X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety

X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety

by Gabriel Kuhn Author

Drug-Free, Punk Rock, and Veganism. A collection of interviews and articles portraying how straight edge subculture and radical sobriety overlap with radical politics. This book examines hard core punk's influence on music, culture, and the political world of the 1980s to the present through interviews, essays, and manifestos. Take a look at religion, identity, feminism and other topics of contention within hardcore punk's socio-political landscape through the lens of people who define straight edge today.