The Age of Quarrel

The Age of Quarrel is the first album from the New York hardcore band Cro-Mags. It was released on then-independent Profile Records in July 1986. It was subsequently re-released by Another Planet in 1994, along with their second album: (1989's Best Wishes) on the same disc. The video for "We Gotta Know" received airplay on MTV at the time (during their alternative music show 120 Minutes and later on Headbangers Ball), and was one of the first-ever clips on MTV to feature slam dancing and crowd surfing. Most of the songs are executed at speed with vocals from John Joseph inspiring sound-a-likes. However, "Malfunction", "Seekers of the Truth", and "Life of My Own" are slower songs that foreshadowed the more metallic influences on their next project, the crossover thrash bracketed Best Wishes. The title refers to a Kali Yuga term, originating from the Sanskrit language, which can be translated as: the "Age of Quarrel", "Age of Deception" or "Age of Illusion". Kali Yuga is the fourth and current age of the world in the Sanatan Dharma or Hindu tradition and is characterized by general degradation and spiritual degeneration and illusion. The image on the front album cover is a photograph taken during the Castle Romeo H-bomb test.