PunkMusic Subgenre
StraightEdge refers to punk either of the hardcore or oi variety that advocates abstinence from drugs (including cigarettes), alcohol, and copious amounts of sex. In other words, killjoy pansies.
Sure, rip the piss outta something that you're too undisciplined to come close to. Straight-edge also applies to the lifestyle choice of not drinking, smoking or taking drugs (and sometimes abstaining from promiscuous sex). Often abreviated to sXe or XXX (the X symbol appears frequently in relation to straight-edgers, originating in America, where under-age kids at Punk rock shows would have an X drawn on their hand to symbolise that they couldn't drink, and was adopted voluntarily by straight-edgers). Frequently associated with Veganism. von
Why would you want to?
StraightEdge gangs have also been linked to incidents of violence against drug users.
No, you got it wrong there, straight-edgers are not the violent ones. The violent gangs you are talking about are hard-liners, similar, but, *duh* much more hard-line. They are nearly always strict straight-edgers (no promiscuous sex, no psychotropic medicines, no caffeine, vegan, in addition to regular straight-edge views. von
StraightEdge bands can be pretty good, afaik these bands are StraightEdge:
MinorThreat, Ensign, Shorebreak, Snapcase, Strife, and most of the bands on the VictoryRecords label.
Straightedgers are different from normal(?) non-drinkers/drug-users/etc, due to their intense lust for shoving their opinions on these matters down your throat at any possible opportunity. They generally have a major hard-on for their own supposed moral superiority.