A show from 1995 featuring DJ Rose, myself and several friends focusing on the vegan straight edge music scene in Syracuse, NY. Also Sick Of It All, Ignite and H2O.
thanks for uploading these man, i used to have a vhs with some of these mid 90s news stories but it got messed up a while ago. it's cool getting to see them again.
@conflictjpk DJ still lives in Syracuse, is married with four children, is still vegan straight edge and owns three tattoo shops as well as doing tattoos himself.
i know that dude dj rose.i used to go to all the hardcore shows on sundays there at the lost horizon....how weird...i wonder what those dudes are up to now a days?
@DaxLOUx Same here brother,I'm straight edge too,i have tons of friends that drink and smoke. And that's alright with me. They don't try me into it and don't try to push them into being straight edge.
@dylan111291 I don't entirely disagree with you, but nobody said that the people who consume drugs, cigarettes or alcohol in small, moderate amounts are the problem-it's the people who don't. And their choices DO affect people other than them-their families when they die of lung cancer or overdose, the other people harmed when they drive drunk or commit acts of drunken violence, etc. It ceases to be a "personal health choice" when it affects those around you. Moderation isn't the problem.
@dylan111291 basically the idea is they don't feel the need to do drugs or alcohol to have a good time and enjoy life, not necessarily just that drugs and alcohol are pure evil and kill everyone.
if you like the hardcore music also. If it applies, then you're ok to claim Straight Edge. But etc is think of it that you're claiming it for the rest of your life. Meatless is about Vegan Edge
@dylan111291 well music is self expression, they have a right to talk about their views/emotions in their music. I do agree it is ridiculous when some of them go around in gangs beating the shit out of people about it though.
@dylan111291 For some people it's fine to say that they won't overdo drugs/alcohol-like yourself-but not everybody WANTS to do those things in moderate amounts, some people don't want to do them at all (straight edge), some people don't agree with the CONCEPT of getting intoxicated at all, and others realize that due to their personalities, they cannot do things in moderation, so for them it's safest to completely abstain. Everybody has to make their own choices. You made yours, I made mine :)
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).
