]'s "England Belongs to Me" (dubbed "New York Belongs to Me") and [[Blitz (British band)|Blitz]]'s "Voice of a Generation" appearing on ''The Worldwide Tribute to the Real Oi! Volume 2''. Their debut release was their [[Roger Miret and the Disasters (album)|self-titled album]], which came out in September 2002. The band's first lineup change came with Joey Nails replacing Rioux on bass by August 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedisasters.com/starten.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030809005215/http://www.thedisasters.com/band.htm |archivedate=August 9, 2003 |title=About the band... |publisher=thedisasters.com}}</ref> It was then announced in January 2004 that Chris Watson replaced Nails<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedisasters.com/news/newsoutput.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040209010852/http://www.thedisasters.com/news/newsoutput.php |archivedate=February 9, 2004 |title=news |date=January 29, 2004 |publisher=thedisasters.com }}</ref> and then Brian Darwas took over for drums as of April 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedisasters.com/news/newsoutput.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040416135344/http://www.thedisasters.com/news/newsoutput.php |archivedate=April 16, 2004 |title=news |date=April 16, 2004 |publisher=thedisasters.com }}</ref> leaving only Miret and Kill as original members. Following one more lineup change, with Darwas moving over to bass and Mike Mulieri taking over drums as of September 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thedisasters.com/news/newsoutput.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018034224/http://thedisasters.com/news/newsoutput.php |archivedate=October 18, 2004 |title=news |date=September 28, 2004 |publisher=thedisasters.com}}</ref> the band recorded their second album in Fall 2004. The album,  ''[[1984 (Roger Miret and the Disasters album)|1984]]'', was released early the next year and became their last release on Hellcat. The next year, they released ''[[My Riot]]'' on Sailor's Grave Records. In January 2011, the band released their fourth album, ''[[Gotta Get Up Now]]'', on German label People Like You Records.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120909141235/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149375 BLABBERMOUTH.NET – ROGER MIRET AND THE DISASTERS To Release 'Gotta Get Up Now' In January – Nov. 14, 2010]</ref>