It can be traced back to songs written by minor threat vocalist ian mackaye. It is also draws on the experiences and insights of the researcher, a long time adherent to straight edge. Straight edge kulttuuriin liittyvat vahvasti musiikkityylit punk ja erityisesti hardcore punk. Hardcore punk, straight edge, and radical politics.
This article reconceptualizes subcultural resistance based on an ethnographic examination of the straight edge movement. Some will accept drugs such as codeine or morphine for medical reasons. At age thirtyone, i am still straight edge, though i am much less in volved in the scene than i once was. Zines are selfpublished, noncommercial publications with typically small circulations. While the musicality of straightedge carries many of the simplistic angry structures of hardcore punk, the agenda of the lyrics has many facets, ranging from the original rules, to embracing social and political issues like. View wiki straight edge refers to a lifestyle that started within the hardcore punk subculture whose adherents make a lifetime commitment to refrain from drinking alcohol, using tobacco products, and taking recreational drugs. Pdf rhythms of rebellion, straight edge punk and social. The novel nears its end during the tompkins square park antigentrification riot. Jun 09, 2006 straight edge is a cleanliving youth movement that emerged from the punk rock subculture in the early 1980s. Pdf when minor threat sang ive got straight edge back in the 1980s. Access to society journal content varies across our titles.
The research presented within this paper is based on field work which took place in san francisco and the bay area in 2009, throughout the uk in 2010, and in chicago in 2011. Some followers of straight edge will not use nyquil or dayquil because they contain alcohol. Annars blir det en grupp av sanna dar redbergspojkar gupea. The theme was different from most other punk, however, because it was vehemently antidrug.
Ele defende a total e perene abstinencia em relacao a entorpecentes tabaco, alcool e as chamadas drogas ilicitas. Wcimh was basically a zine dedicated to the band mouthpiece, with other pages about other straight edge bands and topics. Straight edge adalah sebuah gaya hidup, filosofi dan pergerakan anak muda yang menganut anti penggunaan narkoba, penggunaan minuman beralkohol, merokok dan hubungan sex bebas casual sex, walaupun pergerakan garis keras yang lebih dalam mereka menghidari penggunaan obat secara menyeluruh termasuk penggunaan secara medis dan mereka mempercayai bahwa sex tidak untuk bergantiganti pasangan. Hardcore punk, clean living youth, and social change by ross haenfler free pdf d0wnl0ad, audio books, books to read, good books to read, cheap books, good books, online books, books. Pdf straight edge as an australian youth subculture. Note that not all of these bands have or had all straight edge members, and some of them stopped identifying as such at some point during their careers. All members, jamie rhoden, ned russin, shane moran and ben russin, follow a straight edge lifestyle and the last three are in the straight edge band disengage. Jason zink is raising funds for straight edge kegger. They cover a wide range of topics with many focused on politics, art, creative writing, and personal theory. Pdf this paper considers the phenomenon of straight edge in the context of australian. Straight edge liike kehittyi minor threatyhtyeen sanoituksesta kappaleessa straight edge, jossa liikkeen perusidea tuodaan esille. All members, jamie rhoden, ned russin, shane moran and ben. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It is a choice and it does not make you better or worse than anyone.
Yes, its true that some people will stop being sxe when they turn 21 but that is just another choice. Wwe superstar, wwe champion, 2011 superstar of the year, cm punk, best in the world, cult of personality, pipe bomb. This is a collection of zines that can be found on the archive. Are they a bunch of rich jocks and militant, violent bullies that think theyre better than everybody. Casey jones casey jones was a straight edge hardcore band from jacksonville, florida. Known by some as the godfather of vegan straight edge, rat is an old punk from the uk who has been involved in the punk scene since the age of 14. Nevertheless, there is some continuity, and themes such as gender relationships and social change persist over time.
Gaya hidup ini berawal dari band hardcore punk amerika bernama minor threat yang merasa muak dengan gaya hidup anak punk yang cenderung menghancurkan diri. Taqwacore webzine blog titled redefining punk, my way ahmed 2009 exemplifies how taqwacores do this. Its basic tenets promote a drugfree, tobaccofree, and sexually responsible lifestyletenets that, on the surface, seem counter to those typical of teenage rebellion. Starting in 1981 via minor threats revolutionary call to arms, the clean and positive straight edge hardcore punk movement took hold and prospered during the 1980s, earning a position as one of the most durable yet chronically misunderstood music subcultures. A rigid flat rectangular bar, as of wood or metal, with a straight edge for testing or drawing straight lines. Straight edge, hardcore, punk, subkultur, kulturarv, inkludering. Straight edge wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. Feb 01, 2010 examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the politicalpunk straight edge movementwhich has persisted as a drugfree, hardcore subculture for more than 25 yearstraces its history from 1980s washington, dc, to today. Straight edge revenge eur thesis erasmus universiteit rotterdam. Clean living youth, hardcore punk, and social change. Exkludering, autencitet, imateriellt kulturarv, bevara, forvalta. The author, tanzila ahmed, a muslim american activist and writer, blogs about the ways punk manifests in her life.
Using the core values of straight edge, the authors analysis builds on new. Its living a poison free and keeping yourself safe. Reimagining being straight in straight edge sage journals. Ross haenfler by 1980, punk rock, one of the most innovative and confrontational music and art movements of the modern era, was careering towards the no future refrain from the sex pistols anthem god. Read the story of straight edge hardcore, a curious cleanliving subculture that emerged in reaction to the excesses of punk. Born out of the early washington, dc hardcore punk scene, straightedge has a strange history. However, the term straightedge seemed to strike a chord with some punks.
I got rid of facebook but im looking to stay in touch with groupsinterests that are good for me. By the 2000s much of the tension that marked the straight edge lifestyle and punk lifestyle relationship had evaporated. Not that this is an academic book, because fortunately its not, but rather one by someone who was involved with stuff. Straight edge ibland forkortat sxe, sxe och edge ar en livsstil och motkultur subkultur, starkt associerad till punk och hardcoremusik. Some followers of straight edge also abstain from illegal or casual sex for some, no drug use includes caffeine which is a stimulant drug. Hey guys, so im a christian and i also consider myself straight edge. Minor threat straight edge lyrics im a person just like you but ive got better things to do than sit around and fuck my head hang out with the living dead snort white.
Minor threat a big band from the hardcore punk scene was the one that is responsible for the straight edge tag. Straight edge punk the complicated contradictions of straight edge punk. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Found it later in life 34, though have been around hardcore punk since i was in my teens. Hardcore punk, clean living youth, and social change by ross haenfler for online ebook. This page was last edited on 21 january 2019, at 01. Straight edge hardcore punk, clean living youth and social change autor. An indepth analysis of cm punks straight edge society.
Straight edge punk from washington dc the straight. Straight edge punk a paradigm shift in the environmental movements market. Francis stewart, punk rock is my religionstraight edge punk. Find the best straightedge albums on allmusic allmusic. Straight edge, ogsa kendt som sxe, er hovedsageligt en ungdomsorienteret livsstil og en modkultur, n. Straight edge cm punk added a new photo to the album. Hardcore punk, clean living youth, and social change. Mar 08, 2020 the militant element peaked in the 1990s with groups like judge, bold, and youth of today. It is both a call to action and an elaborate redefinition of straight edge and radical sobriety.
List of people who follow a straight edge lifestyle wikipedia. Straight edge kids xed up with tattoos and marker in the 1990s. Straight edge is a cleanliving youth movement that emerged from the punk rock subculture in the early 1980s. Mike brazier contributor ii september 3, 2010 comments. Asserting that drugs are not necessarily rebellious and that not all rebels do them, the record also defies common conceptions. Mereka membudayakan gaya hidup antialkohol, narkoba, rokok, dan secara tegas menolak gaya kehidupan seks bebas.
Straight edge simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A clearheaded hardcore punk history covers as the title says the history of straight edge. Militant straight edge and their position in straight movement. Straight edge often called sxe is a lifestyle without drugs, tobacco, or alcohol. Straight edge is basically living a clean life without drugs, drinking and casual sex. Depending upon the degree to which people practice the lifestyle, they may be vegans or vegetarians, tend to eschew alcohol, drugs, and promiscuous sex, and may also not drink. Minor threat straight edge punk band from washington d. Despite members avowed positivity, straight edge has always had a reputation, fueled in large part by the mainstream media, of intolerance toward people who use alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. The following is a list of bands that have been associated with the straight edge subculture.
Slow death games is the home of wild in the streets and star breach table top miniatures games. The straight edge movement of the early eighties was named for a song of that name written by ian mackaye for his band minor threat. Using the core values of straight edge, the authors analysis builds on new subcultural theories and suggests a framework for how members construct and understand their subjective experiences of being a part of a subculture. Straightedge definition of straightedge by the free. Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the political punk straight edge movementwhich has persisted as a drugfree, hardcore subculture for more than 25 yearstraces its history from 1980s washington, dc, to today. In the early 1980s the term straight edge was coined to describe a youth subculture within the punk rock scene, a subculture that chose a lifestyle that. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. For some, no drug use includes caffeine which is a stimulant drug. Rhythms of rebellion, straight edge punk and social change. Ten yard fight, slapshot, judge, projectx, straight ahead, turning point, chain of strength best new straight edge bands. Straight edge grew out of hardcore punk in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was partly characterized by shouted rather than sung vocals.
As both a vegan straight edge kid and a huge admirer of early 80s anarchopunk scene, my purpose of. The straight edge lifestyle, sometimes signified with the letter x or with the number 24, describes a small segment of people within the larger punk rock culture, that had some antithetical ideas to most punk rock music. A collection of hardcore and punk music fanzines remastered and collected on the dfps blogspot by nagus from 20092011. Pdf rhythms of rebellion, straight edge punk and social change. Minor threats recording of the song was short and as powerfully intense as anything the sex pistols had ever done. Music and the landscape of consciousness 1991 joachinernst berendt notes that nada brahma is often understood as the primal creative word, source of the world and sacred knowledgeit is one with mans. Francis stewart article three with hope in our hearts and bricks in musical genre and as a. A young punk and a houseful of drunks square off against the gang of militant straight edgers that hes abandoned. I dont know if tony rettman, the guy who wrote straight edge. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Punk, too, was a resistance movement, but its rebellion was laced with nihilism. Militant straight edge straight edge gang hardline.
Ordet menes at stamme fra en sang af minor threat med navnet straight edge. We all make choices and some choose to be straight edge and some dont. Best in the world straight edge superstar cm punk fan page. Het vierde en laatste hoofdstuk gaat over hardcore punk en straight edge.
May 30, 2011 the name, straight edge where the name straight edge came from. Straight edge on the ripple hard core punk in the early minor threat punk, harcore, straight edge see more. Hardcore punk, straight edge, and radical politics kuhn, gabriel on. Tony rettman is responsible for why be something that you. List of people who follow a straight edge lifestyle. This song gave birth to a subculture and a subgenre of punk music called straight edge, a lifestyle that doesnt include alcohol, tobacco or drugs. Gray matter was where it all started when i was 14. Straight edge individuals of this early era often associated with the original punk ideals such as individualism, disdain for work and school, and liveforthemoment attitudes. Seems like crucial response records gets some coverage lately, not that we were interviewed in trust fanzine a while ago, a book by tony rettman came out recently which features some crucial response bands in the european chapter. Im just curious to see if anyone has thoughts around christians in the sxe community, and if any other straight edge christians are here in this sub reddit. Some followers of straight edge also abstain from illegal or casual sex.
Straight edge hardcore is the music of this subculture. In the sprawling scope of this book, the notion of straight edge as a bastion of white, middleclass, cis males is confronted and challenged. I like making stuff, doing it on my own, and hate having other people do things for me. Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the politicalpunk straight edge movementwhich has persisted as a drugfree, hardcore subculture for more than 25 yearstraces its history from 1980s washington, dc, to today. Komitmen hidup anak punk dalam subkultur straight edge. Youth of today is an american hardcore punk band, initially active from 1985 to 1990 before reforming in 2010. X takes a piercing look at religion, identity, feminism, aesthetics, harm reduction, and much more. A clearheaded hardcore punk history is or ever was straightedge or not i dont care and it also doesnt mean shit in this case. Pymcagetty straight edge was in many ways a response to the notoriously substanceaddled punk culture of the 1970s.
Some bands also began to lean toward metal as opposed to punk rock, with groups like strife and earth crisis as examples. Musician and motivational speaker, best known as the vocalist for punk rock band h2o. Straight edge punk the complicated contradictions of. Utilising a focused and detailed study of straight edge punk a subset of punk in which adherents abstain from drugs, alcohol and casual sex punk rock is my religion argues that traditional modes of religious behaviours and affiliations are being rejected in favour of key ideals located within a variety of spaces and experiences, including.