Straight edge is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs, in reaction to the excesses of punk subculture.
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15 Facts About Straight edge
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The term straight edge was adopted from the 1981 song "Straight Edge" by the hardcore punk band Minor Threat.
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Straight edge subculture emerged amid the early-1980s hardcore punk scene.
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In 1999, William Tsitsos wrote that straight edge had gone through three eras since its founding in the early 1980s.
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Bent edge began as a counter-movement to straight edge by members of the Washington, D C hardcore scene who were frustrated by the rigidity and intolerance in the scene.
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In 1999, William Tsitsos wrote that straight edge had gone through three eras since its founding in the early 1980s.
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Straight edge grew out of hardcore punk in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was partly characterized by shouted rather than sung vocals.
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Straight edge started on the East Coast of the United States in Washington, D C, and quickly spread throughout the United States and Canada.
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Bent edge originated as a counter-movement to straight edge among members of the Washington, D C hardcore scene who were frustrated by the rigidity and intolerance of the scene.
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The new branches of straight edge that came about during this era seemed to originate from ideas presented in songs, and many youth crew bands had a strong heavy metal influence.
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Musically, the straight edge scene was increasingly drawing from heavy metal and was a founding influence on metalcore.
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The first wave of straight edge did not impose rules on others, rather participants chose to follow the ways of self-control.
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UK straight edge scene featuring entirely new musicians developed in the 2010s as a part of the New Wave of British Hardcore.
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Some followers of straight edge have incorporated the symbol into clothing and pins.
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Straight edge has often been approached with skepticism and hostility, despite the ideologically less dogmatic and more multifaceted character of contemporary straight edge.
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