Freddy Cricien

When Cricien was about seven years old, he visited with his brother in NYC and began to perform on stage with Agnostic Front. Shortly after he began to join the band on tour. At twelve years old, Cricien recorded Madball’s first seven inch, Ball of destruction. It consisted of used and unused Agnostic Front material. The original lineup featured Roger Miret on bass, Vinnie Stigma on guitar, Will Shepler on drums, and Freddy on vocals. When Freddy was 16 years old he moved permanently to NYC and moved in with Roger. In 1992 Madball recorded and released the Droppin Many Suckas EP. This recording featured original music and the addition of Matt Henderson on guitar. In the years to follow Madball continued to release new albums(Set it off-1994, Demonstrating My Style-1996, Look My Way-1998, Been There, Done That-1998, Hold It Down-2000, N.Y.H.C-2004, Legacy-2005, Infiltrate The System-2007, Empire-2010, Rebellion EP-2012, Hardcore Lives-2014, and most recently For The Cause-2018)

Freddy Cricien, also known as Freddy Madball, (born November 4, 1975) is an American musician, primarily known as the vocalist of New York hardcore band Madball. He is also the vocalist of Hazen Street, and has a hip hip career from which debut album was November 2009's "Catholic Guilt". He also moonlights as an MC with DJ Stress as the hip hop duo Freddy Madball & DJ Stress.

Cricien was born in Passaic, New Jersey on November 4, 1975. His mother is from Havana, Cuba and his father is from Barranquilla, Colombia. He has three older siblings from the same mother. The eldest is Roger Miret of Agnostic Front. At five years old Freddy and his family relocated to Miramar, Florida. Roger stayed behind and soon after became immersed in the New York hardcore music scene.