In the early 1980s, the hardcore scene in Washington D.C. was exploding, and one of its leaders was Ian MacKaye, the frontman and principal songwriter for the band Minor Threat (and later, Fugazi and other bands) - formed from the ashes of his band the Teen Idles.
He also founded a great DIY record label that ended up being extremely influential - Dischord Records - on which his bands were releasing material that would end up selling exceedingly well.
One thing that MacKaye espoused as one of his philosophies was abstinence from drugs of any kind - and that wasn't unique to him, as the movement existed in the punk scene already. However, that movement didn't have a name.
Then MacKaye gave it a name. "Straight Edge" to this day refers to that way of life.
It wasn't that live version that I blasted every time my pothead neighbors were blasting Pink Floyd, though.
It was this version.
It was this version.
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