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American hardcore punk band

This article is about the band. For other uses, see Warzone (disambiguation).

Warzone (formerly known as Rat Poison)^[1] was an American hardcore punk band formed on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1983.

The band helped develop the New York hardcore sound, the hardcore skinhead style and the youth crew subgenre. During the band's 14 years and many line-up changes, their primarily hardcore sound was flavored by influences ranging from Oi!

(they toured several times with The Business and played a cover of their song "The Real Enemy") to traditional punk rock to heavy metal (on their self-titled LP). Their fan base was diverse, with their concerts usually attended by skinheads, straight edge teens, metalheads, and punks of all ages.

Vice has written that "one could argue that [Warzone] spearheaded the second and larger wave of hardcore bands that erupted in the NY scene in 1986–1987".^[2]

Frontman Raymond "Ray