Was Bad Brains Straight Edge?
Unlike Fellow Hardcore Pioneers the Germs or Black Flag, the Bad Brains Also Kept Their Music Melodic and Positive, Which Is What Makes Them Such a Crucial...
Unlike fellow hardcore pioneers the Germs or Black Flag, the Bad Brains also kept their music melodic and positive, which is what makes them such a crucial group. ... The straight edge movement in punk, which is against drinking, drugs, and sex, can trace its roots back to Bad Brains' positive hardcore.
Why did Bad Brains Get Banned in DC?
They played faster than fast, teetering at times on the edge of cacophony, but they also introduced the breakdowns that would come to characterize American hardcore — like the one that happens about 50 seconds into “Banned in D.C.” (Bad Brains really was unofficially banned in D.C. in the late 1970s, after earning a ...
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Is Fugazi straight edge?
With their song “Straight Edge,” they became synonymous with a punk subculture that abstained from using drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ... Not too unlike the Clash, PIL or Gang of Four a couple of years prior, Fugazi embraced reggae, dub, funk, art rock and post-punk and became a paragon for legions.
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