CRAIG SETARI (Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, Straight Ahead, Creep Division)

Next to Hoya, my other partner in crime in the bass world. No one knows hows to work the stage better. There have definitely been plenty of sets where I have watched only Craig play and nobody else in Sick Of It All, or Agnostic Front. The man floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee on the stage. Style and grace, personified. The man, the myth, the legend...





Name: Craig "Ahead" Setari (Sick Of It All / Creep Division)
Aliases: Skully, Cedric, Q, Pappy
Location: Bayside, Queens (but often the surface of the earphis)
Age: Veteran


The beginning of it all. How did Hardcore enter your life and why, so many years later, are you still involved?

Danny Lilker (Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth, SOD) turned me onto punk which led me to Hardcore. I was drawn to it as it was a place I felt comfortable and was accepted, not for who I knew or how I dressed or whatever, but how I WAS, who I AM. No fronting, just being.


Are you really the inventor of sneakers on stage? (Hoya says you are and that you invented fire too).
I brought the sneaker to Agnostic Front, at least thats what Vinny says. I didn't invent fire, but I have used it to keep Hoya from stealing my lunch money.


The female body is, to many, considered a work of art. How do you view the female body in it's natural state and what is your favorite part of the female anatomy?
Perfect, I love it. Love to love it in all its natural beauty. Favorite part? Probably the eyes and the booty in the physical, also the soft side of the spirit.


Many people (including myself, without shame) have jocked your style on stage. Is that a flattering thing to you, or do you feel jipped that the style you have and have created is being mocked? 
Yeah man, its cool... I'm flattered. Spread the word. Hardcore is history, not just a flavor. Spread the word about the history, keep the tradition alive. Let 'em know who we are and what we've done and WHY.


Explain to us what the Bass Mafia is and means to you... as a legendary and influential bass player.
I don't know what your talking about, but I do know that bass players are always cool with each other. Get a bunch of bass players behind you, that's a serious force.


You know how to throw those bones. Have you ever had any beef with bands that have caused you to have to get down? Did Straight Ahead have any beef with bands back in the day?
I'm into making friends, not enemies. If someone is born insecure and needs to find out, they go down if they make me have to get down. Bass and boxing are two things I'm good at. SA never beefed, all positive.


Your thoughts on;
Tech21NYC SansAmps: Great stuff, they've let me demo a lot of new products.
Double straps: My invention.
Front of stage monitors: Made to destroy.