Edge
Interviews with influential musicians reveal how the Straight Edge movement, which began in the early 1980s, shaped youth culture's stance on substance abuse.
“Perspectives on drug free culture”
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Interviews with influential musicians reveal how the Straight Edge movement, which began in the early 1980s, shaped youth culture's stance on substance abuse.
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Ian MacKaye, frontman of Minor Threat, discusses the origins of the Straight Edge movement, which began in the early 1980s as a youth counterculture rejecting substance abuse. Through interviews with influential musicians like Ray Cappo of Youth of Today and Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis, the film details the ideology of abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and promiscuous sex. It also addresses the movement's darker elements, including violence and intolerance, which have shaped its public perception over the years.
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