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  • agit68@lemmy.ziptoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Where'd all the straight-edge people go?
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    2 months ago

    Ian has always had the position it was a personal choice. Not some dogmatic bullshit. They were just kids who wanted to get into shows.

    The song straight edge was just his personal opinion. Bands like SSD (Society System Decontrol) took it a little further. And then the NYHC scene in the mid to late 80’s took it even further. That’s how you ended up with Earth Crisis and victory records in the 90’s.

    He doesn’t really like being tied to the straight edge movement.

    The documentary “Salad Days” has a great interview with him about it

    He also has a good interview in this book:

    Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics

    https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=162