Let's see...I graduated HS and went off to college in 1986, but before that, lived in a very remote part of Michigan...so during high-school, I missed seeing a lot of things, as it was just so far away. But in college, I did see more bands...Dead Kennedys, MDC, Mr. T Experiance, Crucif****, and a lot of local bands I can't recall! Oh, and the Butthole Surfers when Locust Abortion Technician just came out, that was the single best show I have ever seen, the two drummers, the weird dancing naked lady, the images they projected in the background of Charlie's Angels mixed with images of Ronald Reagan and colon surgery...you really didn't need any drugs at that show :)

I still like going to see music, only it has gotten a bit harder...I still find new acts I like, though, but I do have a kind of nostalgia for the past.

still pretty lucky.. a lot of those bands still do tours/shows.. depends on where you live, i guess..

anyway, i enjoy the hardcore punk with the sxe message.. id jump in that lifestyle if it werent for my nicotine habit.. which is the last thing i need to be focusing on right now..

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one of my fav groups.. also happen to be edge..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWIptubaLOA

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Oh wow! Great to hear you guys appreciate all this amazing music! And Locust Abortion Technician gets a mention too! I was just playing that album yesterday after years of forgetting about it. Listening to it sober has only made it weirder. They must have had fun making that album... and what a great twisted album cover!

I never got to see any of the original first wave of Industrial music groups. My family migrated from the UK to Australia in 83 so I missed out on a lot of that stuff. I'd love to meet Genesis P Orridge! Lucky you HuskyPup!!! Still, I did get to see some great punk bands over the years. Highly recommend the Buzzcocks for a good night out. Met them a couple of times. They are very obliging chaps!

I'm away from home at the moment visiting my son, but will be returning tomorrow. And I'll be sure to check back here. Always nice to find a warm spot in the swimming pool!

I mainly listen to hardcore music and some straight edge bands like throwdown, terror, xafbx, lionheart, haveheart, bishop, casey jones, xtyrantx to name a couple for ya.

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hey there, i quit drinking/smoking july 5th 2011...i have always listened to straight edge/hardcore and always related to the message. but now that i am living a life free and clear of all mind altering substance, i have a whole new passion for the music. times are tough sometimes...and in my hardest times, breakdowns are the best medicine. this lifestyle is better than i could have ever imagined and i look forward to each day....i am free

bane-can we start again

Can we start again, go back to what it meant back then, open minds and open hearts, the things that set us apart

Was it more than words/and do they still
apply/and do you still believe/well so do I

I was a 15 year old kid with nowhere to fit in, I just wanted to skate, listen to my Suicidal tape/when someone told me about a place where the strange were accepted, and judged by what's inside, A scene of truly open minds

Can we start again, go back to what it meant back then, open minds and open hearts, The things that set us apart

Somewhere, somehow, everything has changed, look at what we've gotten ourselves caught up in

The same mindless clicks, the same high school ****, all the walls you scream about breaking down /I've watched you build brick by brick

I was a 15 year old kid with nowhere to fit in I just wanted to skate, listen to my Suicidal tape/when someone told me about a place, where the strange were accepted, and judged by what's inside, a scene of truly open minds, ARE WE STILL THE SCENE OF OPEN MINDS

Do you still believe - I do

I do

Look beyond the 3 chords that fill your lives, look beyond the gossip and the lies, look beyond the dullest of outsides, look beyond/Try harder See what's inside

This burning in my heart, born under the same songs that you know
But our blood will never blend until you let those doors go

hey, now this is my speed. i love coil and nurse with wound.

Brilliant!punx not dead!lol

glad I found this thread since this topic has been on my mind a lot. over the past year since I've gotten sober I've noticed that some of my friends call me "straight edge" now. I listen to hardcore/punk (including a few bands that are sXe) but I don't identify at all with that scene. I have a few sober friends now but they aren't sXe and I'm not "anti" drugs and alcohol; I understand that there are plenty of people who are able to use and enjoy these substances responsibly and I respect their right to do that even though experience has taught me that I AM NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE lol. I'm a sober alcoholic, not sXE and I think there's a big difference. i suppose its not as bad as being known as a drunk but it's still annoying to be labelled like that.

I'm an old punk (and old guy). Did the whole 70's NYC CBGB Maxes scene. I knew and still do some of the bands. Great music but we were all junkies and drunks and nothing close to Straight Edge. I was sober by the time that scene hit. I do love some of the bands like Minor Threat. I saw Bad Brains at CBGB drunk and sober. Damn, now I feel old :D

Funny thing this sobriery - I sat in meetings with some of the musicians I saw play just a few years earlier. Some of us got it. More didn't.

-allan

I'm checking out more straightedge stuff now. i used to be so against it because that's because they were 'criticising' my lifestyle choice. but i didn't have a choice, mine was an addiction not a lifestyle!
Thanks for posting these, i'll check them out. I don't think i'll get involved in the sXe scene, I can find some people a bit 'preachy' (although that's my opinion, and I respect theirs) but the music has such a powerful and valuable message.
As a fellow punk, I get so bored of drunkpunk generic 'we are cool, cos we drink' lyrics.

Not sure if you've checked out Anti-Flag, they're straight edge too.
I'm getting more and more into hardcore since I got sober, because I need my PMA topping up on a daily basis! Thanks for the recommendations.

Crazy. I did some work for genesis p orridge at one point. We met in ny. What a character.

But definitely not straight edge. Love minor threat back in the day. Cro mags anyone?

I'm sure it's already been mentioned but be sure to pick up Dharma Punx and Hardcore Zen. Both books you might be interested in. As for straight edge, I spent my entire teens and twenties in the punk scene, played in a few bands, toured with a few good ones. I was a big Minor Threat guy myself, but was way too into drugs to consider straight edge back then. I always considered myself a punk rocker though, since my very first punk show, seeing Exploited in 1986 and joining in my first mosh pit. It was all down hill from there!

Anyway, I still enjoy a good punk album on my turntable here and there and though I wasn't straight-edge, I can dig me some Minor Threat and Agnostic Front. Not sure how that scene is holding up now, but back in the late 80's, early 90's the scene was pretty strong but unfortunately most SE guys were so self-righteous and arrogant it became a turn off to anyone who just wanted to get sober and find a way out. I mean there was no "getting well" process, it was really militant and some of those dudes took it to crazy extremes. Anyway, if it works for you, that's awesome! You could find a lot worse movements to get involved in for sobriety.

Good luck to you!