Every September in York, PA for the last 30+ years (although this was the first one I attended), there's a FB group if you wanna stay updated for next year ...
the cause is to act superior to everyone else and ruin everyone else's fun .. straight edge = blood shed fuck these loser fun nazis who try to dictate how i should live my life ..
bad music, no sex, no good food, no money, have fun killing youre body with energy drinks, tatoos , peircings and never getting a bachelors degree for a real job, or even anything above burger king you losers
I didn't manage it till I was 39, better late than never. I can't agree with some but no drugs and booze makes me feel freer and I'm a better parent. Thanks Fugazi for giving me the idea but I've made it my own.
No, it's not.I give them mad respect for having those kinds of values and the discipline to stand behind them without some form of big stick ready to smack them should they fail. I could never do it. The thing I liked most was that they NEVER tried to "convert" me or looked down on me for not being like them. At least I know Ian and Eric and Karl felt that way and were wise enough to understand we each have our own path to follow. Best of luck to you on yours, Sir.
well...record sales and touring and merch and all that stuff. i know they are doing BETTER. maybe not enough to quit the day job i suppose. they have stayed busy at least and do better than most from the cuse. i admire ANY band that stays busy and gigs for nearly 15 years. that in itself speaks volumes about them. its never been about the money with those guys. i was never really into hardcore but i would go see them once in a while. and there were those couple times at hellfest...
That doesn't make me a shitty interpreter though haha .... I'm pretty sure that anyone you said that to would see that as an angry comment .... do you disagree?
To the best of my knowledge, none of them are making a living off their record sales-back then it was because of shady label accounting, and nowadays ... well, nobody actually buys records anymore. I think bands only profit from merch in the modern era.
Ok. Sorry for the misinterpreted comments. Different topic.... So now all those "kids" are men and women with jobs and money and the band is actually making a living off their record sales now or at least doing better. That's good. I saw one of those royalty checks. It was for sixty cents. That was 15 years ago. Good for them.
ok man. first....fuck you. second...fuck you. third....i didnt say it was right or wrong and yes i would do the same thing. lastly, fuck you. and by the way...it went far beyond a beating as i understand it. ian is a friend. i applaud what he did.
Oh my goodness, are you serious? WHAT BRUTALITY! I can't believe that he had the nerve to react physically to someone who physically assaulted his girlfriend (future wife and mother of his children). Such savagery cannot at all be due to the fact that most guys--whether straight edge, drunk, carnivore or vegan--will fucking hit you if you spit on their girlfriend. I'm sure your Significant Other will be honored and pleased to know that if someone spit on them, you would do nothing.
"The kind of kids they would like to reach." Yeah, with their fists. I knew those fine young men of earth crisis back when i lived in that cesspool of a city when I worked at this vegan food place. Someone spit on the bass players girlfriend once. Once.
i use to smoke and drink alot but theres more to life and straight edge helped me see it its just not about drugs its aboutl iving life and being there with your family and brothers never hurts to listen to the bands and explore you guys should try it sometime.
Of course they didn't support it-if average Americans supported the goals and ideals of the 60's counterculture, then it wouldn't have been a counterculture. The most surefire way to crush a counterculture is to let it destroy itself. Blaming it all on the drugs is an oversimplification of course, but it was certainly a contributing factor that lessened their effectiveness (and gave law enforcement handy excuses to crack down as well).
I will admit, I used to use drugs and alcohol heavily. It really did hurt my life. I am one of the lucky ones to not be dead or in prison like a lot of people I know. I wish I would have gone straight edge as a teen. So, more power to them.
