Straight edge

to punk were looked down upon, seen as degenerates, stupid kids who weren’t gonna go anywhere in life, kids who just wanted to make a scene. Punk is a lot more than speaking out against the government. Essentially it gave people a way to speak up about anything and everything. For example, women like Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer from a feminist-punk band called “ Bikini Kill “, started The Riot Gurrrl’ Movement. Bands like hers and many other feminine punk bands sung about serious issues like rape, domestic violence, sexism, which were all things people wouldn’t talk about. Another common misconception about punk music is that people think it’s all about mosh pits, fights, and drugs. Something called The Straight Edge Movement also derived from punk. If you’re straight edge, you don’t drink, or do drugs, you’re 100% sober 24/7. The punk movement is very welcoming, they help you, and accept you no matter what race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation you are. Project Task #3 Comparing both rap and the punk scene today, to the nineties would be way different. Today rap and punk music has evolved from where they started. Rap really reached it’s peak in the nineties, that’s when the problematic “ Gangsta rap “ came out of the woodwork. It really started with N.W.A, but that group already disbanded by the 90’s. The concept of gangsta rap was the expression of gang involvement, gang violence, police brutality, and the biggest one in my opinion- drugs. The way it was…

It’s still that way to a point now, with shows happening in bars and 21+ venues, but back in the 80’s and parts of the 90’s, alcohol and drugs ruled the scene. That was until Minor Threat came around. Minor Threat was a hardcore band from the 1980’s who pioneered the Straight Edge movement with a song called “Straight Edge”, which told kids that it was okay not to do drugs. That in turn gave birth to something of a sub-genre, straightforwardly named, “Straight Edge Hardcore”, which include other…

MUSIC HISTORY II RESEARCH PROJECT: EXPLORING THE STRAIGHT-EDGE PUNK MOVEMENT Chris Spears MU332: Music History II March 3, 2017 Thesis and Credible Bibliographic Sources 1.1 Thesis The “straight edge punk” categorization within contemporary musical history is a subculture of hardcore punk rock which celebrates the musical themes of the 1970s and early-1980s hardcore punk scene but does so in a way that steers clear of the traditional “excesses” of the punk subculture, such as alcohol,…

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