Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Straight Edge

Straight Edge - no drugs, no sex, no alcohol

What is it about the ideas of straight edge that interest me? Maybe it is the fact that originally it was a way to simplify your life. It was originally started because people were taking so many drugs that they could no longer remember things like meting Jimi Hendrix. Maybe its the radical politics that it preaches. Maybe its just the music. Probably its a combination of all three and my new found dislike for drinking and drugs.

Now I am not going to claim to be edge for life or go hardline or anything like that. I just think that it is a better idea than most people give it credit for.

Top 5 Songs
Minor Threat - straight Edge
gorilla biscuits - Start today
7 seconds - Walk together, Rock Together
Rise Against - A life Less Frightening
Refused - New Noise

all by bands with straight edge members or straight Edge groups

1 comment:

Matthias said...

I just think that you want a black x on your arm.