Straight edge

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What comes to mind when you hear the term “straight edge”? What do you think of when you see “XXX”? Some people might think of a ruler or even a person’s sexual preference when they hear “straight edge”, but what about the straight edge movement. When you see “XXX” one might think of a pornographic movie, however it doesn’t have to stand for that. Straight edge always has been and always will be a positive movement for people in the hardcore music scene.
Being “straight edge” means that you do not smoke, do not drink, do not do any kind of drugs, and also do not take part in promiscuous sex. The straight edge movement was started back in the early 1980’s by a band called Minor Threat from Washington, D.C. The band was a hardcore punk band that was tired of all the drugs and alcohol surrounding the hardcore music scene. Minor Threat released a song in 1981 in which the singer, Ian MacKaye, talked about how he doesn’t smoke, drink, or...